United States Olympic Trials (swimming)
The United States Olympic Team Trials in Swimming are held before every Summer Olympics to select the participants for the USA's swimming team. The event is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and run/operated by USA Swimming.
The first Olympic Trials was 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 | 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 | ||
| 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 | Flushing, New York (men's) Indianapolis, Indiana (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 | Portage Park, Chicago, Illinois | August 2–6 | |
| 1976 | Long Beach, California | June 16–21 | |
| 1980 | Irvine, California | July 29–August 2 | Due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott, happened after the actual Olympic competition[3] |
| 1984 | Indianapolis, Indiana | June 25–30 | |
| 1988 | Austin, Texas | August 8–13 | |
| 1992 | Indianapolis, Indiana[4] | March 1–7 | US Spring Nationals |
| 1996 | Indianapolis, Indiana | March 6–12[5] | |
| 2000 | Indianapolis, Indiana | August 9–16[6] | |
| 2004 | Long Beach, California[1] | July 7–14 | |
| 2008 | Omaha, Nebraska | June 29–July 6 | winners considered national champions |
| 2012 | Omaha, Nebraska | June 25–July 2[7] | |
| 2016 | Omaha, Nebraska | June 26–July 3[8] | |
See also
References
- 1 2 Previous Dates & Sites of Major U.S. Swimming Meets 1920-Present, USA Swimming, retrieved 2009-11-25
- ↑ Past Trials Results page from the USA Swimming website (www.usaswimming.org); retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ↑ U.S. Olympic Trials: Great Races in U.S. Trials History; Tracy Caulkins, Terri Baxter Deadheat 1980 200 Breast
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Results from the 1996 US Swimming Olympic Trials; published 2004-02-25, retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ↑ Results from the 2000 US Swimming Olympic Trials; retrieved 2012-07-05.
- ↑ U.S. Olympic Team Trials – Swimming Will Return to Omaha in 2012, Karen Linhart, USA Swimming, June 25, 2009; retrieved 2009-11-25
- ↑ "2016 Olympic Trials Tickets on sale Now". Retrieved December 11, 2015.
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