Swimming Canada has published selection criteria for 2014 Commonwealth Games, 2014 Pan Pacific Championships, 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Championships and the 2014 Junior Pan Pacific Open Water events.
The teams based on pool events will be selected at the Canadian Pan Pacific and Commonwealth Games Trials which will be held in Victoria, B.C. from April 2nd-5th, 2014.
*The 2014 Youth Olympic Games team will be selected from this event, but the final selection criteria is currently under review by the Canadian Olympic Committee.
In an announcement by Swimming Canada’s High Performance Director John Atkinson included the selection criteria philosophy leading into the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
- Primary selection for individual events will be focused around a world level “Top 16” standard
- For 2014, the “Top 16” standard is based on the 16th place time in prelims from the 2013 Worlds
- Primary selection for free relay events will be focused around a world level “Top 8” standard
- For 2014, the “Top 8” standard is based on the 8th place time in prelims from the 2013 Worlds
- Medley relays will be selected from within the selected team
- We will be using “Age-weighted” standards based on our “On Track” times to fill team quotas for some competitions as a development strategy
Selection Standards for both 2014 Commonwealth Games and Pan Pacific Championships
| Event | Male | Female |
| 50 freestyle | 22.25 | 25.23 |
| 100 freestyle | 49.12 | 55.05 |
| 200 freestyle | 1:48.35 | 1:58.93 |
| 400 freestyle | 3:50.87 | 4:12.47 |
| 1500/800 freestyle | 15:13.98 | 8:35.99 |
| 100 backstroke | 54.72 | 1:01.25 |
| 200 backstroke | 1:59.19 | 2:11.83 |
| 100 breaststroke | 1:00.44 | 1:08.36 |
| 200 breaststroke | 2:11.71 | 2:28.12 |
| 100 butterfly | 52.52 | 59.18 |
| 200 butterfly | 1:57.37 | 2:11.14 |
| 200 IM | 1:59.99 | 2:13.98 |
| 400 IM | 4:19.21 | 4:44.50 |
Priority 3 & 6 Relay Times
| Event | Male | Female |
| 4 x 100 freestyle relay | 3:15.46 | 3:39.24 |
| 4 x 200 freestyle relay | 7:13.37 | 7:57.41 |
“Age Weighted” Standards
| Male | Female | |||
| Event | YOB | Time std | YOB | Time std |
| 50 freestyle | 1990-95 | 22.88 | 1990-95 | 25.75 |
| 100 freestyle | 1991-95 | 50.41 | 1992-95 | 55.34 |
| 200 freestyle | 1993-95 | 1:49.94 | 1994-95 | 1:59.51 |
| 400 freestyle | 1993-95 | 3:53.18 | 1994-95 | 4:11.74 |
| 1500/800 freestyle | 1993-95 | 15:29.73 | 1995 | 8:37.14 |
| 100 backstroke | 1992-95 | 55.89 | 1994-95 | 1:01.47 |
| 200 backstroke | 1993-95 | 2:01.23 | 1995 | 2:11.78 |
| 100 breaststroke | 1991-95 | 1:02.49 | 1994-95 | 1:09.17 |
| 200 breaststroke | 1993-95 | 2:15.53 | 1994-95 | 2:28.28 |
| 100 butterfly | 1991-95 | 53.97 | 1993-95 | 59.49 |
| 200 butterfly | 1992-95 | 1:59.91 | 1994-95 | 2:10.49 |
| 200 IM | 1992-95 | 2:03.02 | 1994-95 | 2:14.61 |
| 400 IM | 1993-95 | 4:21.17 | 1995 | 4:41.75 |
“Age Weighted” Relay Times
| Male | Female | |||
| Event | YOB | Std | YOB | Std |
| 100 freestyle | 1991-95 | 50.41 | 1992-95 | 55.34 |
| 200 freestyle | 1993-95 | 1:49.94 | 1994-95 | 1:59.51 |
For the Commonwealth Games there will be a maximum team size of 30 regardless of gender
For the Pan Pacific pool events there will be a maximum team size of 36 (maximum 26 per gender) with a maximum three swimmers per event.
Pan Pacific Championships Open Water Events
Open Water team selected from the FINA 10Km World Cup Manzanillo, Mexico 5th April 2014 and the Fort Myers Trials 12th April 2014.
Complete selection criteria for Commonwealth Games can be found here
Complete selection criteria for Pan Pacific Championships can be found here
Junior Pan Pacific Games Selection Standards
| Male | |||
| Event | Jr. Finals | Jr. Podim | Jr. Gold |
| 50 freestyle | 23.75 | 22.92 | 22.64 |
| 100 freestyle | 51.34 | 50.23 | 49.94 |
| 200 freestyle | 1:52.58 | 1:50.17 | 1:49.30 |
| 400 freestyle | 3:58.19 | 3:53.80 | 3:52.00 |
| 1500/800 freestyle | 15:52.03 | 15:25.09 | 15:18.46 |
| 100 backstroke | 57.82 | 56.00 | 54.90 |
| 200 backstroke | 2:05.17 | 2:00.55 | 1:58.55 |
| 100 breaststroke | 1:04.35 | 1:03.01 | 1:01.90 |
| 200 breaststroke | 2:21.75 | 2:15.55 | 2:12.73 |
| 100 butterfly | 55.48 | 53.63 | 53.03 |
| 200 butterfly | 2:03.72 | 2:00.80 | 1:58.46 |
| 200 IM | 2:06.70 | 2:02.67 | 2:01.66 |
| 400 IM | 4:26.65 | 4:22.07 | 4:17.37 |
| Female | |||
| Event | Jr. Finals | Jr. Podim | Jr. Gold |
| 50 freestyle | 26.50 | 25.50 | 25.23 |
| 100 freestyle | 56.85 | 55.83 | 55.15 |
| 200 freestyle | 2:03.56 | 2:00.47 | 1:58.96 |
| 400 freestyle | 4:19.48 | 4:12.58 | 4:09.97 |
| 1500/800 freestyle | 8:51.72 | 8:38.88 | 8:34.16 |
| 100 backstroke | 1:03.88 | 1:02.45 | 1:01.33 |
| 200 backstroke | 2:16.50 | 2:12.94 | 2:11.36 |
| 100 breaststroke | 1:10.40 | 1:09.44 | 1:08.81 |
| 200 breaststroke | 2:32.70 | 2:27.46 | 2:26.08 |
| 100 butterfly | 1:01.68 | 59.93 | 59.40 |
| 200 butterfly | 2:16.77 | 2:11.62 | 2:10.06 |
| 200 IM | 2:18.50 | 2:15.98 | 2:13.04 |
| 400 IM | 4:54.72 | 4:45.90 | 4:42.58 |
Priority Two Selection Freestyle Relay
| Event | Male | Female |
| 100 freestyle | 51.08 | 56.42 |
| 200 freestyle | 1:51.65 | 2:01.86 |
The complete selection criteria for the Junior Pan Pacific Championships can be found here
Junior Pan Pacific Championships Open Water Events
Junior Pan Pacific Championships, open water, selected from the Flowers 10Km Swim Cayman Island’s, the dates are as follows:
- 14th June 2014 for the 1 mile
- 16th June 2014 for 10km – this will be the selection race