2021 U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS
- When:
- Wave I Dates: June 4-7, 2021
- Wave II Dates: June 13-20, 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 Finals Heat Sheet
Michael Andrew has been unbelievable in his first two races at these Olympic Trials, breaking the American Record again in semifinals of the 100 breast tonight. Swimming in the 2nd semifinal heat, Andrew blasted a 58.14, chipping another 0.05 seconds off his morning swim. The 2nd semi heat was incredible, with Nic Fink posting a new personal best of 58.50 to make himself the #2 American all-time in the event.
Andrew was under the American Record in the 50 breaststroke on his first 50 of the race. He touched the halfway mark in 26.83, 0.01 seconds under the U.S. Open Record of 26.84, a record which is held by Andrew, and was his personal best.
Nothing fundamentally changes in terms of rankings because of Andrew’s swim tonight, other than his time improving by 0.05 seconds. He’s still the #1 American all-time (of course), the #3 performer in the world all-time, and the #3 performer in the world this year.
Here is the updated world all-time top 5:
| Rank | Swimmer | Time | Country |
| 1 | Adam Peaty | 56.88 | GBR |
| 2 | Arno Kamminga | 57.90 | NED |
| 3 | Michael Andrew | 58.14 | USA |
| 4 | Ilya Shymanovich | 58.29 | BLR |
| 5 | Nicolo Martinenghi | 58.37 | ITA |
Here is a split comparison between Michael Andrew‘s two American Record swims today, plus Nic Fink‘s semifinal swim tonight, and Kevin Cordes‘ previous American Record:
| Split | Michael Andrew, 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials – Semifinal | Michael Andrew, 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials – Prelims | Nic Fink, 2021 U.S. Olympic Trials – Semifinal | Kevin Cordes, 2017 World Championships |
| 50m | 26.83 | 27.05 | 27.73 | 27.41 |
| 100m | 31.31 | 31.14 | 30.77 | 31.23 |
| Final Time | 58.14 | 58.19 | 58.50 | 58.64 |
The difference between Andrew’s prelims swim and his semifinals swim is that he took the race out more aggressively tonight. In fact, he took the race out so fast, that he swam a lifetime best 50 breaststroke in the process. He came home just a tick slower than this morning, but overall was 0.05 seconds faster.
2020-2021 World Top 5:
| 1 | ADAM PEATY |
GBR | 57.39 | 04/14 | 2021 BRITISH OLYMPIC SELECTION TRIALS LONDON, GBR |
| 2 | ARNO KAMMINGA |
NED | 57.90 | 05/01 | 2021 DUTCH NATIONAL TEAM TIME TRIAL EINDHOVEN, NED |
| 3 | MICHAEL ANDREW |
USA | 58.14 | 06/13 | 2021 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS WAVE II OMAHA, USA |
| 4 | NICOLO MARTINENGHI |
ITA | 58.37 | 04/01 | 2021 ITALIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS RICCIONE, ITA |
| 5 | NIC FINK |
USA | 58.50 | 06/13 | 2021 U.S. OLYMPIC TRIALS WAVE II OMAHA, NE |
Michael is on a tear ……Great to witness …who would have thought that a few years back with his
training method . Fantastic , Go Michael 👌
He will have a chance in 2024, peaty will eventually get slower and i think he can get to 57 low at least by that time.
Its incredible that he can potentially can go this time at his peak.
100 free : 48.2
100 fly : 49.7
100 breast : 57
100 back : 52.2
50 free : 21.0
200 im : 1.54
What a talent !
Did you just make a bunch of hypothetical times?
Nah, probably for 50 and 100 free, moreso in 100 free. Male swimmer on average peak at 23-27 years old. So he will probably peak in Paris 2024. 100 breast and back is definitely possible for him, if you ask why for 100 back. He swam 53.4 in 2019. So if he drop the same amoount like his breast and fly. He should get 52 middle by now.
For 100 fly, he already post 50.8 back in Pro swim. Assuming he have same drop like in breast, at least he can get to 50.3 for now. So dropping 0.8 for next 3 year isnt entirely impossible. For 200 im, his problem is surely his pacing and free but i think… Read more »
Nobody’s beating Peaty but MA sure looks like a good silver medal
I’d say Arno will be up there too
What a “privilege” to break the record twice.
MA did it again despite the naysayers. Me thinks hard work and focus pays off.
Great swim! That’s an AR that was overdue to be broken.
Those splits show that he was going for a 57 tonight.
Since he didn’t quite get there, we should expect another 58.1 tomorrow night.
I think he figures out his splits and goes 58.0.
Go Michael
NBC, WHAT HAPPENED TO BREASTSTROKE!