The rescheduled U.S. Olympic Trials meet will follow the same schedule and format as originally announced, exactly mirroring the Olympic lineup with the two new events included.
With the 2020 Olympics pushed back to 2021, the U.S. Trials followed suit. This morning, USA Swimming announced that the Trials would be postponed to June 13-20, 2021, a little less than one year after the original dates.
Further coverage:
- USA Swimming announces new Trials dates
- USA Swimming plans to set new Olympic Trials standards for new swims
- USA Swimming will refund, or roll forward, 2020 Olympic Trials tickets to 2021
USA Swimming has also announced that the event schedule of the Olympic Trials will remain unchanged. The event schedule mirrors that of the Olympic Games, though the Olympic Games are expected to swim evening prelims and morning finals/semifinals, to account for television broadcast schedules. The U.S. Olympic Trials will stick to the traditional morning heats, evening finals/semifinals format.
The event lineup is slightly changed from previous years because the Olympics added two new events this time around: the men’s 800 free and women’s 1500 free. Here’s a look at the event schedule for U.S. Olympic Trials:
2021 US OLYMPIC TRIALS SCHEDULE
| PRELIMINARIES | SEMIFINALS & FINALS |
| Sunday, June 13 | Sunday, June 13 |
| Men’s 400 Individual Medley | Men’s 400 Individual Medley – FINAL |
| Women’s 100 Butterfly | Women’s 100 Butterfly – Semifinal |
| Men’s 400 Freestyle | Men’s 400 Freestyle – FINAL |
| Women’s 400 Individual Medley | Women’s 400 Individual Medley – FINAL |
| Men’s 100 Breaststroke | Men’s 100 Breaststroke – Semifinal |
| Monday, June 14 | Monday, June 14 |
| Women’s 100 Backstroke | Women’s 100 Butterfly – FINAL |
| Men’s 200 Freestyle | Men’s 200 Freestyle – Semifinal |
| Women’s 100 Breaststroke | Women’s 100 Breaststroke – Semifinal |
| Men’s 100 Backstroke | Men’s 100 Breaststroke – FINAL |
| Women’s 400 Freestyle | Women’s 400 Freestyle – FINAL |
| Men’s 100 Backstroke – Semifinal | |
| Women’s 100 Backstroke – Semifinal | |
| Tuesday, June 15 | Tuesday, June 15 |
| Women’s 200 Freestyle | Women’s 200 Freestyle – Semifinal |
| Men’s 200 Butterfly | Men’s 200 Freestyle – FINAL |
| Women’s 200 Individual Medley | Women’s 100 Backstroke – FINAL |
| Women’s 1500 Freestyle | Men’s 100 Backstroke – FINAL |
| Women’s 100 Breaststroke – FINAL | |
| Men’s 200 Butterfly – Semifinal | |
| Women’s 200 Individual Medley – Semifinal | |
| Wednesday, June 16 | Wednesday, June 16 |
| Men’s 100 Freestyle | Men’s 100 Freestyle – Semifinal |
| Women’s 200 Butterfly | Women’s 200 Freestyle – FINAL |
| Men’s 200 Breaststroke | Men’s 200 Butterfly – FINAL |
| Men’s 800 Freestyle | Women’s 200 Butterfly – Semifinal |
| Men’s 200 Breaststroke – Semifinal | |
| Women’s 200 Individual Medley – FINAL | |
| Women’s 1500 Freestyle – FINAL | |
| Thursday, June 17 | Thursday, June 17 |
| Women’s 100 Freestyle | Men’s 800 Freestyle – FINAL |
| Men’s 200 Backstroke | Men’s 200 Breaststroke – FINAL |
| Women’s 200 Breaststroke | Women’s 100 Freestyle – Semifinal |
| Men’s 200 Individual Medley | Men’s 200 Backstroke – Semifinal |
| Women’s 200 Butterfly – FINAL | |
| Men’s 100 Freestyle – FINAL | |
| Women’s 200 Breaststroke – Semifinal | |
| Men’s 200 Individual Medley – Semifinal | |
| Friday, June 18 | Friday, June 18 |
| Women’s 800 Freestyle | Women’s 200 Breaststroke – FINAL |
| Men’s 100 Butterfly | Men’s 200 Backstroke – FINAL |
| Women’s 200 Backstroke | Women’s 200 Backstroke – Semifinal |
| Men’s 200 Individual Medley – FINAL | |
| Women’s 100 Freestyle – FINAL | |
| Men’s 100 Butterfly – Semifinal | |
| Saturday, June 19 | Saturday, June 19 |
| Men’s 50 Freestyle | Men’s 100 Butterfly – FINAL |
| Women’s 50 Freestyle | Women’s 200 Backstroke – FINAL |
| Men’s 1500 Freestyle | Women’s 800 Freestyle – FINAL |
| Men’s 50 Freestyle – Semifinal | |
| Women’s 50 Freestyle – Semifinal | |
| Sunday, June 20 | Sunday, June 20 |
| No Preliminaries | Men’s 50 Freestyle – FINAL |
| Women’s 50 Freestyle – FINAL | |
| Men’s 1500 Freestyle – FINAL |