Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
4 × 200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
Marathon
10 km	men	women
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For the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the following qualification systems were in place. Qualification ended on 3 July 2016.

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter a maximum of 2 qualified athletes in each individual event, only if both athletes have attained the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT). One athlete per event can potentially enter if they meet the Olympic Selection Time (OST) or if the quota of 900 athletes has not been targeted. NOCs may also permit swimmers regardless of time (1 per gender) under a Universality place, as long as they have no swimmers reaching either the standard entry time.^[1]

In the relay events, a maximum of 16 qualifying teams in each relay event must be permitted to accumulate a total of 96 relay teams; each NOC may enter only one team. The first twelve teams in each relay event at the 2015 World Championships will automatically compete for the relay events at the Olympics; while the remaining four per relay event must obtain their fastest entry times based on the FINA World Rankings of 31 May 2016 during the process.^[1]

Following the end of the qualification period, FINA will assess the number of athletes having achieved the OQT, the number of relay-only swimmers, and the number of Universality places, before inviting athletes with OST to fulfill the total quota of 900. Additionally, OST places will be distributed by event according to the position of the FINA World Rankings during the qualifying deadline (3 July 2016).^[1]

The qualifying time standards must be obtained in World Championships, Continental Championships, Continental Qualification Events, National Championships and Trials, or International Competitions approved by FINA in the period between 1 March 2015 to 3 July 2016.^[1]

FINA qualifying standards are as follows:^[2]

Men's events			Women's events
Event	OQT	OST	Event	OQT	OST
50 m freestyle	22.27	23.05	50 m freestyle	25.28	26.17
100 m freestyle	48.99	50.70	100 m freestyle	54.43	56.34
200 m freestyle	1:47.97	1:51.75	200 m freestyle	1:58.96	2:03.13
400 m freestyle	3:50.44	3:58.51	400 m freestyle	4:09.08	4:17.80
−	−	−	800 m freestyle	8:33.97	8:51.96
1500 m freestyle	15:14.77	15:46.79	−	−	−
100 m backstroke	54.36	56.26	100 m backstroke	1:00.25	1:02.36
200 m backstroke	1:58.22	2:02.36	200 m backstroke	2:10.60	2:15.17
100 m breaststroke	1:00.57	1:02.69	100 m breaststroke	1:07.85	1:10.22
200 m breaststroke	2:11.66	2:16.27	200 m breaststroke	2:26.94	2:32.08
100 m butterfly	52.36	54.19	100 m butterfly	58.74	1:00.80
200 m butterfly	1:56.97	2:01.06	200 m butterfly	2:09.33	2:13.86
200 m individual medley	2:00.28	2:04.39	200 m individual medley	2:14.26	2:18.96
400 m individual medley	4:16.71	4:25.69	400 m individual medley	4:43.46	4:53.38

Those who have achieved the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT) or the Olympic Selection Time (OST), or have been guaranteed a Universality place are listed below for each of the following individual events:^[3]

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 22.27	2	Australia	Matthew Abood Cameron McEvoy
	2	Belgium	François Heersbrandt Jasper Aerents
	2	Brazil	Bruno Fratus Ítalo Duarte
	2	Canada	Santo Condorelli Yuri Kisil
	2	China	Ning Zetao Yu Hexin
	2	France	Frédérick Bousquet Florent Manaudou
	2	Greece	Kristian Golomeev Odysseas Meladinis
	2	Italy	Federico Bocchia Luca Dotto
	2	Japan	Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura
	2	Poland	Paweł Juraszek Filip Wypych
	2	South Africa	Douglas Erasmus Brad Tandy
	2	United States	Nathan Adrian Anthony Ervin
	1	Algeria	Oussama Sahnoune
	1	Argentina	Federico Grabich
	1	Egypt	Ali Khalafalla
	1	Finland	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen
	1	Germany	Damian Wierling
	1	Great Britain	Benjamin Proud
	1	Hungary	Krisztián Takács
	1	Israel	Ziv Kalontarov
	1	Lithuania	Simonas Bilis
	1	Puerto Rico	Erik Risolvato
	1	Romania	Norbert Trandafir
	1	Russia	Aleksei Brianskii
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	George Bovell
	1	Ukraine	Andriy Hovorov
Olympic Selection Time – 23.05	1	Albania	Sidni Hoxha[b]
	1	Croatia	Mario Todorović[b]
	1	Hong Kong	Geoffrey Cheah[b]
	1	Ireland	Shane Ryan[a]
	1	Suriname	Renzo Tjon A Joe
	1	Venezuela	Cristian Quintero[a]
Universality Places	1	Armenia	Vahan Mkhitaryan
	1	Bangladesh	Mahfizur Rahman Sagor
	1	Bahrain	Farhan Saleh
	1	Benin	Jules Bessan
	1	Bolivia	José Alberto Quintanilla
	1	Burkina Faso	Tindwende Sawadogo
	1	Burundi	Billy-Scott Irakose
	1	Central African Republic	Christian Nassif
	1	Comoros	Athoumane Solihi
	1	Republic of the Congo	Dienov Andres Koka
	1	Djibouti	Bourhan Abro
	1	Fiji	Meli Malani
	1	Gabon	Maël Ambonguilat
	1	The Gambia	Pap Jonga
	1	Ghana	Abeiku Jackson
	1	Guinea	Amadou Camara
	1	Haiti	Frantz Dorsainvil
	1	Kosovo	Lum Zhaveli
	1	Laos	Santisouk Inthavong
	1	Lebanon	Anthony Barbar
	1	Libya	Ahmad Attellesey
	1	Malawi	Brave Lifa
	1	Maldives	Ibrahim Nishwan
	1	Marshall Islands	Giordan Harris
	1	Federated States of Micronesia	Dionisio Augustine
	1	Mongolia	Batsaikhany Dulguun
	1	Montenegro	Maksim Inić
	1	Niger	Albachir Mouctar
	1	Nigeria	Samson Opuakpo
	1	Palau	Shawn Dingilius-Wallace
	1	Rwanda	Eloi Imaniraguha
	1	Saint Lucia	Jordan Augier
	1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Nikolas Sylvester
	1	Senegal	Abdoul Niane
	1	Seychelles	Adam Viktora
	1	Sierra Leone	Osman Kamara
	1	Sudan	Abdelaziz Mohamed Ahmed
	1	Tajikistan	Olim Qurbonov
	1	Tanzania	Hilal Hemed Hilal
	1	Togo	Eméric Kpegba
	1	Uganda	Joshua Tibatemwa
Total	85

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 48.99	2	Australia	Kyle Chalmers Cameron McEvoy
	2	Belgium	Glenn Surgeloose Pieter Timmers
	2	Brazil	Marcelo Chierighini Nicolas Oliveira
	2	Canada	Santo Condorelli Yuri Kisil
	2	China	Ning Zetao Yu Hexin
	2	France	Clément Mignon Jérémy Stravius
	2	Germany	Björn Hornikel Damian Wierling
	2	Great Britain	Benjamin Proud Duncan Scott
	2	Hungary	Richárd Bohus Dominik Kozma
	2	Italy	Luca Dotto Filippo Magnini
	2	Japan	Katsumi Nakamura Shinri Shioura
	2	Poland	Konrad Czerniak Paweł Korzeniowski
	2	United States	Nathan Adrian Caeleb Dressel
	1	Argentina	Federico Grabich
	1	Belarus	Yauhen Tsurkin
	1	Greece	Kristian Golomeev
	1	Lithuania	Simonas Bilis
	1	Netherlands	Sebastiaan Verschuren
	1	Romania	Marius Radu
	1	Russia	Andrey Grechin
	1	Serbia	Velimir Stjepanović
	1	Singapore	Joseph Schooling
	1	Slovenia	Anže Tavčar
	1	South Korea	Park Tae-hwan
Olympic Selection Time – 50.70	1	Algeria	Oussama Sahnoune[a]
	1	Bulgaria	Aleksandar Nikolov[b]
	1	Finland	Ari-Pekka Liukkonen[a]
	1	Ireland	Shane Ryan[a]
	1	Israel	Ziv Kalontorov[a]
	1	Luxembourg	Raphaël Stacchiotti[b]
	1	Mauritius	Bradley Vincent[b]
	1	New Zealand	Matthew Stanley[a]
	1	Paraguay	Benjamin Hockin[b]
	1	Peru	Nicholas Magana[b]
	1	Sri Lanka	Matthew Abeysinghe[b]
	1	Trinidad and Tobago	Dylan Carter
	1	Venezuela	Cristian Quintero[a]
Universality Places	1	Cambodia	Pou Sovijja
	1	Ivory Coast	Thibaut Danho
	1	Dominican Republic	Jhonny Pérez
	1	Ethiopia	Robel Habte
	1	Malta	Andrew Chetcuti
	1	Mozambique	Igor Mogne
	1	Nepal	Shirish Gurung
	1	Nicaragua	Miguel Mena
	1	Refugee Olympic Team	Rami Anis
	1	Zimbabwe	Sean Gunn
Total	60

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:47.97	2	Australia	Thomas Fraser-Holmes David McKeon
	2	Belgium	Glenn Surgeloose Pieter Timmers
	2	Brazil	Nicolas Oliveira João de Lucca
	2	China	Shang Keyuan Sun Yang
	2	France	Yannick Agnel Jérémy Stravius
	2	Germany	Paul Biedermann Christoph Fildebrandt
	2	Great Britain	James Guy Cameron Kurle
	2	Hungary	Péter Bernek Dominik Kozma
	2	Italy	Marco Belotti Andrea Mitchell D'Arrigo
	2	Netherlands	Dion Dreesens Sebastiaan Verschuren
	2	Poland	Kacper Majchrzak Jan Świtkowski
	2	South Africa	Myles Brown Chad le Clos
	2	United States	Conor Dwyer Townley Haas
	1	Argentina	Federico Grabich
	1	Austria	Felix Auböck
	1	Egypt	Marwan El-Kamash
	1	Finland	Matias Koski
	1	Japan	Kosuke Hagino
	1	Malaysia	Welson Sim
	1	New Zealand	Matthew Stanley
	1	Russia	Alexander Krasnykh
	1	Serbia	Velimir Stjepanović
	1	South Korea	Park Tae-hwan
	1	Venezuela	Cristian Quintero
Olympic Selection Time – 1:51.75	1	Aruba	Mikel Schreuders[b]
	1	El Salvador	Marcelo Acosta[a]
	1	Jordan	Khader Baqlah[b]
	1	Moldova	Alexei Sancov[b]
	1	Norway	Henrik Christiansen[a]
	1	Switzerland	Alexandre Haldemann
	1	Tunisia	Ahmed Mathlouthi[a]
	1	Vietnam	Hoàng Quý Phước[b]
Universality Places	1	Antigua and Barbuda	Noah Mascoll-Gomes
	1	Iraq	Bakr Al-Dulaimi
	1	Palestine	Ahmed Gebrel
	1	Samoa	Brandon Schuster
Total	49

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 3:50.44	2	Australia	Mack Horton David McKeon
	2	Austria	Felix Auböck David Brandl
	2	China	Sun Yang Qiu Ziao
	2	Denmark	Mads Glæsner Anton Ipsen
	2	Egypt	Ahmed Akram Marwan El-Kamash
	2	Germany	Clemens Rapp Florian Vogel
	2	Great Britain	James Guy Stephen Milne
	2	Hungary	Péter Bernek Gergő Kis
	2	New Zealand	Matthew Hutchins Matthew Stanley
	2	Poland	Wojciech Wojdak Filip Zaborowski
	2	Russia	Vyacheslav Andrushenko Alexander Krasnykh
	2	United States	Conor Dwyer Connor Jaeger
	1	Brazil	Luiz Altamir Melo
	1	Canada	Ryan Cochrane
	1	Czech Republic	Jan Micka
	1	Finland	Matias Koski
	1	France	Jordan Pothain
	1	Italy	Gabriele Detti
	1	Japan	Naito Ehara
	1	Malaysia	Welson Sim
	1	Netherlands	Maarten Brzoskowski
	1	Norway	Henrik Christiansen
	1	Serbia	Velimir Stjepanović
	1	South Africa	Myles Brown
	1	South Korea	Park Tae-hwan
	1	Spain	Miguel Durán
	1	Tunisia	Ahmed Mathlouthi
	1	Turkey	Nezir Karap
Olympic Selection Time – 3:58.51	1	Barbados	Alex Sobers[b]
	1	El Salvador	Marcelo Acosta[a]
	1	Georgia	Irakli Revishvili[b]
	1	Greece	Dimitrios Dimitriou
	1	Philippines	Jessie Lacuna[b]
	1	Venezuela	Cristian Quintero[a]
Universality Places	1	Andorra	Pol Arias
	1	Cayman Islands	Geoffrey Butler
	1	Cyprus	Iacovos Hadjiconstantinou
	1	Pakistan	Haris Bandey
Total	50

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 15:14.77	2	Australia	Mack Horton Jack McLoughlin
	2	Brazil	Brandonn Almeida Miguel Valente
	2	China	Qiu Ziao Sun Yang
	2	Denmark	Anton Ipsen Pál Joensen
	2	France	Nicolas D'Oriano Damien Joly
	2	Great Britain	Stephen Milne Timothy Shuttleworth
	2	Hungary	Gergely Gyurta Kristóf Rasovszky
	2	Italy	Gabriele Detti Gregorio Paltrinieri
	2	Poland	Mateusz Sawrymowicz Wojciech Wojdak
	2	Russia	Ilya Druzhinin Yaroslav Potapov
	2	Spain	Antonio Arroyo Marc Sánchez
	2	Ukraine	Serhiy Frolov Mykhailo Romanchuk
	2	United States	Connor Jaeger Jordan Wilimovsky
	1[4]	Argentina	Martín Carrizo Martín Naidich
	1	Austria	Felix Auböck
	1	Canada	Ryan Cochrane
	1	Czech Republic	Jan Micka
	1	Ecuador	Esteban Enderica
	1	Egypt	Ahmed Akram
	1	El Salvador	Marcelo Acosta
	1	Germany	Florian Wellbrock
	1	Mexico	Ricardo Vargas
	1	Norway	Henrik Christiansen
	1	Slovakia	Richárd Nagy
	1	South Africa	Matthew Meyer
	1	South Korea	Park Tae-hwan
	1	Tunisia	Oussama Mellouli
Olympic Selection Time – 15:46.79	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mihajlo Čeprkalo[b]
	1	Chile	Felipe Tapia[b]
	1	Cook Islands	Wesley Roberts[b]
	1	Malaysia	Welson Sim[a]
	1	New Zealand	Matthew Hutchins[a]
	1	Slovenia	Martin Bau
Universality Places	0	—	—
Total	46

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 54.36	2	Australia	Josh Beaver Mitch Larkin
	2	Belarus	Viktar Staselovich Mikita Tsmyh
	2	China	Li Guangyuan Xu Jiayu
	2	Japan	Junya Hasegawa Ryosuke Irie
	2	Poland	Radosław Kawęcki Tomasz Polewka
	2	Russia	Evgeny Rylov Grigory Tarasevich
	2	United States	Ryan Murphy David Plummer
	1	Brazil	Guilherme Guido
	1	Canada	Javier Acevedo
	1	France	Camille Lacourt
	1	Germany	Jan-Philip Glania
	1	Great Britain	Chris Walker-Hebborn
	1	Greece	Apostolos Christou
	1	Hungary	Gábor Balog
	1	Ireland	Shane Ryan
	1	Israel	Yakov-Yan Toumarkin
	1	Italy	Simone Sabbioni
	1	Lithuania	Danas Rapšys
	1	New Zealand	Corey Main
	1	Romania	Robert Glință
	1	Singapore	Quah Zheng Wen
	1	South Africa	Christopher Reid
Olympic Selection Time – 56.26	1	Jamaica	Timothy Wynter[b]
	1	South Korea	Won Young-jun
	1	Spain	Hugo González[a]
	1	Venezuela	Albert Subirats[a]
Universality Places	1	Botswana	David van der Colff
	1	Kenya	Hamdan Bayusuf
	1	Morocco	Driss Lahrichi
	1	Qatar	Noah Al-Khulaifi
	1	Turkmenistan	Merdan Ataýew
	1	United Arab Emirates	Yaaqoub Al-Saadi
Total	39

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:58.22	2	Australia	Josh Beaver Mitch Larkin
	2	China	Li Guangyuan Xu Jiayu
	2	Germany	Christian Diener Jan-Philip Glania
	2	Hungary	Dávid Földházi Ádám Telegdy
	2	Japan	Ryosuke Irie Masaki Kaneko
	2	Russia	Evgeny Rylov Andrey Shabasov
	2	United States	Ryan Murphy Jacob Pebley
	1	Belarus	Mikita Tsmyh
	1	Brazil	Leonardo de Deus
	1	Greece	Apostolos Christou
	1	Israel	Yakov-Yan Toumarkin
	1	Lithuania	Danas Rapšys
	1	New Zealand	Corey Main
	1	Poland	Radosław Kawęcki
	1	Spain	Hugo González
Olympic Selection Time – 2:02.36	1	Colombia	Omar Pinzón
	1	Romania	Robert Glință[a]
	1	Virgin Islands	Rexford Tullius[b]
Universality Places	1	Azerbaijan	Boris Kirillov
Total	26

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:00.57	2	Australia	Jake Packard Joshua Palmer
	2	Brazil	Felipe França Silva João Gomes Júnior
	2	China	Li Xiang Yan Zibei
	2	Great Britain	Adam Peaty Ross Murdoch
	2	Japan	Yasuhiro Koseki Ippei Watanabe
	2	Lithuania	Andrius Šidlauskas Giedrius Titenis
	2	Russia	Kirill Prigoda Vsevolod Zanko
	2	United States	Kevin Cordes Cody Miller
	1	Colombia	Jorge Murillo
	1	Germany	Christian vom Lehn
	1	Greece	Panagiotis Samilidis
	1	Hungary	Dániel Gyurta
	1	Iceland	Anton Sveinn McKee
	1	Italy	Andrea Toniato
	1	Kazakhstan	Dmitriy Balandin
	1	New Zealand	Glenn Snyders
	1	Poland	Marcin Stolarski
	1	Serbia	Čaba Silađi
	1	Slovakia	Tomáš Klobučník
	1	Slovenia	Damir Dugonjič
	1	South Africa	Cameron van der Burgh
Olympic Selection Time – 1:02.69	1	Bahamas	Dustin Tynes[b]
	1	Canada	Jason Block
	1	Finland	Matti Mattsson[a]
	1	Ireland	Nicholas Quinn[a]
	1	Luxembourg	Laurent Carnol[a]
	1	Panama	Édgar Crespo[b]
	1	Switzerland	Yannick Käser[a]
	1	Sweden	Erik Persson[a]
	1	Syria	Azad Al-Barazi[b]
	1	Thailand	Radomyos Matjiur[b]
	1	Uruguay	Martín Melconian[b]
	1	Uzbekistan	Vladislav Mustafin[b]
	1	Venezuela	Carlos Claverie[a]
Universality Places	1	Bermuda	Julian Fletcher
	1	Grenada	Corey Ollivierre
	1	Guam	Benjamin Schulte
	1	Tonga	Amini Fonua
Total	46

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:11.66	2	Brazil	Tales Cerdeira Thiago Simon
	2	China	Li Xiang Mao Feilian
	2	Great Britain	Craig Benson Andrew Willis
	2	Greece	Dimitrios Koulouris Panagiotis Samilidis
	2	Hungary	Dániel Gyurta Dávid Horváth*
	2	Japan	Yasuhiro Koseki Ippei Watanabe
	2	Russia	Anton Chupkov Ilya Khomenko
	2	South Africa	Jarred Crous Cameron van der Burgh
	2	United States	Kevin Cordes Josh Prenot
	1	Canada	Ashton Baumann
	1	Colombia	Jorge Murillo
	1	Finland	Matti Mattsson
	1	Germany	Marco Koch
	1	Iceland	Anton Sveinn McKee
	1	Ireland	Nicholas Quinn
	1	Italy	Luca Pizzini
	1	Kazakhstan	Dmitriy Balandin
	1	Lithuania	Giedrius Titenis
	1	Luxembourg	Laurent Carnol
	1	South Korea	Choi Kyu-woong
	1	Sweden	Erik Persson
	1	Switzerland	Yannick Käser
	1	Ukraine	Dmytro Oseledets
	1	Venezuela	Carlos Claverie
Olympic Selection Time – 2:16.27	1	Belgium	Basten Caerts
	1	Chinese Taipei	Lee Hsuan-yen[b]
	1	Estonia	Martin Allikvee[b]
	1	New Zealand	Glenn Snyders[a]
Universality Places	1	Kyrgyzstan	Denis Petrashov
	1	Iran	Arya Nasimi Shad
Total	39

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 52.36	2	Australia	Grant Irvine David Morgan
	2	Belarus	Pavel Sankovich Yauhen Tsurkin
	2	Brazil	Marcos Macedo Henrique Martins
	2	China	Li Zhuhao Zhang Qibin
	2	France	Mehdy Metella Jérémy Stravius
	2	Hungary	László Cseh Bence Pulai
	2	Italy	Piero Codia Matteo Rivolta
	2	Poland	Konrad Czerniak Paweł Korzeniowski
	2	Russia	Evgeny Koptelov Aleksandr Sadovnikov
	2	Singapore	Quah Zheng Wen Joseph Schooling
	2	United States	Michael Phelps Tom Shields
	1	Argentina	Santiago Grassi
	1	Germany	Steffen Deibler
	1	Great Britain	James Guy
	1	Guatemala	Luis Martínez
	1	Japan	Takuro Fujii
	1	Mexico	Long Yuan Gutiérrez
	1	Netherlands	Joeri Verlinden
	1	South Africa	Chad le Clos
	1	Ukraine	Lyubomyr Lemeshko
	1	Venezuela	Albert Subirats
Olympic Selection Time – 54.19	1	Canada	Santo Condorelli[a]
	1	Indonesia	Glenn Victor Sutanto
	1	Papua New Guinea	Ryan Pini[b]
Universality Places	1	Guyana	Hannibal Gaskin
	1	Honduras	Allan Gutiérrez
	1	Kuwait	Abbas Qali
	1	Madagascar	Anthonny Sitraka Ralefy
	1	Mali	Oumar Touré
	1	Myanmar	Thint Myaat
	1	Refugee Olympic Team	Rami Anis
	1	Zambia	Ralph Goveia
Total	43

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:56.97	2	Australia	Grant Irvine David Morgan
	2	Brazil	Kaio de Almeida Leonardo de Deus
	2	China	Li Zhuhao Wu Yuhang
	2	Hungary	László Cseh Tamás Kenderesi
	2	Japan	Masato Sakai Daiya Seto
	2	Russia	Evgeny Koptelov Daniil Pakhomov
	2	United States	Michael Phelps Tom Shields
	1	Belgium	Louis Croenen
	1	Colombia	Jonathan Gómez
	1	Denmark	Viktor Bromer
	1	France	Jordan Coelho
	1	Greece	Stefanos Dimitriadis
	1	Poland	Jan Świtkowski
	1	Singapore	Quah Zheng Wen
	1	South Africa	Chad le Clos
	1	Spain	Carlos Peralta
Olympic Selection Time – 2:01.06	1	India	Sajan Prakash[b]
	1	Israel	Gal Nevo[a]
	1	New Zealand	Bradlee Ashby[a]
	1	Slovenia	Robert Žbogar
	1	Sweden	Simon Sjödin[a]
Universality Places	0	—	—
Total	28

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:00.28	2	Australia	Thomas Fraser-Holmes Travis Mahoney
	2	Brazil	Thiago Pereira Henrique Rodrigues
	2	China	Hu Yixuan Wang Shun
	2	Great Britain	Ieuan Lloyd Daniel Wallace
	2	Japan	Hiromasa Fujimori Kosuke Hagino
	2	Portugal	Diogo Carvalho Alexis Santos
	2	United States	Ryan Lochte Michael Phelps
	1	Belgium	Emmanuel Vanluchene
	1	Egypt	Mohamed Hussein
	1	Germany	Philip Heintz
	1	Greece	Andreas Vazaios
	1	Hungary	Dávid Verrasztó
	1	Israel	Gal Nevo
	1	Italy	Federico Turrini
	1	Luxembourg	Raphaël Stacchiotti
	1	New Zealand	Bradlee Ashby
	1	Russia	Semen Makovich
	1	Spain	Eduardo Solaeche
	1	Sweden	Simon Sjödin
	1	Switzerland	Jérémy Desplanches
Olympic Selection Time – 2:04.39	1	Latvia	Uvis Kalniņš
	1	Macedonia	Marko Blaževski[b]
	1	Tunisia	Ahmed Mathlouthi[a]
Universality Places	0	—	—
Total	30

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:16.71	2	Australia	Thomas Fraser-Holmes Travis Mahoney
	2	Germany	Jacob Heidtmann Johannes Hintze
	2	Hungary	Gergely Gyurta Dávid Verrasztó
	2	Italy	Luca Marin Federico Turrini
	2	Japan	Kosuke Hagino Daiya Seto
	2	South Africa	Michael Meyer Sebastien Rousseau
	2	United States	Chase Kalisz Jay Litherland
	1	Brazil	Brandonn Almeida
	1	China	Wang Shun
	1	Great Britain	Max Litchfield
	1	Slovakia	Richárd Nagy
	1	Spain	Joan Lluís Pons
Olympic Selection Time – 4:25.69	1	Angola	Pedro Pinotes[b]
	1	Czech Republic	Pavel Janeček
	1	Israel	Gal Nevo[a]
	1	Liechtenstein	Christoph Meier[b]
	1	Luxembourg	Raphaël Stacchiotti[a]
	1	Portugal	Alexis Santos[a]
	1	Switzerland	Jérémy Desplanches[a]
Universality Places	1	Cuba	Luis Vega
Total	27

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 25.28	2	Australia	Bronte Campbell Cate Campbell
	2	Belarus	Aliaksandra Herasimenia Yuliya Khitraya
	2	Brazil	Graciele Herrmann Etiene Medeiros
	2	Canada	Chantal van Landeghem Michelle Williams
	2	China	Chen Xinyi Liu Xiang
	2	Denmark	Pernille Blume Jeanette Ottesen
	2	France	Mélanie Henique Anna Santamans
	2	Greece	Theodora Drakou Theodora Giareni
	2	Israel	Andrea Murez Zohar Shikler
	2	Italy	Silvia Di Pietro Erika Ferraioli
	2	Japan	Rikako Ikee Yayoi Matsumoto
	2	Netherlands	Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo
	2	Poland	Anna Dowgiert Aleksandra Urbańczyk
	2	Russia	Natalya Lovtsova Rozaliya Nasretdinova
	2	Sweden	Therese Alshammar Sarah Sjöström
	2	United States	Simone Manuel Abbey Weitzeil
	1	Austria	Birgit Koschischek
	1	Bahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace
	1	Egypt	Farida Osman
	1	Germany	Dorothea Brandt
	1	Great Britain	Francesca Halsall
	1	Hungary	Flóra Molnár
	1	Mexico	Liliana Ibáñez
	1	Norway	Susann Bjørnsen
	1	Puerto Rico	Vanessa García
	1	Switzerland	Sasha Touretski
	1	Ukraine	Darya Stepanyuk
Olympic Selection Time – 26.17	1	Aruba	Allyson Ponson[b]
	1	Bolivia	Karen Torrez[b]
	1	Botswana	Naomi Ruele[b]
	1	Chinese Taipei	Lin Pei-wun[b]
	1	Colombia	Isabella Arcila[b]
	1	Hong Kong	Camille Cheng[a]
	1	Luxembourg	Julie Meynen
	1	Syria	Bayan Jumah[b]
Universality Places	1	Antigua and Barbuda	Samantha Roberts
	1	Armenia	Monika Vasilyan
	1	Bahrain	Fatema Almahmeed
	1	Bangladesh	Sonia Akter Tumpa
	1	Benin	Laraïba Seibou
	1	Bermuda	Rebecca Heyliger
	1	British Virgin Islands	Elinah Phillip
	1	Burkina Faso	Angelika Ouedraogo
	1	Burundi	Elsie Uwamahoro
	1	Cambodia	Hemthon Vitiny
	1	Central African Republic	Chloe Sauvourel
	1	Comoros	Nazlati Mohamed Andhumdine
	1	Republic of the Congo	Bellore Sangala
	1	Dominican Republic	Dorian McMenemy
	1	Ethiopia	Rahel Gebresilassie
	1	Guinea	Mariama Sow
	1	Guyana	Jamila Sanmoogan
	1	Haiti	Naomy Grand'Pierre
	1	Jordan	Talita Baqlah
	1	Kuwait	Faye Sultan
	1	Laos	Siri Arun Budcharern
	1	Malawi	Ammara Pinto
	1	Mali	Fatoumata Samassékou
	1	Malta	Nicola Muscat
	1	Marshall Islands	Colleen Furgeson
	1	Federated States of Micronesia	Debra Daniel
	1	Mongolia	Yesuin Bayar
	1	Morocco	Noura Mana
	1	Myanmar	Ei Ei Thet
	1	Niger	Roukaya Mahamane
	1	Pakistan	Lianna Swan
	1	Palau	Dirngulbai Misech
	1	Palestine	Mary Al-Atrash
	1	Senegal	Awa Ly N'diaye
	1	Sierra Leone	Bunturabie Jalloh
	1	Sudan	Haneen Ibrahim
	1	Tajikistan	Anastasia Tyurina
	1	Tanzania	Magdalena Moshi
	1	Togo	Adzo Kpossi
	1	Tonga	Irene Prescott
	1	United Arab Emirates	Nada Al-Bedwawi
Total	92

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 54.43	2	Australia	Bronte Campbell Cate Campbell
	2	Brazil	Larissa Oliveira Etiene Medeiros
	2	Canada	Penny Oleksiak Chantal van Landeghem
	2	China	Shen Duo Zhu Menghui
	2	France	Charlotte Bonnet Béryl Gastaldello
	2	Italy	Erika Ferraioli Federica Pellegrini
	2	Japan	Rikako Ikee Miki Uchida
	2	Netherlands	Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo
	2	Sweden	Michelle Coleman Sarah Sjöström
	2	United States	Simone Manuel Abbey Weitzeil
	1	Bahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace
	1	Belarus	Aliaksandra Herasimenia
	1	Denmark	Pernille Blume
	1	Israel	Andrea Murez
	1	Poland	Katarzyna Wilk
	1	Russia	Veronika Popova
Olympic Selection Time – 56.34	1	Bulgaria	Nina Rangelova[a]
	1	Hong Kong	Camille Cheng[a]
	1	Luxembourg	Julie Meynen
	1	Norway	Susann Bjørnsen[a]
	1	Philippines	Jasmine Alkhaldi[b]
	1	Switzerland	Maria Ugolkova[a]
	1	Thailand	Natthanan Junkrajang[b]
Universality Places	1	Albania	Nikol Merizaj
	1	Andorra	Mónica Ramírez
	1	Angola	Ana Sofia Nóbrega
	1	Azerbaijan	Fatima Alkaramova
	1	Cook Islands	Tracy Keith-Matchitt
	1	Madagascar	Estellah Fils Rabetsara
	1	Maldives	Aminath Shajan
	1	Mauritius	Heather Arseth
	1	Montenegro	Jovana Terzić
	1	Paraguay	Karen Riveros
	1	Romania	Ana Iulia Dascăl
	1	Uruguay	Ines Remersaro
	1	Zambia	Jade Howard
Total	46

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:58.96	2	Australia	Bronte Barratt Emma McKeon
	2	Brazil	Manuella Lyrio Larissa Oliveira
	2	Canada	Brittany MacLean Penny Oleksiak
	2	China	Ai Yanhan Shen Duo
	2	France	Coralie Balmy Charlotte Bonnet
	2	Great Britain	Georgia Coates Eleanor Faulkner
	2	Hong Kong	Camille Cheng Siobhán Haughey
	2	Hungary	Ajna Késely Evelyn Verrasztó
	2	Italy	Federica Pellegrini Alice Mizzau
	2	Japan	Chihiro Igarashi Rikako Ikee
	2	Netherlands	Femke Heemskerk Robin Neumann
	2	Russia	Arina Openysheva Veronika Popova
	2	Spain	Patricia Castro Melani Costa
	2	Sweden	Sarah Sjöström Michelle Coleman
	2	United States	Missy Franklin Katie Ledecky
	1	Bulgaria	Nina Rangelova
	1	Germany	Annika Bruhn
	1	Serbia	Katarina Simonović
Olympic Selection Time – 2:03.13	1	Bahamas	Joanna Evans[a]
	1	Cuba	Elisbet Gamez[b]
	1	Czech Republic	Barbora Seemanová
	1	Honduras	Sara Pastrana[b]
	1	Israel	Andrea Murez[a]
	1	Macedonia	Anastasia Bogdanovski[b]
	1	Peru	Andrea Cedrón[b]
	1	Vietnam	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên[a]
Universality Places	1	Fiji	Matelita Buadromo
	1	Ghana	Kaya Forson
	1	India	Shivani Kataria
Total	44

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:09.08	2	Australia	Jessica Ashwood Tamsin Cook
	2	Canada	Brittany MacLean Emily Overholt
	2	China	Cao Yue Zhang Yuhan
	2	Hungary	Boglárka Kapás Ajna Késely
	2	Italy	Diletta Carli Alice Mizzau
	2	Spain	Mireia Belmonte Melani Costa
	2	United States	Katie Ledecky Leah Smith
	1	Denmark	Lotte Friis
	1	France	Coralie Balmy
	1	Germany	Sarah Köhler
	1	Great Britain	Jazmin Carlin
	1	Netherlands	Sharon van Rouwendaal
	1	New Zealand	Lauren Boyle
	1	Russia	Arina Openysheva
	1	Slovenia	Anja Klinar
	1	Venezuela	Andreina Pinto
	1	Vietnam	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Olympic Selection Time – 4:17.80	1	Bahamas	Joanna Evans[a]
	1	Brazil	Manuella Lyrio[a]
	1	Chile	Kristel Köbrich[a]
	1	Guatemala	Valerie Gruest[a]
	1	Japan	Chihiro Igarashi[a]
	1	Serbia	Katarina Simonović[a]
Universality Places	1	Barbados	Lani Cabrera
	1	El Salvador	Rebeca Quinteros
	1	Lebanon	Gabrielle Doueihy
Total	33

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 8:33.97	2	Australia	Jessica Ashwood Tamsin Cook
	2	China	Hou Yawen Zhang Yuhan
	2	Germany	Leonie Beck Sarah Köhler
	2	Great Britain	Jazmin Carlin Camilla Hattersley
	2	Hungary	Boglárka Kapás Éva Risztov
	2	Italy	Diletta Carli Martina De Memme
	2	New Zealand	Lauren Boyle Emma Robinson
	2	Slovenia	Anja Klinar Tjaša Oder
	2	Spain	Mireia Belmonte María Vilas
	2	United States	Katie Ledecky Leah Smith
	1	Bahamas	Joanna Evans
	1	Canada	Brittany MacLean
	1	Chile	Kristel Köbrich
	1	Denmark	Lotte Friis
	1	France	Coralie Balmy
	1	Guatemala	Valerie Gruest
	1	Netherlands	Sharon van Rouwendaal
	1	Russia	Arina Openysheva
	1	Venezuela	Andreina Pinto
Olympic Selection Time – 8:51.96	1	Liechtenstein	Julia Hassler[b]
	1	Portugal	Tamila Holub
Universality Places	1	Ivory Coast	Talita Te Flan
Total	32

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:00.25	2	Australia	Emily Seebohm Madison Wilson
	2	Canada	Dominique Bouchard Kylie Masse
	2	China	Fu Yuanhui Wang Xueer
	2	United States	Kathleen Baker Olivia Smoliga
	1	Brazil	Etiene Medeiros
	1	Denmark	Mie Nielsen
	1	Great Britain	Georgia Davies
	1	Hungary	Katinka Hosszú
	1	Iceland	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir
	1	Japan	Natsumi Sakai
	1	Netherlands	Kira Toussaint
	1	Russia	Anastasia Fesikova
	1	Slovakia	Katarína Listopadová
	1	Ukraine	Daryna Zevina
	1	Zimbabwe	Kirsty Coventry
Olympic Selection Time – 1.02.36	1	Croatia	Matea Samardžić[a]
	1	Czech Republic	Simona Baumrtová[a]
	1	Finland	Mimosa Jallow
	1	Hong Kong	Claudia Lau[a]
	1	Israel	Andrea Murez[a]
	1	Kazakhstan	Yekaterina Rudenko[b]
	1	Poland	Alicja Tchorz[a]
	1	Seychelles	Alexus Laird[b]
	1	Spain	Duane da Rocha[a]
	1	Sweden	Michelle Coleman[a]
Universality Places	1	Cayman Islands	Lara Butler
	1	Kenya	Talisa Lanoe
	1	Kosovo	Rita Zeqiri
	1	Nepal	Gaurika Singh
	1	Samoa	Evelina Afoa
	1	Sri Lanka	Kimiko Raheem
	1	Virgin Islands	Caylee Watson
Total	36

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:10.60	2	Australia	Belinda Hocking Emily Seebohm
	2	Canada	Dominique Bouchard Hilary Caldwell
	2	China	Chen Jie Liu Yaxin
	2	Germany	Lisa Graf Jenny Mensing
	2	Hungary	Réka György Katinka Hosszú
	2	Spain	Duane da Rocha África Zamorano
	2	United States	Maya DiRado Missy Franklin
	1	Croatia	Matea Samardžić
	1	Czech Republic	Simona Baumrtová
	1	Hong Kong	Claudia Lau
	1	Iceland	Eygló Ósk Gústafsdóttir
	1	Italy	Margherita Panziera
	1	Japan	Natsumi Sakai
	1	Poland	Alicja Tchórz
	1	Russia	Anastasia Fesikova
	1	Ukraine	Daryna Zevina
	1	Zimbabwe	Kirsty Coventry
Olympic Selection Time – 2:15.17	1	Switzerland	Martina van Berkel
	1	Turkey	Ekaterina Avramova
Universality Places	1	Indonesia	Yessy Yosaputra
Total	27

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 1:07.85	2	Australia	Georgia Bohl Taylor McKeown
	2	Canada	Rachel Nicol Kierra Smith
	2	China	Shi Jinglin Zhang Xinyu
	2	Great Britain	Molly Renshaw Chloe Tutton
	2	Italy	Martina Carraro Arianna Castiglioni
	2	Japan	Satomi Suzuki Kanako Watanabe
	2	Sweden	Sophie Hansson Jennie Johansson
	2	United States	Lilly King Katie Meili
	1	Belgium	Fanny Lecluyse
	1	Denmark	Rikke Møller Pedersen
	1	Finland	Jenna Laukkanen
	1	Hong Kong	Yvette Kong
	1	Iceland	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir
	1	Ireland	Fiona Doyle
	1	Israel	Amit Ivry
	1	Jamaica	Alia Atkinson
	1	Lithuania	Rūta Meilutytė
	1	Spain	Jessica Vall
	1	Russia	Daria Chikunova
	1	Turkey	Zeynep Güneş
Olympic Selection Time – 1:10.22	1	Czech Republic	Martina Moravčíková[a]
	1	Estonia	Maria Romanjuk[b]
	1	Hungary	Anna Sztankovics[a]
	1	Malaysia	Phee Jinq En[b]
	1	Moldova	Tatiana Chişca[b]
	1	Slovenia	Tjaša Vozel
Universality Places	1	Georgia	Teona Bostashvili
	1	Guam	Pilar Shimizu
	1	Kyrgyzstan	Dariya Talanova
	1	Libya	Daniah Hagul
	1	Nigeria	Rechael Tonjor
	1	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Izzy Joachim
	1	Suriname	Evita Leter
	1	Turkmenistan	Darya Semyonova
	1	Uganda	Jamila Lunkuse
Total	43

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:26.94	2	Australia	Georgia Bohl Taylor McKeown
	2	Canada	Kierra Smith Martha McCabe
	2	China	Shi Jinglin Yu Jingyao
	2	Great Britain	Molly Renshaw Chloe Tutton
	2	Hungary	Dalma Sebestyén Anna Sztankovics
	2	Japan	Rie Kaneto Kanako Watanabe
	2	United States	Lilly King Molly Hannis
	1	Belgium	Fanny Lecluyse
	1	Czech Republic	Martina Moravčíková
	1	Denmark	Rikke Møller Pedersen
	1	Finland	Jenna Laukkanen
	1	Iceland	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir
	1	South Korea	Back Su-yeon
	1	Spain	Jessica Vall
	1	Russia	Sofiya Andreeva
	1	Turkey	Zeynep Güneş
Olympic Selection Time – 2:32.08	1	Argentina	Julia Sebastián
	1	Hong Kong	Yvette Kong[a]
	1	Ireland	Fiona Doyle[a]
	1	Israel	Amit Ivry[a]
	1	Sweden	Sophie Hansson[a]
Universality Places	1	Latvia	Aļona Ribakova
Total	29

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 58.74	2	Australia	Madeline Groves Emma McKeon
	2	Brazil	Daynara de Paula Daiene Dias
	2	Canada	Penny Oleksiak Noemie Thomas
	2	China	Chen Xinyi Lu Ying
	2	France	Béryl Gastaldello Marie Wattel
	2	Greece	Anna Ntountounaki Kristel Vourna*
	2	Japan	Natsumi Hoshi Rikako Ikee
	2	Russia	Svetlana Chimrova Natalya Lovtsova
	2	Sweden	Louise Hansson Sarah Sjöström
	2	United States	Kelsi Worrell Dana Vollmer
	1	Belgium	Kimberly Buys
	1	Czech Republic	Lucie Svěcená
	1	Denmark	Jeanette Ottesen
	1	Egypt	Farida Osman
	1	Germany	Alexandra Wenk
	1	Hungary	Liliána Szilágyi
	1	Italy	Ilaria Bianchi
	1	New Zealand	Helena Gasson
	1	Slovakia	Katarína Listopadová
	1	South Korea	An Se-hyeon
	1	Spain	Judit Ignacio
Olympic Selection Time – 1:00.80	1	Bahamas	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace[a]
	1	Israel	Amit Ivry[a]
	1	Singapore	Quah Ting Wen[b]
	1	Switzerland	Danielle Villars
	1	Ukraine	Darya Stepanyuk[a]
Universality Places	1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Amina Kajtaz
	1	Costa Rica	Marie Laura Meza
	1	Cyprus	Sotiria Neofytou
	1	Grenada	Oreoluwa Cherebin
	1	Mozambique	Jannah Sonnenschein
	1	Nicaragua	Dalia Torrez Zamora
	1	Qatar	Nada Arkaji
	1	Refugee Olympic Team	Yusra Mardini
	1	Rwanda	Johanna Umurungi
	1	Yemen	Nooran Ba Matraf
Total	46

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:09.33	2	Australia	Madeline Groves Brianna Throssell
	2	China	Zhang Yufei Zhou Yilin
	2	Hungary	Katinka Hosszú Liliána Szilágyi
	2	Italy	Alessia Polieri Stefania Pirozzi
	2	Japan	Suzuka Hasegawa Natsumi Hoshi
	2	South Korea	An Se-hyeon Park Jin-young
	2	Spain	Mireia Belmonte Judit Ignacio
	2	United States	Cammile Adams Hali Flickinger
	1	Canada	Audrey Lacroix
	1	France	Lara Grangeon
	1	Germany	Franziska Hentke
	1	Great Britain	Aimee Willmott
	1	Slovenia	Anja Klinar
	1	Switzerland	Martina van Berkel
Olympic Selection Time – 2:13.86	1	Argentina	Virginia Bardach[a]
	1	Brazil	Joanna Melo[a]
	1	New Zealand	Helena Gasson[a]
	1	Turkey	Nida Eliz Üstündağ
	1	Venezuela	Andreina Pinto[a]
Universality Places	1	Panama	María Far Núñez
Total	28

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 2:14.26	2	Australia	Alicia Coutts Kotuku Ngawati
	2	Austria	Lena Kreundl Lisa Zaiser
	2	Canada	Sydney Pickrem Erika Seltenreich-Hodgson
	2	China	Ye Shiwen Zhou Min
	2	Czech Republic	Simona Baumrtová Barbora Závadová
	1	Great Britain	Hannah Miley Siobhan-Marie O'Connor
	2	Hungary	Katinka Hosszú Zsuzsanna Jakabos
	2	Italy	Sara Franceschi Luisa Trombetti
	2	Japan	Runa Imai Miho Teramura
	2	South Korea	Kim Seo-yeong Nam Yoo-sun
	2	Spain	Mireia Belmonte África Zamorano
	2	Sweden	Stina Gardell Louise Hansson
	2	United States	Maya DiRado Melanie Margalis
	1	Argentina	Virginia Bardach
	1	Brazil	Joanna Melo
	1	Finland	Tanja Kylliäinen
	1	France	Lara Grangeon
	1	Germany	Alexandra Wenk
	1	Hong Kong	Siobhán Haughey
	1	Iceland	Hrafnhildur Lúthersdóttir
	1	Netherlands	Marrit Steenbergen
	1	Russia	Viktoriya Andreeva
	1	Switzerland	Maria Ugolkova
	1	Uzbekistan	Ranohon Amanova
	1	Vietnam	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Olympic Selection Time – 2:18.96	1	Israel	Amit Ivry[a]
	1	Poland	Katarzyna Baranowska
	1	Portugal	Victoria Kaminskaya[a]
	1	Serbia	Anja Crevar[a]
Universality Places	0	—	—
Total	43

Qualification standard	No. of athletes	NOC	Qualified swimmers
Olympic Qualifying Time – 4:43.46	2	Australia	Blair Evans Keryn McMaster
	2	Canada	Emily Overholt Sydney Pickrem
	2	China	Ye Shiwen Zhou Min
	2	France	Lara Grangeon Fantine Lesaffre
	2	Great Britain	Hannah Miley Aimee Willmott
	2	Hungary	Katinka Hosszú Zsuzsanna Jakabos
	2	Italy	Sara Franceschi Luisa Trombetti
	2	Japan	Sakiko Shimizu Miho Takahashi
	2	Spain	Mireia Belmonte María Vilas
	2	United States	Elizabeth Beisel Maya DiRado
	1	Argentina	Virginia Bardach
	1	Brazil	Joanna Melo
	1	Czech Republic	Barbora Závadová
	1	Germany	Franziska Hentke
	1	Portugal	Victoria Kaminskaya
	1	Serbia	Anja Crevar
	1	Slovenia	Anja Klinar
	1	Turkey	Zeynep Güneş
	1	Uzbekistan	Ranohon Amanova
	1	Vietnam	Nguyễn Thị Ánh Viên
Olympic Selection Time – 4:53.68	1	Austria	Jördis Steinegger
	1	Croatia	Matea Samardžić[a]
	1	Finland	Tanja Kylliäinen[a]
	1	Switzerland	Martina van Berkel[a]
Universality Places	0	—	—
Total	34

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	11	Russia  Brazil  Italy  France  Japan  Canada  Poland  China  Belgium  Germany  United States
Best times of non-qualifiers	5	Australia  Greece  Romania  Hungary  Spain
Total	16

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	12	Australia  United States  Great Britain  Germany  Poland  Netherlands  Russia  Belgium  Spain  Japan  France  Denmark
Best times of non-qualifiers	4	Italy  Brazil  Hungary  South Africa
Total	16

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	12	United States  Australia  France  Japan  Germany  Great Britain  Poland  Russia  Italy  Brazil  China  Lithuania
Best times of non-qualifiers	4	South Africa  Hungary  Canada  Greece
Total	16

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	12	Australia  Netherlands  United States  Sweden  Canada  China  Italy  France  Japan  Russia  Brazil  Poland
Best times of non-qualifiers	4	Denmark  Spain  Switzerland  Israel
Total	16

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	12	Italy  United States  Australia  Sweden  China  Japan  Great Britain  France  Russia  Brazil  Canada  Germany
Best times of non-qualifiers	4	Hungary  Netherlands  Spain  Slovenia
Total	16

Qualification event	No. of teams	Qualified teams
2015 World Championships	12	China  United States  Sweden  Australia  Denmark  Canada  Italy  Russia  Germany  France  Great Britain  Japan
Best times of non-qualifiers	4	Finland  Brazil  Czech Republic  Hong Kong
Total	16

Event	Date	Venue
2015 World Aquatics Championships	24 July – 9 August 2015	Kazan
2016 FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	11–12 June 2016	Setúbal
Re-allocation of unused quota	12–18 June 2016	–

Qualification event	No. of athletes	Qualified athletes
2015 World Championships[5]	10	Jordan Wilimovsky (USA)  Ferry Weertman (NED)  Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE)  Sean Ryan (USA)  Jack Burnell (GBR)  Marc-Antoine Olivier (FRA)  Simone Ruffini (ITA)  Richard Weinberger (CAN)  Allan do Carmo (BRA)  Federico Vanelli (ITA)
2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	10	Zu Lijun (CHN)  Christian Reichert (GER)  Ivan Enderica Ochoa (ECU)  Evgeny Drattsev (RUS)  Richárd Nagy (SVK)  Oussama Mellouli (TUN)  Jarrod Poort (AUS)  Yasunari Hirai (JPN)  Chad Ho (RSA)  Ventsislav Aydarski (BUL)°
Continental Qualifier	5	Márk Papp (HUN)  Erwin Maldonado (VEN)  Kane Radford (NZL)  Vitaliy Khudyakov (KAZ)  Marwan El-Amrawy (EGY)
Total	25

° Unused host quota place
^ Unused continental quota place

Qualification event	No. of athletes	Qualified athletes
2015 World Championships[5]	10	Aurélie Muller (FRA)  Sharon van Rouwendaal (NED)  Ana Marcela Cunha (BRA)  Rachele Bruni (ITA)  Anastasiya Krapyvina (RUS)  Poliana Okimoto (BRA)  Isabelle Härle (GER)  Kalliopi Araouzou (GRE)  Haley Anderson (USA)  Éva Risztov (HUN)  Anna Olasz (HUN)
2016 Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	10	Xin Xin (CHN)  Keri-anne Payne (GBR)  Samantha Arévalo (ECU)  Chelsea Gubecka (AUS)  Yumi Kida (JPN)  Michelle Weber (RSA)  Joanna Zachoszcz (POL)  Paola Pérez (VEN)  Špela Perše (SLO)  Jana Pechanová (CZE)°  Erika Villaécija (ESP)^
Continental Qualifier	5	Vânia Neves (POR)  Stephanie Horner (CAN)  Heidi Gan (MAS)  Reem Kaseem (EGY)
Total	25

° Unused host quota place
^ Unused continental quota place

a.	^ Qualified in other events
b.	^ Under universality place, but reached the Olympic Selection Time

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