2012 United States Olympic Trials (swimming)

2012 United States Olympic Trials (swimming)
Host city Omaha, Nebraska, U.S.
Date(s) June 25 – July 2
Venue(s) CenturyLink Center
Athletes participating 1831
Events 26 (men: 13; women: 13)

The 2012 United States Olympic Trials for swimming events was 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

A total of 47 swimmers (not including open water swimmers) were chosen for the 2012 Summer Olympics. To make the Olympic team, a swimmer must place 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:[1]

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

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 prelimaries, semifinals and finals, while events 400 meters and longer where held with preliminaries and finals. 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, with the exception of the Olympic relay events, was:

Date Monday
June 25, 2012		 Tuesday
June 26, 2012		 Wednesday
June 27, 2012		 Thursday
June 28, 2012
M
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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
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g		 Men'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
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n
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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
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n
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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 next evening. For the 400-meter events, prelims and finals were 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, Ricky Berens, 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: Highlighted swimmers achieved the qualification conditions to be included in the Olympic team in that respective event.

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle[2] Cullen Jones21.59 Anthony Ervin21.60 Nathan Adrian21.68
100 m freestyle[3] Nathan Adrian48.10 Cullen Jones48.46 Matt Grevers48.55
200 m freestyle[4] Michael Phelps1:45.70 Ryan Lochte1:45.75 Ricky Berens1:46.56
400 m freestyle[5] Peter Vanderkaay3:47.67 Conor Dwyer3:47.83 Michael Klueh3:48.17
1500 m freestyle[6] Andrew Gemmell14:52.19 Connor Jaeger14:52.51 Chad La Tourette14:57.53
100 m backstroke[7] Matt Grevers52.08 Nick Thoman52.86 David Plummer52.98
200 m backstroke[8] Ryan Lochte1:54.54 Tyler Clary1:54.88 Nick Thoman1:57.06
100 m breaststroke[9] Brendan Hansen59.68 Eric Shanteau1:00.15 Kevin Cordes1:00.58
200 m breaststroke[10] Scott Weltz2:09.01 Clark Burckle2:09.97 Eric Shanteau2:10.05
100 m butterfly[11] Michael Phelps51.14 Tyler McGill51.32 Ryan Lochte51.65
200 m butterfly[12] Michael Phelps1:53.65 Tyler Clary1:55.12 Bobby Bollier1:55.79
200 m IM[13] Michael Phelps1:54.84 Ryan Lochte1:54.93 Conor Dwyer1:58.92
400 m IM[14] Ryan Lochte4:07.06 Michael Phelps4:07.89 Tyler Clary4:09.92

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle[15] Jessica Hardy24.50 Kara Lynn Joyce24.73 Christine Magnuson24.78
100 m freestyle[16] Jessica Hardy53.96 Missy Franklin54.15 Allison Schmitt54.30
200 m freestyle[17] Allison Schmitt1:54.40 AM, NR Missy Franklin1:56.79 Dana Vollmer1:57.47
400 m freestyle[18] Allison Schmitt4:02.84 Chloe Sutton4:04.18 Katie Ledecky4:05.00
800 m freestyle[19] Katie Ledecky8:19.78 Kate Ziegler8:21.87 Haley Anderson8:26.60
100 m backstroke[20] Missy Franklin58.85 AM, NR Rachel Bootsma59.49 Natalie Coughlin1:00.06
200 m backstroke[21] Missy Franklin2:06.12 Elizabeth Beisel2:07.58 Elizabeth Pelton2:08.06
100 m breaststroke[22] Breeja Larson1:05.92 Rebecca Soni1:05.99 Jessica Hardy1:06.53
200 m breaststroke[23] Rebecca Soni2:21.13 Micah Lawrence2:23.03 Andrea Kropp2:24.82
100 m butterfly[24] Dana Vollmer56.50 Claire Donahue57.57 Kathleen Hersey58.16
200 m butterfly[25] Cammile Adams2:06.52 Kathleen Hersey2:07.72 Kim Vandenberg2:08.99
200 m IM[26] Caitlin Leverenz2:10.22 Ariana Kukors2:11.30 Elizabeth Pelton2:11.55
400 m IM[27] Elizabeth Beisel4:31.74 Caitlin Leverenz4:34.48 Cammile Adams4:38.62

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2012 Olympic Trials standards" (PDF). USA Swimming. Retrieved 2012-03-29.
  2. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 50 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  3. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 100 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  4. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 200 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  5. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 400 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  6. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 1500 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  7. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 100 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  8. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 200 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  9. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 100 metre breaststroke (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  10. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 200 metre breaststroke (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  11. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 100 metre butterfly (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  12. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 200 metre butterfly (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  13. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 200 metre individual medley (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  14. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Men's 400 metre individual medley (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
  15. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 50 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-07-02.
  16. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 100 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  17. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 200 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  18. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 400 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  19. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 800 metre freestyle (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  20. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 100 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  21. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 200 metre backstroke (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
  22. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 100 metre breaststroke (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-27.
  23. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 200 metre breaststroke (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-30.
  24. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 100 metre butterfly (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-26.
  25. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 200 metre butterfly (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
  26. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 200 metre individual medley (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-28.
  27. ↑ "2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials (swimming) – Women's 400 metre individual medley (final)". Omega Timing. Retrieved 2012-06-25.
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