Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification
 | This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[1] for swimming published by AQUA contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia. |  |
| This section tabulates the heads of qualification in a form suitable to be filled in as events progress. The full qualification rules[2] for open water swimming published by contain intricate conditions too lengthy for inclusion in Wikipedia. |  |
| Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics | |||
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| Qualification | |||
| Freestyle | |||
| 50 m | men | women | |
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| 800 m | men | women | |
| 1500 m | men | women | |
| Backstroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Breaststroke | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Butterfly | |||
| 100 m | men | women | |
| 200 m | men | women | |
| Individual medley | |||
| 200 m | men | women | |
| 400 m | men | women | |
| Freestyle relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | women | |
| 4 × 200 m | men | women | |
| Medley relay | |||
| 4 × 100 m | men | mixed | women |
| Marathon | |||
| 10 km | men | women | |
This article details the qualifying phase for swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics. 852 swimmers will compete in thirty-five swimming pool events at the Games, with forty-four more racing through the 10-kilometre open water marathon. The qualification window for swimming pool events will occur between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[3]
Qualification summary
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or if the total quota of 852 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 attaining either of the standard entry times (OQT/OCT).[1][4][5]
For the relays, a maximum of 16 qualifying teams in each event must be permitted to accumulate a total of 112 relay teams; each NOC may enter only one team. The top three teams in each relay race at the 2023 World Aquatics Championships in Fukuoka, Japan will directly book a slot for their corresponding event at the Olympics, while the remaining thirteen vying for qualification per relay race must attain their best time from the heats and finals at the combined 2023 and 2024 meet in Doha.[3][6]
NOCs without a swimmer attaining the OQT or invited by World Aquatics through OCT may enter the highest-ranked male and female swimmer based on the Points Table (2024 edition) or one man and one woman if they participate at the 2023 or 2024 World Championships. Similar to the 2020 format, swimmers from NOCs who have achieved the OCT allocated to the universality place may compete in a maximum of two individual pool events, while those without the OQT and OCT are limited to enter only one individual pool event.[4][5]
Following the end of the qualification window, World Aquatics will assess the number of swimmers who have achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting those with OCT to fulfill the total quota of 852. Additionally, OCT places will be distributed by event according to the position of the World Aquatics Rankings during the qualifying deadline.[4]
Time standards
The qualifying time standards must be obtained at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental championships, continental swimming meets, national championships and selection trials, and various international meets approved by World Aquatics in the period between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024.[7]
The following table outlines the qualifying time standards for Paris 2024:
| Men's events | Women's events | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Event | OQT* | OCT^ | Event | OQT* | OCT^ |
| 50 m freestyle | 21.96 | 22.07 | 50 m freestyle | 24.70 | 24.82 |
| 100 m freestyle | 48.34 | 48.58 | 100 m freestyle | 53.61 | 53.88 |
| 200 m freestyle | 1:46.26 | 1:46.79 | 200 m freestyle | 1:57.26 | 1:57.85 |
| 400 m freestyle | 3:46.78ª | 3:47.91 | 400 m freestyle | 4:07.90ª | 4:09.14 |
| 800 m freestyle | 7:51.65 | 7:54.01 | 800 m freestyle | 8:26.71 | 8:29.24 |
| 1500 m freestyle | 15:00.99ª | 15:05.49 | 1500 m freestyle | 16:09.09 | 16:13.94 |
| 100 m backstroke | 53.74 | 54.01 | 100 m backstroke | 59.99 | 1:00.29 |
| 200 m backstroke | 1:57.50ª | 1:58.09 | 200 m backstroke | 2:10.39ª | 2:11.04 |
| 100 m breaststroke | 59.49 | 59.79 | 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.79 | 1:07.12 |
| 200 m breaststroke | 2:09.68 | 2:10.33 | 200 m breaststroke | 2:23.91 | 2:24.63 |
| 100 m butterfly | 51.67 | 51.93 | 100 m butterfly | 57.92ª | 58.21 |
| 200 m butterfly | 1:55.78 | 1:56.36 | 200 m butterfly | 2:08.43ª | 2:09.07 |
| 200 m individual medley | 1:57.94 | 1:58.53 | 200 m individual medley | 2:11.47 | 2:12.13 |
| 400 m individual medley | 4:12.50 | 4:13.76 | 400 m individual medley | 4:38.53ª | 4:39.92 |
* OQTs correspond to the time achieved by a fourteenth-place swimmer in his or her respective preliminary heat of each event at the previous Games.
ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.
^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.
Individual events
Those who have achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) or the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT), or have received a Universality place are listed below for each of the following individual events.
Men's individual events
Men's 50 m freestyle
Men's 100 m freestyle
Men's 200 m freestyle
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:46.26 | 2 |  Australia | Maximilian Giuliani Thomas Neill |
| 2 |  China | Pan Zhanle Ji Xinjie | |
| 2 |  Germany | Lukas Märtens Rafael Miroslaw | |
| 2 |  Great Britain | Matt Richards Duncan Scott | |
| 2 |  Japan | Katsuhiro Matsumoto Hidenari Mano | |
| 2 |  South Korea | Hwang Sun-woo Lee Ho-joon | |
| 2 |  United States | Chris Guiliano Luke Hobson | |
| 1 |  Austria | Felix Auböck | |
| 1 |  Brazil | Guilherme Costa | |
| 1 |  Hungary | Nándor Németh | |
| 1 |  Israel | Denis Loktev | |
| 1 |  Italy | Alessandro Ragaini | |
| 1 |  Lithuania | Danas Rapšys | |
| 1 |  Romania | David Popovici | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 1:46.79 | 1 |  Belgium | Lucas Henveaux |
| 1 |  Mexico | Jorge Iga | |
| 1 |  Switzerland | Antonio Djakovic | |
| Universality place | 1 |  Pakistan | Muhammad Ahmed Durrani |
| 1 |  Serbia | Velimir Stjepanović | |
| 1 |  Slovenia | Sašo Boškan | |
| 1 |  Syria | Omar Abbas | |
| Total | 28 | ||
Men's 400 m freestyle
Men's 800 m freestyle
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 7:51.65 | 2 | Australia | Samuel Short Elijah Winnington |
| 2 | China | Fei Liwei Zhang Zhanshuo | |
| 2 |  France | David Aubry Pacome Bricout | |
| 2 | Germany | Oliver Klemet Sven Schwarz | |
| 2 | Italy | Luca de Tullio Gregorio Paltrinieri | |
| 2 |  Norway | Henrik Christiansen Jon Jøntvedt | |
| 2 | United States | Robert Finke Luke Whitlock | |
| 1 | Austria | Felix Auböck | |
| 1 | Brazil | Guilherme Costa | |
| 1 |  Egypt | Marwan El-Kamash | |
| 1 |  Greece | Dimitrios Markos | |
| 1 | Hungary | Zalán Sárkány | |
| 1 |  Ireland | Daniel Wiffen | |
| 1 |  Poland | Krzysztof Chmielewski | |
| 1 | Romania | Vlad Stancu | |
| 1 | South Korea | Kim Woo-min | |
| 1 |  Spain | Carlos Garach | |
| 1 |  Sweden | Victor Johansson | |
| 1 |  Turkey | Kuzey Tunçelli | |
| 1 |  Ukraine | Mykhailo Romanchuk | |
| 1 |  Uzbekistan | Ilia Sibirtsev | |
| 1 |  Venezuela | Alfonso Mestre | |
| 1 |  Vietnam | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 7:54.01 | 1 | Belgium | Lucas Henveaux |
| Universality place | 1 |  Monaco | Théo Druenne |
| Total | 32 | ||
Men's 1500 m freestyle
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 15:00.99 | 2 | France | David Aubry Damien Joly |
| 2 | Germany | Sven Schwarz Florian Wellbrock | |
| 2 | Hungary | Dávid Betlehem Zalán Sárkány | |
| 2 | Italy | Luca de Tullio Gregorio Paltrinieri | |
| 2 | Turkey | Emir Batur Albayrak Kuzey Tunçelli | |
| 2 | United States | Robert Finke David Johnston | |
| 1 | Australia | Samuel Short | |
| 1 | China | Fei Liwei | |
| 1 | Egypt | Marwan El-Kamash | |
| 1 | Great Britain | Daniel Jervis | |
| 1 | Ireland | Daniel Wiffen | |
| 1 | Norway | Henrik Christiansen | |
| 1 | Romania | Vlad Stancu | |
| 1 | South Korea | Kim Woo-min | |
| 1 | Spain | Carlos Garach | |
| 1 | Sweden | Victor Johansson | |
| 1 |  Tunisia | Ahmed Jaouadi | |
| 1 | Ukraine | Mykhailo Romanchuk | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 15:05.49 | 1 | Poland | Krzysztof Chmielewski |
| 1 | Vietnam | Nguyễn Huy Hoàng | |
| Universality place | 1 |  Cuba | Rodolfo Falcón Jr |
| 1 | Greece | Dimitrios Markos | |
| Total | 28 | ||
Men's 100 m backstroke
Men's 200 m backstroke
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.50 | 2 | Australia | Se-Bom Lee Bradley Woodward |
| 2 | France | Yohann Ndoye-Brouard Mewen Tomac | |
| 2 | Great Britain | Oliver Morgan Luke Greenbank | |
| 2 | Greece | Apostolos Christou Apostolos Siskos | |
| 2 | Hungary | Hubert Kós Ádám Telegdy | |
| 2 | Japan | Hidekazu Takehara Keita Sunama | |
| 2 | United States | Keaton Jones Ryan Murphy | |
| 1 |  Canada | Blake Tierney | |
| 1 | China | Xu Jiayu | |
| 1 | Germany | Lukas Märtens | |
| 1 | Italy | Matteo Restivo | |
| 1 |  Netherlands | Kai van Westerling | |
| 1 |  New Zealand | Kane Follows | |
| 1 | Poland | Ksawery Masiuk | |
| 1 |  South Africa | Pieter Coetze | |
| 1 | South Korea | Lee Ju-ho | |
| 1 | Spain | Hugo González | |
| 1 | Switzerland | Roman Mityukov | |
| 1 | Ukraine | Oleksandr Zheltyakov | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 1:58.09 | 1 |  Puerto Rico | Yeziel Morales |
| Universality place | 1 |  Sudan | Ziyad Saleem |
| 1 |  Zimbabwe | Denilson Cyprianos | |
| Total | 30 | ||
Men's 100 m breaststroke
Men's 200 m breaststroke
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:09.68 | 2 | Australia | Zac Stubblety-Cook Joshua Yong |
| 2 | China | Dong Zhihao Qin Haiyang | |
| 2 | Japan | Yu Hanaguruma Ippei Watanabe | |
| 2 | Netherlands | Caspar Corbeau Arno Kamminga | |
| 2 | United States | Matt Fallon Josh Matheny | |
| 1 |  Bulgaria | Lyubomir Epitropov | |
| 1 |  Finland | Matti Mattsson | |
| 1 | France | Léon Marchand | |
| 1 |  Iceland | Anton McKee | |
| 1 | Lithuania | Aleksas Savickas | |
| 1 | Mexico | Miguel de Lara | |
| 1 | South Korea | Cho Sung-jae | |
| 1 | Sweden | Erik Persson | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 2:10.33 | 1 | Poland | Jan Kałusowski |
| Universality place | 1 |  Bahrain | Saud Ghali |
| 1 |  Honduras | Julio Horrego | |
| 1 |  Jordan | Amro Al-Wir | |
| 1 |  Kyrgyzstan | Denis Petrashov | |
| 1 |  Latvia | Daniils Bobrovs | |
| 1 |  Panama | Tyler Christianson | |
| Total | 25 | ||
Men's 100 m butterfly
Men's 200 m butterfly
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:55.78 | 2 | Hungary | Richárd Márton Kristóf Milák |
| 2 | Italy | Giacomo Carini Alberto Razzetti | |
| 2 | Japan | Tomoru Honda Genki Terakado | |
| 2 | Poland | Krzysztof Chmielewski Michał Chmielewski | |
| 2 | United States | Thomas Heilman Luca Urlando | |
| 1 | Australia | Matthew Temple | |
| 1 | Austria | Martin Espernberger | |
| 1 | Brazil | Nicolas Albiero | |
| 1 | Canada | Ilya Kharun | |
| 1 | China | Niu Guangsheng | |
| 1 |  Estonia | Kregor Zirk | |
| 1 | France | Léon Marchand | |
| 1 | South Africa | Matthew Sates | |
| 1 | South Korea | Kim Min-seop | |
| 1 | Spain | Arbidel González | |
| 1 | Switzerland | Noè Ponti | |
| 1 |  Chinese Taipei | Wang Kuan-hung | |
| 1 | Ukraine | Denys Kesil | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 1:56.36 | 1 | Bulgaria | Petar Mitsin |
| 1 | New Zealand | Lewis Clareburt | |
| Universality place | 1 |  Azerbaijan | Ramil Valizada |
| 1 |  Nicaragua | Gerald Hernández | |
| Invitational place | 1 |  Refugee Olympic Team | Matin Balsini |
| Total | 28 | ||
Men's 200 m individual medley
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.94 | 2 | Australia | Thomas Neill William Petric |
| 2 | Great Britain | Duncan Scott Tom Dean | |
| 2 | United States | Shaine Casas Carson Foster | |
| 1 | Canada | Finlay Knox | |
| 1 | China | Wang Shun | |
| 1 | France | Léon Marchand | |
| 1 | Hungary | Gábor Zombori | |
| 1 | Israel | Ron Polonsky | |
| 1 | Italy | Alberto Razzetti | |
| 1 | Japan | Daiya Seto | |
| 1 | New Zealand | Lewis Clareburt | |
| 1 | South Africa | Matthew Sates | |
| 1 | Spain | Hugo González | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 1:58.53 | 1 | Switzerland | Jérémy Desplanches |
| 1 | Turkey | Berke Saka | |
| Universality place | 1 |  Algeria | Jaouad Syoud |
| 1 |  Bolivia | Esteban Núñez del Prado | |
| 1 |  Ecuador | Tomas Peribonio | |
| 1 | Greece | Apostolos Papastamos | |
| 1 |  Guatemala | Erick Gordillo | |
| 1 |  Paraguay | Mateo Matheos | |
| 1 |  Seychelles | Simon Bachmann | |
| Total | 25 | ||
Men's 400 m individual medley
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:12.50 | 2 | Australia | Brendon Smith William Petric |
| 2 | Hungary | Balázs Holló Gábor Zombori | |
| 2 | Japan | Tomoyuki Matsushita Daiya Seto | |
| 2 | United States | Carson Foster Chase Kalisz | |
| 1 | Canada | Tristan Jankovics | |
| 1 | China | Zhang Zhanshuo | |
| 1 | France | Léon Marchand | |
| 1 | Germany | Cedric Büssing | |
| 1 | Great Britain | Max Litchfield | |
| 1 | Greece | Apostolos Papastamos | |
| 1 | Italy | Alberto Razzetti | |
| 1 | New Zealand | Lewis Clareburt | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 4:13.76 | 0 | — | |
| Universality place | 0 | — | |
| Total | 16 | ||
Women's individual events
Women's 50 m freestyle
Women's 100 m freestyle
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 53.61 | 2 | Australia | Mollie O'Callaghan Shayna Jack |
| 2 | China | Yang Junxuan Wu Qingfeng | |
| 2 | Great Britain | Anna Hopkin Freya Anderson | |
| 2 | Sweden | Michelle Coleman Sarah Sjöström | |
| 2 | United States | Kate Douglass Torri Huske | |
| 1 |  Czech Republic | Barbora Seemanová | |
| 1 | France | Marie Wattel | |
| 1 |  Hong Kong | Siobhán Haughey | |
| 1 | Netherlands | Marrit Steenbergen | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 53.88 | 1 | Canada | Maggie Mac Neil |
| Universality place | 1 | Algeria | Nesrine Medjahed |
| 1 |  Botswana | Maxine Egner | |
| 1 |  Cayman Islands | Jillian Crooks | |
| 1 |  Croatia | Jana Pavalić | |
| 1 |  Cyprus | Kalia Antoniou | |
| 1 |  Grenada | Tilly Collymore | |
| 1 |  Guyana | Aleka Persaud | |
| 1 | Iceland | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir | |
| 1 |  Philippines | Kayla Sanchez | |
| 1 | Poland | Kornelia Fiedkiewicz | |
| 1 | Slovenia | Neža Klančar | |
| 1 | Sudan | Rana Saadeldin | |
| 1 |  Uganda | Gloria Muzito | |
| 1 | Zimbabwe | Paige van der Westhuizen | |
| Total | 29 | ||
Women's 200 m freestyle
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.26 | 2 | Australia | Mollie O'Callaghan Ariarne Titmus |
| 2 | China | Li Bingjie Yang Junxuan | |
| 2 | Hungary | Minna Ábrahám Nikolett Pádár | |
| 2 | United States | Katie Ledecky Claire Weinstein | |
| 1 | Belgium | Valentine Dumont | |
| 1 | Brazil | Maria Fernanda Costa | |
| 1 | Canada | Mary-Sophie Harvey | |
| 1 | Czech Republic | Barbora Seemanová | |
| 1 | Germany | Julia Mrozinski | |
| 1 | Hong Kong | Siobhán Haughey | |
| 1 | New Zealand | Erika Fairweather | |
| 1 | South Africa | Aimee Canny | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 1:57.85 | 1 | Iceland | Snæfríður Jórunnardóttir |
| Universality place | 1 |  Albania | Kaltra Meca |
| 1 | Cuba | Andrea Becali | |
| 1 | Egypt | Lojine Abdalla Salah | |
| 1 | Honduras | Julimar Ávila | |
| 1 |  India | Dhinidhi Desinghu | |
| 1 | Israel | Lea Polonsky | |
| 1 |  Laos | Ariana Dirkzwager | |
| 1 |  Mongolia | Batbayaryn Enkhkhüslen | |
| 1 |  Nepal | Duana Lama | |
| 1 | Pakistan | Jehanara Nabi | |
| 1 | Romania | Rebecca-Aimee Diaconescu | |
| 1 |  Saudi Arabia | Mashael Al-Ayed | |
| 1 |  United Arab Emirates | Maha Al-Shehhi | |
| 1 | Venezuela | María Yegres | |
| Total | 31 | ||
Women's 400 m freestyle
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:07.90 | 2 | Australia | Ariarne Titmus Jamie Perkins |
| 2 | Brazil | Maria Fernanda Costa Gabrielle Roncatto | |
| 2 | Canada | Summer McIntosh Mary-Sophie Harvey | |
| 2 | China | Li Bingjie Liu Yaxin | |
| 2 | Germany | Isabel Gose Leonie Märtens | |
| 2 | New Zealand | Erika Fairweather Eve Thomas | |
| 2 | United States | Katie Ledecky Paige Madden | |
| 1 | Belgium | Valentine Dumont | |
| 1 | France | Anastasiia Kirpichnikova | |
| 1 | Hungary | Ajna Késely | |
| 1 | Italy | Simona Quadarella | |
| 1 | Japan | Waka Kobori | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 4:09.14 | 1 |  Argentina | Agostina Hein |
| Universality place | 1 | Jordan | Karin Belbeisi |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | Anastasiya Zelinskaya | |
| 1 |  Virgin Islands | Natalia Kuipers | |
| Total | 23 | ||
Women's 800 m freestyle
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 8:26.71 | 2 | Australia | Lani Pallister Ariarne Titmus |
| 2 | New Zealand | Erika Fairweather Eve Thomas | |
| 2 | United States | Katie Ledecky Paige Madden | |
| 1 | China | Li Bingjie | |
| 1 | France | Anastasiia Kirpichnikova | |
| 1 | Germany | Isabel Gose | |
| 1 | Hungary | Ajna Késely | |
| 1 | Italy | Simona Quadarella | |
| Olympic Consideration Time – 8:29.24 | 1 | Argentina | Agostina Hein |
| 1 | Brazil | Maria Fernanda Costa | |
| Universality place | 1 |  Chile | Kristel Köbrich |
| 1 |  North Macedonia | Eva Petrovska | |
| 1 |  Singapore | Gan Ching Hwee | |
| 1 | Tunisia | Jamila Boulakbech | |
| Total | 17 | ||
Women's 1500 m freestyle
| Qualification standard | No. of athletes | NOC | Qualified swimmers |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualifying Time – 16:09.09 | 2 | Australia | Moesha Johnson Lani Pallister |
| 2 | China | Gao Weizhong Li Bingjie | |
| 2 | Germany | Isabel Gose Leonie Märtens | |
| 2 | Italy | Simona Quadarella Ginevra Taddeucci | |
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