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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 2021.
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 27th 2021 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 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier. Continental quotas will be decided at the 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier.
Qualified Nations
Qualification events are listed in hierarchical order.
Last Update: January 19th 2021
Men’s 50m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 22.01 | – |  Algeria Australia Brazil Canada China Egypt France France Germany Great Britain Great Britain Greece Hungary Israel Italy Italy Japan Japan Netherlands Netherlands Poland Russia South Africa Ukraine United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 22.97 | – |
Women’s 50m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 24.77 | – | Australia Australia Brazil China China Denmark France France Great Britain Netherlands Netherlands Poland Russia Sweden Sweden United States 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 Australia Belgium Brazil Brazil China China France France Great Britain Hungary Hungary Italy Italy Japan Japan Netherlands Russia Russia South Korea South Korea Trinidad and Tobago United States United States Uzbekistan |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 50.03 | – |
Women’s 100m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 54.38 | – | Australia Australia Belarus Canada Canada China China Czech Republic Denmark Denmark France France Great Britain Great Britain Hong Kong Israel Italy Japan Japan Netherlands Netherlands Poland Russia South Africa Spain 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 Netherlands Russia Russia Serbia South Korea Sweden United States United States |
| 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 Czech Republic France Great Britain Hong Kong Hungary Italy Japan Netherlands Russia 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 Australia Austria Brazil China China Germany Hungary Italy Italy Lithuania Russia Russia United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 3:53.58 | – |
Women’s 400m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 4:07.90 | – |  Argentina Australia Australia China China Germany Germany Great Britain Hungary Hungary Italy Italy New Zealand Russia Russia Spain Turkey 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 | – | Australia Australia Austria Brazil China Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Denmark France France Germany Germany Great Britain Greece Italy Italy New Zealand Norway Poland Russia Russia Serbia Tunisia Ukraine Ukraine United States United States Vietnam |
| 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 Austria China China Germany Germany Hungary Italy Italy Japan Japan Liechtenstein Russia Russia Slovenia Spain Spain Turkey Turkey United States United States Vietnam |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 8:48.76 | – |
Men’s 1500m Freestyle
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 15:00.99 | – | Australia Australia Brazil China Croatia Croatia Czech Republic Denmark Denmark France France Germany Germany Great Britain Hungary Hungary Italy Italy Norway Poland Russia Ukraine Ukraine United States United States Vietnam |
| 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 Canada Chile China China France Germany Germany Hungary Hungary Italy Italy Japan Japan Liechtenstein Portugal Portugal Russia Slovenia Spain Spain Turkey Turkey United States United States Vietnam |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 17:01.80 | – |
Men’s 100m Backstroke
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 53.85 | – | Australia Australia Austria Belarus Brazil Canada China France France Great Britain Greece Hungary Hungary Israel Italy Italy Japan Romania Romania Russia Russia Singapore Spain 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 Belarus Brazil Canada Canada China China Czech Republic Denmark France Germany Great Britain Great Britain Hong Kong Hungary Italy Italy Japan Japan Netherlands Netherlands Russia Russia South Korea 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 Bulgaria Canada China China France Germany Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Italy Italy Japan Japan Poland Russia Russia South Africa South Korea Spain Switzerland 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 Australia Austria Canada Canada China China Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Hungary Italy Italy Japan Japan Moldova New Zealand Russia Russia South Korea Spain Ukraine 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 Australia Belarus Brazil Brazil China China Denmark France Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Italy Italy Japan Japan Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Lithuania Lithuania Netherlands Netherlands Portugal Portugal Russia Russia Serbia South Africa Turkey Turkey United States United States Uzbekistan |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 1:01.73 | – |
Women’s 100m Breaststroke
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 1:07.07 | – | Argentina Australia Australia Belgium Canada China Finland Great Britain Great Britain Italy Italy Jamaica Japan Japan Netherlands Russia Russia South Africa Spain Switzerland 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 Austria Brazil China China Finland Germany Germany Great Britain Great Britain Iceland Italy Italy Japan Japan Kazakhstan Netherlands Netherlands Portugal Russia Russia South Korea Sweden Turkey Ukraine 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 Belgium Canada Canada China China Czech Republic Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Italy Japan Japan Russia Russia South Africa South Africa Spain Spain Switzerland 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 | – | Argentina Australia Australia Belarus Brazil Bulgaria China China France Germany Great Britain Guatemala Hungary Hungary Israel Italy Italy Japan Japan Russia Russia Singapore Singapore South Africa South Africa Switzerland United States 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 Canada China France France Germany Greece Hungary Italy Italy Japan Japan Russia Russia South Africa Sweden Sweden United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 59.66 | – |
Men’s 200m Butterfly
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 1:56.48 | – | Australia Australia Belgium Brazil Bulgaria Chinese Taipei Germany Hungary Hungary Italy Japan Japan Poland Russia South Africa Switzerland Ukraine United States United States |
| Universality Places | – | |
| Olympic Selection Time – 1:59.67 | – |
Women’s 200m Butterfly
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| Olympic Qualification Time – 2:08.43 | – | Australia Australia China China Germany Great Britain Great Britain Hungary Hungary Japan Japan Portugal Russia United States 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 Canada China China Chinese Taipei Germany Great Britain Great Britain Greece Greece Hungary Hungary Israel Italy Japan Japan Lithuania Luxembourg New Zealand Portugal Portugal Russia 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 Hungary Israel Italy Japan Japan South Korea Switzerland Turkey 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 Azerbaijan Brazil China Germany Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Hungary Italy Japan Japan Netherlands New Zealand Russia Russia Spain 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 | – | Australia Canada Canada China France Great Britain Hungary Italy Japan Japan Serbia Spain Spain United States 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 | Australia Brazil France Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Italy Japan Poland Russia United States
|
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2021) |
4 |
Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | Australia Canada China Czech Republic Germany Hong Kong Japan Netherlands Poland Russia Sweden United States
|
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2021) |
4 |
Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | Australia Brazil China Germany Great Britain Israel Italy Japan Poland Russia Switzerland United States |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2021) |
4 |
Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | Australia Canada China Germany Hong Kong Hungary Japan New Zealand Poland Russia South Korea United States |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2021) |
4 |
Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | Australia Belarus Brazil Canada China Germany Great Britain Hungary Japan Lithuania Russia United States |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2021) |
4 |
Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | Australia Canada China Germany Great Britain Italy Japan Netherlands Russia Sweden Switzerland United States |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2021) |
4 |
Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 12 | Australia Belarus Canada Germany Great Britain Hungary Israel Italy Netherlands Poland Russia United States |
| FINA World Rankings (May 31 2021) |
4 |
Men’s 10km Open Water
| Qualification Event | Places | Qualified Nations |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 World Aquatics Championships | 10 | France France Germany Germany Hungay Italy Italy Netherlands Spain United States
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| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | 9 | |
| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Africa | 1 | |
| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Americas | 1 | |
| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Asia | 1 | |
| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Europe | 1 | |
| 2021 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 | Australia Brazil China France Germany Germany Italy Netherlands United States United States
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| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier | 9 | |
| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Africa | 1 | |
| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Americas | 1 | |
| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Asia | 1 | |
| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Europe | 1 | |
| 2021 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier – Oceania | 1 | |
| Host Nation | 1 | Japan |