Qualification Summary
Each National Olympic Committee can enter a maximum of 56 athletes (28 men and 28 women) with a maximum of two athletes per individual event and one team per relay event. To qualify in a relay event a nation must finish in the top 12 during the heats at the 2019 World Aquatics Championship. Four more spots will go to the highest ranked nations based on their best performance at an approved competition between March 1st 2019 and May 31st 2020.
In total, 878 athletes will qualify through four methods. Athletes which have swam the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) in an approved competition in at least one event between March 1st 2019 and June 29th 2020 will qualify, with a maximum of two athletes per event. Should a nation fail to qualify a male and/or female athlete, they will be allowed to enter one man and/or woman as a Universality Place in one event provided that they competed at the 2019 World Aquatics Championship. Nations which have qualified a relay may select relay-only athletes (up to # of relays qualified * 2 athletes) to compete provided that the athletes have reached the Olympic Selection Time (OST). Afterwards, any remaining places will go to athletes which have swam an OST in an approved competition with priority going to the highest ranked athletes on the FINA World Rankings of each event until the quota of 878 has been reached. A nation can only qualify a maximum of one athlete per event through this method and none in events where an athlete from the same nation already qualified through the first method.
In the open water event, each National Olympic Committee can enter a maximum of 4 athletes (2 men and 2 women). As hosts, Japan will be given 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman) to compete should they fail to qualify normally. The remaining quotas will be decided at the 2019 World Aquatics Championship and 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier. Continental quotas will be decided at the 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier.
Qualified Nations
Qualification events are listed in hierarchical order.
Last Update: May 29th 2019
Men’s 50m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 22.01 | – |  Algeria Brazil France Great Britain Hungary Italy Italy Japan Poland Russia South Africa Spain United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 22.67 | – |
Women’s 50m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 24.77 | – |  Australia Australia Brazil China China Denmark France Netherlands Netherlands Poland Russia Sweden United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 25.51 | – |
Men’s 100m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 48.57 | – | Algeria Australia Belgium Brazil Brazil China France France Great Britain Hungary Italy Italy Japan Netherlands Russia Russia |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 50.03 | – |
Women’s 100m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 54.38 | – | Australia Australia Canada Canada China Denmark Denmark France France Great Britain Great Britain Hong Kong Italy Japan Netherlands Netherlands Poland Russia South Africa Sweden Sweden United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 56.01 | – |
Men’s 200m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 1:47.02 | – | Australia Australia Brazil Brazil China China Germany Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Hungary Italy Italy Japan Lithuania Russia Russia |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 1:50.23 | – |
Women’s 200m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 1:57.28 | – | Australia Australia Canada Canada China France Hong Kong Hungary Italy Japan Netherlands Russia Sweden United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:00.80 | – |
Men’s 400m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 3:46.78 | – | Australia China Germany Italy Lithuania Russia Russia |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 3:53.58 | – |
Women’s 400m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 4:07.90 | – | Australia China China Germany Hungary Hungary Italy Russia Russia United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 4:15.34 | – |
Men’s 800m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 7:54.31 | – | China Croatia Czech Republic Denmark France France Germany Germany Great Britain Italy Italy Norway Russia Russia Ukraine Ukraine United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 8:08.54 | – |
Women’s 800m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 8:33.36 | – |  Argentina Australia Australia China China Germany Germany Hungary Italy Japan Japan Liechtenstein Spain United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 8:48.76 | – |
Men’s 1500m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 15:00.99 | – | China Croatia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Denmark France France Germany Germany Great Britain Italy Norway Poland Russia |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 15:28.02 | – |
Women’s 1500m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 16:32.04 | – | Argentina Australia Australia Austria Brazil Canada Chile China China France Germany Germany Hungary Hungary Italy Italy Japan Japan Liechtenstein Portugal Russia Slovenia Spain Spain United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 17:01.80 | – |
Men’s 100m Backstroke
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 53.85 | – | Australia Australia Brazil Canada China Ireland Italy Japan Russia Russia United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 55.47 | – |
Women’s 100m Backstroke
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 1:00.25 | – | Australia Australia Brazil Canada Canada China China Czech Republic France Germany Hungary Italy Japan Netherlands Russia Russia United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 1:02.06 | – |
Men’s 200m Backstroke
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 1:57.50 | – | Australia Australia Canada China China Germany Great Britain Hungary Italy Japan Japan Poland Russia Russia South Africa United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:01.03 | – |
Women’s 200m Backstroke
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 2:10.39 | – | Australia Canada Canada China China Great Britain Hungary Hungary Italy Japan Japan Russia Russia South Korea Spain United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:14.30 | – |
Men’s 100m Breaststroke
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 59.93 | – | Australia Belarus Brazil Brazil China China Denmark Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Italy Italy Japan Japan Lithuania Netherlands Russia Russia Serbia Turkey United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 1:01.73 | – |
Women’s 100m Breaststroke
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 1:07.07 | – | Australia Canada Italy Italy Netherlands Russia Russia South Africa United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 1:09.08 | – |
Men’s 200m Breaststroke
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 2:10.35 | – | Australia Australia Brazil China China Finland Germany Germany Great Britain Great Britain Ireland Italy Japan Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands Russia Sweden United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:14.26 | – |
Women’s 200m Breaststroke
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 2:25.52 | – | Argentina Australia Australia Canada Canada China China Great Britain Japan Japan Russia Russia South Africa South Africa Spain Spain United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:29.89 | – |
Men’s 100m Butterfly
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 51.96 | – | Brazil China France Germany Guatemala Hungary Hungary Italy Japan Japan Russia South Africa South Africa United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 53.52 | – |
Women’s 100m Butterfly
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 57.92 | – | Australia Australia Belarus Canada China France France Germany Italy Russia South Africa Sweden Sweden United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 59.66 | – |
Men’s 200m Butterfly
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 1:56.48 | – |  Bulgaria Germany Hungary Hungary Italy Japan Japan South Africa |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 1:59.67 | – |
Women’s 200m Butterfly
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 2:08.43 | – | China China Germany Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Hungary Japan Japan Portugal United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:12.28 | – |
Men’s 200m Individual Medley
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 1:59.67 | – | Australia Australia Brazil Brazil China China Germany Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Hungary Japan Japan Portugal Portugal Russia Spain Switzerland United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:03.26 | – |
Women’s 200m Individual Medley
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 2:12.56 | – | Australia Australia Canada Canada China China France Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Israel Italy Japan Japan South Korea United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 2:16.54 | – |
Men’s 400m Individual Medley
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 4:15.84 | – | Australia Australia Brazil Germany Great Britain Hungary Hungary Italy Japan Japan Netherlands Switzerland United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 4:21.46 | – |
Women’s 400m Individual Medley
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 4:38.53 | – | Canada Canada China France Great Britain Hungary Italy Japan Serbia Spain United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 4:46.89 | – |
Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2020) |
4 |
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2020) |
4 |
Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2020) |
4 |
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2020) |
4 |
Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2020) |
4 |
Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2020) |
4 |
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2020) |
4 |
Men’s 10km Open Water
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 10 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | 9 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Africa | 1 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Americas | 1 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Asia | 1 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Europe | 1 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Oceania | 1 | |
| Host Nation | 1 | Japan |
Women’s 10km Open Water
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 10 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | 9 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Africa | 1 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Americas | 1 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Asia | 1 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Europe | 1 | |
| 2020 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Oceania | 1 | |
| Host Nation | 1 | Japan |