2024 AQUATICS GB SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (OLYMPIC TRIALS)
- Tuesday, April 2nd – Sunday, April 7th
- Prelims at 10 am local (5 am EDT), Finals at 7 pm local (2 pm EDT)
- London Aquatics Centre
- LCM (50m)
- British Swimming Olympic Selection Policy
- Meet Central
- SwimSwam Preview
- Entries
- Day 1 Prelims Recap/Day 1 Finals Recap
- Results
- Livestream: Channel 4 Youtube coverage
On the whole it was a successful night of swimming for British athletes on day one of the nation’s Olympic Trials.
Tasked with beating some stiff Aquatics GB-mandated qualification standards for this summer’s Olympics, the athletes fared well, with a total 5 swimmers making the grade.
Additionally, the top 4 women’s 200m freestylers – Freya Colbert, Abbie Wood, Medi Harris and Lucy Hope – dipped under the QT needed to field a 4x200m free relay in Paris.
Below are the individual event qualifiers through just day 1 with plenty of action ahead of us as the week unfolds in London.
British Olympic Qualifiers Through Day 1 of Trials
The following swimmers finished 1st in their event and beat the Aquatics GB selection standard:
- Keanna MacInnes – women’s 200m fly (2:07.24)
- Freya Colbert – women’s 200m free (1:56.22), 4x200m free relay
- Adam Peaty – men’s 100m breast (57.94)
The following swimmers have provisionally qualified in relays:
- Abbie Wood – women’s 4x200m free relay
- Medi Harris – women’s 4x200m free relay
- Lucy Hope – women’s 4x200m free relay
Other Qualification Notes
The following swimmers finished 2nd in their event and beat the Aquatics GB selection standard:
- Laura Stephens – women’s 200m fly (2:07.37)
- Abbie Wood – women’s 200m free (1:56.62)
The following 1st place finishers did not meet the Aquatics GB selection standard but did meet the World Aquatics Olympic Qualification Time (‘A’ cut):
- Kieran Bird – men’s 400m free (3:45.63)
Despite the criticism of GB selection policy, 3 qualified winners from 4 possible events, the 4th within .2, the women’s 4x200m qualified and 2 runners up under the time in the W 200m free and W 200 fly, implies that they have either got it spot on or, if anything, a little on the easy side.
Realistically, the team already has 3 guaranteed to go and another 5 almost certain to go and we are one day into trials. Today I’d expect at least another 2 or 3 to guarantee spots and probably 2 more runners up to dip under the times.
We could have 13+ in the team by the end of day 2 of a 7 day qualification… Read more »
I think the times are less crazy than they have been in the past. They’ve done away with the Qualification Time (QT) vs Consideration Time (CT) distinction, and I think (without checking) that this year’s times are closer to previous years’ CTs than they are to the QTs. It also helps that all the big guns seem to be swimming well so far (helped by a fast pool): Bird, Colbert, Wood, Harris, MacInnes all hit PBs, Peaty faster than he’s been for a long time, Wilby, Stephens, Hope all had solid showings, etc.
But I agree, the selectors will be very happy with how things are going so far.
Today has already seen Morgan go 52.8 in the heats of… Read more »
As you continue to update this please also include a section/list of those who have achieved Olympic A cut, but not the British standard, and so potentially could be chosen under the discretionary rule.
Done!
The second place finisher in an event doesn’t qualify automatically according to the selection rule.
You’re right, thanks!
Only the winners are confirmed so Stephens and Wood will have to wait and see delicate making the times. (But it would be a shock if that doesn’t get them selected)
Exactly. Particularly Colbert does not intend to swim the 200 free individual.
I’m pretty sure that’s a picture of Katie Shanahan, not Freya C.
It’s now been changed…