2016 United States Olympic Trials (swimming)


The 2016 USA Swimming Olympic Trials was held for the third straight quadrennial at CenturyLink Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska from June 26 to July 3, 2016. Those qualifying will compete for the United States in Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Qualification criteria

A maximum of 52 swimmers were chosen for the 2016 Summer Olympics. To make the Olympic team, a swimmer must place in the top two in one of the thirteen 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:
EventMenWomen
50 m freestyle23.2926.19
100 m freestyle50.4956.49
200 m freestyle1:51.892:02.59
400 m freestyle3:58.694:17.99
800 m freestyle—8:49.99
1500 m freestyle15:49.99—
100 m backstroke57.191:03.39
200 m backstroke2:03.792:16.49
100 m breaststroke1:03.691:11.49
200 m breaststroke2:18.392:34.99
100 m butterfly54.791:01.19
200 m butterfly2:01.992:14.49
200 m individual medley2:05.092:18.69
400 m individual medley4:27.494:54.99

The meet featured twenty-six individual events all swam in a long course pool—thirteen events for men and thirteen 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 mimics that of the 2016 Olympics, with the exception of the Olympic relay events, was:

U.S. Olympic Team

The following swimmers qualified to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics :

Men

, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger, Kevin Cordes, Caeleb Dressel, Conor Dwyer, Anthony Ervin, Jimmy Feigen, Townley Haas, Ryan Held, Connor Jaeger, Chase Kalisz, Jay Litherland, Ryan Lochte, Cody Miller, Ryan Murphy, Jacob Pebley, Michael Phelps, Blake Pieroni, David Plummer, Josh Prenot, Tom Shields, Clark Smith, and Jordan Wilimovsky.
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Women

, Kathleen Baker, Elizabeth Beisel, Maya DiRado, Hali Flickinger, Missy Franklin, Molly Hannis, Lilly King, Katie Ledecky, Simone Manuel, Melanie Margalis, Katie Meili, Lia Neal, Cierra Runge, Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith, Olivia Smoliga, Dana Vollmer, Amanda Weir, Abbey Weitzeil, and Kelsi Worrell.
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Results

Key:

Men's events

Women's events