Swimming At The 2016 Olympic Games – The Complete Schedule<\/p>\n
For the second time in three Games, the sessions will be conducted at unusual hours to accommodate for NBC\u2019s preference of broadcasting finals live in prime time in the United States; after the 2008 Olympics in Beijing featured evening preliminaries and morning finals, the Rio Games will feature 1 p.m. start time preliminary heats and 10 p.m. finals each of the eight days of competition.<\/p>\n
But the order of events should be familiar to fans as it will be the exact same as the schedule used at each of the past three Olympics. The 32 finals in the pool will be evenly split with four per day beginning on Saturday, August 6 and running until the following Saturday, August 13. The entire schedule of finals are listed below.<\/p>\n
All events 200 meters and shorter will include preliminary and semifinal heats conducted the day before the final. 400 meter events and longer \u2013 including relay events \u2013 are prelims-finals only. Heats of the 400 free, 400 IM, 400 and 800 free relay events will be same-day, and heats of the distance events (women\u2019s 800 and men\u2019s 1500) and medley relays will go off the day before.<\/p>\n
August 6 \u2013 men\u2019s 400 IM, men\u2019s 400 free, women\u2019s 400 IM, women\u2019s 400 free relay
\nAugust 7 \u2013 women\u2019s 100 fly, men\u2019s 100 breast, women\u2019s 400 free, men\u2019s 400 free relay
\nAugust 8 \u2013 men\u2019s 200 free, women\u2019s 100 back, men\u2019s 100 back, women\u2019s 100 breast
\nAugust 9 \u2013 women\u2019s 200 free, men\u2019s 200 fly, women\u2019s 200 IM, men\u2019s 800 free relay
\nAugust 10 \u2013 men\u2019s 200 breast, women\u2019s 200 fly, men\u2019s 100 free, women\u2019s 800 free relay
\nAugust 11 \u2013 women\u2019s 200 breast, men\u2019s 200 back, men\u2019s 200 IM, women\u2019s 100 free
\nAugust 12 \u2013 women\u2019s 200 back, men\u2019s 100 fly, women\u2019s 800 free, men\u2019s 50 free
\nAugust 13 \u2013 women\u2019s 50 free, men\u2019s 1500 free, women\u2019s 400 medley relay, men\u2019s 400 medley relay<\/p>\n
The U.S. Olympic Trials, being conducted June 26 through July 3 in Omaha, Neb., will follow the same event lineup, although relays will not be contested. (Other countries such as Australia followed the same pattern at their recent selection meets.) The program gives athletes a good chance to get a feel for what they should expect when they arrive in Brazil.<\/p>\n
The event schedule was one huge factor behind Michael Phelps<\/strong> winning a record-setting eight gold medals eight years ago in Beijing. Only once did two of Phelps\u2019 gold medal swims fall on the same evening, and the 200 fly and 800 free relay were among his most dominant events. Phelps had to swim both a final and a semifinal on three separate evenings, but the final came first on two of those instances, and he had a break of over an hour between the 200 free semifinal and 800 free relay final.<\/p>\n The schedule did not do as many favors for Ryan Lochte<\/strong>. Lochte has held world records and won World titles in both the 200 back and 200 IM, but the two finals have been inconveniently scheduled just a half hour apart at the Olympics. Lochte has competed in both in the past two Olympic Games, but the strategy has never paid off as he has been unable to challenge Phelps in the 200 IM on either occasion.<\/p>\n Four years ago in London, Missy Franklin<\/strong> faced a daunting double, with the semifinals of the 200 free coming just before the 100 back final; only the men\u2019s 200 free final was in between. But Franklin did exactly what she needed to do in the 200 free, finished fourth in the second semifinal to get into the final by just two tenths of a second, and after a quick warm-down in the diving well \u2013 rather than the facility\u2019s main warm-down pool \u2013 she touched out Emily Seebohm<\/strong> for gold in the 100 back.<\/p>\n A day later Franklin almost found her way onto the podium in the 200 free, finishing just one one-hundredth of a second behind bronze medalist Bronte Barratt<\/strong>. And Franklin will again have to navigate this back-to-back in London as she will be a favorite for a medal in each of these two events.<\/p>\n Katie<\/strong> Ledecky<\/strong>, going for history of her own in Rio as she attempts to become the first woman to ever sweep the 200, 400 and 800 freestyle events. The schedule largely works in her favor, even if she is called upon for relay duty in the two free relays. The 400 free relay comes up on day one, before she would kick off her individual lineup with the 400 free on day two, and the 800 free relay falls on day five, a night after her individual 200 free final and hours before her 800 free preliminary swim.<\/p>\n Adding in the individual 100 free seems like a long-shot for Ledecky at this point \u2013 even if she does finish in the top two at Trials, she may choose to skip the individual event a la Dara Torres<\/strong> \u2013 but that still wouldn\u2019t be so bad with the event schedule. The 100 free prelims and semifinals come on the same day as the 800 free relay (with the individual semifinals more than an hour before the relay final), and the final would be her only swim in that evening\u2019s session. <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Men\u2019s 400m IM<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100m Fly<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 400m Free<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 400m IM<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Breast<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 4 x 100m Free Relay<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n Men\u2019s 400m IM \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100m Fly \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 400m Free \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 400m IM \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Breast \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 4 x 100m Free Relay \u2013 Final<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Women\u2019s 100m Back<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Free<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100m Breast<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Back<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 400m Free<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 4 x 100m Free Relay<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n Women\u2019s 100m Fly \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Free \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100m Breast \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Breast \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 400m Free \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Back \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100m Back \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 4 x 100m Free Relay \u2013 Final<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Women\u2019s 200m Free<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Fly<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m IM<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n Women\u2019s 200m Free \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Free \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100m Back \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Back \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100m Breast \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Fly \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m IM \u2014 Semifinal<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Men\u2019s 100m Free<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Fly<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Breast<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n Men\u2019s 100m Free \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Free \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Fly \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Fly \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Breast \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m IM \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay \u2013 Final<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Women\u2019s 100m Free<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Back<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Breast<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m IM<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n Men\u2019s 200m Breast \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100m Free \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Back \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Fly \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Free \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Breast \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m IM \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay \u2013 Final<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Men\u2019s 50m Free<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 800m Free<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Fly<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Back<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n Men\u2019s 50m Free \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Breast \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m Back \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 200m Back \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 200m IM \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 100m Free \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Fly \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n FRIDAY, AUG 12TH<\/strong><\/p>\n Women\u2019s 50m Free<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 1500m Free<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 4 x 100m Medley Relay<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 4 x 100m Medley Relay<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n Women\u2019s 200m Back \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 100m Fly \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 800m Free \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 50m Free \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 50m Free \u2013 Semifinal<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n No Preliminaries<\/p>\n <\/td>\n Women\u2019s 50m Free \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Men\u2019s 1500m Free \u2013 Final<\/p>\n Women\u2019s 4 x 100m Medley Relay 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