Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Qualification explained

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

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
	22.01	22.67		24.77	25.51
	48.57	50.03		54.38	56.01
	1:47.02	1:50.23		1:57.28	2:00.80
	3:46.78	3:53.58		4:07.90	4:15.34
	7:54.31	8:08.54		8:33.36	8:48.76
	15:00.99	15:28.02		16:32.04	17:01.80
	53.85	55.47		1:00.25	1:02.06
	1:57.50	2:01.03		2:10.39	2:14.30
	59.93	1:01.73		1:07.07	1:09.08
	2:10.35	2:14.26		2:25.52	2:29.89
	51.96	53.52		57.92	59.66
	1:56.48	1:59.97		2:08.43	2:12.28
	1:59.67	2:03.26		2:12.56	2:16.54
	4:15.84	4:21.46		4:38.53	4:46.89

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.

Men's individual events

Men's 50 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 22.01
	2		Brent Hayden Joshua Liendo
	2		Florent Manaudou Maxime Grousset
	2		Alessandro Miressi Lorenzo Zazzeri
	2		Thom de Boer Jesse Puts
	2		Konrad Czerniak Paweł Juraszek
	2		Kliment Kolesnikov Vladimir Morozov
	2		Michael Andrew Caeleb Dressel
	1		Oussama Sahnoune
	1
	1		Bruno Fratus
	1		Yu Hexin
	1		Nikola Miljenić
	1		Ali Khalafalla
	1		Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
	1		Ben Proud
	1		Kristian Golomeev
	1		Ian Ho
	1		Maxim Lobanovskij
	1		Meiron Cheruti
	1		Gabriel Castaño
	1		Brad Tandy
	1		Björn Seeliger
	1		Vladyslav Bukhov
	1		Alberto Mestre
Olympic Selection Time – 22.67	1		Santiago Grassi
	1		Heiko Gigler
	1		Emir Muratović
	1		Brett Fraser
	1		Luke Gebbie
	1		David Popovici
	1		Andrej Barna
	1		Hwang Sun-woo
	1		Renzo Tjon-A-Joe
	1		Enzo Martínez
Universality Places	1		Fahim Anwari
	1		Artur Barseghyan
	1		Mohammed Ariful Islam
	1		Marc Dansou
	1		Adama Ouedraogo
	1		Hem Puch
	1		Charly Ndjoume
	1		Troy Pina
	1		Nikolas Antoniou
	1		Hussein Gabor Ibrahim
	1		José da Silva Viegas
	1		Diosdado Miko Eyanga
	1		Ghirmai Efrem
	1		Simanga Dlamini
	1		Adam Mpali
	1		Ebrima Buaro
	0		Mamadou Bah
	1		Santisouk Inthavong
	1		Filipe Gomes
	1		Phillip Kinono
	1		Myagmaryn Delgerkhüü
	1		Shawn Dingilius-Wallace
	1		Eloi Maniraguha
	1		Shane Cadogan
	1		Joshua Wyse
	1		Edgar Iro
	1		Olimjon Ishanov
	1		Mawupemon Otogbe
	1		Shaquille Moosa
Invitational Places	1		Alaa Maso
Total	67

Men's 100 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 48.57	2		Kyle Chalmers Cameron McEvoy
	2		Pedro Spajari Gabriel Santos
	2		Yuri Kisil Joshua Liendo
	2		Maxime Grousset Mehdy Metella
	2		Matthew Richards Jacob Whittle
	2		Nándor Németh Szebasztián Szabó
	2		Thomas Ceccon Alessandro Miressi
	2		Kliment Kolesnikov Andrey Minakov
	2		Zach Apple Caeleb Dressel
	1		Oussama Sahnoune
	1		He Junyi
	1		Damian Wierling
	1		Apostolos Christou
	1		Katsumi Nakamura
	1		Stan Pijnenburg
	1		David Popovici
	1		Andrej Barna
	1		Hwang Sun-woo
	1		Roman Mityukov
	1		Dylan Carter
	1		Sergii Shevtsov
Olympic Selection Time – 50.03	1		Artur Barseghyan
	1		Mikel Schreuders
	1		Emir Muratović
	1		Josif Miladinov
	1		Nikola Miljenić
	1		Nikolas Antoniou
	1		Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
	1		Ian Ho
	1		Meiron Cheruti
	1		Ben Hockin
	1		Luke Gebbie
	1		Joseph Schooling
	1		Renzo Tjon-A-Joe
	1		Alberto Mestre
Universality Places	1		Kledi Kadiu
	1		Stefano Mitchell
	1		Sangay Tenzin
	1		Belly-Cresus Ganira
	1		Delron Felix
	1		Jagger Stephens
	1		Andrew Fowler
	1		Danilo Rosafio
	1		Olt Kondirolli
	1		Mubal Ibrahim
	1		Andrew Chetcuti
	1		Mathieu Marquet
	1		Boško Radulović
	1		Samy Boutouil
	1		Alexander Shah
	1		Miguel Mena
	1		Alassane Seydou
	1		Issa Al-Adawi
	1		Muhammad Haseeb Tariq
	1		Yazan Al-Bawwab
	1		Jean-Luc Zephir
	1		Edgar Iro
	1		Matthew Abeysinghe
	1		Atuhaire Ambala
	1		Yousuf Al-Matrooshi
	1		Khurshidjon Tursunov
	1		Mokhtar Al-Yamani
	1		Peter Wetzlar
Total	72

Men's 200 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:47.02	2		Thomas Neill Elijah Winnington
	2		Murilo Sartori Fernando Scheffer
	2		Ji Xinjie Wang Shun
	2		Jonathan Atsu Jordan Pothain
	2		Jacob Heidtmann Lukas Märtens
	2		Tom Dean Duncan Scott
	2		Dominik Kozma Nándor Németh
	2		Stefano Ballo Stefano Di Cola
	2		Ivan Girev Martin Malyutin
	2		Townley Haas Kieran Smith
	1		Felix Auböck
	1		Kregor Zirk
	1		Denis Loktev
	1		Katsuhiro Matsumoto
	1		Danas Rapšys
	1		Velimir Stjepanović
	1		Hwang Sun-woo
	1		Robin Hanson
	1		Antonio Djakovic
Olympic Selection Time – 1:50.23	1		Mikel Schreuders
	1		Alex Sobers
	1		Wesley Roberts
	1		Dimitrios Markos
	1		Sajan Prakash
	1		Welson Sim
	1		Alexei Sancov
	1		Joaquín Vargas
	1		David Popovici
	1		Baturalp Ünlü
	1		Mokhtar Al-Yamani
Universality Places	1		James Freeman
	1		Audai Hassouna
Total	44

Men's 400 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 3:46.78	2		Jack McLoughlin Elijah Winnington
	2		Lukas Märtens Henning Mühlleitner
	2		Marco De Tullio Gabriele Detti
	2		Martin Malyutin Aleksandr Yegorov
	2		Jake Mitchell Kieran Smith
	1		Felix Auböck
	1		Guilherme Costa
	1		Ji Xinjie
	1		Kieran Bird
	1		Gábor Zombori
	1		Danas Rapšys
	1		Antonio Djakovic
	1		Ahmed Hafnaoui
Olympic Selection Time – 3:53.58	1		Alex Sobers
	1		James Freeman
	1		Wesley Roberts
	1		Kregor Zirk
	1		David Aubry
	1		Konstantinos Englezakis
	1		Aflah Fadlan Prawira
	1		Denis Loktev
	1		Welson Sim
	1		Zac Reid
	1		Henrik Christiansen
	1		Joaquín Vargas
	1		Martin Bau
	1		Lee Ho-joon
	1		Alfonso Mestre
Universality Places	1		Eduardo Cisternas
	1		Irakli Revishvili
	1		Igor Mogne
	1		Filip Derkoski
Total	36

Men's 800 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 7:54.31	2		Anton Ørskov Ipsen Alexander Nørgaard
	2		Dimitrios Markos Konstantinos Englezakis
	2		Gabriele Detti Gregorio Paltrinieri
	2		Ilya Druzhinin Aleksandr Yegorov
	2		Serhiy Frolov Mykhailo Romanchuk
	2		Michael Brinegar Bobby Finke
	1		Jack McLoughlin
	1		Felix Auböck
	1
	1		Cheng Long
	1		Jan Micka
	1		Marwan El-Kamash
	1		David Aubry
	1		Florian Wellbrock
	1		Kieran Bird
	1		Daniel Wiffen
	1		Zac Reid
	1		Henrik Christiansen
	1		José Paulo Lopes
	1		Vuk Čelić
	1		Ahmed Hafnaoui
	1		Yiğit Aslan
	1		Alfonso Mestre
	1		Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
Olympic Selection Time – 8:08.54	1		Marcelo Acosta
	1		Ákos Kalmár
	1		Martin Bau
	1		Victor Johansson
Total	34

Men's 1500 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 15:00.99
	2		Jack McLoughlin Thomas Neill
	2		Anton Ørskov Ipsen Alexander Nørgaard
	2		Lukas Märtens Florian Wellbrock
	2		Gergely Gyurta Ákos Kalmár
	2		Domenico Acerenza Gregorio Paltrinieri
	2		Kirill Martynychev Aleksandr Yegorov
	2		Serhiy Frolov Mykhailo Romanchuk
	2		Michael Brinegar Bobby Finke
	1		Guilherme Costa
	1		Jan Micka
	1		Daniel Jervis
	1		Henrik Christiansen
	1		Nguyễn Huy Hoàng
Olympic Selection Time – 15:28.02	1		Felix Auböck
	1		Cheng Long
	1		Marcelo Acosta
	1		Aflah Fadlan Prawira
	1		Daniel Wiffen
	1		Victor Johansson
Universality Places	1		Theo Druenne
Total	29

Men's 100 m backstroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 53.85	2		Isaac Cooper Mitch Larkin
	2		Guilherme Basseto Guilherme Guido
	2		Cole Pratt Markus Thormeyer
	2		Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Mewen Tomac
	2		Ole Braunschweig Marek Ulrich
	2		Luke Greenbank Joe Litchfield
	2		Richárd Bohus Ádám Telegdy
	2		Michael Laitarovsky Yakov Toumarkin
	2		Thomas Ceccon Simone Sabbioni
	2		Robert Glință Daniel Martin
	2		Kliment Kolesnikov Evgeny Rylov
	2		Hunter Armstrong Ryan Murphy
	1		Bernhard Reitshammer
	1		Mikita Tsmyh
	1		Xu Jiayu
	1		Apostolos Christou
	1		Srihari Nataraj
	1		Shane Ryan
	1		Ryosuke Irie
	1		Quah Zheng Wen
	1		Pieter Coetze
	1		Lee Ju-ho
	1		Hugo González
Olympic Selection Time – 55.47	1		Kaloyan Levterov
	1		Jan Čejka
	1		Kacper Stokowski
	1		Francisco Santos
	1		Dylan Carter
	1		Merdan Ataýew
Universality Places	1		Gabriel Castillo
	1		Heriniavo Rasolonjatovo
Total	41

Men's 200 m backstroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.50	2		Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Mewen Tomac
	2		Luke Greenbank Brodie Williams
	2		Ryosuke Irie Keita Sunama
	2		Radosław Kawęcki Jakub Skierka
	2		Evgeny Rylov Grigory Tarasevich
	2		Bryce Mefford Ryan Murphy
	1		Tristan Hollard
	1		Kaloyan Levterov
	1		Markus Thormeyer
	1		Xu Jiayu
	1		Jan Čejka
	1		Christian Diener
	1		Ádám Telegdy
	1		Matteo Restivo
	1		Francisco Santos
	1		Lee Ju-ho
	1		Nicolás García
	1		Roman Mityukov
	1		Berke Saka
Olympic Selection Time – 2:01.03	1		Yakov Toumarkin
	1		Robert Glință
	1		Martin Binedell
Universality Places	1		Merdan Ataýew
Total	29

Men's 100 m breaststroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 59.93	2		Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Wilson
	2		Felipe Lima Caio Pumputis
	2		Adam Peaty James Wilby
	2		Lucas Matzerath Fabian Schwingenschlögl
	2		Nicolò Martinenghi Federico Poggio
	2		Ryuya Mura Shoma Sato
	2		Andrius Šidlauskas Giedrius Titenis
	2		Caspar Corbeau Arno Kamminga
	2		Anton Chupkov Kirill Prigoda
	2		Berkay Ömer Öğretir Hüseyin Emre Sakçı
	2		Michael Andrew Andrew Wilson
	1		Bernhard Reitshammer
	1		Ilya Shymanovich
	1		Yan Zibei
	1		Tobias Bjerg
	1		Théo Bussière
	1		Darragh Greene
	1		Dmitriy Balandin
	1		Denis Petrashov
	1		Čaba Silađi
	1		Michael Houlie
	1		Cho Sung-jae
Olympic Selection Time – 1:01.73	1		Izaak Bastian
	1		Lyubomir Epitropov
	1		Gabe Mastromatteo
	1		Jorge Murillo
	1		Josué Domínguez
	1		Matti Mattsson
	1		Julio Horrego
	1		André Grindheim
	1		Erik Persson
	1		Jérémy Desplanches
Universality Places	1		Micah Masei
	1		Muhammad Isa Ahmad
	1		Amro Al-Wir
	1		Sebastien Kouma
	1		Abobakr Abass
	1		Amini Fonua
	1		Adriel Sanes
Total	50

Men's 200 m breaststroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:10.35	2		Zac Stubblety-Cook Matthew Wilson
2		Ross Murdoch James Wilby
2		Ryuya Mura Shoma Sato
2		Caspar Corbeau Arno Kamminga
2		Anton Chupkov Kirill Prigoda
2
1		Christopher Rothbauer
1		Lyubomir Epitropov
1		Qin Haiyang
1		Matti Mattsson
1		Antoine Viquerat
1		Marco Koch
1		Anton Sveinn McKee
1		Darragh Greene
1		Dmitriy Balandin
1		Andrius Šidlauskas
1		Cho Sung-jae
1		Erik Persson
1		Berkay Ömer Öğretir
Olympic Selection Time – 2:14.26	1		Jorge Murillo
	1		Martin Allikvee
	1		Ron Polonsky
	1		Amro Al-Wir
	1		Denis Petrashov
	1		Adriel Sanes
Universality Places	1		Izaak Bastian
	1		Arnoldo Herrera
	1		Josué Domínguez
	1		Taichi Vakasama
	1		Julio Horrego
	1		Daniils Bobrovs
	1		Tyler Christianson
	1		Ryan Maskelyne
	1		Abdulaziz Al-Obaidly
Total	39

Men's 100 m butterfly

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 51.96	2		David Morgan Matthew Temple
	2		Matheus Gonche Vinicius Lanza
	2		Antani Ivanov Josif Miladinov
	2		James Guy Jacob Peters
	2		Kristóf Milák Szebasztián Szabó
	2		Tomer Frankel Gal Cohen Groumi
	2		Federico Burdisso Santo Condorelli
	2		Takeshi Kawamoto Naoki Mizunuma
	2		Paweł Korzeniowski Jakub Majerski
	2		Andrey Minakov Mikhail Vekovishchev
	2		Quah Zheng Wen Joseph Schooling
	2		Chad le Clos Matthew Sates
	2		Caeleb Dressel Tom Shields
	1		Santiago Grassi
	1		Simon Bucher
	1		Yauhen Tsurkin
	1		Joshua Liendo
	1		Sun Jiajun
	1		Jan Šefl
	1		Youssef Ramadan
	1		Mehdy Metella
	1		Marius Kusch
	1		Luis Martínez
	1		Nyls Korstanje
	1		Noè Ponti
	1		Ümitcan Güreş
Olympic Selection Time – 53.52	1		Louis Croenen
	1		Nikola Miljenić
	1		Kregor Zirk
	1		Sajan Prakash
	1		Shane Ryan
	1		Abbas Qali
	1		Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas
	1		Ben Hockin
	1		Daniel Martin
	1		Moon Seung-woo
	1		Wang Kuan-hung
	1		Dylan Carter
	1		Ihor Troianovskyi
Universality Places	1		Salvador Gordo
	1		Abdulla Ahmed
	1		Abeku Jackson
	1		Davidson Vincent
	1		Yousif Bu Arish
	1		Steven Aimable
	1		Navaphat Wongcharoen
Total	59

Men's 200 m butterfly

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:56.48	2		David Morgan Matthew Temple
	2		Tamás Kenderesi Kristóf Milák
	2		Federico Burdisso Giacomo Carini
	2		Tomoru Honda Daiya Seto
	2		Krzysztof Chmielewski Jakub Majerski
	2		Ethan du Preez Chad le Clos
	2		Denys Kesil Ihor Troianovskyi
	2		Gunnar Bentz Zach Harting
	1		Louis Croenen
	1		Leonardo de Deus
	1		Antani Ivanov
	1		Léon Marchand
	1		David Thomasberger
	1		Sajan Prakash
	1		Moon Seung-woo
	1		Noè Ponti
	1		Wang Kuan-hung
Olympic Selection Time – 1:59.97	1		Luis Vega Torres
	1		Kregor Zirk
	1		Brendan Hyland
	1		Alexei Sancov
	1		Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas
	1		Quah Zheng Wen
	1		Richard Nagy
	1		Navaphat Wongcharoen
Universality Places	1		Matin Balsini
	1		Keanan Dols
	1		Simon Bachmann
	1		Ayman Kelzi
Total	37

Men's 200 m individual medley

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:59.67	2
	2		Caio Pumputis Vinicius Lanza
	2		Wang Shun Qin Haiyang
	2		Jacob Heidtmann Philip Heintz
	2		Joe Litchfield Duncan Scott
	2		Apostolos Papastamos Andreas Vazaios
	2		László Cseh Hubert Kós
	2		Gal Cohen Groumi Ron Polonsky
	2		Kosuke Hagino Daiya Seto
	2		Gabriel Lópes Alexis Santos
	2		Ilya Borodin Andrey Zhilkin
	2		Michael Andrew Chase Kalisz
	1		Bernhard Reitshammer
	1		Finlay Knox
	1		Léon Marchand
	1		Alberto Razzetti
	1		Danas Rapšys
	1		Raphaël Stacchiotti
	1		Lewis Clareburt
	1		Tomoe Zenimoto Hvas
	1		Matthew Sates
	1		Hugo González
	1		Jérémy Desplanches
	1		Wang Hsing-hao
Olympic Selection Time – 2:03.26	1		Tomas Peribonio
	1		Keanan Dols
	1		Christoph Meier
	1		José Ángel Martínez
	1		Arjan Knipping
	1		Tyler Christianson
	1		Jarod Arroyo
Universality Places	1		Munzer Kabbara
	1		Tasi Limtiaco
Total	45

Men's 400 m individual medley

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:15.84	2		Brendon Smith Se-Bom Lee
2		Max Litchfield Brodie Williams
2		Péter Bernek Dávid Verrasztó
2		Pier Andrea Matteazzi Alberto Razzetti
2		Yuki Ikari Daiya Seto
2		Ilya Borodin Maxim Stupin
2		Chase Kalisz Jay Litherland
1		Maksym Shemberev
1		Wang Shun
1		Léon Marchand
1		Jacob Heidtmann
1		Apostolos Papastamos
1		Arjan Knipping
1		Lewis Clareburt
1		Joan Lluís Pons
1		Jérémy Desplanches
Olympic Selection Time – 4:21.46	1		Tomas Peribonio
	1		Ron Polonsky
	1		Jarod Arroyo
	1		José Paulo Lopes
	1		Richard Nagy
	1		Wang Hsing-hao
Universality Places	1		Luis Vega Torres
	1		Christoph Meier
Total	31

Women's individual events

Women's 50 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 24.77	2		Cate Campbell Emma McKeon
	2		Wu Qingfeng Zhang Yufei
	2		Pernille Blume Julie Kepp Jensen
	2		Mélanie Henique Marie Wattel
	2		Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo
	2		Maria Kameneva Arina Surkova
	2		Michelle Coleman Sarah Sjöström
	2		Simone Manuel Abbey Weitzeil
	1		Etiene Medeiros
	1		Kayla Sanchez
	1		Barbora Seemanová
	1		Anna Hopkin
	1		Siobhán Haughey
	1		Katarzyna Wasick
	1		Emma Chelius
Olympic Selection Time – 25.51	1		Amel Melih
	1		Isabella Arcila
	1		Kalia Antoniou
	1		Farida Osman
	1		Danielle Hill
	1		Andrea Murez
	1		Julie Meynen
	1		Bianca-Andreea Costea
	1		Quah Ting Wen
	1		Lidón Muñoz del Campo
	1		Jenjira Srisa-ard
	1		Cherelle Thompson
	1		Jeserik Pinto
Universality Places	1		Nikol Merizaj
	1		Samantha Roberts
	1		Allyson Ponson
	1		Noor Taha
	1		Junayna Ahmed
	1		Nafissath Radji
	1		Karen Torrez
	1		Elinah Phillip
	1		Odrina Kaze
	1		Adama Ouedraogo
	1		Bunpichmorakat Kheun
	1		Norah Elisabeth Milanesi
	1		Chloe Sauvourel
	1		Ema Rajić
	1		Imelda Ximenes
	1		Anicka Delgado
	1		Rita Ekomba
	1		Robyn Young
	1		Aya Mpali
	1		Aleka Persaud
	1		Talita Baqlah
	1		Lara Dashti
	1		Siri Arun Budcharern
	1		Jessica Makwenda
	1		Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen
	1		Alicia Mateus
	1		Roukaya Mahamane
	1		Bisma Khan
	1		Osisang Chilton
	1		Dania Nour
	1		Judith Meauri
	1		Stefan Sangala
	1		Nada Arakji
	1		Alphonsine Agahozo
	1		Mikaili Charlemagne
	1		Mya de Freitas
	1		Tity Dumbuya
	1		Haneen Ibrahim
	1		Huang Mei-chien
	1		Anastasiya Tyurina
	1		Noelani Malia Day
	1		Tilka Paljk
Total	75

Women's 100 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 54.38	2		Cate Campbell Emma McKeon
	2		Penny Oleksiak Kayla Sanchez
	2		Wu Qingfeng Yang Junxuan
	2		Pernille Blume Signe Bro
	2		Charlotte Bonnet Marie Wattel
	2		Freya Anderson Anna Hopkin
	2		Anastasia Gorbenko Andrea Murez
	2		Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo
	2		Michelle Coleman Sarah Sjöström
	2		Erika Brown Abbey Weitzeil
	1		Anastasiya Shkurdai
	1		Barbora Seemanová
	1		Annika Bruhn
	1		Siobhán Haughey
	1		Federica Pellegrini
	1		Katarzyna Wasick
	1		Maria Kameneva
	1		Janja Šegel
	1		Erin Gallagher
	1		Lidón Muñoz del Campo
Olympic Selection Time – 56.01	1		Kalia Antoniou
	1		Anicka Delgado
	1		Fanny Teijonsalo
	1		Ieva Maļuka
	1		Julie Meynen
	1		Miriam Sheehan
	1		Bianca-Andreea Costea
	1		Quah Ting Wen
	1		Maria Ugolkova
Universality Places	1		Amel Melih
	1		Catarina Sousa
	1		Varsenik Manucharyan
	1		Jillian Crooks
	1		Mariam Imnadze
	1		Mineri Gomez
	1		Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir
	1		Colleen Furgeson
	1		Anđela Antunović
	1		Gaurika Singh
	1		Maria Victoria Schutmeizer
	1		Abiola Ogunbanwo
	1		Mia Eminova
	1		Jeanne Boutbien
	1		Jenjira Srisa-ard
Total	53

Women's 200 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.28	2		Ariarne Titmus Madison Wilson
	2		Li Bingjie Yang Junxuan
	2		Summer McIntosh Penny Oleksiak
	2		Annika Bruhn Isabel Gose
	2		Katie Ledecky Allison Schmitt
	1		Barbora Seemanová
	1		Charlotte Bonnet
	1		Freya Anderson
	1		Siobhán Haughey
	1		Federica Pellegrini
	1		Valeriya Salamatina
	1		Sarah Sjöström
Olympic Selection Time – 2:00.80	1		Joanna Evans
	1		Elisbet Gámez
	1		Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir
	1		Andrea Murez
	1		Julia Hassler
	1		Erika Fairweather
	1		Janja Šegel
	1		Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Universality Places	1		Beatriz Padron
	1		Gabriela Santis
	1		Ieva Maļuka
	1		Gabriella Doueihy
	1		Lina Khiyara
Total	30

Women's 400 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:07.90	2		Ariarne Titmus Tamsin Cook
	2		Li Bingjie Tang Muhan
	2		Isabel Gose Leonie Kullmann
	2		Waka Kobori Miyu Namba
	2		Anna Egorova Anastasiya Kirpichnikova
	2		Beril Böcekler Merve Tuncel
	2		Katie Ledecky Paige Madden
	1		Delfina Pignatiello
	1		Joanna Evans
	1		Summer McIntosh
	1		Ajna Késely
	1		Simona Quadarella
	1		Erika Fairweather
Olympic Selection Time – 4:15.34	1		Marlene Kahler
	1		Elisbet Gámez
	1		Julia Hassler
	1		Han Da-kyung
Universality Places	1		Talita Te Flan
	1		Eda Zeqiri
	1		Tiana Rabarijaona
	1		Sasha Gatt
	1		Natalia Kuipers
Total	29

Women's 800 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 8:33.36	2		Ariarne Titmus Kiah Melverton
	2		Li Bingjie Wang Jianjiahe
	2		Isabel Gose Sarah Köhler
	2		Martina Caramignoli Simona Quadarella
	2		Waka Kobori Miyu Namba
	2		Anna Egorova Anastasiya Kirpichnikova
	2		Mireia Belmonte Jimena Pérez
	2		Deniz Ertan Merve Tuncel
	2		Katie Grimes Katie Ledecky
	1
	1		Marlene Kahler
	1		Summer McIntosh
	1		Ajna Késely
	1		Julia Hassler
	1		Tamila Holub
Olympic Selection Time – 8:48.76	1		Viviane Jungblut
	1		Kristel Köbrich
	1		Eve Thomas
	1		Katja Fain
	1		Han Da-kyung
	1		Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Universality Places	1		Sasha Gatt
	1		Arianna Valloni
Total	31

Women's 1500 m freestyle

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 16:32.04	2		Maddy Gough Kiah Melverton
	2		Beatriz Dizotti Viviane Jungblut
	2		Li Bingjie Wang Jianjiahe
	2		Sarah Köhler Celine Rieder
	2		Ajna Késely Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas
	2		Martina Caramignoli Simona Quadarella
	2		Hayley McIntosh Eve Thomas
	2		Diana Durães Tamila Holub
	2		Mireia Belmonte Jimena Pérez
	2		Beril Böcekler Merve Tuncel
	2		Katie Ledecky Erica Sullivan
	1		Delfina Pignatiello
	1		Marlene Kahler
	1		Katrina Bellio
	1		Kristel Köbrich
	1		Helena Rosendahl Bach
	1		Julia Hassler
	1		Anastasiya Kirpichnikova
	1		Katja Fain
	1		Han Da-kyung
Olympic Selection Time – 17:01.80	1		Arianna Valloni
Total	32

Women's 100 m backstroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:00.25	2		Kaylee McKeown Emily Seebohm
	2		Kylie Masse Taylor Ruck
	2		Chen Jie Peng Xuwei
	2		Kathleen Dawson Cassie Wild
	2		Kira Toussaint Maaike de Waard
	2		Anastasia Fesikova Maria Kameneva
	2		Michelle Coleman Louise Hansson
	2		Regan Smith Rhyan White
	1		Anastasiya Shkurdai
	1		Simona Kubová
	1		Béryl Gastaldello
	1		Laura Riedemann
	1		Stephanie Au
	1		Katalin Burián
	1		Danielle Hill
	1		Margherita Panziera
	1		Anna Konishi
	1		Ingeborg Løyning
	1		Lee Eun-ji
Olympic Selection Time – 1:02.06	1		Lena Grabowski
	1		Isabella Arcila
	1		Celina Márquez
	1		Mimosa Jallow
	1		Tatiana Salcuțan
	1		Ali Galyer
	1		Daryna Zevina
Universality Places	1		Danielle Titus
	1		Krystal Lara
	1		Kimberly Ince
	1		Maana Patel
	1		Diana Nazarova
	1		McKenna DeBever
	1		Felicity Passon
	1		Donata Katai
Total	44

Women's 200 m backstroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:10.39	2		Kaylee McKeown Emily Seebohm
	2		Kylie Masse Taylor Ruck
	2		Liu Yaxin Peng Xuwei
	2		Kathleen Dawson Cassie Wild
	2		Katalin Burián Katinka Hosszú
	2		Kira Toussaint Sharon van Rouwendaal
	2		Phoebe Bacon Rhyan White
	1		Lena Grabowski
	1		Margherita Panziera
	1		Tatiana Salcuțan
	1		Ali Galyer
	1		Laura Bernat
	1		Daria Ustinova
	1		Lee Eun-ji
	1		África Zamorano
	1		Daryna Zevina
Olympic Selection Time – 2:14.30	1		Simona Kubová
	1		Krystal Lara
	1		Celina Márquez
	1		Aviv Barzelay
	1		Ingeborg Løyning
	1		Felicity Passon
Total	30

Women's 100 m breaststroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:07.07	2		Jessica Hansen Chelsea Hodges
	2		Kierra Smith Kelsey Wog
	2		Molly Renshaw Sarah Vasey
	2		Martina Carraro Benedetta Pilato
	2		Reona Aoki Kanako Watanabe
	2		Evgenia Chikunova Yuliya Yefimova
	2		Emelie Fast Sophie Hansson
	2		Lydia Jacoby Lilly King
	1		Julia Sebastián
	1		Alina Zmushka
	1		Fanny Lecluyse
	1		Tang Qianting
	1		Eneli Jefimova
	1		Ida Hulkko
	1		Mona McSharry
	1		Anastasia Gorbenko
	1		Alia Atkinson
	1		Tes Schouten
	1		Tatjana Schoenmaker
	1		Jessica Vall
	1		Lisa Mamie
Olympic Selection Time – 1:09.08	1		Diana Petkova
	1		Ema Rajić
	1		Anna Elendt
	1		Kotryna Teterevkova
	1		Phee Jinq En
	1		Melissa Rodríguez
Universality Places	1		Tilali Scanlan
	1		Jayla Pina
	1		Kirsten Fisher-Marsters
	1		Taeyanna Adams
	0		Mariama Touré
	1		Emilie Grand'Pierre
	1		Aishath Sajina
	1		Alicia Kok Shun
	1		Claudia Verdino
	1		Emily Santos
	1		Andrea Podmaníková
	1		Darya Semyonova
	1		Nooran Ba-Matraf
Total	47

Women's 200 m breaststroke

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:25.52	2		Abbey Harkin Jenna Strauch
	2		Sydney Pickrem Kelsey Wog
	2		Molly Renshaw Abbie Wood
	2		Evgenia Chikunova Maria Temnikova
	2		Kaylene Corbett Tatjana Schoenmaker
	2		Marina García Jessica Vall
	2		Lilly King Annie Lazor
	1		Julia Sebastián
	1		Alina Zmushka
	1		Fanny Lecluyse
	1		Yu Jingyao
	1		Kristýna Horská
	1		Eszter Békési
	1		Francesca Fangio
	1		Kanako Watanabe
	1		Sophie Hansson
	1		Lisa Mamie
Olympic Selection Time – 2:29.89	1		Eneli Jefimova
	1		Mona McSharry
	1		Kotryna Teterevkova
	1		Melissa Rodríguez
	1		Andrea Podmaníková
Universality Places	1		Phee Jinq En
	1		Aishath Sajina
Total	31

Women's 100 m butterfly

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 57.92	2		Emma McKeon Brianna Throssell
	2		Maggie MacNeil Katerine Savard
	2		Ilaria Bianchi Elena di Liddo
	2		Svetlana Chimrova Arina Surkova
	2		Louise Hansson Sarah Sjöström
	2		Claire Curzan Torri Huske
	1		Anastasiya Shkurdai
	1		Lana Pudar
	1		Zhang Yufei
	1		Emilie Beckmann
	1		Farida Osman
	1		Marie Wattel
	1		Harriet Jones
	1		Anna Ntountounaki
	1		Erin Gallagher
Olympic Selection Time – 59.66	1		Dalma Sebestyén
	1		Ellen Walshe
	1		Anastasia Gorbenko
	1		Remedy Rule
	1		An Se-hyeon
Universality Places	1		Mariam Sheikhalizadehkhanghah
	1		Luana Alonso
	1		Miriam Sheehan
	1		Aniqah Gaffoor
	1		Jeserik Pinto
Invitational Places	1		Yusra Mardini
Total	42

Women's 200 m butterfly

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:08.43	2		Yu Liyan Zhang Yufei
	2		Laura Stephens Alys Thomas
	2		Katinka Hosszú Boglárka Kapás
	2
	1		Brianna Throssell
	1		Franziska Hentke
	1		Suzuka Hasegawa
	1		Ana Monteiro
	1		Svetlana Chimrova
Olympic Selection Time – 2:12.28	1		Helena Rosendahl Bach
	1		Remedy Rule
	1		Defne Taçyıldız
Universality Places	1		Julimar Ávila
Total	17

Women's 200 m individual medley

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:12.56	2		Bailey Andison Sydney Pickrem
	2		Chen Xinyi Yu Yiting
	2		Cyrielle Duhamel Fantine Lesaffre
	2		Alicia Wilson Abbie Wood
	2		Katinka Hosszú Dalma Sebestyén
	2		Ilaria Cusinato Sara Franceschi
	2		Yui Ohashi Miho Teramura
	2		Kate Douglass Alex Walsh
	0		Kaylee McKeown
	1		Diana Petkova
	1		Ellen Walshe
	1		Anastasia Gorbenko
	1		Kim Seo-yeong
	1		Maria Ugolkova
	1		Viktoriya Zeynep Güneş
Olympic Selection Time – 2:16.54	1		Kristýna Horská
	1		McKenna DeBever
	1		Anja Crevar
	1		Rebecca Meder
	1		África Zamorano
Universality Places	1		Nicole Frank
Total	29

Women's 400 m individual medley

Qualification standard	width=90	No. of athletes	width=230	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:38.53	2		Tessa Cieplucha Sydney Pickrem
	2		Ilaria Cusinato Sara Franceschi
	2		Yui Ohashi Ageha Tanigawa
	2		Katinka Hosszú Viktória Mihályvári-Farkas
	2		Hali Flickinger Emma Weyant
	1		Yu Yiting
	1		Fantine Lesaffre
	1		Aimee Willmott
	1		Anja Crevar
	1		Mireia Belmonte
Olympic Selection Time – 4:46.89	1		Virginia Bardach
	1		Anastasia Gorbenko
	1		Katja Fain
Universality Places	1		Azzahra Permatahani
Total	19

Relay events^[5]

16 teams qualify in each relay event, for a total of 112 relay teams.^[6]

Teams can qualify by one of two routes:

• The twelve highest placed nations in relay events at the 18th FINA World Championships 2019 in Gwangju qualified for the corresponding relay event at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 based upon the results achieved in the heats.
• The remaining four teams per relay event will be the teams with the fastest times in the FINA World Rankings of 31 May 2021 achieved during the qualification period, in the qualifying events approved by FINA
• If any of the qualified teams from either group are not able to participate for any reason, the next highest ranked eligible team from the FINA World Rankings will be offered the relay team quota place.

Qualification summary

NOC	Men			Women			Mixed	Total
	width=90	4 × 100 free	width=90	4 × 200 free	width=90	4 × 100 medley	width=90	4 × 100 free	width=90	4 × 200 free	width=90	4 × 100 medley	width=90	4 × 100 medley	width=50	Total
								7
								3
								6
								6
								6
								1
								2
								5
								7
								6
								3
								3
								5
								1
								2
								6
								7
								1
								4
								1
								5
								7
								1
								2
								2
								1
								2
								2
								1
								7
Total: 29 NOCs	16	16	16	16	16	16	16

Men's freestyle relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Total	16

Men's freestyle relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Total	16

Men's medley relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Total	16

Women's freestyle relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Total	16

Women's freestyle relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships	12	^[7]
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Reallocation of unused quota	5	^[8]
Total	16

Women's medley relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Reallocation of unused quota	2
Total	16

Mixed medley relay

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2019 World Championships	12
Best times of non-qualifiers	4
Total	16

Open water events

Timeline

Event	Date	Venue
	July 12–28, 2019	Gwangju
2021 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	June 19–20, 2021	Setúbal^[9]

Men's 10 km marathon

Qualification event	No. of athletes	Qualified athletes
2019 World Championships	10
2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	11	° ^
Continental Qualifier	4
Host country	0	—
Total	25

° Unused host quota place
^ Unused continental quota place

• No eligible athlete from Oceania competed in the men's race at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier, which meant the top 10 qualified.

Women's 10 km marathon

Qualification event	No. of athletes	Qualified athletes
2019 World Championships	10
2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	10	^
Continental Qualifier	4
Host country	1
Total	25

^ Unused continental quota place

• No eligible athlete from Oceania competed in the women's race at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier, which meant the top 10 qualified.

Notes

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Joint Statement from the International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee. International Olympic Committee. 24 March 2020. 25 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210425080713/https://www.olympic.org/news/joint-statement-from-the-international-olympic-committee-and-the-tokyo-2020-organising-committee. live.
2. News: Tokyo 2020 – FINA Swimming Qualification System. Tokyo 2020. FINA. 17 July 2018. 30 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200730071900/https://www.fina.org/sites/default/files/final_-_2020_07_15_-_tokyo_2020_-_revised_qualification_system_-_swimming_-_eng.pdf. live.
3. News: Anderson, Jared. After Tokyo Olympic Delay, Universality Places Won't Require 2019 Worlds Status. SwimSwam. 17 July 2020. 19 July 2020. 19 July 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200719122444/https://swimswam.com/after-tokyo-olympic-delay-universality-places-wont-require-2019-worlds-status/. live.
4. News: Initial FINA Qualification Times for the 2020 Olympics . SwimSwam Magazine . 8 May 2018 . 7 July 2018 . 11 August 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180811032926/https://swimswam.com/theyrehere-initial-fina-qualification-times-for-2020-olympics/ . live .
5. Web site: Qualified Relay Teams Tokyo 2020. FINA. 8 July 2021. 7 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210707081627/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2021/07/06/7637f2d5-2d3f-4416-8116-75a40de99383/Qualified-Relay-teams-for-Tokyo-2020.pdf. live.
6. Web site: QUALIFICATION SYSTEM – GAMES OF THE XXXII OLYMPIAD – TOKYO 2020 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING FEDERATION (FINA) Swimming. 2021-05-31. 2021-06-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20210602214038/https://resources.fina.org/fina/document/2021/01/21/43ab180c-a924-44f3-8331-a40ca5c99f44/final_-_2020_07_15_-_tokyo_2020_-_revised_qualification_system_-_swimming_-_eng.pdf. live.
7. Web site: Depois da Grã-Bretanha agora Polônia desiste do 4x200 livre feminino, veja lista finais dos revezamentosolímpicos. June 16, 2021. June 16, 2021. June 16, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210616091455/https://bestswimming.swimchannel.net/2021/06/16/depois-da-gra-bretanha-agora-polonia-desiste-do-4x200-livre-feminino-veja-lista-finais-dos-revezamentosolimpicos/. live.
8. News: FINA CONFIRMA REVEZAMENTO 4X200M LIVRE FEMININO PARA OS JOGOS OLÍMPICOS DE TÓQUIO. FINA confirms Women's 4 × 200 m Relay at Tokyo Olympics. pt. Confederação Brasileira de Desportos Aquáticos. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. 14 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210614125830/https://novo.cbda.org.br/noticia/leitura/19736/fina-confirma-revezamento-4x200m-livre-feminino-para-os-jogos-olimpicos-de-toquio. live.
9. News: Anderson, Jared. Open Water Olympic Qualifier Relocated To Portugal; Dive Qualifier Rescheduled. SwimSwam. 9 April 2021. 10 April 2021. 9 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210409201729/https://swimswam.com/open-water-olympic-qualifier-relocated-to-portugal-dive-qualifier-rescheduled/. live.