2021 U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS
- When:
- Wave I Dates: June 4-7, 2021
- Wave II Dates: June 13-20, 2021
- Prelims: 10am CDT | Finals: 7pm CDT
- Where: CHI Health Center / Omaha, Nebraska
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifying Cuts
- LCM (50m)
- Wave I & II Event Order
We’ve waited for long enough – a year longer than we thought we would. And now it’s finally time for the big show of American swimming: the U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials.
In SwimSwam tradition, we’ll be previewing every single event in detail, plus making our picks for the top 8 finishers (and the Olympic qualifiers) in every event. To make sure you don’t miss a single word of our preview action, we’re keeping track of all event previews in this handy index, along with a schedule for when you can expect each event preview to drop.
You can follow our previews below – clicking on the event name will take you to that event’s full preview. And our chart below will list out all of our projected Olympic qualifiers based on the top 2 in each of our event picks, plus the top 6 in each relay-distance freestyle event.
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SwimSwam’s U.S. Olympic Trials Preview Schedule
Week 1 (May 17-23)
- Men’s 400 IM
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 400 IM
- Women’s 100 fly
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 200 free
- Women’s 100 back
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 100 breast
Week 2 (May 24-30)
- Women’s 200 free
- Men’s 200 fly
- Women’s 200 IM
- Women’s 1500 free
- Men’s 800 free
- Men’s 200 breast
- Women’s 200 fly
- Men’s 100 free
- Women’s 200 breast
- Men’s 200 back
- Men’s 200 IM
- Women’s 100 free
Week 3 (May 31 – June 3)
- Men’s 100 fly
- Women’s 200 back
- Women’s 800 free
- Men’s 50 free
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 1500 free
SwimSwam’s U.S. Olympic Trials Preview Index
Women’s Events
| 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick (Relay) | 4th Pick (Relay) | 5th Pick (Prelims Relay) | 6th Pick (Prelims Relay) | |
| 50 free | Simone Manuel | Claire Curzan | ||||
| 100 free | Simone Manuel | Torri Huske | Abbey Weitzeil | Claire Curzan | Erika Brown | Gretchen Walsh |
| 200 free | Katie Ledecky | Allison Schmitt | Simone Manuel | Leah Smith | Katie McLaughlin | Melanie Margalis |
| 400 free | Katie Ledecky | Leah Smith | ||||
| 800 free | Katie Ledecky | Leah Smith | ||||
| 1500 free | Katie Ledecky | Erica Sullivan | ||||
| 100 back | Regan Smith | Olivia Smoliga | ||||
| 200 back | Regan Smith | Phoebe Bacon | ||||
| 100 breast | Lilly King | Annie Lazor | ||||
| 200 breast | Annie Lazor | Emily Escobedo | ||||
| 100 fly | Torri Huske | Claire Curzan | ||||
| 200 fly | Hali Flickinger | Regan Smith | ||||
| 200 IM | Madisyn Cox | Kathleen Baker | ||||
| 400 IM | Melanie Margalis | Ally McHugh |
Men’s Events
| 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick (Relay) | 4th Pick (Relay) | 5th Pick (Prelims Relay) | 6th Pick (Prelims Relay) | |
| 50 free | Caeleb Dressel | Michael Andrew | ||||
| 100 free | Caeleb Dressel | Ryan Held | Zach Apple | Blake Pieroni | Nathan Adrian | Dean Farris |
| 200 free | Townley Haas | Kieran Smith | Andrew Seliskar | Caeleb Dressel | Blake Pieroni | Jake Magahey |
| 400 free | Zane Grothe | Kieran Smith | ||||
| 800 free | Bobby Finke | Zane Grothe | ||||
| 1500 free | Bobby Finke | Jordan Wilimovsky | ||||
| 100 back | Ryan Murphy | Shaine Casas | ||||
| 200 back | Ryan Murphy | Shaine Casas | ||||
| 100 breast | Michael Andrew | Nic Fink | ||||
| 200 breast | Will Licon | Nic Fink | ||||
| 100 fly | Caeleb Dressel | Maxime Rooney | ||||
| 200 fly | Luca Urlando | Zach Harting | ||||
| 200 IM | Chase Kalisz | Michael Andrew | ||||
| 400 IM | Jay Litherland | Chase Kalisz |
way to go Smogs!!!!!!!!
For the 400 IM, I think Chase Kalisz will place 1st followed by Carson Foster
Go Navy Swimmers!
SS’s picks for the women look good. With Baker’s foot injury, Walsh might grab the 2nd spot in the 2IM.
For the men:
2nd spot in the 1BR goes to Wilson (50%) McHugh (40%) or Miller (10%)
2BR is a hot mess. I guess those picks area as good as any.
I suspect Urlando’s shoulder is worse than advertised. If the makes the team, it is in the #2 slot, but I don’t think he makes it.
I hope the 100FL goes as SS predicts, and I hope Michael Andrew does NOT swim it. Yes, he has a fast 100 fly. Yes, he has a legitimate chance to place top 2, but the chance, while legit,… Read more »
I’d put Seli ahead of Smith in the 200 free
Thoughts on Women’s 4×100 Free?
Who will the 4 be for the US?
Australia, Canada and Great Britain all have good lineups.
This has been exceedingly difficult to watch. So disappointing.
Difficult to stream. Olympic channel sucks. Swimmers are great! Just to clarify.
Do you have an insight the rest of us are missing in the Huske/Curzan matchups. You folks pick Huske ahead of Claire in both 100s, though my recollection is that in head to heads, Curzan came out on top, at least in the fly.