1,131 Swimmers Qualified For US Olympic Trials As We Enter 2020

As we head into the new year, it’s time for an update on where the total count lies for US Olympic Trials qualifiers.

In mid-August, after all of the major international competitions had wrapped up (other than World Juniors), the qualifier count was at 1,115. As of January 7, 2020, that number has only increased by 16, up to 1,131. USA Swimming’s stated goal is to have between 1,200 and 1,400 qualifiers.

Those 1,131 swimmers have amassed 2,358 qualifying cuts in total, up from the 2,299 last summer.

The 2020 US Olympic Swimming Trials will be held from June 21st-28th, 2020 at the CHI Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. Swimmers will be able to compete in any events where they’ve hit the Olympic Trials standard (link below) with no ‘bonus events’ allowed.

By Event:

The 50 freestyles continue to see a high volume of qualifiers, with the distance events bringing in the lowest numbers.

Event Female Qualifiers Male Qualifiers
50 FR 97 122
100 FR 87 102
200 FR 84 74
400 FR 78 84
800 FR 51 63
1500 FR 44 55
100 BK 108 107
200 BK 76 77
100 BR 104 106
200 BR 78 89
100 FL 97 100
200 FL 85 72
200 IM 100 78
400 IM 81 59

ALL US OLYMPIC TRIALS QUALIFIERS BASED ON USA SWIMMING DATABASE AS OF JANUARY 7, 2020

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Tarzan
3 years ago

An updated list as of 1/72021 would be nice 😊💪🏊🏼‍♂️🏊🏽‍♀️

Matthew S.
4 years ago

Ok so I’m not the swimmer of the family but my son just got a Olympic Trial Cut time. Now what? How do I get him so he is able to go to the trials for 2020 in Omaha, NE? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks so much.

Xman
4 years ago

How do warm ups for prelims work in this kind of meet?

Tony Florida
4 years ago

What is the LSC collum?

PhillyMark
4 years ago

15 QT’s under 49sec in 100 free!

Thomas
4 years ago

I’m looking forward to seeing what Gunnar Bentz can do this summer. He’s definitely flying under the radar after two low key summers.

THEO
4 years ago

A bunch of d3 names and it’s only January! Jesse Novak -Rowan (50fr, 100FR), Sam Ubellacker – MIT (50FR), Wyatt Ubellacker -MIT (50FR), Colin MIiller -UWSP (50FR, 100BR), Roger Gu – Tufts (50FR), Andrew Wilson – Emory (100BR, 200BR), Brandon Stride – JHU (200BR), James Richardson – MIT (1fly), Andrew Karpenko – Swarthmore (1BR), KT Kustritz – Denison (1BR)

Phil McDade
Reply to  THEO
4 years ago

Collin Miller is decidely NOT UWSP – he’s a true blue-and- gold Blugold from UW-Eau Claire. Oh hell yes!

THEO
Reply to  Phil McDade
4 years ago

Thank you! I get the Wisconsin programs confused in my head sometimes

Swimmy
4 years ago

In another stat, 198,869 members of USA swimming have not qualified for the trials

Olympian
Reply to  Swimmy
4 years ago

Is the USA Swimming the national swim organization with the most members?? That seems like a lotta people

Inclusive Parent
Reply to  Olympian
4 years ago

USAS claims 347,000 members are swimmers in year round clubs.

NoFlyKick
Reply to  Swimmy
4 years ago

That number sees a bit low. Aren’t there >300k USAS swimmers?

25Backstroke
Reply to  NoFlyKick
4 years ago

Probably, but the figure you’re thinking of probably include Summer League and High School only non year round swimmers

Dan
Reply to  25Backstroke
4 years ago

Summer League swimmers and high school swimmers do not need to be members of USA Swimming. I would guess that most are not members

Coach Mike 1952
Reply to  Dan
4 years ago

unless they are already USAS members before their summer campaigns begin, that is, yes?

meeeee
Reply to  NoFlyKick
4 years ago

Guessing he wasn’t trying to be exact but rather make the point that despite “so many” qualifying for trials they still represent a tiny number (well under 1%) of all current registered swimmers

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James swam five years at Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario, specializing in the 200 free, back and IM. He finished up his collegiate swimming career in 2018, graduating with a bachelor's degree in economics. In 2019 he completed his graduate degree in sports journalism. Prior to going to Laurentian, James swam …

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