Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

For the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems were in place. Qualification ended on 3 July 2016.

Qualifying standards

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of 2 qualified athletes in each individual event, 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 900 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (1 per gender) under a Universality place, as long as they have no swimmers reaching either the standard entry time.^[1]

In the relay events, a maximum of 16 qualifying teams in each relay event must be permitted to accumulate a total of 96 relay teams; each NOC may enter only one team. The first twelve teams in each relay event at the 2015 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 of 31 May 2016 during the process.^[1]

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 900. Additionally, OST places will be distributed by event according to the position of the FINA World Rankings during the qualifying deadline (3 July 2016).^[1]

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 2015 to 3 July 2016.^[1]

FINA qualifying standards are as follows:^[2]

Men's events			Women's events
Event	OQT	OST	Event	OQT	OST
	22.27	23.05		25.28	26.17
	48.99	50.70		54.43	56.34
	1:47.97	1:51.75		1:58.96	2:03.13
	3:50.44	3:58.51		4:09.08	4:17.80
−	−	−		8:33.97	8:51.96
	15:14.77	15:46.79	−	−	−
	54.36	56.26		1:00.25	1:02.36
	1:58.22	2:02.36		2:10.60	2:15.17
	1:00.57	1:02.69		1:07.85	1:10.22
	2:11.66	2:16.27		2:26.94	2:32.08
	52.36	54.19		58.74	1:00.80
	1:56.97	2:01.06		2:09.33	2:13.86
	2:00.28	2:04.39		2:14.26	2:18.96
	4:16.71	4:25.69		4:43.46	4:53.38

Individual events

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:^[3]

Men's individual events

Men's 50 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 22.27	2		Matthew Abood Cameron McEvoy
	2		François Heersbrandt Jasper Aerents
	2		Bruno Fratus Ítalo Duarte
	2		Santo Condorelli Yuri Kisil
	2		Ning Zetao Yu Hexin
	2		Frédérick Bousquet Florent Manaudou
	2		Kristian Golomeev Odysseas Meladinis
	2		Federico Bocchia Luca Dotto
	2		Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura
	2		Paweł Juraszek Filip Wypych
	2		Douglas Erasmus Brad Tandy
	2		Nathan Adrian Anthony Ervin
	1		Oussama Sahnoune
	1		Federico Grabich
	1		Ali Khalafalla
	1		Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
	1		Damian Wierling
	1		Benjamin Proud
	1		Krisztián Takács
	1		Ziv Kalontarov
	1		Simonas Bilis
	1		Erik Risolvato
	1		Norbert Trandafir
	1		Aleksei Brianskii
	1		George Bovell
	1		Andriy Hovorov
Olympic Selection Time – 23.05	1		Sidni Hoxha
	1		Mario Todorović
	1		Geoffrey Cheah
	1		Shane Ryan
	1		Renzo Tjon A Joe
	1		Cristian Quintero
Universality Places	1		Vahan Mkhitaryan
	1		Mahfizur Rahman Sagor
	1		Farhan Saleh
	1		Jules Bessan
	1		José Alberto Quintanilla
	1		Tindwende Sawadogo
	1		Billy-Scott Irakose
	1		Christian Nassif
	1		Athoumane Solihi
	1		Dienov Andres Koka
	1		Bourhan Abro
	1		Meli Malani
	1		Maël Ambonguilat
	1		Pap Jonga
	1		Abeiku Jackson
	1		Amadou Camara
	1		Frantz Dorsainvil
	1		Lum Zhaveli
	1		Santisouk Inthavong
	1		Anthony Barbar
	1		Ahmad Attellesey
	1		Brave Lifa
	1		Ibrahim Nishwan
	1		Giordan Harris
	1		Dionisio Augustine
	1		Batsaikhany Dulguun
	1		Maksim Inić
	1		Albachir Mouctar
	1		Samson Opuakpo
	1		Shawn Dingilius-Wallace
	1		Eloi Imaniraguha
	1		Jordan Augier
	1		Nikolas Sylvester
	1		Abdoul Niane
	1		Adam Viktora
	1		Osman Kamara
	1		Abdelaziz Mohamed Ahmed
	1		Olim Qurbonov
	1		Hilal Hemed Hilal
	1		Eméric Kpegba
	1		Joshua Tibatemwa
Total	85

Men's 100 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=200	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 48.99	2		Kyle Chalmers Cameron McEvoy
	2		Glenn Surgeloose Pieter Timmers
	2		Marcelo Chierighini Nicolas Oliveira
	2		Santo Condorelli Yuri Kisil
	2		Ning Zetao Yu Hexin
	2		Clément Mignon Jérémy Stravius
	2		Björn Hornikel Damian Wierling
	2		Benjamin Proud Duncan Scott
	2		Richárd Bohus Dominik Kozma
	2		Luca Dotto Filippo Magnini
	2		Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura
	2		Konrad Czerniak Paweł Korzeniowski
	2		Nathan Adrian Caeleb Dressel
	1		Federico Grabich
	1		Yauhen Tsurkin
	1		Kristian Golomeev
	1		Simonas Bilis
	1		Sebastiaan Verschuren
	1		Marius Radu
	1		Andrey Grechin
	1		Velimir Stjepanović
	1		Joseph Schooling
	1		Anže Tavčar
	1		Park Tae-hwan
Olympic Selection Time – 50.70	1		Oussama Sahnoune
	1		Aleksandar Nikolov
	1		Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
	1		Shane Ryan
	1		Ziv Kalontorov
	1		Raphaël Stacchiotti
	1		Bradley Vincent
	1		Matthew Stanley
	1		Benjamin Hockin
	1		Nicholas Magana
	1		Matthew Abeysinghe
	1		Dylan Carter
	1		Cristian Quintero
Universality Places	1		Pou Sovijja
	1		Thibaut Danho
	1		Jhonny Peréz
	1		Robel Habte
	1		Andrew Chetcuti
	1		Igor Mogne
	1		Shirish Gurung
	1		Miguel Mena
	1		Rami Anis
	1		Sean Gunn
Total	60

Men's 200 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:47.97	2		Thomas Fraser-Holmes David McKeon
	2		Glenn Surgeloose Pieter Timmers
	2		Nicolas Oliveira João de Lucca
	2		Shang Keyuan Sun Yang
	2		Yannick Agnel Jérémy Stravius
	2		Paul Biedermann Christoph Fildebrandt
	2		James Guy Cameron Kurle
	2		Péter Bernek Dominik Kozma
	2		Marco Belotti Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo
	2		Dion Dreesens Sebastiaan Verschuren
	2		Kacper Majchrzak Jan Świtkowski
	2		Myles Brown Chad le Clos
	2		Conor Dwyer Townley Haas
	1		Federico Grabich
	1		Felix Auböck
	1		Marwan El-Kamash
	1		Matias Koski
	1		Kosuke Hagino
	1		Welson Sim
	1		Matthew Stanley
	1		Alexander Krasnykh
	1		Velimir Stjepanović
	1		Park Tae-hwan
	1		Cristian Quintero
Olympic Selection Time – 1:51.75	1		Mikel Schreuders
	1		Marcelo Acosta
	1		Khader Baqlah
	1		Alexei Sancov
	1		Henrik Christiansen
	1		Alexandre Haldemann
	1		Ahmed Mathlouthi
	1		Hoàng Quý Phước
Universality Places	1		Noah Mascoll-Gomes
	1		Bakr Al-Dulaimi
	1		Ahmed Gebrel
	1		Brandon Schuster
Total	49

Men's 400 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 3:50.44	2		Mack Horton David McKeon
	2		Felix Auböck David Brandl
	2		Sun Yang Qiu Ziao
	2		Mads Glæsner Anton Ipsen
	2		Ahmed Akram Marwan El-Kamash
	2		Clemens Rapp Florian Vogel
	2		James Guy Stephen Milne
	2		Péter Bernek Gergő Kis
	2		Matthew Hutchins Matthew Stanley
	2		Wojciech Wojdak Filip Zaborowski
	2		Vyacheslav Andrushenko Alexander Krasnykh
	2		Conor Dwyer Connor Jaeger
	1		Luiz Altamir Melo
	1		Ryan Cochrane
	1		Jan Micka
	1		Matias Koski
	1		Jordan Pothain
	1		Gabriele Detti
	1		Naito Ehara
	1		Welson Sim
	1		Maarten Brzoskowski
	1		Henrik Christiansen
	1		Velimir Stjepanović
	1		Myles Brown
	1		Park Tae-hwan
	1		Miguel Durán
	1		Ahmed Mathlouthi
	1		Nezir Karap
Olympic Selection Time – 3:58.51	1		Alex Sobers
	1		Marcelo Acosta
	1		Irakli Revishvili
	1		Dimitrios Dimitriou
	1		Jessie Lacuna
	1		Cristian Quintero
Universality Places	1		Pol Arias
	1		Geoffrey Butler
	1		Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou
	1		Haris Bandey
Total	50

Men's 1500 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=200	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 15:14.77	2		Mack Horton Jack McLoughlin
	2		Brandonn Almeida Miguel Valente
	2		Qiu Ziao Sun Yang
	2		Anton Ipsen Pál Joensen
	2		Nicolas D'Oriano Damien Joly
	2		Stephen Milne Timothy Shuttleworth
	2		Gergely Gyurta Kristóf Rasovszky
	2		Gabriele Detti Gregorio Paltrinieri
	2		Mateusz Sawrymowicz Wojciech Wojdak
	2		Ilya Druzhinin Yaroslav Potapov
	2		Antonio Arroyo Marc Sánchez
	2		Serhiy Frolov Mykhailo Romanchuk
	2		Connor Jaeger Jordan Wilimovsky
	1^[4]		~~Martín Carrizo~~ Martín Naidich
	1		Felix Auböck
	1		Ryan Cochrane
	1		Jan Micka
	1		Esteban Enderica
	1		Ahmed Akram
	1		Marcelo Acosta
	1		Florian Wellbrock
	1		Ricardo Vargas
	1		Henrik Christiansen
	1		Richárd Nagy
	1		Matthew Meyer
	1		Park Tae-hwan
	1		Oussama Mellouli
Olympic Selection Time – 15:46.79	1		Mihajlo Čeprkalo
	1		Felipe Tapia
	1		Wesley Roberts
	1		Welson Sim
	1		Matthew Hutchins
	1		Martin Bau
Universality Places	0	—	—
Total	46

Men's 100 m backstroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=200	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 54.36	2		Josh Beaver Mitch Larkin
	2		Viktar Staselovich Mikita Tsmyh
	2		Li Guangyuan Xu Jiayu
	2		Junya Hasegawa Ryosuke Irie
	2		Radosław Kawęcki Tomasz Polewka
	2		Evgeny Rylov Grigory Tarasevich
	2		Ryan Murphy David Plummer
	1		Guilherme Guido
	1		Javier Acevedo
	1		Camille Lacourt
	1		Jan-Philip Glania
	1		Chris Walker-Hebborn
	1		Apostolos Christou
	1		Gábor Balog
	1		Shane Ryan
	1		Yakov-Yan Toumarkin
	1		Simone Sabbioni
	1		Danas Rapšys
	1		Corey Main
	1		Robert Glință
	1		Quah Zheng Wen
	1		Christopher Reid
Olympic Selection Time – 56.26	1		Timothy Wynter
	1		Won Young-jun
	1		Hugo González
	1		Albert Subirats
Universality Places	1		David van der Colff
	1		Hamdan Bayusuf
	1		Driss Lahrichi
	1		Noah Al-Khulaifi
	1		Merdan Ataýew
	1		Yaaqoub Al-Saadi
Total	39

Men's 200 m backstroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:58.22	2		Josh Beaver Mitch Larkin
	2		Li Guangyuan Xu Jiayu
	2		Christian Diener Jan-Philip Glania
	2		Dávid Földházi Ádám Telegdy
	2		Ryosuke Irie Masaki Kaneko
	2		Evgeny Rylov Andrey Shabasov
	2		Ryan Murphy Jacob Pebley
	1		Mikita Tsmyh
	1		Leonardo de Deus
	1		Apostolos Christou
	1		Yakov-Yan Toumarkin
	1		Danas Rapšys
	1		Corey Main
	1		Radosław Kawęcki
	1		Hugo González
Olympic Selection Time – 2:02.36	1		Omar Pinzón
	1		Robert Glință
	1		Rexford Tullius
Universality Places	1		Boris Kirillov
Total	26

Men's 100 m breaststroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:00.57	2		Jake Packard Joshua Palmer
	2		Felipe França Silva João Gomes Júnior
	2		Li Xiang Yan Zibei
	2		Adam Peaty Ross Murdoch
	2		Yasuhiro Koseki Ippei Watanabe
	2		Andrius Šidlauskas Giedrius Titenis
	2		Kirill Prigoda Vsevolod Zanko
	2		Kevin Cordes Cody Miller
	1		Jorge Murillo
	1		Christian vom Lehn
	1		Panagiotis Samilidis
	1		Dániel Gyurta
	1		Anton Sveinn McKee
	1		Andrea Toniato
	1		Dmitriy Balandin
	1		Glenn Snyders
	1		Marcin Stolarski
	1		Čaba Silađi
	1		Tomáš Klobučník
	1		Damir Dugonjič
	1		Cameron van der Burgh
Olympic Selection Time – 1:02.69	1		Dustin Tynes
	1		Jason Block
	1		Matti Mattsson
	1		Nicholas Quinn
	1		Laurent Carnol
	1		Édgar Crespo
	1		Yannick Käser
	1		Erik Persson
	1		Azad Al-Barazi
	1		Radomyos Matjiur
	1		Martín Melconian
	1		Vladislav Mustafin
	1		Carlos Claverie
Universality Places	1		Julian Fletcher
	1		Corey Ollivierre
	1		Benjamin Schulte
	1		Amini Fonua
Total	46

Men's 200 m breaststroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:11.66	2		Tales Cerdeira Thiago Simon
	2		Li Xiang Mao Feilian
	2		Craig Benson Andrew Willis
	2		Dimitrios Koulouris Panagiotis Samilidis
	2		Dániel Gyurta Dávid Horváth
	2		Yasuhiro Koseki Ippei Watanabe
	2		Anton Chupkov Ilya Khomenko
	2		Jarred Crous Cameron van der Burgh
	2		Kevin Cordes Josh Prenot
	1		Ashton Baumann
	1		Jorge Murillo
	1		Matti Mattsson
	1		Marco Koch
	1		Anton Sveinn McKee
	1		Nicholas Quinn
	1		Luca Pizzini
	1		Dmitriy Balandin
	1		Giedrius Titenis
	1		Laurent Carnol
	1		Choi Kyu-woong
	1		Erik Persson
	1		Yannick Käser
	1		Dmytro Oseledets
	1		Carlos Claverie
Olympic Selection Time – 2:16.27	1		Basten Caerts
	1		Lee Hsuan-yen
	1		Martin Allikvee
	1		Glenn Snyders
Universality Places	1		Denis Petrashov
Universality Places	1		Arya Nasimi Shad
Total	39

Men's 100 m butterfly

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=200	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 52.36	2		Grant Irvine David Morgan
	2		Pavel Sankovich Yauhen Tsurkin
	2		Marcos Macedo Henrique Martins
	2		Li Zhuhao Zhang Qibin
	2		Mehdy Metella Jérémy Stravius
	2		László Cseh Bence Pulai
	2		Piero Codia Matteo Rivolta
	2		Konrad Czerniak Paweł Korzeniowski
	2		Evgeny Koptelov Aleksandr Sadovnikov
	2		Quah Zheng Wen Joseph Schooling
	2		Michael Phelps Tom Shields
	1		Santiago Grassi
	1		Steffen Deibler
	1		James Guy
	1		Luis Martínez
	1		Takuro Fujii
	1		Long Yuan Gutiérrez
	1		Joeri Verlinden
	1		Chad le Clos
	1		Lyubomyr Lemeshko
	1		Albert Subirats
Olympic Selection Time – 54.19	1		Santo Condorelli
	1		Glenn Victor Sutanto
	1		Ryan Pini
Universality Places	1		Hannibal Gaskin
	1		Allan Gutiérrez
	1		Abbas Qali
	1		Anthonny Sitraka Ralefy
	1		Oumar Touré
	1		Thint Myaat
	1		Rami Anis
	1		Ralph Goveia
Total	43

Men's 200 m butterfly

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:56.97	2		Grant Irvine David Morgan
	2		Kaio de Almeida Leonardo de Deus
	2		Li Zhuhao Wu Yuhang
	2		László Cseh Tamás Kenderesi
	2		Masato Sakai Daiya Seto
	2		Evgeny Koptelov Daniil Pakhomov
	2		Michael Phelps Tom Shields
	1		Louis Croenen
	1		Jonathan Gómez
	1		Viktor Bromer
	1		Jordan Coelho
	1		Stefanos Dimitriadis
	1		Jan Świtkowski
	1		Quah Zheng Wen
	1		Chad le Clos
	1		Carlos Peralta
Olympic Selection Time – 2:01.06	1		Sajan Prakash
	1		Gal Nevo
	1		Bradlee Ashby
	1		Robert Žbogar
	1		Simon Sjödin
Universality Places	0	—	—
Total	28

Men's 200 m individual medley

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:00.28	2		Thomas Fraser-Holmes Travis Mahoney
	2		Thiago Pereira Henrique Rodrigues
	2		Hu Yixuan Wang Shun
	2		Ieuan Lloyd Daniel Wallace
	2		Hiromasa Fujimori Kosuke Hagino
	2		Diogo Carvalho Alexis Santos
	2		Ryan Lochte Michael Phelps
	1		Emmanuel Vanluchene
	1		Mohamed Hussein
	1		Philip Heintz
	1		Andreas Vazaios
	1		Dávid Verrasztó
	1		Gal Nevo
	1		Federico Turrini
	1		Raphaël Stacchiotti
	1		Bradlee Ashby
	1		Semen Makovich
	1		Eduardo Solaeche
	1		Simon Sjödin
	1		Jérémy Desplanches
Olympic Selection Time – 2:04.39	1		Uvis Kalniņš
	1		Marko Blaževski
	1		Ahmed Mathlouthi
Universality Places	0	—	—
Total	30

Men's 400 m individual medley

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:16.71	2		Thomas Fraser-Holmes Travis Mahoney
	2		Jacob Heidtmann Johannes Hintze
	2		Gergely Gyurta Dávid Verrasztó
	2		Luca Marin Federico Turrini
	2		Kosuke Hagino Daiya Seto
	2		Michael Meyer Sebastien Rousseau
	2		Chase Kalisz Jay Litherland
	1		Brandonn Almeida
	1		Wang Shun
	1		Max Litchfield
	1		Richárd Nagy
	1		Joan Lluís Pons
Olympic Selection Time – 4:25.69	1		Pedro Pinotes
	1		Pavel Janeček
	1		Gal Nevo
	1		Christoph Meier
	1		Raphaël Stacchiotti
	1		Alexis Santos
	1		Jérémy Desplanches
Universality Places	1		Luis Vega
Total	27

Women's individual events

Women's 50 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 25.28	2		Bronte Campbell Cate Campbell
	2		Aliaksandra Herasimenia Yuliya Khitraya
	2		Graciele Herrmann Etiene Medeiros
	2		Chantal van Landeghem Michelle Williams
	2		Chen Xinyi Liu Xiang
	2		Pernille Blume Jeanette Ottesen
	2		Mélanie Henique Anna Santamans
	2		Theodora Drakou Theodora Giareni
	2		Andrea Murez Zohar Shikler
	2		Silvia Di Pietro Erika Ferraioli
	2		Rikako Ikee Yayoi Matsumoto
	2		Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo
	2		Anna Dowgiert Aleksandra Urbańczyk
	2		Natalya Lovtsova Rozaliya Nasretdinova
	2		Therese Alshammar Sarah Sjöström
	2		Simone Manuel Abbey Weitzeil
	1		Birgit Koschischek
	1		Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace
	1		Farida Osman
	1		Dorothea Brandt
	1		Francesca Halsall
	1		Flóra Molnár
	1		Liliana Ibáñez
	1		Susann Bjørnsen
	1		Vanessa García
	1		Sasha Touretski
	1		Darya Stepanyuk
Olympic Selection Time – 26.17	1		Allyson Ponson
	1		Karen Torrez
	1		Naomi Ruele
	1		Lin Pei-wun
	1		Isabella Arcila
	1		Camille Cheng
	1		Julie Meynen
	1		Bayan Jumah
Universality Places	1		Samantha Roberts
	1		Monika Vasilyan
	1		Fatema Almahmeed
	1		Sonia Akter Tumpa
	1		Laraïba Seibou
	1		Rebecca Heyliger
	1		Elinah Phillip
	1		Angelika Ouedraogo
	1		Elsie Uwamahoro
	1		Hemthon Vitiny
	1		Chloe Sauvourel
	1		Nazlati Mohamed Andhumdine
	1		Bellore Sangala
	1		Dorian McMenemy
	1		Rahel Gebresilassie
	1		Mariama Sow
	1		Jamila Sanmoogan
	1		Naomy Grand'Pierre
	1		Talita Baqlah
	1		Faye Sultan
	1		Siri Arun Budcharern
	1		Ammara Pinto
	1		Fatoumata Samassékou
	1		Nicola Muscat
	1		Colleen Furgeson
	1		Debra Daniel
	1		Yesuin Bayar
	1		Noura Mana
	1		Ei Ei Thet
	1		Roukaya Mahamane
	1		Lianna Swan
	1		Dirngulbai Misech
	1		Mary Al-Atrash
	1		Awa Ly N'diaye
	1		Bunturabie Jalloh
	1		Haneen Ibrahim
	1		Anastasia Tyurina
	1		Magdalena Moshi
	1		Adzo Kpossi
	1		Irene Prescott
	1		Nada Al-Bedwawi
Total	92

Women's 100 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 54.43	2		Bronte Campbell Cate Campbell
	2		Larissa Oliveira Etiene Medeiros
	2		Penny Oleksiak Chantal van Landeghem
	2		Shen Duo Zhu Menghui
	2		Charlotte Bonnet Béryl Gastaldello
	2		Erika Ferraioli Federica Pellegrini
	2		Rikako Ikee Miki Uchida
	2		Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo
	2		Michelle Coleman Sarah Sjöström
	2		Simone Manuel Abbey Weitzeil
	1		Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace
	1		Aliaksandra Herasimenia
	1		Pernille Blume
	1		Andrea Murez
	1		Katarzyna Wilk
	1		Veronika Popova
Olympic Selection Time – 56.34	1		Nina Rangelova
	1		Camille Cheng
	1		Julie Meynen
	1		Susann Bjørnsen
	1		Jasmine Alkhaldi
	1		Maria Ugolkova
	1		Natthanan Junkrajang
Universality Places	1		Nikol Merizaj
	1		Mónica Ramírez
	1		Ana Sofia Nóbrega
	1		Fatima Alkaramova
	1		Tracy Keith-Matchitt
	1		Estellah Fils Rabetsara
	1		Aminath Shajan
	1		Heather Arseth
	1		Jovana Terzić
	1		Karen Riveros
	1		Ana Iulia Dascăl
	1		Ines Remersaro
	1		Jade Howard
Total	46

Women's 200 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:58.96	2		Bronte Barratt Emma McKeon
	2		Manuella Lyrio Larissa Oliveira
	2		Brittany MacLean Penny Oleksiak
	2		Ai Yanhan Shen Duo
	2		Coralie Balmy Charlotte Bonnet
	2		Georgia Coates Eleanor Faulkner
	2		Camille Cheng Siobhán Haughey
	2		Ajna Késely Evelyn Verrasztó
	2		Federica Pellegrini Alice Mizzau
	2		Chihiro Igarashi Rikako Ikee
	2		Femke Heemskerk Robin Neumann
	2		Arina Openysheva Veronika Popova
	2		Patricia Castro Melani Costa
	2		Sarah Sjöström Michelle Coleman
	2		Missy Franklin Katie Ledecky
	1		Nina Rangelova
	1		Annika Bruhn
	1		Katarina Simonović
Olympic Selection Time – 2:03.13	1		Joanna Evans
	1		Elisbet Gamez
	1		Barbora Seemanová
	1		Sara Pastrana
	1		Andrea Murez
	1		Anastasia Bogdanovski
	1		Andrea Cedrón
	1		Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Universality Places	1		Matelita Buadromo
	1		Kaya Forson
	1		Shivani Kataria
Total	44

Women's 400 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:09.08	2		Jessica Ashwood Tamsin Cook
	2		Brittany MacLean Emily Overholt
	2		Cao Yue Zhang Yuhan
	2		Boglárka Kapás Ajna Késely
	2		Diletta Carli Alice Mizzau
	2		Mireia Belmonte Melani Costa
	2		Katie Ledecky Leah Smith
	1		Lotte Friis
	1		Coralie Balmy
	1		Sarah Köhler
	1		Jazmin Carlin
	1		Sharon van Rouwendaal
	1		Lauren Boyle
	1		Arina Openysheva
	1		Anja Klinar
	1		Andreina Pinto
	1		Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Olympic Selection Time – 4:17.80	1		Joanna Evans
	1		Manuella Lyrio
	1		Kristel Köbrich
	1		Valerie Gruest
	1		Chihiro Igarashi
	1		Katarina Simonović
Universality Places	1		Lani Cabrera
	1		Rebeca Quinteros
	1		Gabrielle Doueihy
Total	33

Women's 800 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 8:33.97	2		Jessica Ashwood Tamsin Cook
	2		Hou Yawen Zhang Yuhan
	2		Leonie Beck Sarah Köhler
	2		Jazmin Carlin Camilla Hattersley
	2		Boglárka Kapás Éva Risztov
	2		Diletta Carli Martina De Memme
	2		Lauren Boyle Emma Robinson
	2		Anja Klinar Tjaša Oder
	2		Mireia Belmonte María Vilas
	2		Katie Ledecky Leah Smith
	1		Joanna Evans
	1		Brittany MacLean
	1		Kristel Köbrich
	1		Lotte Friis
	1		Coralie Balmy
	1		Valerie Gruest
	1		Sharon van Rouwendaal
	1		Arina Openysheva
	1		Andreina Pinto
Olympic Selection Time – 8:51.96	1		Julia Hassler
Olympic Selection Time – 8:51.96	1		Tamila Holub
Universality Places	1		Talita Te Flan
Total	32

Women's 100 m backstroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:00.25	2		Emily Seebohm Madison Wilson
	2		Dominique Bouchard Kylie Masse
	2		Fu Yuanhui Wang Xueer
	2		Kathleen Baker Olivia Smoliga
	1		Etiene Medeiros
	1		Mie Nielsen
	1		Georgia Davies
	1		Katinka Hosszú
	1		Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir
	1		Natsumi Sakai
	1		Kira Toussaint
	1		Anastasia Fesikova
	1		Katarína Listopadová
	1		Daryna Zevina
	1		Kirsty Coventry
Olympic Selection Time – 1.02.36	1		Matea Samardžić
	1		Simona Baumrtová
	1		Mimosa Jallow
	1		Claudia Lau
	1		Andrea Murez
	1		Yekaterina Rudenko
	1		Alicja Tchorz
	1		Alexus Laird
	1		Duane da Rocha
	1		Michelle Coleman
Universality Places	1		Lara Butler
	1		Talisa Lanoe
	1		Rita Zeqiri
	1		Gaurika Singh
	1		Evelina Afoa
	1		Kimiko Raheem
	1		Caylee Watson
Total	36

Women's 200 m backstroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:10.60	2		Belinda Hocking Emily Seebohm
	2		Dominique Bouchard Hilary Caldwell
	2		Chen Jie Liu Yaxin
	2		Lisa Graf Jenny Mensing
	2		Réka György Katinka Hosszú
	2		Duane da Rocha África Zamorano
	2		Maya DiRado Missy Franklin
	1		Matea Samardžić
	1		Simona Baumrtová
	1		Claudia Lau
	1		Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir
	1		Margherita Panziera
	1		Natsumi Sakai
	1		Alicja Tchórz
	1		Anastasia Fesikova
	1		Daryna Zevina
	1		Kirsty Coventry
Olympic Selection Time – 2:15.17	1		Martina van Berkel
Olympic Selection Time – 2:15.17	1		Ekaterina Avramova
Universality Places	1		Yessy Yosaputra
Total	27

Women's 100 m breaststroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:07.85	2		Georgia Bohl Taylor McKeown
	2		Rachel Nicol Kierra Smith
	2		Shi Jinglin Zhang Xinyu
	2		Molly Renshaw Chloe Tutton
	2		Martina Carraro Arianna Castiglioni
	2		Satomi Suzuki Kanako Watanabe
	2		Sophie Hansson Jennie Johansson
	2		Lilly King Katie Meili
	1		Fanny Lecluyse
	1		Rikke Møller Pedersen
	1		Jenna Laukkanen
	1		Yvette Kong
	1		Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir
	1		Fiona Doyle
	1		Amit Ivry
	1		Alia Atkinson
	1		Rūta Meilutytė
	1		Jessica Vall
	1		Daria Chikunova
	1		Zeynep Güneş
Olympic Selection Time – 1:10.22	1		Martina Moravčíková
	1		Maria Romanjuk
	1		Anna Sztankovics
	1		Phee Jinq En
	1		Tatiana Chişca
	1		Tjaša Vozel
Universality Places	1		Teona Bostashvili
	1		Pilar Shimizu
	1		Dariya Talanova
	1		Daniah Hagul
	1		Rechael Tonjor
	1		Izzy Joachim
	1		Evita Leter
	1		Darya Semyonova
	1		Jamila Lunkuse
Total	43

Women's 200 m breaststroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:26.94	2		Georgia Bohl Taylor McKeown
	2		Kierra Smith Martha McCabe
	2		Shi Jinglin Yu Jingyao
	2		Molly Renshaw Chloe Tutton
	2		Dalma Sebestyén Anna Sztankovics
	2		Rie Kaneto Kanako Watanabe
	2		Lilly King Molly Hannis
	1		Fanny Lecluyse
	1		Martina Moravčíková
	1		Rikke Møller Pedersen
	1		Jenna Laukkanen
	1		Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir
	1		Back Su-yeon
	1		Jessica Vall
	1		Sofiya Andreeva
	1		Zeynep Güneş
Olympic Selection Time – 2:32.08	1		Julia Sebastián
	1		Yvette Kong
	1		Fiona Doyle
	1		Amit Ivry
	1		Sophie Hansson
Universality Places	1		Aļona Ribakova
Total	29

Women's 100 m butterfly

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=200	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 58.74	2		Madeline Groves Emma McKeon
	2		Daynara de Paula Daiene Dias
	2		Penny Oleksiak Noemie Thomas
	2		Chen Xinyi Lu Ying
	2		Béryl Gastaldello Marie Wattel
	2		Anna Ntountounaki Kristel Vourna
	2		Natsumi Hoshi Rikako Ikee
	2		Svetlana Chimrova Natalya Lovtsova
	2		Louise Hansson Sarah Sjöström
	2		Kelsi Worrell Dana Vollmer
	1		Kimberly Buys
	1		Lucie Svěcená
	1		Jeanette Ottesen
	1		Farida Osman
	1		Alexandra Wenk
	1		Liliána Szilágyi
	1		Ilaria Bianchi
	1		Helena Gasson
	1		Katarína Listopadová
	1		An Se-hyeon
	1		Judit Ignacio
Olympic Selection Time – 1:00.80	1		Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace
	1		Amit Ivry
	1		Quah Ting Wen
	1		Danielle Villars
	1		Darya Stepanyuk
Universality Places	1		Amina Kajtaz
	1		Marie Laura Meza
	1		Sotiria Neofytou
	1		Oreoluwa Cherebin
	1		Jannah Sonnenschein
	1		Dalia Torrez Zamora
	1		Nada Arkaji
	1		Yusra Mardini
	1		Johanna Umurungi
	1		Nooran Ba Matraf
Total	46

Women's 200 m butterfly

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:09.33	2		Madeline Groves Brianna Throssell
	2		Zhang Yufei Zhou Yilin
	2		Katinka Hosszú Liliána Szilágyi
	2		Alessia Polieri Stefania Pirozzi
	2		Suzuka Hasegawa Natsumi Hoshi
	2		An Se-hyeon Park Jin-young
	2		Mireia Belmonte Judit Ignacio
	2		Cammile Adams Hali Flickinger
	1		Audrey Lacroix
	1		Lara Grangeon
	1		Franziska Hentke
	1		Aimee Willmott
	1		Anja Klinar
	1		Martina van Berkel
Olympic Selection Time – 2:13.86	1		Virginia Bardach
	1		Joanna Melo
	1		Helena Gasson
	1		Nida Eliz Üstündağ
	1		Andreina Pinto
Universality Places	1		María Far Núñez
Total	28

Women's 200 m individual medley

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:14.26	2		Alicia Coutts Kotuku Ngawati
	2		Lena Kreundl Lisa Zaiser
	2		Sydney Pickrem Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson
	2		Ye Shiwen Zhou Min
	2		Simona Baumrtová Barbora Závadová
	1		Hannah Miley Siobhan-Marie O'Connor
	2		Katinka Hosszú Zsuzsanna Jakabos
	2		Sara Franceschi Luisa Trombetti
	2		Runa Imai Miho Teramura
	2		Kim Seo-yeong Nam Yoo-sun
	2		Mireia Belmonte África Zamorano
	2		Stina Gardell Louise Hansson
	2		Maya DiRado Melanie Margalis
	1		Virginia Bardach
	1		Joanna Melo
	1		Tanja Kylliäinen
	1		Lara Grangeon
	1		Alexandra Wenk
	1		Siobhán Haughey
	1		Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir
	1		Marrit Steenbergen
	1		Viktoriya Andreeva
	1		Maria Ugolkova
	1		Ranohon Amanova
	1		Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Olympic Selection Time – 2:18.96	1		Amit Ivry
	1		Katarzyna Baranowska
	1		Victoria Kaminskaya
	1		Anja Crevar
Universality Places	0	—	—
Total	43

Women's 400 m individual medley

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:43.46	2		Blair Evans Keryn McMaster
	2		Emily Overholt Sydney Pickrem
	2		Ye Shiwen Zhou Min
	2		Lara Grangeon Fantine Lesaffre
	2		Hannah Miley Aimee Willmott
	2		Katinka Hosszú Zsuzsanna Jakabos
	2		Sara Franceschi Luisa Trombetti
	2		Sakiko Shimizu Miho Takahashi
	2		Mireia Belmonte María Vilas
	2		Elizabeth Beisel Maya DiRado
	1		Virginia Bardach
	1		Joanna Melo
	1		Barbora Závadová
	1		Franziska Hentke
	1		Victoria Kaminskaya
	1		Anja Crevar
	1		Anja Klinar
	1		Zeynep Güneş
	1		Ranohon Amanova
	1		Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Olympic Selection Time – 4:53.68	1		Jördis Steinegger
	1		Matea Samardžić
	1		Tanja Kylliäinen
	1		Martina van Berkel
Universality Places	0	—	—
Total	34

Relay events

Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	11
Best times of non-qualifiers	5
Total	16

Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Total	16

Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Total	16

Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Total	16

Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Total	16

Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Total	16

Open water events

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
	24 July – 9 August 2015	Kazan
	11–12 June 2016	Setúbal
Re-allocation of unused quota	12–18 June 2016	–

Men's 10 km marathon

Qualification event	No. of athletes	Qualified athletes
2015 World Championships^[5]	10
2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	10	°
Continental Qualifier	5
Total	25

° Unused host quota place
^ Unused continental quota place

Women's 10 km marathon

Qualification event	No. of athletes	Qualified athletes
2015 World Championships	10
2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	10	° ^
Continental Qualifier	5
Total	25

° Unused host quota place
^ Unused continental quota place

Notes

a.	Qualified in other events
b.	Under universality place, but reached the Olympic Selection Time

External links

FINA – Rio 2016 Olympic Coverage

Notes and References

News: Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System. Rio 2016. FINA. 23 January 2015.
News: FINA Releases 2016 Olympic Qualifying Time Standards. Swimming World Magazine. 16 January 2015. 23 January 2015.
News: Swimming World Rankings. Rio 2016. FINA. 26 January 2015.
News: 2 June 2016. Argentine Martin Carrizo Off Olympic Roster Due To Failed Doping Test. SwimSwam. 3 June 2016. Argentine Olympic Committee President Gerhard Werthein announced that Argentine swimmer Martin Carrizo has been removed from his nation's Olympic roster after having failed a doping test. Carrizo tested positively for banned substance erythropoietin (EPO) after The Maria Lenk Trophy event in Rio last April, the event which also served as the Olympic Games’ swimming test event..
News: Rio 2016 – FINA Marathon Swimming Qualification System. Rio 2016. FINA. 23 January 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20151006172043/http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/rio2016/2014-02-Rio%202016-Qualification%20System%20-%20FINAL%20-%20Marathon%20Swimming%20-%20EN.pdf. 6 October 2015.