Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games – Qualification explained

See main article: Swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games. The following is the qualification system and qualified athletes for the swimming at the 2019 Pan American Games competitions.

Qualification system

A total of 350 swimmers will qualify in the pool and a total of 40 additional open water swimmers will qualify as well. As Host Country, Peru automatically will qualify 18 male and 18 female competitors in the pool.^[1] Each National Olympic Committee may use proven swim times attained during the qualification period of those swimmers who have met the qualifying standards established by the UANA for the 2019 Pan American Games at a competition recognized by the FINA from the official list of approved qualifying competitions for the 18th FINA World Aquatics Championships held in Gwangju, Korea. Each event (besides the relays) has an A standard (two entries allowed) or a B standard (one entry allowed). Countries not qualified can enter one male and one female swimmer through the universality rule. In open water, Canada and the USA automatically qualify two per gender, with eight spots being awarded in each gender to CONSANAT and CCCAN.^[1]

Swimming qualification times

The time standards (all long course) for the 2019 Pan American Games are:

Male	Event	Female
A standard (2 entries)	B standard (1 entry)	A standard (2 entries)	B standard (1 entry)
22.68	24.07	50 freestyle	25.89	27.44
49.80	52.79	100 freestyle	56.56	59.95
1:49.66	1:56.24	200 freestyle	2:03.55	2:10.96
3:54.44	4:08.51	400 freestyle	4:16.91	4:32.33
8:10.19	8:39.60	800 freestyle	8:50.99	9:24.97
15:43.36	16:39.97	1500 freestyle	16:50.89	17:51.54
56.49	59.99	100 backstroke	1:03.36	1:07.17
2:02.89	2:10.26	200 backstroke	2:18.45	2:26.76
1:02.26	1:06.00	100 breaststroke	1:11.11	1:15.38
2:17.52	2:25.79	200 breaststroke	2:34.43	2:43.79
53.73	56.95	100 butterfly	1:01.25	1:04.93
2:00.54	2:07.77	200 butterfly	2:14.13	2:22.19
2:04.43	2:11.90	200 individual medley	2:19.99	2:28.92
4:27.69	4:43.79	400 individual medley	4:57.99	5:17.99

Swimming

A total of 37 countries qualified swimmers or received universality spots. Only 326 of 350 quota spots were distributed. A total of 167 male swimmers and 159 swimmers were entered.^[2]

NOC	Men	Women	width=55	Athletes
	1	1	2
	11	6	17
	2	1	3
	6	4	10
	3	2	5
	1	2	3
	3	1	4
	18	17	35
	2	14	16
	2	1	3
	5	4	9
	8	6	14
	2	1	3
	7	5	12
	1	1	2
	5	4	9
	1	2	3
	1	1	2
	2	2	4
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	3	4	7
	1	1	2
	11	11	22
	2	2	4
	4	5	9
	5	4	9
	15	15	30
	4	3	7
	1	0	1
	1	1	2
	1	1	2
	3	3	6
	18	18	36
	2	3	5
	11	10	21
	2	1	3
Total: 37 NOC's	167	159	326

Open water swimming

Qualification timeline

Event	Date	Venue
2018 Central American and Caribbean Games	July 28–29	Barranquilla
2018 South American Championships	November 2	Lake Bujama
Canadian Ranking	April 27, 2019	Ottawa
USA Qualifier	May 3, 2019	Miami

Summary

NOC	Men	Women	width=55	Athletes
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
		1	1
	1		1
	2	2	4
	2	1	3
	1	1	2
	2	2	4
	2	2	4
	1	1	2
		1	1
	2	2	4
	1	1	2
Total: 14 NOC's	20	20	40

Qualified swimmers

The following countries earned quotas:^[3]

Event	Quotas	width=180	Men !	width=180	Women
Canada	2/2
United States	2/2
Caribbean/Central America	8/8
South America	8/8
Total	40	20	20

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2019 Pan American Games - Qualification. www.panamsports.org. 9 June 2019.
2. Web site: NF's Qualified for the Aquatic Disciplines 2019 Pan American Games revised June 25, 2019. 25 June 2019. www.teamunify.com/. Swimming Union of the Americas (UANA). 29 June 2019.
3. Web site: National Federations Qualified for Aquatic Disciplines at the 2019 Pan American Games. 23 April 2019. /www.teamunify.com/. UANA. 9 June 2019.