U.S. Trials Analysis: Heat-By-Heat Comparison of Trials Performances With Best Times

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 6. THERE has been much debate whether the amount of swimmers at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials (1,800) caused a lack of performance at the meet overall. While a definitive causal relationship cannot be determined, some information can be gleaned by comparing each prelim swim with the personal bests of each swimmer.

Out of the total amount of preliminary swims created by the 1,800 swimmers, a total of 22.44 percent of the swims resulted in best times. The men had 28.70 percent bests, while the women produced just 16.17 percent best times.

The complete heat-by-heat breakdown for each event is below.

Men's 50 free
H total entry best times
1 10 2
2 10 0
3 10 1
4 10 4
5 10 3
6 10 3
7 10 5
8 10 3
9 10 2
10 10 4
11 10 1
12 10 4
13 10 4
14 9 1
15 9 1
16 10 1
17 10 3
168 42
25%

Women's 50 free
H total entry best times
1 6 0
2 10 1
3 10 4
4 10 1
5 10 2
6 10 1
7 10 0
8 10 1
9 10 2
10 10 2
11 9 2
12 10 2
13 9 2
14 10 4
15 10 4
16 10 4
154 32
20.77%

Men's 100 free
H total entry best times
1 7 3
2 10 5
3 10 3
4 10 5
5 10 3
6 10 3
7 10 2
8 9 1
9 10 3
10 10 6
11 10 1
12 10 2
13 10 3
14 10 2
15 9 3
16 10 1
17 10 4
165 50
30.30%

Women's 100 free
H total entry best times
1 3 1
2 10 2
3 10 0
4 10 3
5 10 3
6 10 2
7 10 3
8 10 5
9 9 2
10 10 1
11 10 1
12 10 1
13 10 1
14 10 1
132 26
19.69%

Men's 200 free
H total entry best times
1 7 3
2 10 2
3 10 4
4 10 5
5 10 4
6 9 4
7 10 5
8 9 4
9 9 1
10 10 3
11 10 2
12 10 1
13 10 1
124 39
31.45%

Women's 200 free
H total entry best times
1 3 0
2 10 1
3 10 2
4 10 2
5 9 0
6 10 1
7 9 3
8 10 0
9 10 2
10 9 0
11 10 2
100 13
13:00%

Women's 400 free
H total entry best times
1 5 1
2 10 0
3 10 1
4 9 0
5 10 0
6 9 1
7 10 1
8 10 3
9 10 2
10 10 1
11 10 2
12 10 0
113 12
10.61%

Men's 400 free
M total entry best times
1 6 0
2 10 1
3 9 3
4 10 1
5 10 5
6 10 3
7 9 1
8 10 2
9 10 1
10 9 3
11 9 2
12 9 4
111 26
23.42%

Women's 800 free
H total entry best times
1 5 1
2 10 1
3 10 1
4 10 2
5 10 2
6 10 3
7 10 0
65 10
15.38%

Men's 1500 free
H total entry best times
1 3 2
2 8 2
3 10 3
4 10 1
5 10 2
6 10 4
7 10 1
8 9 3
9 10 5
10 10 0
90 23
25.55%

Women's 100 back
H total entry best times
1 3 0
2 10 0
3 10 1
4 10 3
5 10 0
6 10 3
7 10 1
8 10 2
9 10 3
10 10 2
11 10 1
12 9 2
13 10 2
14 10 0
15 10 0
16 10 2
17 10 4
162 26
16.04%

Men's 100 back
H total entry best times
1 8 2
2 10 2
3 10 4
4 10 0
5 10 3
6 10 2
7 10 2
8 10 3
9 10 4
10 10 4
11 10 5
12 10 2
13 9 0
127 33
25.98%

Men's 200 back
H total entry best times
1 9 3
2 10 2
3 10 0
4 10 4
5 10 2
6 10 3
7 10 6
8 10 1
9 10 0
10 10 1
11 8 0
107 22
20.56%

Women's 200 back
H total entry best times
1 10 1
2 9 1
3 10 1
4 10 2
5 10 3
6 10 1
7 10 0
8 10 3
9 10 5
10 10 2
11 10 1
12 10 0
13 9 1
14 10 2
15 10 3
16 10 3
17 10 0
18 10 2
19 9 1
187 32
17.11%

Men's 100 breast
H total entry best times
1 3 0
2 10 3
3 10 4
4 10 4
5 10 5
6 10 2
7 10 3
8 10 2
9 9 3
10 19 5
11 10 2
12 9 6
13 10 3
14 10 3
15 10 5
150 50
33.33%

Women's 100 breast
H total entry best times
1 3 0
2 10 2
3 10 2
4 10 2
5 10 0
6 10 5
7 10 2
8 10 0
9 10 2
10 10 1
11 10 0
12 10 1
13 10 2
14 10 3
15 10 0
16 10 3
153 25
16.33%

Men's 200 breast
H total entry best times
1 3 0
2 10 5
3 10 3
4 10 4
5 10 4
6 10 3
7 10 1
8 10 3
9 10 3
10 10 1
11 10 6
12 9 4
13 10 5
14 10 3
132 45
34.09%

Women's 200 breast
H total entry best times
1 8 0
2 10 0
3 10 0
4 10 3
5 10 2
6 9 1
7 9 2
8 10 1
9 10 2
10 9 4
11 9 1
12 9 1
13 10 1
123 18
14.63%

Women's 100 fly
H total entry best times
1 4 0
2 10 2
3 10 1
4 10 3
5 10 2
6 9 2
7 10 1
8 10 2
9 10 2
10 10 1
11 10 3
12 10 4
13 10 2
14 9 3
15 10 3
16 10 4
17 10 2
162 37
22.83%

Men's 100 fly
H total entry best times
1 5 1
2 10 2
3 10 4
4 10 2
5 10 6
6 10 2
7 10 6
8 9 3
9 10 5
10 9 4
11 10 1
12 10 3
13 10 3
123 42
34.14%

Women's 200 fly
H total entry best times
1 5 1
2 10 0
3 10 0
4 10 1
5 10 2
6 10 1
7 10 4
8 10 0
9 10 4
10 10 3
11 10 1
12 10 1
13 10 0
14 10 1
135 19
14.07%

Men's 200 fly
H total entry best times
1 9 4
2 10 2
3 10 3
4 10 4
5 10 1
6 10 4
7 10 3
8 10 3
9 10 5
10 10 3
11 10 3
12 10 2
13 10 5
14 10 2
139 44
31.65%

Men's 200 IM
H total entry best times
1 4 2
2 10 1
3 9 3
4 10 4
5 9 5
6 10 6
7 10 2
8 10 2
9 7 3
10 10 5
11 10 2
12 10 1
13 9 1
118 37
31.35%

Women's 200 IM
H total entry best times
1 4 1
2 10 2
3 10 0
4 10 2
5 9 4
6 10 2
7 10 1
8 9 1
9 9 2
10 9 2
11 10 2
12 8 1
13 10 1
118 21
17.79%

Men's 400 IM
H total entry best times
1 4 0
2 10 6
3 10 4
4 10 2
5 10 3
6 10 4
8 10 3
8 10 2
9 10 1
10 10 3
11 10 1
12 9 0
113 29
25.66%

Women's 400 IM
H total entry best times
1 8 0
2 9 3
3 10 1
4 10 1
5 10 1
6 9 1
7 10 1
8 10 0
9 10 2
10 10 0
11 10 3
12 10 1
13 10 1
126 15
11.90%

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