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The list contains 150 swimmers from 96 nations.  <\/p>\n<p><a href=http:\/\/www.fina.org\/H2O\/docs\/events\/london2012\/sw\/universality_places.pdf target=_blank>Universality Qualifiers<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here is a breakdown of the various qualifiers thus far, courtesy of the WSCA.<\/p>\n<p>FINA currently shows 900 swimmers from 166 nations will swim at the 2012<br \/>\nOlympics. The breakdown of how the 900 qualified for the Games is:<br \/>\n-438 swimmers &#8211; Olympic Qualifying Times (A cuts)<br \/>\n-181 swimmers &#8211; Olympic Selection Times (B cuts)<br \/>\n-150 swimmer &#8211; Universality selection<br \/>\n-131 swimmers &#8211; relay-only swimmers<br \/>\n&#8212;-<br \/>\n900 total<\/p>\n<p>The 96 nations that qualified via the Universality allocation, by continent, are:<\/p>\n<p>-Africa (30 nations, 43 swimmers):<br \/>\nAlgeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the<br \/>\nComoros, Congo, C?te d&#039;Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea,<br \/>\nLesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria,<br \/>\nRwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.<\/p>\n<p>-Americas (20 nations, 32 swimmers):<br \/>\nAntigua &#038; Barbuda, Aruba, Bermuda, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican<br \/>\nRepublic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras,<br \/>\nNicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent &#038; the Grenadines,<br \/>\nSuriname, Uruguay and the Virgin Islands.<\/p>\n<p>-Asia (25 nations, 39 swimmers):<br \/>\nBahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,<br \/>\nKuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan,<br \/>\nPalestine, Philippines, Qatar, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Syria,<br \/>\nTajikistan, Turkmenistan and United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p>-Europe (12 nations, 20 swimmers):<br \/>\nAlbania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia &#038; Herzegovina, Georgia,<br \/>\nLatvia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco and San Marino.<\/p>\n<p>-Oceania (9 nations, 16 swimmers):<br \/>\nAmerica Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia,<br \/>\nPalau, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LAUSANNE, Switzerland, July 6. 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