Pool Swimming
UPDATED: June 19, 2021
The United States, the strongest and deepest swimming country in the world, is expected to enter the maximum number of athletes into each event of the Olympic swimming program: 56 spots in individual and seven relay teams. Of course, many swimmers will compete in multiple events, reducing the total number of individual athletes on the U.S. Olympic swimming team.
The team will come together during the U.S. Olympic Team Trials taking place June 13-20. The Trials can be streamed live on NBCOlympics.com and the NBC Sports app, as well as seen on the networks of NBCUniversal. The top two finishers in each event are guaranteed a spot in Tokyo, and the third and fourth-place finishers in certain events automatically qualify for the relay team. More relay participants could be added to the team later.
Men's 50m free
Caeleb Dressel
Michael Andrew
Men's 100m free
Caeleb Dressel
Zach Apple
Blake Pieroni — 4x100 relay spot only
Brooks Curry — 4x100 relay spot only
Bowe Becker — 4x100 relay spot only
Men's 200m free
Kieran Smith
Townley Haas
Drew Kibler — 4x200 relay spot only
Andrew Seliskar — 4x200 relay spot only
Patrick Callan — 4x200 relay spot only
Men's 400m free
Kieran Smith
Jake Mitchell
Men's 800m free
Bobby Finke
Michael Brinegar
Men's 1500 free
Bobby Finke
Michael Brinegar
Men's 100m back
Ryan Murphy
Hunter Armstrong
Men's 200m back
Ryan Murphy
Bryce Mefford
Men's 100m breast
Michael Andrew
Andrew Wilson
Men's 200m breast
Nic Fink
Andrew Wilson
Men's 100m fly
Caeleb Dressel
Tom Shields
Men's 200m fly
Zach Harting
Gunnar Bentz
Men's 200m IM
Michael Andrew
Chase Kalisz
Men's 400m IM
Chase Kalisz
Jay Litherland
Women's 50m free
Simone Manuel
Abbey Weitzeil
Women's 100m free
Abbey Weitzeil
Erika Brown
Olivia Smoliga — 4x100 relay spot only
Natalie Hinds — 4x100 relay spot only
Catie DeLoof — 4x100 relay spot only
Allison Schmitt — 4x100 relay spot only
Women's 200m free
Katie Ledecky
Allison Schmitt
Paige Madden — 4x200 relay spot only
Katie McLaughlin — 4x200 relay spot only
Bella Sims — 4x200 relay spot only
Brooke Forde — 4x200 relay spot only
Women's 400m free
Katie Ledecky
Paige Madden
Women's 800m free
Katie Ledecky
Katie Grimes
Women's 1500m free
Katie Ledecky
Erica Sullivan
Women's 100m back
Regan Smith
Rhyan White
Women's 200m back
Rhyan White
Phoebe Bacon
Women's 100m breast
Lilly King
Lydia Jacoby
Women's 200m breast
Annie Lazor
Lilly King
Women's 100m fly
Torri Huske
Claire Curzan
Women's 200m fly
Hali Flickinger
Regan Smith
Women's 200m IM
Alex Walsh
Kate Douglass
Women's 400m IM
Emma Weyant
Hali Flickinger
Open Water Swimming
With a silver medal performance in the 10k open water event at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, Haley Anderson earned qualification to the Tokyo Olympics alongside fellow American Ashley Twichell, who finished sixth. Similarly, Jordan Wilimovsky booked his own flight to Tokyo with a fifth-place finish in the men's 10k race at the same competition.