A Look at the Qualifying Times for the U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave I & Wave II

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A Look at the Qualifying Times for the U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave I & Wave II

With the United States Olympic Trials split into two Waves. Wave I from June 4-7 and Wave II from June 13-20, here is a look at the qualifying standards. The Wave I times are the same as the original qualifying times, with the Wave II standards quicker to enable to the contenders for the Tokyo Games to race against one another. Both meets will still occur at the CHI Health Center Arena in Omaha, Nebraska.

There is still no word on how many fans will be able to attend the US Olympic Swimming Trials, as the CHI Health Center seats up to 17,000 people. USA Swimming will close off qualifying for Olympic Swimming Trials on May 30. According to USA Swimming, athletes that have already achieved the Wave II time standards will not need to re-qualify between now and May 30. The Wave II standards were created to meet the current 41st seeded time.

Time standard tables are below:

Wave II Time Standards:

Event	Men	Women
50 Free	22.71	25.65
100 Free	49.74	55.56
200 Free	1:49.65	2:00.24
400 Free	3:54.21	4:13.28
800 Free	8:08.95	8:44.01
1500 Free	15:35.69	16:44.60
100 Back	55.51	1:01.49
200 Back	2:00.81	2:12.94
100 Breast	1:01.97	1:09.55
200 Breast	2:15.28	2:30.49
100 Fly	53.37	59.59
200 Fly	1:59.63	2:12.56
200 IM	2:03.02	2:15.26
400 IM	4:23.24	4:47.72

Wave I Time Standards:

Event	Men (2016 cut)	Women (2016 cut)
50 Free	23.19 (23.29)	25.99 (26.19)
100 Free	50.49 (50.69)	56.29 (56.49)
200 Free	1:50.79 (1:51.89)	2:01.69 (2:02.39)
400 Free	3:57.29 (3:58.69)	4:16.89 (4:17.99)
800 Free	8:12.99 (N/A)	8:48.09 (8:49.99)
1500 Free	15:44.89 (15:49.99)	16:49.19 (N/A)
100 Back	56.59 (57.19)	1:02.69 (1:03.39)
200 Back	2:02.99 (2:03.79)	2:14.69 (2:16.59)
100 Breast	1:03.29 (1:03.69)	1:10.99 (1:11.49)
200 Breast	2:17.89 (2:18.39)	2:33.29 (2:34.99)
100 Fly	54.19 (54.79)	1:00.69 (1:01.19)
200 Fly	2:01.19 (2:01.99)	2:14.59 (2:14.99)
200 IM	2:04.09 (2:05.09)	2:17.39 (2:18.69)
400 IM	4:25.99 (4:27.49)	4:51.79 (4:54.99)

Wave I Event Schedule:

June 4:
- 100 freestyle
- 100 backstroke
- 200 butterfly
- 800 freestyle
June 5:
- 200 freestyle
- 100 breaststroke
- 400 IM
June 6:
- 400 freestyle
- 100 butterfly
- 200 backstroke
June 7:
- 200 IM
- 50 freestyle
- 200 breaststroke
- 1500 freestyle

Wave II Event Schedule

June 13
- Men’s 400 IM
- Women’s 100 Fly Semis
- Men’s 400 Free
- Women’s 400 IM
- Men’s 100 Breast Semis
June 14
- Women’s 100 Fly
- Men’s 200 Free Semis
- Women’s 100 Breast Semis
- Men’s 100 Breast
- Women’s 400 Free
- Men’s 100 Back Semis
- Women’s 100 Back Semis
June 15
- Women’s 200 Free Semis
- Men’s 200 Free
- Women’s 100 Back
- Men’s 100 Back
- Women’s 100 Breast
- Men’s 200 Fly Semis
- Women’s 200 IM Semis
June 16
- Men’s 100 Free Semis
- Women’s 200 Free
- Men’s 200 Fly
- Women’s 200 Fly
- Men’s 200 Breast Semis
- Women’s 200 IM
- Women’s 1500 Free
June 17
- Men’s 800 Free
- Men’s 200 Breast
- Women’s 100 Free Semis
- Men’s 200 Back Semis
- Women’s 200 Fly
- Men’s 100 Free
- Women’s 200 Breast Semis
- Men’s 200 IM Semis
June 18
- Women’s 200 Breast
- Men’s 200 Back
- Women’s 200 Back Semis
- Men’s 200 IM
- Women’s 100 Free
- Men’s 100 Fly Semis
June 19
- Men’s 100 Fly
- Women’s 200 Back
- Women’s 800 Free
- Men’s 50 Free Semis
- Women’s 50 Free Semis
June 20
- Men’s 50 Free
- Women’s 50 Free
- Men’s 1500 Free

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Nathan

3 years ago

What is the point? The Olympics are NOT happening.