2021 U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS
- When:
- Wave I Dates: June 4-7, 2021
- Wave II Dates: June 13-20, 2021
- Wave I Dates: June 4-7, 2021
- Prelims: 10am CDT | Finals: 7pm CDT
- Where: CHI Health Center / Omaha, Nebraska
- Wave I & II Event Order
- LCM (50m)
- Wave II Psych Sheet
- Live Stream Links
- Wave II Live Results
- Day 1 Prelims Heat Sheets
Swimming during the semi-finals at the 2021 US Olympic Trials, Nic Fink delivered a 58.50 100 breaststroke to become the 2nd fastest American man in the history of the event.
All-Time American Long Course 100 Breaststroke Rankings
- Michael Andrew – 58.14
- Nic Fink – 58.50
- Kevin Cordes – 58.64
- Andrew Wilson – 58.80
- Cody Miller – 58.87
- Eric Shanteau – 58.96
Fink now trails only Michael Andrew who set the American record at this meet with a 58.19 in the prelims and lowered it again with a 58.14 in the semi-finals. Prior to this meet, the American record was above Fink’s new time, sitting at a 58.64 which Kevin Cordes at the 2017 World Championships.
Split Comparison:
| SPLIT | NIC FINK, 2021 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS – SEMIFINAL | MICHAEL ANDREW, 2021 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS – SEMIFINAL | MICHAEL ANDREW, 2021 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS – PRELIMS | KEVIN CORDES, 2017 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS |
| 50m | 27.73 | 26.83 | 27.05 | 27.41 |
| 100m | 30.77 | 31.31 | 31.14 | 31.23 |
| Final Time | 58.50 | 58.14 | 58.19 | 58.64 |
Fink was entered as 4th seed in the 100 breaststroke at Trials with a 59.52 and hit a 59.21 for 3rd place in the prelims. He will advance in second place to the final behind Andrew. Andrew and Fink will be among those vying for a spot on the Olympic team tonight and will be joined by a tough field including 2016 Olympian and former American record-holder Kevin Cordes along with Andrew Wilson who posted the 4th-fastest time in American history of 58.80 during the prelims.
Top 8 From Men’s 100 Breaststroke Semi-Finals
- Michael Andrew (RPC), 58.14 AR
- Nic Fink (ABSC), 58.50
- Andrew Wilson (ABSC), 59.08
- Kevin Cordes (ABSC), 59.33
- Max McHugh (UOFM), 59.68
- Josh Matheny (PEAQ), 1:00.25
- Will Licon (TXLA), 1:00.33
- Ben Cono (GAME), 1:00.36
Fink and Andrew are now within the top 5 rankings in the men’s 100 breast so far this season, joining European powerhouses Adam Peaty of Great Britain, Arno Kamminga of the Netherlands, and Italy’s Nicolo Martinenghi.
2020-2021 LCM Men 100 Breast
Peaty
57.37
| 2 | Arno Kamminga | NED | 57.80 | 07/24 |
| 3 | Michael Andrew | USA | 58.14 | 06/13 |
| 4 | Nicolo Martinenghi | ITA | 58.28 | 07/25 |
| 5 | Ilya Shymanovich | BLR | 58.46 | 05/17 |
Now the second-fastest ever American in the long course 100 breast, Fink is actually the American record holder in all 3 short course breaststroke events He lowered the 50 breast AR to a 25.75 during the 2019 International Swimming League season while bringing the 100 and 200 records to a 56.16 and 2:02.20 during the 2020 ISL season.
Fink may go 2: 07 low or 2:06 at 200 breast
Chupkov is gonna be 2:05 so it’s okay.
This will be very, very interesting tomorrow. Wilson swam next to Fink in prelims and took the win handily. But in semi’s, Wilson was in the first heat, all by himself (relatively), and didn’t have to push himself to qualify for finals. Fink was probably pushing his Semi with MA so far ahead–Fink must have wanted to be sure he was top 2.
I wonder if Wilson also has this extra gear that Fink showed. It will be tough for Wilson and Fink to gauge where the other is during the final tomorrow night, since MA will be sandwiched in between them, blocking their views…. I bet they both go 58.6x, and the difference between them will be in… Read more »
Wilson and Fink tie for 2nd. They immediately have to play rock-paper-scissors, with the loser having to swim the 400 free instead of the 100 breast in Tokyo.
Wilson often swims slower in finals than prelims/semis. I haven’t watched him swim enough – Any thoughts on why that might be the case? Does he spin in the water? Is it the pressure? Does he just swim better in the mornings? I know most of this is just guessing, but, my worry is that he tries too hard and spins.
My hope is that he can get in in the 100, and that Fink makes it in the 200.
Sorry I think Fink makes both. Maybe MA goes out too fast and Wilson can go past him. Otherwise he better hope he can beat Licon
If he’d had 10 more meters (5, even, maybe) he would have caught Andrews.
he did catch one of them
Where was NBCs coverage of the men’s 100 breast semis? Unbelievable, and disgraceful!
We see semi’s of women’s 100 fly but not men’s 100 breast. Can someone explain that?
Bummer Cody M doesn’t have a shot in finals.
Should have swam faster
He’s going to be sharp in the 200.
This.☝️Tough to see Will keeping up if Fink can go out in an easy 1:01.0
I think a lot of people from the UK are feeling a lot less confident about that medley relay
30.77 is a peaty-esque backhalf