USA Olympic swimming trials results: Here's the 2021 U.S. team for every men's, women's event

Edward Sutelan

USA Olympic swimming trials results: Here's the 2021 U.S. team for every men's, women's event image

The U.S. Olympic swimming team is set. 

Team trials wrapped up Sunday with the final swimmers qualifying for spots to represent the U.S. in Tokyo. 

The teams are loaded with familiar faces. Katie Ledecky will be competing in four different events, while Lilly King and Simone Manuel will each be competing in their signature events: the 100 breaststroke and 50 freestyle, respectively. On the men's side, Caeleb Dressel and Bobby Finke each earned multiple spots, as did Ryan Murphy and Kieran Smith. 

Now that the teams are set, the swimmers will have until July 24 to prepare for the competition, with the Olympic swimming races set to take place from then until Aug. 1. 

Sporting News tracked all the Olympic qualifiers throughout the week. Here's what you need to know. 

MORE: Full TV schedule for USA Olympic swimming trials

How to qualify for the 2021 Olympics in swimming

The top two swimmers in each event will most likely earn spots on the Olympic team. For the 100 and 200 freestyle, the top six finishers will earn spots on the Olympic relay units. 

However, each of the top two finishers will still need to hit the Olympic qualifying time during the events to make the team. If there is only one qualifier, then another swimmer can still qualify for the team if they swim the necessary time in a FINA-approved time trial or swim meet before June 27. 

That was put to the test in the men's 400 freestyle as only Kieran Smith swam under the Olympic qualifying time of 3:46.78 during Wave 2. According to NBC Sports, Zane Groth is the only American male swimmer to post a time under that threshold since 2019 and he could put himself on the team despite finishing 11th in the prelims if one of the other top 10 finishers in the 400 freestyle didn't reach that time first. Jake Mitchell, who placed second in the event, had a time of 3:48.17 and could have still made a push for that second spot. 

Mitchell swam a 3:45.86 in a time trial on June 15 to earn the second spot. 

Olympic swimming trials results 2021

Below is the complete list of swimmers who will compete in Tokyo for the U.S. Olympic team.

The results have been updated through the completion of the team trials. You can see the full results for each event at USA Swimming.

Women's

EventOlympic Qualifiers
50 FreestyleSimone Manuel (24.29), Abbey Weitzeil (24.30)
100 FreestyleAbbie Weitzeil (53.53), Erika Brown (53.59), Olivia Smoliga (53.63)*, Natalie Hinds (53.84)*, Catie DeLoof (53.87)*, Allison Schmidt (54.12)*
200 FreestyleKatie Ledecky (1:55.11), Allison Schmitt (1:56.79), Paige Madden (1:56.80)*, Katie McLaughlin (1:57.16)*, Bella Sims (1:57.53)*
400 FreestyleKatie Ledecky (4:01.27), Paige Madden (4:04.86)
800 FreestyleKatie Ledecky (8:14.62), Katie Grimes (8:20.36)
1500 FreestyleKatie Ledecky (15:40.50), Erica Sullivan (15:51.18)
100 BackstrokeRegan Smith (58.35), Rhyan White (58.6)
200 BackstrokeRhyan White (2:05.73), Phoebe Bacon (2:06.46)
100 BreaststrokeLilly King (1:04.79), Lydia Jacoby (1:05.28)
200 BreaststrokeAnnie Lazor (2:21.07), Lilly King (2:21.75)
100 ButterflyTorri Huske (55.66), Claire Curzan (56.43)
200 ButterflyHali Flickinger (2:05.85), Regan Smith (2:06.99)
200 Individual MedleyAlex Walsh (2:09.30), Kate Douglass (2:09.32)
400 Individual MedleyEmma Weyant (4:33.81), Hali Flickinger (4:33.96)

Men's

EventOlympic Qualifiers
50 FreestyleCaeleb Dressel (21.04), Michael Andrew (21.48)
100 FreestyleCaeleb Dressel (47.39), Zach Apple (47.72), Blake Pieroni (48.16)*, Brooks Curry (48.19)*, Bowe Becker (48.22)*
200 FreestyleKieran Smith (1:45.29), Townley Haas (1:45.66), Drew Kibler (1:45.92)*, Andrew Seliskar (1:46.34)*, Zach Apple (1:46.45)*
400 FreestyleKieran Smith (3:44.86), Jake Mitchell (3:45.86)
800 FreestyleBobby Finke (7:48.22), Michael Brinegar (7:49.94)
1500 FreestyleBobby Finke (14:46.06), Michael Brinegar (15:00.87)
100 BackstrokeRyan Murphy (52.33), Hunter Armstrong (52.48)
200 BackstrokeRyan Murphy (1:54.20), Bryce Mefford (1:54.79)
100 BreaststrokeMichael Andrew (58.73), Andrew Wilson (58.74)
200 BreaststrokeNic Fink (2:07.55), Andrew Wilson (2:08.32)
100 ButterflyCaeleb Dressel (49.87), Tom Shields (51.19)
200 ButterflyZach Harting (1:55.06), Gunnar Bentz (1:55.34)
200 Individual MedleyMichael Andrew (1:55.44), Chase Kalisz (1:56.97)
400 Individual MedleyChase Kalisz (4:09.09), Jay Litherland (4:10.33)

* Indicates swimmer made Olympic roster on a relay spot

Edward Sutelan

Edward Sutelan joined The Sporting News in 2021 after covering high school sports for PennLive. Edward graduated from The Ohio State University in 2019, where he gained experience covering the baseball, football and basketball teams. Edward also spent time working for The Columbus Dispatch and Cape Cod Times.