All The Links You Need For OLY Qualifying Meets For Week Of April 5th

The postponed Olympic Games are set to kick-off on July 23rd, which means the world’s biggest sporting competition is drawing nearer and nearer. This month kicks off Trials season in many nations, with either a one-shot qualification meet taking place, or at least the primary selection opportunity.

To help you sort through the craziness that’s about to unfold, we’ll give you the key links for each of the high-profile meets taking place in the upcoming week. As a reminder, you can review the entire month of April’s hectic schedule in our high-level international meets post here.

Continuing from Week of 03/28/21

RUSSIAN NATIONAL SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (RUS)

2021 JAPAN SWIM (OLYMPIC TRIALS) (JPN)

  • April 3rd – April 10th
  • Prelims at 10am local/Finals range from 5:05pm except 04/10 is 04:05pm local
  • Tokyo Olympic Aquatic Centre
  • One-shot OLY qualifying meet
  • JASF Olympic Selection Policy
  • Entries

New to Week of 04/05/21

NEW ZEALAND NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (NZL)

AUSTRALIAN AGE GROUP CHAMPIONSHIPS (AUS)

  • April 7th – April 12th
  • Prelims at 9am local/Finals 6pm local
  • Gold Coast Swimming & Aquatic Centre
  • Non-Olympic Qualifying Event, but impacts junior selection for int’l meets
  • Live Results

SOUTH AFRICA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (RSA)

EINDHOVEN QUALIFICATION MEET (NED)

  • April 8th – April 11th
  • Prelims at 9:30am local/Finals at 4:30pm local
  • Pieter van den Hoogenband Stadium
  • Olympic Selection Policy
  • One of several OLY qualifying opportunities
  • Results

HIGH-PERFORMANCE TEST EVENT (CAN)

  • April 9th – April 11th
  • Timing varies per day
  • Live Results

Qualifikationswettkampf Magdeburg (GER)

  • April 9th – April 11th
  • Prelims at 10am local/Finals at 4pm local
  • Magdeburg, Germany
  • Additional qualification opportunities in Dortmund and Berlin this month
  • Entries
  • Live Results

Additional Events

  • 04/05 – 04/10 Egypt Senior National Championships (EGY)
  • 04/07 – 04/11 Swiss National Championships (SUI)
  • 04/08 – 04/11 Swim Open Stockholm (SWE)
  • 04/09 – 04/11 Icelandic National Championships (ISL)
  • 04/10 – 04/11 64th Festival of Sport – Long Course Swimming Time Trial (HKG)
  • 04/10 – 04/11 Grand Prix (POL)
  • 04/10 – 04/11 11th April Grand Prix (SRB)
  • 04/11 – 04/14 Israel National Summer Trial and Championship (ISR)

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Troyy
3 years ago

Didn’t realise this week is so busy. 😍

Joel
Reply to  Troyy
3 years ago

and Australian opens next week over 4 days (although it is not Olympic trials it could conceivably count if Adelaide trials are cancelled)

Troyy
Reply to  Joel
3 years ago

Yes, it’s been too long with all the cancellations last year.

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