The 2012 United States Olympic trials for swimming events were held from June 25 to July 2 at the CenturyLink Center Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska. It was the qualifying meet for American swimmers who hoped to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
Qualification criteria
47 swimmers (not including open water swimmers) were chosen for the 2012 Summer Olympics. To make the Olympic team, a swimmer must be in the top two in one of the thirteen individual events. To be considered for the U.S. 4×100-meter and 4×200-meter freestyle relay teams, a swimmer must place in the top six in the 100-meter and 200-meter freestyle, respectively. Swimmers must have achieved a time standard to be eligible to compete in the U.S. Olympic trials:
Event Men Women 50 m freestyle 23.49 26.39 100 m freestyle 51.49 57.19 200 m freestyle 1:52.89 2:03.19 400 m freestyle 3:59.99 4:19.39 800 m freestyle — 8:50.49 1500 m freestyle 15:53.59 — 100 m backstroke 57.59 1:03.99 200 m backstroke 2:04.99 2:17.99 100 m breaststroke 1:04.69 1:12.19 200 m breaststroke 2:20.79 2:35.99 100 m butterfly 55.29 1:01.99 200 m butterfly 2:03.99 2:16.49 200 m individual medley 2:06.59 2:19.49 400 m individual medley 4:30.49 4:55.89
Information retrieved from USA Swimming.
Events The meet featured twenty-six individual events, all swum in a long course (50-meter) pool: thirteen events for men and thirteen events for women. Events 200 meters and shorter were held with preliminaries, semifinals and finals, while events 400 meters and longer were held with preliminaries and finals. The semifinals featured sixteen swimmers in two heats; the finals included eight swimmers in a single heat. Preliminaries were seeded with ten lanes. Event order, which mimicked that of the 2012 Olympics, except for the Olympic relay events, was:
Date Monday June 25, 2012 Tuesday June 26, 2012 Wednesday June 27, 2012 Thursday June 28, 2012 M o r n i n g Men's 400 IM (heats)Women's 100 butterfly (heats)Men's 400 freestyle (heats)Women's 400 IM (heats)Men's 100 breaststroke (heats)Women's 100 butterfly (swim-off) Women's 100 backstroke (heats)Men's 200 freestyle (heats)Women's 100 breaststroke (heats)Men's 100 backstroke (heats)Women's 400 freestyle (heats) Women's 200 freestyle (heats)Men's 200 butterfly (heats)Women's 200 IM (heats) Men's 100 freestyle (heats)Women's 200 butterfly (heats)Men's 200 breaststroke (heats) E v e n i n gMen's 400 IM (final)Women's 100 butterfly (semi-finals)Men's 400 freestyle (final)Women's 400 IM (final)Men's 100 breaststroke (semi-finals) Women's 100 butterfly (final)Men's 200 freestyle (semi-finals)Women's 100 breaststroke (semi-finals)Men's 100 breaststroke (final)Women's 400 freestyle (final)Men's 100 backstroke (semi-finals)Women's 100 backstroke (semi-finals) Women's 200 freestyle (semi-finals)Men's 200 freestyle (final)Women's 100 backstroke (final)Men's 100 backstroke (final)Women's 100 breaststroke (final)Men's 200 butterfly (semi-finals)Women's 200 IM (semi-finals) Men's 100 freestyle (semi-finals)Women's 200 freestyle (final)Men's 200 butterfly (final)Women's 200 butterfly (semi-finals)Men's 200 breaststroke (semi-finals)Women's 200 IM (final) Date Friday June 29, 2012 Saturday June 30, 2012 Sunday July 1, 2012 Monday July 2, 2012 M o r n i n g Women's 100 freestyle (heats)Men's 200 backstroke (heats)Women's 200 breaststroke (heats)Men's 200 IM (heats)Women's 200 breaststroke (swim-off) Men's 50 freestyle (heats)Women's 800 freestyle (heats)Men's 100 butterfly (heats)Women's 200 backstroke (heats) Women's 50 freestyle (heats)Men's 1500 freestyle (heats)No morning session. E v e n i n g Men's 200 breaststroke (final)Women's 100 freestyle (semi-finals)Men's 200 backstroke (semi-finals)Women's 200 butterfly (final)Men's 100 freestyle (final)Women's 200 breaststroke (semi-finals)Men's 200 IM (semi-finals) Men's 50 freestyle (semi-finals)Women's 200 breaststroke (final)Men's 200 backstroke (final)Women's 200 backstroke (semi-finals)Men's 200 IM (final)Women's 100 freestyle (final)Men's 100 butterfly (semi-finals) Women's 200 backstroke (final)Men's 100 butterfly (final)Women's 800 freestyle (final)Men's 50 freestyle (final)Women's 50 freestyle (semi-finals)Women's 50 freestyle (final)Men's 1500 freestyle (final)
Note: prelims/semifinals/finals were swum in events 200 meters and shorter; prelims/finals in events 400 meters or longer. For prelims/semifinals/finals events, prelims and semis were on the same day, with finals the following evening. For the 400-meter events, prelims and finals were on the same day. For the 800 and 1500 meter races, prelims are in the morning of one day, with finals in the evening of the next day.
U.S. Olympic Team The following swimmers qualified to compete at the 2012 Summer Olympics (for pool events):
Men Nathan Adrian, Clark Burckle, Tyler Clary, Conor Dwyer, Anthony Ervin, Jimmy Feigen, Andrew Gemmell, Matt Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Charlie Houchin, Connor Jaeger, Cullen Jones, Jason Lezak, Ryan Lochte, Tyler McGill, Matt McLean, Michael Phelps, Eric Shanteau, Davis Tarwater, Nick Thoman, Peter Vanderkaay, and Scott Weltz.
Women Cammile Adams, Alyssa Anderson, Elizabeth Beisel, Rachel Bootsma, Natalie Coughlin, Claire Donahue, Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Kathleen Hersey, Kara Lynn Joyce, Ariana Kukors, Breeja Larson, Micah Lawrence, Katie Ledecky, Caitlin Leverenz, Lia Neal, Lauren Perdue, Allison Schmitt, Rebecca Soni, Chloe Sutton, Dana Vollmer, Shannon Vreeland, Amanda Weir, and Kate Ziegler.
Results Key:
Men's events 50 m freestyleCullen Jones21.59Anthony Ervin21.60Nathan Adrian21.68100 m freestyleNathan Adrian48.10Cullen Jones48.46Matt Grevers48.55200 m freestyleMichael Phelps1:45.70Ryan Lochte1:45.75Ricky Berens1:46.56400 m freestylePeter Vanderkaay3:47.67Conor Dwyer3:47.83Michael Klueh3:48.171500 m freestyleAndrew Gemmell14:52.19Connor Jaeger14:52.51Chad La Tourette14:57.53100 m backstrokeMatt Grevers52.08Nick Thoman52.86David Plummer52.98200 m backstrokeRyan Lochte1:54.54Tyler Clary1:54.88Nick Thoman1:57.06Brendan Hansen59.68Eric Shanteau1:00.15Kevin Cordes1:00.58Scott Weltz2:09.01Clark Burckle2:09.97Eric Shanteau2:10.05100 m butterflyMichael Phelps51.14Tyler McGill51.32Ryan Lochte51.65200 m butterflyMichael Phelps1:53.65Tyler Clary1:55.12Bobby Bollier1:55.79200 m IMMichael Phelps1:54.84Ryan Lochte1:54.93Conor Dwyer1:58.92400 m IMRyan Lochte4:07.06Michael Phelps4:07.89Tyler Clary4:09.92
Women's events 50 m freestyleJessica Hardy24.50Kara Lynn Joyce24.73Christine Magnuson24.78100 m freestyleJessica Hardy53.96Missy Franklin54.15Allison Schmitt54.30200 m freestyleAllison Schmitt1:54.40 AMMissy Franklin1:56.79Dana Vollmer1:57.47400 m freestyleAllison Schmitt4:02.84Chloe Sutton4:04.18Katie Ledecky4:05.00800 m freestyleKatie Ledecky8:19.78Kate Ziegler8:21.87Haley Anderson8:26.60Missy Franklin58.85 AMRachel Bootsma59.49Natalie Coughlin1:00.06Missy Franklin2:06.12Elizabeth Beisel2:07.58Elizabeth Pelton2:08.06Breeja Larson1:05.92Rebecca Soni1:05.99Jessica Hardy1:06.53Rebecca Soni2:21.13Micah Lawrence2:23.03Andrea Kropp2:24.82100 m butterflyDana Vollmer56.50Claire Donahue57.57Kathleen Hersey58.16200 m butterflyCammile Adams2:06.52Kathleen Hersey2:07.72Kim Vandenberg2:08.99200 m IMCaitlin Leverenz2:10.22Ariana Kukors2:11.30Elizabeth Pelton2:11.55400 m IMElizabeth Beisel4:31.74Caitlin Leverenz4:34.48Cammile Adams4:38.62
See also United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics United States Olympic Trials (swimming) USA Swimming
References
External links Official website of the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials (swimming) 2012 US Olympic swimming trials results by event at Omegatiming.com Psych sheet (PDF, as of June 21, 2012) Official event information (PDF, as of February 24, 2012)