{"id":120713,"date":"2015-01-22T11:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T18:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=120713"},"modified":"2015-01-22T11:12:19","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T18:12:19","slug":"2016-olympic-swimming-qualifying-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-olympic-swimming-qualifying-times\/","title":{"rendered":"Historically, How Fast Are the 2016 Olympic Swimming Qualifying Times?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Analysis by Jeff Commings<\/i><\/p>\n<p>TUCSON \u2013 Can you beat Rowdy Gaines&#8217; gold medal winning time from the 1984 Olympic Games? Starting March 1, hundreds of swimmers will try as they begin competing in meets to achieve their goal of earning a place in the 2016 Olympics. When FINA <a href=http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2016-olympic-qualifying-time-standards\/ target=_blank>released the list of 2016 Olympic swimming qualifying times last week<\/a>, the journey to the Rio Games officially began.<\/p>\n<p>Many will decry that the \u201cA\u201d qualifying time in many events are way too fast, but the Olympics is the highest level of competition the sport has, and it\u2019s only natural that only the very best \u2013 with a few exceptions under the universality clause \u2013 are invited to the meet. And it\u2019s the nature of the sport. If the majority of times at the Olympic Games don\u2019t get faster every four years, then we\u2019ve got a very big problem in the sport.<\/p>\n<p>But let\u2019s put the qualifying times for the 2016 Olympics in perspective. Though FINA has set some very fast standards, none of the times would have won a gold medal at the past four Olympics. A few of the cuts are so \u201cslow\u201d that you\u2019d have to go back as far as 1972 to find a Games that wasn\u2019t as fast as the 2016 qualifying times. Interestingly, the longer the distance, the further back in history one must go to find a time that is slower than the 2016 Olympic swimming qualifying time.<\/p>\n<p>For example, anyone wishing to qualify in the men&#8217;s 100 freestyle for the Rio Games must swim faster than Rowdy Gaines&#8217; gold medal time of 49.80 set in the 1984 Olympics. So in some ways, there is a virtual race to beat Rowdy and go a 48.99 to at least have an opportunity to qualify for 2016. (Lookout Rowdy!) Keep in mind, that not everyone who makes the cut will go.  Swimmers still have to be selected by their country and each country is limited to just two swimmers per event.<\/p>\n<p>The women\u2019s 200 IM is the only anomaly in the list. The event was not swum at the 1976 or 1980 Olympics, which is why 1972 is listed as the earliest event in which the 2016 Olympic qualifying time would have won gold.<\/p>\n<p>Check out the charts below to see which Olympics was slower than the current qualifying time in each individual event.<\/p>\n<h2>Men\u2019s 2016 Olympic swimming qualifying times<\/h2>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]<br \/>\n\n<h2>Women\u2019s 2016 Olympic swimming qualifying times<\/h2>\n[table \u201c\u201d not found \/]<br \/>\n\n<p>Where does your best time sit in the annals of history?  Do you make the cut?  Do you know how far back into the history books you have to go for your current best time to win an Olympic Gold Medal?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis by Jeff Commings TUCSON \u2013 Can you beat Rowdy Gaines&#8217; gold medal winning time from the 1984 Olympic Games? 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