United States Olympic Games (Swimming)

The Olympic Trials in the United States ( English United States Olympic Team Trials , US Olympic Trials ) every time before the Summer Olympic Games held. The first and second place finishers of each gender and across each swimming distance qualified as part of the United States Olympic swimming team. The first time this event was held in 1920 before the Olympics in Antwerp . In some years, the Olympic Games were held separately for men and women.

Venues

year	Olympic games	venue	comment	items
1920	Antwerp	Alameda , California		Details
1924	Paris	Indianapolis , Indiana		Details
1928	Amsterdam	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania	National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) preliminary round .	Details
		Iowa City , Iowa	Midwest pre-selection.
		Detroit , Michigan	Final men's elimination competition.
		Rockaway Beach , New York	Final women's elimination competition. This competition was held at Rockaway's Playland , a former amusement park.
1932	los Angeles	Cincinnati , Ohio	Men's qualification event.	Details
		Long Island , New York	Qualification event for women.
1936	Berlin	Providence , Rhode Island	Men's qualification event.	Details
		Long Island , New York	Qualification event for women.
1948	London	Detroit , Michigan		Details
1952	Helsinki	New York , New York	Men's qualification event.	Details
		Indianapolis , Indiana	Qualification event for women.
1956	Melbourne	Detroit , Michigan		Details
1960	Rome	Detroit , Michigan		Details
1964	Tokyo	Astoria , New York		Details
1968	Mexico city	Long Beach , California	Men's qualification event.	Details
		Los Angeles , California	Qualification event for women.
1972	Munich	Portage Park , Illinois		Details
1976	Montreal	Long Beach , California		Details
1980	Moscow	Irvine , California	The USA boycotted these Summer Games for political reasons.	Details
1984	los Angeles	Indianapolis , Indiana		Details
1988	Seoul	Austin , Texas		Details
1992	Barcelona	Indianapolis , Indiana	The annual US Spring Nationals were also the Olympiatrials this year.	Details
1996	Atlanta	Indianapolis , Indiana		Details
2000	Sydney	Indianapolis , Indiana		Details
2004	Athens	Long Beach , California		Details
2008	Beijing	Omaha , Nebraska	The winners are also US national champions.	Details
2012	London	Omaha , Nebraska		Details
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Omaha , Nebraska		Details

See also

• The swimming sport
• Summer Olympics timetable
• List of swimming world records

Web links

• Official homepage of the US Swimming Association (English)
  • Historical results at Olympic Trials (English)

• Official homepage of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA )