1. QUOTA2. QUALIFICATION SYSTEM3. QUALIFICATION PERIOD4. QUALIFYING TIME STANDARDS5. QUALIFICATION TIMELINE6. STATUS OF QUALIFICATION

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General IOC quota in Swimming (pool): 900 athletes

Quota per NF/NOC: maximum 2 swimmers or 1 relay team per event (men & women)

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Order of priority for entries

• Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT)• Relay swimmers• Universality places• Olympic Selection Time (OST)

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Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT)(correspond to the “old” A Time)

At each individual event, each NF/NOC may enter a maximum of 2 athletes, who must

have both achieved a OQT.If more than 2 athletes per NF/NOC have OQT in the same event, the concerned

NF/NOC can choose any 2 swimmers they want to enter in that event

Athletes automatically qualified4

Relay Swimmers• 16 teams per event (1 team per NF/NOC)• Qualification: first 12 in Shanghai 2011 + 4 based on times achieved during the qualification period• Each NF/NOC may enter swimmers only for relays, who must have OQT or OST for the respective stroke and event

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Additional Swimmers only for relays1 relay 2 additional swimmers2 relays 4 additional swimmers3 relays 6 additional swimmers4 relays 8 additional swimmers

5 relays 10 additional swimmers6 relays 12 additional swimmers

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Universality Places• NF/NOC without swimmers with OQT and OST may enter 1 man and 1 woman• Must have participated at the 14th FINA World Championships Shanghai 2011, and be invited by FINA• Overall universality places: 150 (to be selected in accordance with the FINA Points Table).

Athletes invited to participate

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Olympic Selection Time (OST)(correspond to the “old” B Time)

• After considering entries for athletes achieving OQT, relay swimmers and universality places, athletes with OST will be invited until the 900-quota is achieved.• These entry places will be allocated through the FINA Rankings for Olympic qualification.• The total number of athletes will be equally distributed throughout the 26 individual events. (In case the number of swimmers in one event is not sufficient to cover the OST available places, an additional place in all events will be taken into account. Through the FINA Points Table, the missing places will then be selected.)

Athletes invited to participate8

• Entries with OQT & OST: March 1, 2011 to June 18, 2012

• Entries Relay, Universality, OST: March 1, 2011 to June 1, 2012

At FINA recognised competitions (deadline for application: December 31, 2011) 9

MENEVENT OQT OST50 free 22.11 22.88100 free 48.82 50.53

200 free 1:47.82 1:51.59 400 free 3:48.92 3:54.13

1500 free 15:11.83 15:43.74100 back 54.40 56.30

200 back 1:58.48 2:02.63100 breast 1:00.79 1:02.92200 breast 2:11.74 2:16.35100 butterfly 52.36 54.19

200 butterfly 1:56.86 2:00.95200 ind. medley 2:00.17 2:04.38400 ind. Medley 4:16.46 4:25.44

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WOMENEVENT OQT OST50 free 25.27 26.15100 free 54.57 56.48

200 free 1:58.33 2:02.47 400 free 4:09.35 4:18.07 800 free 8:33.84 8:51.82100 back 1:00.82 1:02.95 200 back 2:10.84 2:15.42100 breast 1:08.49 1:10.89200 breast 2:26.89 2:32.03100 butterfly 58.70 1:00.75200 butterfly 2:08.95 2:13.46200 ind. medley 2:13.36 2:18.03400 ind. Medley 4:41.75 4:51.75

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OQT: Qualification period: March 1, 2011 – June 18, 2012FINA invites NF/NOC swimmers with OQT – June 20, 2012NF/NOC notify FINA if OQT swimmers will participate – June 25, 2012

RELAY SWIMMERS: Qualification period: March 1, 2011 – June 1, 2012FINA requests confirmation of relay teams from Shanghai to NF/NOC (including nominal entries) – April 30, 2012NF/NOC to confirm participation of relay teams from Shanghai (including nominal entries) – May 31, 2012FINA requests confirmation of remaining relay teams (including nominal entries) for the 16 places – June 4, 2012FINA confirms and announces final 16 relay teams (including nominal entries) in each event – June 11, 2012 12

UNIVERSALITY PLACES: Qualification period: March 1, 2011 – June 1, 2012FINA invites NF/NOC universality swimmers – June 4, 2012NF/NOC notify FINA if universality swimmers will participate – June 11, 2012

OST:Qualification period: March 1, 2011 – June 18, 2012FINA invites NF/NOC swimmers with OST – June 20, 2012NF/NOC notify FINA if OST swimmers will participate – June 25, 2012

July 9, 2012 – LOCOG deadline to receive entry forms

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NF/NOC can at any time check on the status of qualification, through the FINA website www.fina.org:

1. Enter in the FINA homepage at www.fina.org

2. On the upper Menu, click on “Statistics”

3. On the left Menu, click on “Swimming World Rankings”

4. Arrived to this section, NF/NOC can fine-tune their research by choosing the appropriate check-boxes. For Olympic Games purposes, click on the option “Only show times that qualify for Olympics”. Then a variety of other options is available: NF/NOC may choose to check all athletes from all Federations with OQT and OST in a given event; to check their own Swimmers in all events, and so on.

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NF/NOC can at any time check on the status of qualification, through the FINA website www.fina.org:

To facilitate even more the consultation of this information, FINA will publish a weekly pdf file with all updated

information for all events/all National Federations. OQT are marked in green, while OST are marked in orange.From May 2012, an imaginary line will define the

potential swimmers entitled to participate in the OG with OST.

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