Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification

For the swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems are in place. As the Olympics was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic,[1] qualification ends on 27 June 2021.

Qualifying standards[edit]

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both athletes have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Selection Time (OST) or if the quota of 878 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (one per gender) under a Universality place, since they have no swimmers reaching either of the standard entry times (OQT/OST).[2]

In the relay events, a maximum of 16 qualifying teams in each relay event must be permitted to accumulate a total of 112 relay teams; each NOC may enter only one team. The first twelve teams in each relay event at the 2019 World Championships will automatically compete for the relay events at the Olympics; while the remaining four per relay event must obtain their fastest entry times based on the FINA World Rankings during the process.[2]

Because of the exceptional circumstances related to COVID-19 crisis, the consequent Olympic delay, and the unprecedented two-year gap between the Worlds and the new date of the Games, FINA revised the universality rule that allowed a nation to enter the highest-ranked male and female swimmer, respectively, based upon the Points Table (2021 edition).[2][3] Swimmers from NOCs, having achieved the OST allocated to the universality place, may be entered to a maximum of two individual events, whereas those without the OQT and OST were limited to enter in one individual event only.[2]

Following the end of the qualification period, FINA will assess the number of athletes having achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting athletes with OST to fulfill the total quota of 878. Additionally, OST places will be distributed by event according to the position of the FINA World Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[2]

The qualifying time standards must be obtained in World Championships, Continental Championships, Continental Qualification Events, National Championships and Trials, or International Competitions approved by FINA in the period between 1 March 2019 to 27 June 2021.[2]

The initial FINA qualifying standards, still to be ratified, are as follows:[4][2]

Men's events Women's events
Event OQT OST Event OQT OST
50 m freestyle 22.01 22.67 50 m freestyle 24.77 25.51
100 m freestyle 48.57 50.03 100 m freestyle 54.38 56.01
200 m freestyle 1:47.02 1:50.23 200 m freestyle 1:57.28 2:00.80
400 m freestyle 3:46.78 3:53.58 400 m freestyle 4:07.90 4:15.34
800 m freestyle 7:54.31 8:08.54 800 m freestyle 8:33.36 8:48.76
1500 m freestyle 15:00.99 15:28.02 1500 m freestyle 16:32.04 17:01.80
100 m backstroke 53.85 55.47 100 m backstroke 1:00.25 1:02.06
200 m backstroke 1:57.50 2:01.03 200 m backstroke 2:10.39 2:14.30
100 m breaststroke 59.93 1:01.73 100 m breaststroke 1:07.07 1:09.08
200 m breaststroke 2:10.35 2:14.26 200 m breaststroke 2:25.52 2:29.89
100 m butterfly 51.96 53.52 100 m butterfly 57.92 59.66
200 m butterfly 1:56.48 1:59.97 200 m butterfly 2:08.43 2:12.28
200 m individual medley 1:59.67 2:03.26 200 m individual medley 2:12.56 2:16.54
400 m individual medley 4:15.84 4:21.46 400 m individual medley 4:38.53 4:46.89

Individual events[edit]

Those who have achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) or the Olympic Selection Time (OST), or have been guaranteed a Universality place are listed below for each of the following individual events.

Men's individual events[edit]

Men's 50 m freestyle[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 22.01
2  Canada Brent Hayden
Joshua Liendo
2  France Florent Manaudou
Maxime Grousset
2  Italy Alessandro Miressi
Lorenzo Zazzeri
2  Netherlands Thom de Boer
Jesse Puts
2  Poland Konrad Czerniak
Paweł Juraszek
2  ROC Kliment Kolesnikov
Vladimir Morozov
2  United States Michael Andrew
Caeleb Dressel
1  Algeria Oussama Sahnoune
1  Australia Cameron McEvoy
1  Brazil Bruno Fratus
1  China Yu Hexin
1  Croatia Nikola Miljenić
1  Egypt Ali Khalafalla
1  Finland Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
1  Great Britain Ben Proud
1  Greece Kristian Golomeev
1  Hong Kong Ian Ho
1  Hungary Maxim Lobanovskij
1  Israel Meiron Cheruti
1  Mexico Gabriel Castaño
1  South Africa Brad Tandy
1  Sweden Björn Seeliger
1  Ukraine Vladyslav Bukhov
1  Venezuela Alberto Mestre
Olympic Selection Time – 22.67 1  Argentina Santiago Grassi[a]
1  Austria Heiko Gigler
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Muratović[b]
1  Cayman Islands Brett Fraser[b]
1  Philippines Luke Gebbie[b]
1  Romania David Popovici[a]
1  Serbia Andrej Barna[a]
1  South Korea Hwang Sun-woo[a]
1  Suriname Renzo Tjon-A-Joe[b]
1  Uruguay Enzo Martínez[b]
Universality Places 1  Afghanistan Fahim Anwari
1  Armenia Artur Barseghyan[c]
1  Bangladesh Mohammed Ariful Islam
1  Benin Marc Dansou
1  Burkina Faso Adama Ouedraogo
1  Cambodia Hem Puch
1  Cameroon Charly Ndjoume
1  Cape Verde Troy Pina
1  Cyprus Nikolas Antoniou[c]
1  Djibouti Hussein Gabor Ibrahim
1  East Timor José da Silva Viegas
1  Equatorial Guinea Diosdado Miko Eyanga
1  Eritrea Ghirmai Efrem
1  Eswatini Simanga Dlamini
1  Gabon Adam Mpali
1  The Gambia Ebrima Buaro
0  Guinea Mamadou Bah
1  Laos Santisouk Inthavong
1  Malawi Filipe Gomes
1  Marshall Islands Phillip Kinono
1  Mongolia Myagmaryn Delgerkhüü
1  Palau Shawn Dingilius-Wallace
1  Rwanda Eloi Maniraguha
1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Shane Cadogan
1  Sierra Leone Joshua Wyse
1  Solomon Islands Edgar Iro
1  Tajikistan Olimjon Ishanov
1  Togo Mawupemon Otogbe
1  Zambia Shaquille Moosa
Invitational Places 1  Refugee Olympic Team Alaa Maso
Total 67

Men's 100 m freestyle[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 48.57 2  Australia Kyle Chalmers
Cameron McEvoy
2  Brazil Pedro Spajari
Gabriel Santos
2  Canada Yuri Kisil
Joshua Liendo
2  France Maxime Grousset
Mehdy Metella
2  Great Britain Matthew Richards
Jacob Whittle
2  Hungary Nándor Németh
Szebasztián Szabó
2  Italy Thomas Ceccon
Alessandro Miressi
2  ROC Kliment Kolesnikov
Andrey Minakov
2  United States Zach Apple
Caeleb Dressel
1  Algeria Oussama Sahnoune
1  China He Junyi
1  Germany Damian Wierling
1  Greece Apostolos Christou
1  Japan Katsumi Nakamura
1  Netherlands Stan Pijnenburg
1  Romania David Popovici
1  Serbia Andrej Barna
1  South Korea Hwang Sun-woo
1  Switzerland Roman Mityukov
1  Trinidad and Tobago Dylan Carter
1  Ukraine Sergii Shevtsov
Olympic Selection Time – 50.03 1  Armenia Artur Barseghyan[b]
1  Aruba Mikel Schreuders[b]
1  Bosnia and Herzegovina Emir Muratović[b]
1  Bulgaria Josif Miladinov[a]
1  Croatia Nikola Miljenić[a]
1  Cyprus Nikolas Antoniou[b]
1  Finland Ari-Pekka Liukkonen[a]
1  Hong Kong Ian Ho[a]
1  Israel Meiron Cheruti[a]
1  Paraguay Ben Hockin[b]
1  Philippines Luke Gebbie[b]
1  Singapore Joseph Schooling[a]
1  Suriname Renzo Tjon-A-Joe[b]
1  Venezuela Alberto Mestre[a]
Universality Places 1  Albania Kledi Kadiu
1  Antigua and Barbuda Stefano Mitchell
1  Bhutan Sangay Tenzin
1  Burundi Belly-Cresus Ganira
1  Grenada Delron Felix
1  Guam Jagger Stephens
1  Guyana Andrew Fowler
1  Kenya Danilo Rosafio
1  Kosovo Olt Kondirolli
1  Maldives Mubal Ibrahim
1  Malta Andrew Chetcuti
1  Mauritius Mathieu Marquet
1  Montenegro Boško Radulović
1  Morocco Samy Boutouil
1  Nepal Alexander Shah
1  Nicaragua Miguel Mena
1  Niger Alassane Seydou
1  Oman Issa Al-Adawi
1  Pakistan Muhammad Haseeb Tariq
1  Palestine Yazan Al-Bawwab
1  Saint Lucia Jean-Luc Zephir
1  Solomon Islands Edgar Iro
1  Sri Lanka Matthew Abeysinghe
1  Uganda Atuhaire Ambala
1  United Arab Emirates Yousuf Al-Matrooshi
1  Uzbekistan Khurshidjon Tursunov
1  Yemen Mokhtar Al-Yamani[c]
1  Zimbabwe Peter Wetzlar
Total 72

Men's 200 m freestyle[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:47.02 2  Australia Thomas Neill
Elijah Winnington
2  Brazil Murilo Sartori
Fernando Scheffer
2  China Ji Xinjie
Wang Shun
2  France Jonathan Atsu
Jordan Pothain
2  Germany Jacob Heidtmann
Lukas Märtens
2  Great Britain Tom Dean
Duncan Scott
2  Hungary Dominik Kozma
Nándor Németh
2  Italy Stefano Ballo
Stefano Di Cola
2  ROC Ivan Girev
Martin Malyutin
2  United States Townley Haas
Kieran Smith
1  Austria Felix Auböck
1  Estonia Kregor Zirk
1  Israel Denis Loktev
1  Japan Katsuhiro Matsumoto
1  Lithuania Danas Rapšys
1  Serbia Velimir Stjepanović
1  South Korea Hwang Sun-woo
1  Sweden Robin Hanson
1  Switzerland Antonio Djakovic
Olympic Selection Time – 1:50.23 1  Aruba Mikel Schreuders[b]
1  Barbados Alex Sobers[b]
1  Cook Islands Wesley Roberts[b]
1  Greece Dimitrios Markos[a]
1  India Sajan Prakash[a]
1  Malaysia Welson Sim[b]
1  Moldova Alexei Sancov[b]
1  Peru Joaquín Vargas[b]
1  Romania David Popovici[a]
1  Turkey Baturalp Ünlü
1  Yemen Mokhtar Al-Yamani[b]
Universality Places 1  Botswana James Freeman[c]
1  Libya Audai Hassouna
Total 44

Men's 400 m freestyle[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 3:46.78 2  Australia Jack McLoughlin
Elijah Winnington
2  Germany Lukas Märtens
Henning Mühlleitner
2  Italy Marco De Tullio
Gabriele Detti
2  ROC Martin Malyutin
Aleksandr Yegorov
2  United States Jake Mitchell
Kieran Smith
1  Austria Felix Auböck
1  Brazil Guilherme Costa
1  China Ji Xinjie
1  Great Britain Kieran Bird
1  Hungary Gábor Zombori
1  Lithuania Danas Rapšys
1  Switzerland Antonio Djakovic
1  Tunisia Ahmed Hafnaoui
Olympic Selection Time – 3:53.58 1  Barbados Alex Sobers[b]
1  Botswana James Freeman[b]
1  Cook Islands Wesley Roberts[b]
1  Estonia Kregor Zirk[a]
1  France David Aubry[a]
1  Greece Konstantinos Englezakis[a]
1  Indonesia Aflah Fadlan Prawira[b]
1  Israel Denis Loktev[a]
1  Malaysia Welson Sim[b]
1  New Zealand Zac Reid[a]
1  Norway Henrik Christiansen[a]
1  Peru Joaquín Vargas[b]
1  Slovenia Martin Bau[b]
1  South Korea Lee Ho-joon
1  Venezuela Alfonso Mestre[a]
Universality Places 1  Chile Eduardo Cisternas
1  Georgia Irakli Revishvili
1  Mozambique Igor Mogne
1  North Macedonia Filip Derkoski
Total 36

Men's 800 m freestyle[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 7:54.31 2  Denmark Anton Ørskov Ipsen
Alexander Nørgaard
2  Greece Dimitrios Markos
Konstantinos Englezakis
2  Italy Gabriele Detti
Gregorio Paltrinieri
2  ROC Ilya Druzhinin
Aleksandr Yegorov
2  Ukraine Serhiy Frolov
Mykhailo Romanchuk
2  United States Michael Brinegar
Robert Finke
1  Australia Jack McLoughlin
1  Austria Felix Auböck
1  Brazil Guilherme Costa
1  China Cheng Long
1  Czech Republic Jan Micka
1  Egypt Marwan El-Kamash
1  France David Aubry
1  Germany Florian Wellbrock
1  Great Britain Kieran Bird
1  Ireland Daniel Wiffen
1  New Zealand Zac Reid
1  Norway Henrik Christiansen
1  Portugal José Paulo Lopes
1  Serbia Vuk Čelić
1  Tunisia Ahmed Hafnaoui
1  Turkey Yiğit Aslan
1  Venezuela Alfonso Mestre
1  Vietnam Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
Olympic Selection Time – 8:08.54 1  El Salvador Marcelo Acosta[b]
1  Hungary Ákos Kalmár[a]
1  Slovenia Martin Bau[b]
1  Sweden Victor Johansson
Total 34

Men's 1500 m freestyle[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 15:00.99
2  Australia Jack McLoughlin
Thomas Neill
2  Denmark Anton Ørskov Ipsen
Alexander Nørgaard
2  Germany Lukas Märtens
Florian Wellbrock
2  Hungary Gergely Gyurta
Ákos Kalmár
2  Italy Domenico Acerenza
Gregorio Paltrinieri
2  ROC Kirill Martynychev
Aleksandr Yegorov
2  Ukraine Serhiy Frolov
Mykhailo Romanchuk
2  United States Michael Brinegar
Robert Finke
1  Brazil Guilherme Costa
1  Czech Republic Jan Micka
1  Great Britain Daniel Jervis
1  Norway Henrik Christiansen
1  Vietnam Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
Olympic Selection Time – 15:28.02 1  Austria Felix Auböck[a]
1  China Cheng Long[a]
1  El Salvador Marcelo Acosta[b]
1  Indonesia Aflah Fadlan Prawira[b]
1  Ireland Daniel Wiffen[a]
1  Sweden Victor Johansson
Universality Places 1  Monaco Theo Druenne
Total 29

Men's 100 m backstroke[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 53.85 2  Australia Isaac Cooper
Mitch Larkin
2  Brazil Guilherme Basseto
Guilherme Guido
2  Canada Cole Pratt
Markus Thormeyer
2  France Yohann Ndoye-Brouard
Mewen Tomac
2  Germany Ole Braunschweig
Marek Ulrich
2  Great Britain Luke Greenbank
Joe Litchfield
2  Hungary Richárd Bohus
Ádám Telegdy
2  Israel Michael Laitarovsky
Yakov Toumarkin
2  Italy Thomas Ceccon
Simone Sabbioni
2  Romania Robert Glință
Daniel Martin
2  ROC Kliment Kolesnikov
Evgeny Rylov
2  United States Hunter Armstrong
Ryan Murphy
1  Austria Bernhard Reitshammer
1  Belarus Mikita Tsmyh
1  China Xu Jiayu
1  Greece Apostolos Christou
1  India Srihari Nataraj
1  Ireland Shane Ryan
1  Japan Ryosuke Irie
1  Singapore Quah Zheng Wen
1  South Africa Pieter Coetze
1  South Korea Lee Ju-ho
1  Spain Hugo González
Olympic Selection Time – 55.47 1  Bulgaria Kaloyan Levterov[a]
1  Czech Republic Jan Čejka[a]
1  Poland Kacper Stokowski
1  Portugal Francisco Santos[a]
1  Trinidad and Tobago Dylan Carter[a]
1  Turkmenistan Merdan Ataýew[b]
Universality Places 1  Bolivia Gabriel Castillo
1  Madagascar Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo
Total 41

Men's 200 m backstroke[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.50 2  France Yohann Ndoye-Brouard
Mewen Tomac
2  Great Britain Luke Greenbank
Brodie Williams
2  Japan Ryosuke Irie
Keita Sunama
2  Poland Radosław Kawęcki
Jakub Skierka
2  ROC Evgeny Rylov
Grigory Tarasevich
2  United States Bryce Mefford
Ryan Murphy
1  Australia Tristan Hollard
1  Bulgaria Kaloyan Levterov
1  Canada Markus Thormeyer
1  China Xu Jiayu
1  Czech Republic Jan Čejka
1  Germany Christian Diener
1  Hungary Ádám Telegdy
1  Italy Matteo Restivo
1  Portugal Francisco Santos
1  South Korea Lee Ju-ho
1  Spain Nicolás García
1  Switzerland Roman Mityukov
1  Turkey Berke Saka
Olympic Selection Time – 2:01.03 1  Israel Yakov Toumarkin[a]
1  Romania Robert Glință[a]
1  South Africa Martin Binedell
Universality Places 1  Turkmenistan Merdan Ataýew[c]
Total 29

Men's 100 m breaststroke[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 59.93 2  Australia Zac Stubblety-Cook
Matthew Wilson
2  Brazil Felipe Lima
Caio Pumputis
2  Great Britain Adam Peaty
James Wilby
2  Germany Lucas Matzerath
Fabian Schwingenschlögl
2  Italy Nicolò Martinenghi
Federico Poggio
2  Japan Ryuya Mura
Shoma Sato
2  Lithuania Andrius Šidlauskas
Giedrius Titenis
2  Netherlands Caspar Corbeau
Arno Kamminga
2  ROC Anton Chupkov
Kirill Prigoda
2  Turkey Berkay Ömer Öğretir
Hüseyin Emre Sakçı
2  United States Michael Andrew
Andrew Wilson
1  Austria Bernhard Reitshammer
1  Belarus Ilya Shymanovich
1  China Yan Zibei
1  Denmark Tobias Bjerg
1  France Théo Bussière
1  Ireland Darragh Greene
1  Kazakhstan Dmitriy Balandin
1  Kyrgyzstan Denis Petrashov
1  Serbia Čaba Silađi
1  South Africa Michael Houlie
1  South Korea Cho Sung-jae
Olympic Selection Time – 1:01.73 1  Bahamas Izaak Bastian[b]
1  Bulgaria Lyubomir Epitropov[a]
1  Canada Gabe Mastromatteo
1  Colombia Jorge Murillo[b]
1  Dominican Republic Josué Domínguez[b]
1  Finland Matti Mattsson[a]
1  Honduras Julio Horrego[b]
1  Norway André Grindheim
1  Sweden Erik Persson[a]
1  Switzerland Jérémy Desplanches[a]
Universality Places 1  American Samoa Micah Masei
1  Brunei Muhammad Isa Ahmad
1  Jordan Amro Al-Wir[c]
1  Mali Sebastien Kouma
1  Sudan Abobakr Abass
1  Tonga Amini Fonua
1  Virgin Islands Adriel Sanes[c]
Total 50

Men's 200 m breaststroke[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:10.35 2  Australia Zac Stubblety-Cook
Matthew Wilson
2  Great Britain Ross Murdoch
James Wilby
2  Japan Ryuya Mura
Shoma Sato
2  Netherlands Caspar Corbeau
Arno Kamminga
2  ROC Anton Chupkov
Kirill Prigoda
2  United States Nic Fink
Andrew Wilson
1  Austria Christopher Rothbauer
1  Bulgaria Lyubomir Epitropov
1  China Qin Haiyang
1  Finland Matti Mattsson
1  France Antoine Viquerat
1  Germany Marco Koch
1  Iceland Anton Sveinn McKee
1  Ireland Darragh Greene
1  Kazakhstan Dmitriy Balandin
1  Lithuania Andrius Šidlauskas
1  South Korea Cho Sung-jae
1  Sweden Erik Persson
1  Turkey Berkay Ömer Öğretir
Olympic Selection Time – 2:14.26 1  Colombia Jorge Murillo[b]
1  Estonia Martin Allikvee
1  Israel Ron Polonsky[a]
1  Jordan Amro Al-Wir[b]
1  Kyrgyzstan Denis Petrashov[a]
1  Virgin Islands Adriel Sanes[b]
Universality Places 1  Bahamas Izaak Bastian[c]
1  Costa Rica Arnoldo Herrera
1  Dominican Republic Josué Domínguez[c]
1  Fiji Taichi Vakasama
1  Honduras Julio Horrego[c]
1  Latvia Daniils Bobrovs
1  Panama Tyler Christianson[c]
1  Papua New Guinea Ryan Maskelyne
1  Qatar Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly
Total 39

Men's 100 m butterfly[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 51.96 2  Australia David Morgan
Matthew Temple
2  Brazil Matheus Gonche
Vinicius Lanza
2  Bulgaria Antani Ivanov
Josif Miladinov
2  Great Britain James Guy
Jacob Peters
2  Hungary Kristóf Milák
Szebasztián Szabó
2  Israel Tomer Frankel
Gal Cohen Groumi
2  Italy Federico Burdisso
Santo Condorelli
2  Japan Takeshi Kawamoto
Naoki Mizunuma
2  Poland Paweł Korzeniowski
Jakub Majerski
2  ROC Andrey Minakov
Mikhail Vekovishchev
2  Singapore Quah Zheng Wen
Joseph Schooling
2  South Africa Chad le Clos
Matthew Sates
2  United States Caeleb Dressel
Tom Shields
1  Argentina Santiago Grassi
1  Austria Simon Bucher
1  Belarus Yauhen Tsurkin
1  Canada Joshua Liendo
1  China Sun Jiajun
1  Czech Republic Jan Šefl
1  Egypt Youssef Ramadan
1  France Mehdy Metella
1  Germany Marius Kusch
1  Guatemala Luis Martínez
1  Netherlands Nyls Korstanje
1  Switzerland Noè Ponti
1  Turkey Ümitcan Güreş
Olympic Selection Time – 53.52 1  Belgium Louis Croenen[a]
1  Croatia Nikola Miljenić[a]
1  Estonia Kregor Zirk[a]
1  India Sajan Prakash[a]
1  Ireland Shane Ryan[a]
1  Kuwait Abbas Qali[b]
1  Norway Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas[a]
1  Paraguay Ben Hockin[b]
1  Romania Daniel Martin[a]
1  South Korea Moon Seung-woo[a]
1  Chinese Taipei Wang Kuan-hung[a]
1  Trinidad and Tobago Dylan Carter[a]
1  Ukraine Ihor Troianovskyi[a]
Universality Places 1  Angola Salvador Gordo
1  Bahrain Abdulla Ahmed
1  Ghana Abeku Jackson
1  Haiti Davidson Vincent
1  Saudi Arabia Yousif Bu Arish
1  Senegal Steven Aimable
1  Thailand Navaphat Wongcharoen[c]
Total 59

Men's 200 m butterfly[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:56.48 2  Australia David Morgan
Matthew Temple
2  Hungary Tamás Kenderesi
Kristóf Milák
2  Italy Federico Burdisso
Giacomo Carini
2  Japan Tomoru Honda
Daiya Seto
2  Poland Krzysztof Chmielewski
Jakub Majerski
2  South Africa Ethan du Preez
Chad le Clos
2  Ukraine Denys Kesil
Ihor Troianovskyi
2  United States Gunnar Bentz
Zach Harting
1  Belgium Louis Croenen
1  Brazil Leonardo de Deus
1  Bulgaria Antani Ivanov
1  France Léon Marchand
1  Germany David Thomasberger
1  India Sajan Prakash
1  South Korea Moon Seung-woo
1  Switzerland Noè Ponti
1  Chinese Taipei Wang Kuan-hung
Olympic Selection Time – 1:59.97 1  Cuba Luis Vega Torres[b]
1  Estonia Kregor Zirk[a]
1  Ireland Brendan Hyland
1  Moldova Alexei Sancov[b]
1  Norway Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas[a]
1  Singapore Quah Zheng Wen[a]
1  Slovakia Richard Nagy[b]
1  Thailand Navaphat Wongcharoen[b]
Universality Places 1  Iran Matin Balsini
1  Jamaica Keanan Dols[c]
1  Seychelles Simon Bachmann
1  Syria Ayman Kelzi
Total 37

Men's 200 m individual medley[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:59.67 2  Australia Mitch Larkin
Brendon Smith
2  Brazil Caio Pumputis
Vinicius Lanza
2  China Wang Shun
Qin Haiyang
2  Germany Jacob Heidtmann
Philip Heintz
2  Great Britain Joe Litchfield
Duncan Scott
2  Greece Apostolos Papastamos
Andreas Vazaios
2  Hungary László Cseh
Hubert Kós
2  Israel Gal Cohen Groumi
Ron Polonsky
2  Japan Kosuke Hagino
Daiya Seto
2  Portugal Gabriel Lópes
Alexis Santos
2  ROC Ilya Borodin
Andrey Zhilkin
2  United States Michael Andrew
Chase Kalisz
1  Austria Bernhard Reitshammer
1  Canada Finlay Knox
1  France Léon Marchand
1  Italy Alberto Razzetti
1  Lithuania Danas Rapšys
1  Luxembourg Raphaël Stacchiotti
1  New Zealand Lewis Clareburt
1  Norway Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas
1  South Africa Matthew Sates
1  Spain Hugo González
1  Switzerland Jérémy Desplanches
1  Chinese Taipei Wang Hsing-hao
Olympic Selection Time – 2:03.26 1  Ecuador Tomas Peribonio[b]
1  Jamaica Keanan Dols[b]
1  Liechtenstein Christoph Meier[b]
1  Mexico José Ángel Martínez
1  Netherlands Arjan Knipping[a]
1  Panama Tyler Christianson[b]
1  Puerto Rico Jarod Arroyo[b]
Universality Places 1  Lebanon Munzer Kabbara
1  Federated States of Micronesia Tasi Limtiaco
Total 45

Men's 400 m individual medley[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:15.84 2  Australia Brendon Smith
Se-Bom Lee
2  Great Britain Max Litchfield
Brodie Williams
2  Hungary Péter Bernek
Dávid Verrasztó
2  Italy Pier Andrea Matteazzi
Alberto Razzetti
2  Japan Yuki Ikari
Daiya Seto
2  ROC Ilya Borodin
Maxim Stupin
2  United States Chase Kalisz
Jay Litherland
1  Azerbaijan Maksym Shemberev
1  China Wang Shun
1  France Léon Marchand
1  Germany Jacob Heidtmann
1  Greece Apostolos Papastamos
1  Netherlands Arjan Knipping
1  New Zealand Lewis Clareburt
1  Spain Joan Lluís Pons
1  Switzerland Jérémy Desplanches
Olympic Selection Time – 4:21.46 1  Ecuador Tomas Peribonio[b]
1  Israel Ron Polonsky[a]
1  Puerto Rico Jarod Arroyo[b]
1  Portugal José Paulo Lopes[a]
1  Slovakia Richard Nagy[b]
1  Chinese Taipei Wang Hsing-hao[a]
Universality Places 1  Cuba Luis Vega Torres[c]
1  Liechtenstein Christoph Meier[c]
Total 31

Women's individual events[edit]

Women's 50 m freestyle[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 24.77 2  Australia Cate Campbell
Emma McKeon
2  China Wu Qingfeng
Zhang Yufei
2  Denmark Pernille Blume
Julie Kepp Jensen
2  France Mélanie Henique
Marie Wattel
2  Netherlands Femke Heemskerk
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
2  ROC Maria Kameneva
Arina Surkova
2  Sweden Michelle Coleman
Sarah Sjöström
2  United States Simone Manuel
Abbey Weitzeil
1  Brazil Etiene Medeiros
1  Canada Kayla Sanchez
1  Czech Republic Barbora Seemanová
1  Great Britain Anna Hopkin
1  Hong Kong Siobhán Haughey
1  Poland Katarzyna Wasick
1  South Africa Emma Chelius
Olympic Selection Time – 25.51 1  Algeria Amel Melih[b]
1  Colombia Isabella Arcila[b]
1  Cyprus Kalia Antoniou[b]
1  Egypt Farida Osman[a]
1  Ireland Danielle Hill[a]
1  Israel Andrea Murez[a]
1  Luxembourg Julie Meynen
1  Romania Bianca-Andreea Costea[b]
1  Singapore Quah Ting Wen[b]
1  Spain Lidón Muñoz del Campo[a]
1  Thailand Jenjira Srisa-ard[b]
1  Trinidad and Tobago Cherelle Thompson[b]
1  Venezuela Jeserik Pinto[b]
Universality Places 1  Albania Nikol Merizaj
1  Antigua and Barbuda Samantha Roberts
1  Aruba Allyson Ponson
1  Bahrain Noor Taha
1  Bangladesh Junayna Ahmed
1  Benin Nafissath Radji
1  Bolivia Karen Torrez
1  British Virgin Islands Elinah Phillip
1  Burundi Odrina Kaze
1  Burkina Faso Adama Ouedraogo
1  Cambodia Bunpichmorakat Kheun
1  Cameroon Norah Elisabeth Milanesi
1  Central African Republic Chloe Sauvourel
1  Croatia Ema Rajić[c]
1  East Timor Imelda Ximenes
1  Ecuador Anicka Delgado[c]
1  Equatorial Guinea Rita Ekomba
1  Eswatini Robyn Young
1  Gabon Aya Mpali
1  Guyana Aleka Persaud
1  Jordan Talita Baqlah
1  Kuwait Lara Dashti
1  Laos Siri Arun Budcharern
1  Malawi Jessica Makwenda
1  Mongolia Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen
1  Mozambique Alicia Mateus
1  Niger Roukaya Mahamane
1  Pakistan Bisma Khan
1  Palau Osisang Chilton
1  Palestine Dania Nour
1  Papua New Guinea Judith Meauri
1  Republic of the Congo Stefan Sangala
1  Qatar Nada Arakji
1  Rwanda Alphonsine Agahozo
1  Saint Lucia Mikaili Charlemagne
1  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Mya de Freitas
1  Sierra Leone Tity Dumbuya
1  Sudan Haneen Ibrahim
1  Chinese Taipei Huang Mei-chien
1  Tajikistan Anastasiya Tyurina
1  Tonga Noelani Malia Day
1  Zambia Tilka Paljk
Total 75

Women's 100 m freestyle[edit]

Qualification standard No. of athletes NOC Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 54.38 2  Australia Cate Campbell
Emma McKeon
2  Canada Penny Oleksiak
Kayla Sanchez
2  China Wu Qingfeng
Yang Junxuan
2  Denmark Pernille Blume
Signe Bro
2  France Charlotte Bonnet
Marie Wattel
2  Great Britain Freya Anderson
Anna Hopkin
2  Israel Anastasia Gorbenko
Andrea Murez
2  Netherlands Femke Heemskerk
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
2  Sweden Michelle Coleman
Sarah Sjöström
2  United States Erika Brown
Abbey Weitzeil
1  Belarus Anastasiya Shkurdai
1  Czech Republic Barbora Seemanová
1  Germany Annika Bruhn
1  Hong Kong Siobhán Haughey
1  Italy Federica Pellegrini
1  Poland Katarzyna Wasick
1  ROC Maria Kameneva
1  Slovenia Janja Šegel
1  South Africa Erin Gallagher
1  Spain Lidón Muñoz del Campo
Olympic Selection Time – 56.01 1