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The United States Olympic team swim trials are held before every Summer Olympic Games to select the US Olympic swimming team participants. The event is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and run by USA Swimming.
The first Olympic trials were 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]
Year | Location | Dates | Notes |
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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 | June 5–7 [3] | |
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 |
Astoria Park,
Astoria, 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 | Olympic trials cancelled due to the
1980 Summer Olympics boycott Event rescheduled for after the actual Olympic competition [4] |
1984 | Indianapolis, Indiana | June 25–30 | |
1988 | Austin, Texas | August 8–13 | |
1992 | Indianapolis, Indiana [5] | March 1–7 | US Spring Nationals |
1996 | Indianapolis, Indiana | March 6–12 [6] | |
2000 | Indianapolis, Indiana | August 9–16 [7] | |
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 [8] | |
2016 | Omaha, Nebraska | June 26–July 3 [9] | |
2020 | Omaha, Nebraska | June 13–20, 2021 | Rescheduled from June 21–28, 2020
[10] Postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
2024 | Indianapolis, Indiana [11] | June 15–23 [12] |