United States Olympic trials (swimming)

The United States Olympic team swim trials are held before every Summer Olympic Games to select the US Olympic swimming team participants. The event is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and run by USA Swimming.

The first Olympic trials were held in 1920 in Alameda, California,[1] to select swimmers for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. The men's and women's trials have been held separately six times.[2]

Venues

Year Location Venue(s) Dates Notes
1920 Alameda, California (Western)
Manhattan Beach, New York (women's final)
Chicago, Illinois (men's final)		 western: June 26–27
final (women): July 10
final (men): July 10–11
1924 Indianapolis, Indiana (men's)
Briarcliff Manor, New York (women's)[3]		 Broad Ripple Park Pool (men's)
Briarcliff Lodge (women's)		 men: June 5–7[4]
women: June 7–8[5]
1928 Iowa City, Iowa (Midwestern tryouts)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (NCAA tryouts)
Detroit, Michigan (men's Final tryouts)
Rockaway Playland Pool (women's Final tryouts)		 Midwest: February 10–11
NCAA: March 30–31
1932 Cincinnati, Ohio (men's)
Long Island, New York (women's)		 men: July 13–16
women: July 15–16
1936 Providence, Rhode Island (men's)
Astoria, New York (women's)		 men: July 10–12
women: July 11–12
1948 Detroit, Michigan July 8–11
1952 Astoria Park, Astoria, New York (men's)
Indianapolis, Indiana (women's)		 Flushing Meadow Amphitheatre (men's)[6]
Broad Ripple Park Pool (women's)		 July 4–6
1956 Detroit, Michigan August 7–10
1960 Detroit, Michigan August 2–5
1964 Astoria, New York August 29–September 3
1968 Long Beach, California (men's)
Los Angeles, California (women's)		 men: August 30–September 3
women: August 24–28
1972 Chicago, Illinois Portage Park August 2–6
1976 Long Beach, California June 16–21
1980 Irvine, California July 29–August 2 Olympic trials canceled due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott
Event rescheduled for after the actual Olympic competition[7]
1984 Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana University Natatorium June 25–30
1988 Austin, Texas August 8–13
1992 Indianapolis, Indiana[8] Indiana University Natatorium March 1–7 US Spring Nationals
1996 Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana University Natatorium March 6–12[9]
2000 Indianapolis, Indiana Indiana University Natatorium August 9–16[10]
2004 Long Beach, California[1] July 7–14
2008 Omaha, Nebraska Qwest Center Omaha June 29–July 6 winners considered national champions
2012 Omaha, Nebraska CenturyLink Center Omaha June 25–July 2[11]
2016 Omaha, Nebraska CenturyLink Center Omaha June 26–July 3[12]
2020 Omaha, Nebraska CHI Health Center Omaha June 13–20, 2021 Rescheduled from June 21–28, 2020[13]
Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2024 Indianapolis, Indiana[14] Lucas Oil Stadium June 15–23[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Previous Dates & Sites of Major U.S. Swimming Meets 1920-Present, USA Swimming, retrieved 2009-11-25
  2. ^ Past trials Results page from the USA Swimming website (www.usaswimming.org); retrieved 2012-07-05.
  3. ^ Over 100 years, Indiana has made its mark on swimming
  4. ^ Broad Ripple Pool Olympic Trials preview May 24 1924
  5. ^ Seventy Girls Are Ready to Swim for Olympic Team Place To-Day At Briarcliff
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ U.S. Olympic trials: Great Races in U.S. trials History; Tracy Caulkins, Terri Baxter Deadheat 1980 200 Breast
  8. ^ Olympics: Barcelona Profile; Hardly a New Wave For U.S. Swim Team, by Filip Bondy, New York Times, 1992-06-22; retrieved 2009-06-18.
  9. ^ Results from the 1996 US Swimming Olympic trials; published 2004-02-25, retrieved 2012-07-05.
  10. ^ Results from the 2000 US Swimming Olympic trials; retrieved 2012-07-05.
  11. ^ U.S. Olympic Team trials – Swimming Will Return to Omaha in 2012, Karen Linhart, USA Swimming, June 25, 2009; retrieved 2009-11-25
  12. ^ "2016 Olympic trials Tickets on sale Now". Retrieved December 11, 2015.
  13. ^ "U.S. Olympic Swimming trials set new dates in 2021 in Omaha". NBC Sports. April 10, 2020. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  14. ^ "Olympic Team Trials – Swimming Returning to Indianapolis in 2024". USA Swimming. March 29, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022.
  15. ^ "Dates, Time Standards Released for 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Swimming". USA Swimming. May 23, 2022. Retrieved September 14, 2022.