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USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.
The 2024 USA Swimming Olympic trials were held at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, from June 15 to 23, 2024. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The meet served as the National Championships in swimming for the United States and the qualifier for swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris , France .
The event is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and run by USA Swimming. The first Olympic trials were held in 1920 in Alameda, California , [ 1 ] to select swimmers for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium .
The United States Swimming National Championships (a.k.a. "Nationals") are held annually, in summer. The event is organized by USA Swimming , and is held in a long course (50m) pool. In the past, and as recently as 2007, there were 2 meets annually: a Spring and a Summer Nationals.
(USA Swimming Rules 104.2.2(A)(1)). Note: Portions of this rule were changed in September 2008 so that only swimmers who are representing the USA at the time of the swim, or capable of representing the USA, are eligible. This follows Mike Alexandrov's setting of the American Record in the 100 yd breaststroke at a time when he was swimming ...
United States (USA) David Edgar John Murphy Jerry Heidenreich Mark Spitz Dave Fairbank Gary Conelly Soviet Union (URS) Vladimir Bure Viktor Mazanov Viktor Aboimov Igor Grivennikov East Germany (GDR) Roland Matthes Wilfried Hartung Peter Bruch Lutz Unger: 1976–1980: not included in the Olympic program: 1984 Los Angeles details United States (USA)
Thus, USA Swimming was born. [12] From 1978 to 1980, the official responsibilities of governing the sport were transferred from the AAU Swimming Committee to the new United States Swimming. Bill Lippman, the last head of the Swimming Committee, and Ross Wales, the first president of United States Swimming, worked together to ease the transition.
[1] [2] [3] Contested swimming events were conducted in a 50-meter (long course) pool. The competition served as the selection meet for determining the swim team to represent the United States at the 2022 World Aquatics Championships, 2022 Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships, and 2022 Mel Zajac Junior International. [1]