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2028 Olympics to Feature Direct Qualification in 50s, 12 Qualified Relays<\/strong><\/p>\n

Qualification for the Los Angeles 2028 Olympics will look different, with direct qualification in the stroke 50s and a reduction of 16 automatically qualified relays to 12.<\/p>\n

The new qualification standards, proposed by World Aquatics and pending approval by the International Olympic Committee, are aimed at coping with a reduced quota of athletes. A plan was developed by World Aquatics, led by Chief Sports Officer Mike Unger<\/strong> and Swimming Technical Committee Chairperson Craig Hunter,<\/strong> as well as others within the organization.<\/p>\n

The qualification plan had been due to be presented to the IOC Executive Board at its meeting<\/a> on Sept. 18-19, but that has been pushed back to an October meeting of the board. It is subject to IOC approval. (The full 14-page competition plan will be available for the public once it’s been presented to the IOC, which is also being pushed back).<\/p>\n

A few of the highlights of the proposed changes were shared with media outlets late last week.<\/p>\n

Stroke 50s direct qualification<\/h4>\n

The biggest change, previously announced, was World Aquatics\u2019 push to include the stroke 50s in the Olympics<\/a>, as they are at World Aquatics Championships. That succeeded earlier this year, but it presents a problem given that there were no additional quota spots allocated.<\/p>\n

Qualification for the six 50 stroke events for men and women will not follow the usual A standard\/B standard times. Instead of setting a qualification time, athletes will directly qualify by finishing in the top six of designated races at the 2027 World Cup, scheduled for as-yet unspecified cities and likely to be held in Europe.<\/p>\n

In the fall of 2027, each of the three stops will feature two races (presumably one men\u2019s and one women\u2019s) that are direct Olympic qualifiers. Heat entries will be unlimited by nation. Swimmers over the three-day meet will advance from prelims to quarterfinals to semifinals to an eight-person final, the only level that is constrained to two representatives per nation. The top six finishers in the final will automatically qualify for Los Angeles, subject to selection procedures imposed by national governing bodies. (For instance, due to quota restrictions, a country could elect to take only one automatic qualifier and fill is other spot with a swimmer who qualifies in a different event.)<\/p>\n

The explicit purpose is to ensure that there are not a quota-busting number of qualifiers who meet a certain time standard.<\/p>\n

In order to fill out the event, World Aquatics has established a B standard for the event (but not an A standard). Anyone qualifying for the Los Angeles Olympics in another event and making the B standard time can then swim the 50.<\/p>\n

Relay and Relay Swimmer Qualification<\/h4>\n

Relay qualification will be reduced at the Los Angeles Games. Instead of 16 nations automatically qualifying relays, only 12 will automatically go. However, any nation that has four or more swimmers of the same gender qualifying for the Games (or two male and two female) can enter in a relay. World Aquatics anticipates that those changes will actually increase the number of relays competing.<\/p>\n

This arrangement provides recourse if, for instance, a favored nation that will have sufficient swimmers qualified for the Olympics fails to qualify a relay, as they can enter that relay anyway. (The case for the Paris Games was the British men\u2019s 400 free relay, which was disqualified with a chance at automatic qualification<\/a> at the 2023 World Championships and had to sweat out a chance at qualifying at the 2024 World Championships.)<\/p>\n

The plan reduced the number of relay-only swimmers. Now called \u201cadditional relay competitors,\u201d the qualification plan includes a rubric of how many additional swimmers can be added based on the number of qualified relays, from two additional athletes with one relay to eight additional athletes for the maximum seven relays (that\u2019s down from 12 previously).<\/p>\n

A Shift In Nomenclature<\/h4>\n

One is the additional relay competitors, or ARCs. They were formerly called \u201crelay qualified athletes\u201d in World Aquatics parlance.<\/p>\n

Officially, the new plan does away with the system of \u201cOlympic qualification time\u201d and \u201cOlympic consideration time.\u201d Those henceforward will be known as A cuts and B cuts, respectively.<\/p>\n

Behind the Changes<\/h4>\n

The driver of change in the qualification plan was a reduction in the athlete quota. The Los Angeles Olympics added five team sports<\/a>; for aquatics, two women\u2019s water polo teams were added<\/a> to bring it into parity with the men\u2019s tournament at 12 teams each.<\/p>\n

While the aquatics quota wasn\u2019t reduced, the swimming proportion was. There were 900 spots allocated to swimming at the Rio Olympics in 2016; that has steadily fallen to 830 for Los Angeles. In between were 878 swimmers in Tokyo and 852 in Paris. At the same time, the number of nations represented has grown, from 173 NOCs in Rio to 189 in Paris and a goal of around 195 in Los Angeles, part of World Aquatics\u2019 greater mission of expanding the sport’s footprint globally. World Aquatics has a desire, beyond the 2028 Games, to expand their athlete quota, but that is dependent on the larger share of IOC participation.<\/p>\n

Quotas for national Olympic Committee \u2013 i.e., that the U.S. is limited to a roster of 26 men and 26 women \u2013 remain unchanged.<\/p>\n

What Isn\u2019t There<\/h4>\n

The World Aquatics qualification plan does not include a schedule of events for the Los Angeles Games. That is to be approved and revealed later this year and is subject to input from, among others, broadcast partners as well as the interplay with other sports and logistical considerations, though that is at an advanced stage.<\/p>\n

The 2028 Olympics will feature a nine-day schedule featuring 17 sessions. World Aquatics hopes to mimic the schedule at the 2027 World Championships in Budapest.<\/p>\n

Among the changes that were not considered under the plan were dropping events from the program. That includes not eschewing semifinals for certain events like the 200 strokes, which serve a purpose for both athlete recovery during sessions and broadcast program pacing. There was also no discussion of expanding event eligibility to three representatives per NOC per event, as was the case from the 1980 Olympics and before.<\/p>\n

____<\/p>\n

Update, Sept. 17:<\/strong> The story has been updated to reflect the changed timing of the qualification’s plan to be presented to the IOC Executive Board, from the September meeting to the October session.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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