The qualifying phase for swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics occurred between 1 March 2023 and 23 June 2024. 852 athletes qualified for 35 swimming pool events at the Games.
Athletes qualified for the individual swimming pool events through achieving World Aquatics' specified time standards. They could also qualify through universality places, which allowed each National Olympic Committee to enter some athletes regardless of their qualification time, to ensure a wide range of nations were included. National teams qualified for the relay events through their performances at the 2023 or 2024 World Championships.
Qualification processes
Individual events Each National Olympic Committee (NOC) was permitted to enter a maximum of two qualified athletes in each individual event, but only if both of them had attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). After accepting the two athletes from each NOC who achieved the OQT, World Aquatics considered athletes who had only qualified in a relay event, and then athletes qualifying through universality: NOCs were given one event entry for each gender, which could be used by any athlete regardless of qualification time, as long as no swimmer from that nation had already taken a spot by achieving the OQT. Finally, the rest of the spaces were filled by athletes who had met the Olympic Consideration Time (OCT).
The event OQTs corresponded to the time achieved by the fourteenth-place swimmer in their preliminary heat at the previous Games, while the OCTs were derived by adding 0.5% onto the OQT.
The qualifying time standards had to have been achieved at one of the international meets approved by World Aquatics between 1 March 2023, and 23 June 2024. These included the 2023 and 2024 World Championships, continental meets, national championships and selection trials, and some other competitions approved by World Aquatics. +Qualifying standards for the men's events Event 50 m freestyle 21.96 22.07100 m freestyle 48.34 48.58200 m freestyle 1:46.26 1:46.79400 m freestyle 3:46.78 3:47.91800 m freestyle 7:51.65 7:54.011500 m freestyle 15:00.99 15:05.49100 m backstroke 53.74 54.01200 m backstroke 1:57.50 1:58.09100 m breaststroke 59.49 59.79200 m breaststroke 2:09.68 2:10.33100 m butterfly 51.67 51.93200 m butterfly 1:55.78 1:56.36200 m individual medley 1:57.94 1:58.53400 m individual medley 4:12.50 4:13.76 +Qualifying standards for the women's eventsEvent OQT OCT50 m freestyle 24.70 24.82100 m freestyle 53.61 53.88200 m freestyle 1:57.26 1:57.85400 m freestyle 4:07.90 4:09.14800 m freestyle 8:26.71 8:29.241500 m freestyle 16:09.09 16:13.94100 m backstroke 59.99 1:00.29200 m backstroke 2:10.39 2:11.04100 m breaststroke 1:06.79 1:07.12200 m breaststroke 2:23.91 2:24.63100 m butterfly 57.92 58.21200 m butterfly 2:08.43 2:09.07200 m individual medley 2:11.47 2:12.13400 m individual medley 4:38.53 4:39.92
Relay events Each NOC could enter one team per event and there were a total of sixteen qualification places available in each event. The first three qualifying places were given to the podium finishers at the 2023 World Championships, and the final thirteen qualifying places were allocated to the fastest performances at the 2023 and 2024 World Championships.
All athletes who qualified for individual events were allowed to be used by the relay teams in any event, regardless of what individual event they qualified for.
Qualified athletes
Individual events In total, 852 athletes qualified for the individual events. They are listed below.
Men's 50 m freestyle +Qualifiers for the men's 50 m freestyle Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmersOlympic Qualifying Time – 21.962 Ben ArmbrusterCameron McEvoy2 Maxime GroussetFlorent Manaudou2 Alexander CohoonBen Proud2 Stergios BilasKristian Gkolomeev2 Tom FannonShane Ryan2 Meiron CherutiMartin Kartavi 2 Leonardo DeplanoLorenzo Zazzeri2 Kenzo SimonsRenzo Tjon-A-Joe2 Miguel NascimentoDiogo Ribeiro2 Caeleb DresselChris Guiliano1 Mikel Schreuders1 Guilherme Caribé1 Josh Liendo1 Jordan Crooks1 Pan Zhanle1 Jere Hribar1 Artem Selin1 Ian Ho1 Szebasztián Szabó1 Gabriel Castaño1 Taiko Torepe-Ormsby1 Nicholas Lia1 Piotr Ludwiczak1 Andrej Barna1 Jonathan Tan1 Ji Yu-chan1 Björn Seeliger1 Dylan Carter1 Vladyslav Bukhov1 Alberto Mestre Olympic Consideration Time – 22.070 colspan=2 Universality place1 Fahim Anwari1 Belly-Cresus Ganira1 Souleymane Napare1 José Tati1 Terence Tengue1 Aristote Ndombe Impelenga1 Houmed Houssein Barkat1 Warren Lawrence1 Jolanio Guterres1 Higinio Ndong Obama1 Aaron Owusu1 David Young1 Adam Girard de Langlade Mpali1 Ousman Jobe1 Elhadj Diallo1 Pedro Rogery1 Evgenii Somov1 Filipe Gomes1 Mohamed Aan Hussain1 Kyle Micallef1 Phillip Kinono1 Camil Doua1 Marouane Mamane1 Tobi Sijuade1 Jion Hosei1 Freddy Mayala1 Troy Nisbett1 Alex Joachim1 Joshua Wyse1 Matej Duša1 Thierry Bollin1 Fakhriddin Madkamov1 Jordano Daou1 Damien Shamambo Invitational place1 Alaa Maso Total 75
Men's 100 m freestyle +Qualifiers for the men's 100 m freestyle Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmersOlympic Qualifying Time – 48.342 Kyle ChalmersWilliam Yang2 Guilherme CaribéMarcelo Chierighini2 Yuri KisilJosh Liendo2 Pan ZhanleWang Haoyu2 Rafael Fente-DamersMaxime Grousset2 Matt RichardsDuncan Scott2 Andrej BarnaVelimir Stjepanović2 Jack AlexyChris Guiliano1 Jordan Crooks1 Nikola Miljenić1 Josha Salchow1 Nándor Németh1 Tomer Frankel1 Alessandro Miressi1 Katsuhiro Matsumoto1 Danas Rapšys1 Jorge Iga1 Sean Niewold1 Cameron Gray1 Diogo Ribeiro1 David Popovici1 Hwang Sun-woo1 Sergio de Celis1 Dylan Carter Olympic Consideration Time – 48.581 Mikel Schreuders Universality place1 Grisi Koxhaku1 Henrique Mascarenhas1 Artur Barseghyan1 Lamar Taylor1 Samiul Islam Rafi1 Jack Kirby1 Sangay Tenzin1 Antoine De Lapparent1 Giorgio Armani Nguichie Kamseu Kamogne1 Hassane Hadji1 Nikolas Antoniou1 Daniel Gracik1 Javier Núñez 1 Nixon Hernández1 Harry Stacey1 Ian Ho1 Samyar Abdoli1 Adilbek Mussin1 Adell Saboviq1 Mohamad Zubaid1 Simon Doueihy1 Yousef Abubaker1 Ralph Daleiden1 Alexien Kouma1 Ovesh Purahoo1 Batbayar Enkhtamir1 Phone Pyae Han1 Alexander Shah1 Issa Al-Adawi1 Josh Tarere1 Jakub Majerski1 Jayhan Odlum-Smith1 Johann Stickland1 Zaid Al-Sarraj1 Matthieu Seye1 Jonathan Tan1 Kyle Abeysinghe1 Irvin Hoost1 Björn Seeliger1 Collins Saliboko1 Dulyawat Kaewsriyong1 Musa Zhalayev1 Yousuf Al-Matrooshi1 Leo Nolles1 Johnathan Silas1 Alberto Mestre Total 79
Men's 200 m freestyle +Qualifiers for the men's 200 m freestyle Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmers Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:46.262 Maximillian GiulianiThomas Neill2 Ji XinjiePan Zhanle2 Lukas MärtensRafael Miroslaw2 Matt RichardsDuncan Scott2 Hidenari ManoKatsuhiro Matsumoto2 Hwang Sun-wooLee Ho-joon2 Chris GuilianoLuke Hobson1 Felix Auböck1 Guilherme Costa1 Nándor Németh1 Denis Loktev1 Alessandro Ragaini1 Danas Rapšys1 David Popovici Olympic Consideration Time – 1:46.791 Lucas Henveaux1 Jorge Iga1 Antonio Djakovic Universality place1 Muhammad Ahmed Durrani1 Velimir Stjepanović1 Sašo Boškan1 Omar Abbas Total 28
Men's 400 m freestyle +Qualifiers for the men's 400 m freestyle Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmersOlympic Qualifying Time – 3:46.782 Samuel ShortElijah Winnington2 Guilherme CostaEduardo Moraes2 Fei LiweiZhang Zhanshuo2 Oliver KlemetLukas Märtens2 Aaron ShackellKieran Smith1 Felix Auböck1 Lucas Henveaux1 Petar Mitsin1 David Aubry1 Kieran Bird1 Daniel Wiffen1 Danas Rapšys1 Kim Woo-min1 Victor Johansson1 Antonio Djakovic1 Ahmed Jaouadi1 Mykhailo Romanchuk1 Alfonso Mestre Olympic Consideration Time – 3:47.911 Zalán Sárkány Universality place1 Jovan Lekić1 Eduardo Cisternas1 Alberto Vega1 Kregor Zirk1 Raekwon Noel1 Ridhwan Abubakar1 Khiew Hoe Yean1 Pavel Alovațki1 Ilias El Fallaki1 Nikola Ǵuretanoviḱ1 Joaquín Vargas1 Loris Bianchi1 Ilia Sibirtsev Total 37
Men's 800 m freestyle +Qualifiers for the men's 800 m freestyle Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmersOlympic Qualifying Time – 7:51.652 Samuel ShortElijah Winnington2 Fei LiweiZhang Zhanshuo2 David AubryPacome Bricout2 Oliver KlemetSven Schwarz2 Luca de TullioGregorio Paltrinieri2Henrik ChristiansenJon Jøntvedt2 Bobby FinkeLuke Whitlock1Felix Auböck1Guilherme Costa1Marwan Elkamash1Dimitrios Markos1Zalán Sárkány1Daniel Wiffen 1 Krzysztof Chmielewski1Vlad Stancu1Kim Woo-min1Carlos Garach1Victor Johansson1Kuzey Tunçelli1Mykhailo Romanchuk1Ilia Sibirtsev1Alfonso Mestre1Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Olympic Consideration Time – 7:54.011 Lucas Henveaux Universality place1 Théo Druenne Total 32
Men's 1500 m freestyle +Qualifiers for the men's 1500 m freestyle Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmersOlympic Qualifying Time – 15:00.992 David AubryDamien Joly2 Sven SchwarzFlorian Wellbrock2 Dávid BetlehemZalán Sárkány2 Luca De TullioGregorio Paltrinieri2 Emir Batur AlbayrakKuzey Tunçelli2 Bobby FinkeDavid Johnston1 Samuel Short1 Fei Liwei1 Marwan Elkamash1 Daniel Jervis1 Daniel Wiffen1 Henrik Christiansen1 Vlad Stancu1Kim Woo-min1 Carlos Garach1 Victor Johansson1 Ahmed Jaouadi1 Mykhailo Romanchuk Olympic Consideration Time – 15:05.491 Krzysztof Chmielewski1 Nguyễn Huy Hoàng Universality place1 Rodolfo Falcón Jr1 Dimitrios Markos Total 28
Men's 100 m backstroke +Qualifiers for the men's 100 m backstroke Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmersOlympic Qualifying Time – 53.742 Isaac CooperBradley Woodward2 Javier AcevedoBlake Tierney2 Yohann Ndoye-BrouardMewen Tomac2 Ole BraunschweigMarek Ulrich2 Jonathon MarshallOliver Morgan2 Apostolos ChristouEvangelos Makrygiannis2 Ádám JászóHubert Kós2 Thomas CecconMichele Lamberti2 Thierry BollinRoman Mityukov2 Hunter ArmstrongRyan Murphy1 Xu Jiayu1 Miroslav Knedla1 Adam Maraana1 Riku Matsuyama1 Ksawery Masiuk1 João Costa1 Pieter Coetze1 Lee Ju-ho1 Hugo González1 Oleksandr Zheltyakov Olympic Consideration Time – 54.011 Ulises Saravia1 Kai van Westerling Universality place1 Bernhard Reitshammer1 Alexis Kpadi1 Jack Harvey 1 Zeke Chan1 Anthony Rincón1 Noe Pantskhava1 Zackary Gresham1 Srihari Nataraj1 Kane Follows1 Yazan Al-Bawwab1 Yeziel Morales1 Alan Uhi1 Berke Saka1 Maximillian Wilson Total 46
Men's 200 m backstroke +Qualifiers for the men's 200 m backstroke Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmersOlympic Qualifying Time – 1:57.502 Se-Bom LeeBradley Woodward2 Yohann Ndoye-BrouardMewen Tomac2 Luke GreenbankOliver Morgan2 Apostolos ChristouApostolos Siskos2 Hubert KósÁdám Telegdy2 Keita SunamaHidekazu Takehara2 Keaton JonesRyan Murphy1 Blake Tierney1 Xu Jiayu1 Lukas Märtens1 Matteo Restivo1 Kai van Westerling1 Kane Follows1 Ksawery Masiuk1 Pieter Coetze1 Lee Ju-ho1 Hugo González1 Roman Mityukov1 Oleksandr Zheltyakov Olympic Consideration Time – 1:58.091 Yeziel Morales Universality place1 Ziyad Saleem1 Denilson Cyprianos Total 30
Men's 100 m breaststroke +Qualifiers for the men's 100 m breaststroke Qualification standardNo. of athletesNOC Qualified swimmersOlympic Qualifying Time – 59.492 Samuel WilliamsonJoshua Yong2 Qin HaiyangSun Jiajun2 Melvin ImouduLucas Matzerath2 Adam PeatyJames Wilby2 Ilya ShymanovichEvgenii Somov2 Nicolò MartinenghiLudovico Viberti2 Caspar CorbeauArno Kamminga2 Nic FinkCharlie Swanson1 Taku Taniguchi1 Denis Petrashov1 Andrius Šidlauskas1 Choi Dong-yeol1 Berkay Ömer ÖğretirOlympic Consideration Time – 59.791 Bernhard Reitshammer1 Jan KałusowskiUniversality place1 Jadon Wuilliez1 Micah Masei1 Adrian Robinson1 Lyubomir Epitropov1 Chadd Ning1 Tasi Limtiaco1 Alexandre Grand'Pierre1 Anton McKee1 Ron Polonsky1 Steven Insixiengmay1 Jonathan Raharvel1 Miguel de Lara1 Matthew Lawrence1 Abdul Aziz Al-Obaidly1 Erik Persson Total 38
Men's 200 m breaststroke