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2020 United States Olympic trials (swimming) | |
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Host city | Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. |
Date(s) | Wave I: June 4 – 7, 2021 Wave II: June 13 – 20, 2021 |
Venue(s) | CHI Health Center Omaha |
Events | 28 (men: 14; women: 14) |
The 2020 USA Swimming Olympic trials was held at CHI Health Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, for a fourth consecutive time. Originally scheduled from June 21 to 28, 2020, it was rescheduled to June 4 to 7, 2021, (wave I) and June 13 to 20, 2021, (wave II) due to the coronavirus pandemic resulting in the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to 2021. The meet served as the national championships in swimming for the United States. [1] [2] [3] Those qualifying competed for the United States in swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.
A maximum of 52 swimmers (26 of each sex, not including open water swimmers) were chosen for the 2020 Summer Olympics from Wave II. To make the Olympic team, a swimmer must place in the top two in one of the fourteen individual events. To be considered for the U.S. 4×100-meter and 4×200-meter freestyle relay teams, a swimmer must place in the top six in the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle, respectively. Swimmers must have achieved a time standard to be eligible to compete in the U.S. Olympic trials: [4]
Event | Men | Women | Men | Women |
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50 m freestyle | 23.19 | 25.99 | 22.71 | 25.65 |
100 m freestyle | 50.49 | 56.49 | 49.74 | 55.56 |
200 m freestyle | 1:50.79 | 2:01.69 | 1:49.65 | 2:00.24 |
400 m freestyle | 3:57.29 | 4:16.89 | 3:54.21 | 4:13.28 |
800 m freestyle | 8:12.99 | 8:48.09 | 8:08.95 | 8:44.01 |
1500 m freestyle | 15:44.89 | 16:49.19 | 15:35.69 | 16:44.60 |
100 m backstroke | 56.59 | 1:02.69 | 55.51 | 1:01.49 |
200 m backstroke | 2:02.99 | 2:14.69 | 2:00.81 | 2:12.94 |
100 m breaststroke | 1:03.29 | 1:10.99 | 1:01.97 | 1:09.55 |
200 m breaststroke | 2:17.89 | 2:33.29 | 2:15.28 | 2:30.49 |
100 m butterfly | 54.19 | 1:00.69 | 53.37 | 59.59 |
200 m butterfly | 2:01.19 | 2:14.59 | 1:59.63 | 2:12.56 |
200 m individual medley | 2:04.09 | 2:17.39 | 2:03.02 | 2:15.26 |
400 m individual medley | 4:25.99 | 4:51.79 | 4:23.24 | 4:47.72 |
In January 2021, USA Swimming announced its decision to break the Olympic trials into two meets called waves. This decision was made in part to follow social distancing protocols and keep attendees, athletes, and workers safer during the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [5] [6] [7] Each wave had a different set of qualification time standards. The time standards took effect January 28, 2021 and an initial qualifying period for both waves ended May 30, 2021. Wave I swimmers who met the time standards for Wave II at the Wave I meet and finished first or second in their event qualified to compete at the Wave II meet. [3]
A total of 50 swimmers from Wave I qualified to compete in Wave II. [8] The first swimmer who swam in the Wave I meet and advanced to a second swim, semifinal or final, at the Wave II meet was Heather MacCausland in the women's 100-meter breaststroke on June 14, 2021. [9] The most watched YouTube video from the entire Olympic trials came from Wave I not Wave II. It was a clip of Kayla Han winning the B-final of the women's 400-meter individual medley and breaking a USA Swimming national age group record in the process. [10]
Between Wave I and Wave II, 2,285 individuals competed at the 2020 Olympic trials, a decrease of over 700 swimmers from the 2016 Olympic trials. As a whole, proportionally fewer Wave I swimmers and proportionally more Wave II swimmers swam faster than their seed times compared to swimmers at the 2016 Olympic trials. [11]
The meet featured twenty-eight individual events in a long course (50-meter) pool—fourteen events for men and fourteen events for women. Events 200 meters and shorter were held with preliminaries, semifinals and finals, while events 400 meters and longer were held with preliminaries and finals. Semifinals featured sixteen swimmers in two heats; the finals included eight swimmers in a single heat. Preliminaries were seeded with ten lanes. Event order, which mimicked that of the 2020 Olympics, with the exception of the Olympic relay events, were the following for Wave II: [12]
Date | Sunday June 13, 2021 | Monday June 14, 2021 | Tuesday June 15, 2021 | Wednesday June 16, 2021 | ||
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M o r n i n g | Men's 400 IM (heats) Women's 100 butterfly (heats) Men's 400 freestyle (heats) Women's 400 IM (heats) Men's 100 breaststroke (heats) | Women's 100 backstroke (heats) Men's 200 freestyle (heats) Women's 100 breaststroke (heats) Men's 100 backstroke (heats) Women's 400 freestyle (heats) | Women's 200 freestyle (heats) Men's 200 butterfly (heats) Women's 200 IM (heats) Women's 1500 freestyle (heats) | Men's 100 freestyle (heats) Women's 200 butterfly (heats) Men's 200 breaststroke (heats) Men's 800 freestyle (heats) | ||
E v e n i n g | Men's 400 IM (final) Women's 100 butterfly (semi-finals) Men's 400 freestyle (final) Women's 400 IM (final) Men's 100 breaststroke (semi-finals) | Women's 100 butterfly (final) Men's 200 freestyle (semi-finals) Women's 100 breaststroke (semi-finals) Men's 100 breaststroke (final) Women's 400 freestyle (final) Men's 100 backstroke (semi-finals) Women's 100 backstroke (semi-finals) | Women's 200 freestyle (semi-finals) Men's 200 freestyle (final) Women's 100 backstroke (final) Men's 100 backstroke (final) Women's 100 breaststroke (final) Men's 200 butterfly (semi-finals) Women's 200 IM (semi-finals) | Men's 100 freestyle (semi-finals) Women's 200 freestyle (final) Men's 200 butterfly (final) Women's 200 butterfly (semi-finals) Men's 200 breaststroke (semi-finals) Women's 200 IM (final) Women's 1500 freestyle (final) | ||
Date | Thursday June 17, 2021 | Friday June 18, 2021 | Saturday June 19, 2021 | Sunday June 20, 2021 | ||
M o r n i n g | Women's 100 freestyle (heats) Men's 200 backstroke (heats) Women's 200 breaststroke (heats) Men's 200 IM (heats) | Women's 800 freestyle (heats) Men's 100 butterfly (heats) Women's 200 backstroke (heats) | Men's 50 freestyle (heats) Women's 50 freestyle (heats) Men's 1500 freestyle (heats) | No morning session. | ||
E v e n i n g | Men's 800 freestyle (final) Men's 200 breaststroke (final) Women's 100 freestyle (semi-finals) Men's 200 backstroke (semi-finals) Women's 200 butterfly (final) Men's 100 freestyle (final) Women's 200 breaststroke (semi-finals) Men's 200 IM (semi-finals) | Women's 200 breaststroke (final) Men's 200 backstroke (final) Women's 200 backstroke (semi-finals) Men's 200 IM (final) Women's 100 freestyle (final) Men's 100 butterfly (semi-finals) | Men's 100 butterfly (final) Women's 200 backstroke (final) Women's 800 freestyle (final) Men's 50 freestyle (semi-finals) Women's 50 freestyle (semi-finals) | Men's 50 freestyle (final) Women's 50 freestyle (final) Men's 1500 freestyle (final) | ||
The following swimmers qualified to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics (for pool events): [13]
Michael Andrew, Zach Apple, Hunter Armstrong, Bowe Becker, Gunnar Bentz, Michael Brinegar, Patrick Callan, Brooks Curry, Caeleb Dressel, Nic Fink, Bobby Finke, Townley Haas, Zach Harting, Chase Kalisz, Drew Kibler, Jay Litherland, Bryce Mefford, Jake Mitchell, Ryan Murphy, Blake Pieroni, Andrew Seliskar, Tom Shields, Kieran Smith, Andrew Wilson.
Phoebe Bacon, Erika Brown, Claire Curzan, Catie DeLoof, Kate Douglass, Hali Flickinger, Brooke Forde, Katie Grimes, Natalie Hinds, Torri Huske, Lydia Jacoby, Lilly King, Annie Lazor, Katie Ledecky, Paige Madden, Simone Manuel, Katie McLaughlin, Allison Schmitt, Bella Sims, Regan Smith, Olivia Smoliga, Erica Sullivan, Alex Walsh, Abbey Weitzeil, Emma Weyant, Rhyan White.
U.S. Olympic Team members in open water swimming events: [13]
Key: Highlighted swimmers achieved the qualification conditions to be included in the Olympic team in that respective event.
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle [14] | Caeleb Dressel | 21.04 US | Michael Andrew | 21.48 | Nathan Adrian | 21.73 |
100 m freestyle [15] | Caeleb Dressel | 47.39 =US | Zach Apple | 47.72 | Blake Pieroni | 48.16 |
200 m freestyle [16] | Kieran Smith | 1:45.29 | Townley Haas | 1:45.66 | Drew Kibler | 1:45.92 |
400 m freestyle [17] | Kieran Smith | 3:44.86 | Jake Mitchell | 3:48.17 | Ross Dant | 3:48.30 |
800 m freestyle [18] | Bobby Finke | 7:48.22 | Michael Brinegar | 7:49.94 | Ross Dant | 7:50.66 |
1,500 m freestyle [19] | Bobby Finke | 14:46.06 | Michael Brinegar | 15:00.87 | Jordan Wilimovsky | 15:05.29 |
100 m backstroke [20] | Ryan Murphy | 52.33 | Hunter Armstrong | 52.48 | Shaine Casas | 52.76 |
200 m backstroke [21] | Ryan Murphy | 1:54.20 | Bryce Mefford | 1:54.79 | Austin Katz | 1:55.86 |
100 m breaststroke [22] | Michael Andrew | 58.73 | Andrew Wilson | 58.74 | Nic Fink | 58.80 |
200 m breaststroke [23] | Nic Fink | 2:07.55 | Andrew Wilson | 2:08.32 | Will Licon | 2:08.50 |
100 m butterfly [24] | Caeleb Dressel | 49.87 | Tom Shields | 51.19 | Luca Urlando | 51.64 |
200 m butterfly [25] | Zach Harting | 1:55.06 | Gunnar Bentz | 1:55.34 | Luca Urlando | 1:55.43 |
200 m IM [26] | Michael Andrew | 1:55.44 | Chase Kalisz | 1:56.97 | Kieran Smith | 1:57.23 |
400 m IM [27] | Chase Kalisz | 4:09.09 | Jay Litherland | 4:10.33 | Carson Foster | 4:10.86 |
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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50 m freestyle [28] | Simone Manuel | 24.29 | Abbey Weitzeil | 24.30 | Torri Huske | 24.46 |
100 m freestyle [29] | Abbey Weitzeil | 53.53 | Erika Brown | 53.59 | Olivia Smoliga | 53.63 |
200 m freestyle [30] | Katie Ledecky | 1:55.11 | Allison Schmitt | 1:56.79 | Paige Madden | 1:56.80 |
400 m freestyle [31] | Katie Ledecky | 4:01.27 | Paige Madden | 4:04.86 | Leah Smith | 4:06.27 |
800 m freestyle [32] | Katie Ledecky | 8:14.62 | Katie Grimes | 8:20.36 | Haley Anderson | 8:20.51 |
1,500 m freestyle [33] | Katie Ledecky | 15:40.50 | Erica Sullivan | 15:51.18 | Katie Grimes | 15:52.12 |
100 m backstroke [34] | Regan Smith | 58.35 | Rhyan White | 58.60 | Olivia Smoliga | 58.72 |
200 m backstroke [35] | Rhyan White | 2:05.73 | Phoebe Bacon | 2:06.46 | Regan Smith | 2:06.79 |
100 m breaststroke [36] | Lilly King | 1:04.79 | Lydia Jacoby | 1:05.28 | Annie Lazor | 1:05.60 |
200 m breaststroke [37] | Annie Lazor | 2:21.07 | Lilly King | 2:21.75 | Emily Escobedo | 2:22.64 |
100 m butterfly [38] | Torri Huske | 55.66 AM , US | Claire Curzan | 56.43 | Kate Douglass | 56.56 |
200 m butterfly [39] | Hali Flickinger | 2:05.85 US | Regan Smith | 2:06.99 | Charlotte Hook | 2:07.92 |
200 m IM [40] | Alex Walsh | 2:09.30 | Kate Douglass | 2:09.32 | Madisyn Cox | 2:09.34 |
400 m IM [41] | Emma Weyant | 4:33.81 | Hali Flickinger | 4:33.96 | Melanie Margalis | 4:34.08 |
Two national television networks covered the US Olympic trials in swimming in the United States, NBC and NBCSN. [42] NBCSN aired the heats later the same day and NBC aired the finals and some of the semifinals same day. [43] This coverage was part of the NBC Olympics television and digital programming covering the U.S. Olympic Team trials in various sports that set a new record in number of hours of coverage of the Olympic trials for all sports in the United States at 85.25 hours. [42] [43]
Sunday coverage of the U.S. Olympic Team trials in swimming on NBC made it into the top 20 most viewed programs for the day. [44] For the top five most viewed days of U.S. Olympic Team trials across all sports, the swimming team trials had one day make it in the top five along with two days from team trials in track and field and two days from gymnastics team trials. [10]
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