Things are about to get crazy around here.
For SwimSwam writers and commenters alike, the next two weeks promise to be as exciting – and wild – as can be. Four top swimming nations – the United States, Australia, Canada, and France – will select their Olympic swimming rosters in meets over the next 13 days.
The SwimSwam frontpage is going to be moving like a Twitter timeline – and keeping up with all the major records, Olympic selections, and breakout swims can feel as challenging as keeping up with Katie Ledecky in the second half of an 800. So we’re breaking things down chronologically with our Master Timeline, tracking every session of all four major meets across multiple time zones.
If you’re in Australia and want to follow Aussie Trials, plus stay on top of updates from the top U.S. competitors to your favorite Australian swimmers, this is how to follow both meets. If you’re in Canada and want to follow every session of Canadian and U.S. Trials without worrying about France or Australia, this guide will help you track each session. If you want to follow French Championships (but also want to check in with Australia whenever Kyle Chalmers is swimming), this is your gameplan. If you’re a certified swimming addict who wants every moment of every meet downloaded directly into your brain, then this might be your daily itinerary for the next 13 days.
We’ve pulled out each session of each meet, listing out which events fall into the session and when the session starts in each of four time zones – the host time zones of each of the four meets.
You can find information and links to all four meets below:
AUSTRALIAN OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS
EVENT CHANNEL HERE
2021 SWIMMING AUSTRALIA OLYMPIC TRIALS
- Saturday, June 12th – Thursday, June 17th
- South Australia Aquatic & Leisure Centre
- Sole Olympic-Qualifying Opportunity
- 2021 Swimming Australia Olympic Nomination Criteria
- Meet Site
- Final Start List
- Live results
CHAMPIONNATS DE FRANCE ELITE
EVENT CHANNEL HERE
2021 FRENCH SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS
- When: Tuesday, June 15 – Sunday, June 20, 2021
- Where: L’Odyssee – Chartes, France
- Prelims 10 AM / Finals 6 PM
- LCM (50m)
- Live results
CANADIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS
EVENT CHANNEL HERE
2021 CANADIAN OLYMPIC TRIALS
- June 19-23, 2021
- Toronto Pan Am Sports Center, Toronto, ON
- LCM (50m)
- Meet Central
- Olympic Selection Process
- Psych Sheets
- Live results
U.S. OLYMPIC SWIMMING TRIALS WAVE II
EVENT CHANNEL HERE
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
Master Timeline
We’ve got the timeline in two different forms. Our embedded document has some color to help you more easily catch the meet you want to follow. The text-only version at the bottom might be more manageable for mobile readers.
Reading the timeline is simple: pick your time zone and scroll straight down. Every time listed in that column is the start time (in that specific time zone) for the meet and session listed on the left.
We picked four major cities as representatives of the four meets. Note that the Australian Championships happen in South Australia, which is actually a half-hour behind Sydney time.
MC=multiclass, for Australia’s Paralympic selection events
All events are prelims/finals format, except where prelims/semifinals/finals formats are specially noted
Plain text version:
| Omaha Time (CDT) | Toronto Time (EDT) | Paris/Chartres Time (CEST) | South Australia Time (ACST) | |||||||
| includes Chicago, Manitoba, Mexico City | includes New York | includes Hungary, Germany, Spain | includes Adelaide | |||||||
| Meet | Session | Events | Date | Time | Date | Time | Date | Time | Date | Time |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 1 Prelims | W 100 fly M 400 IM W 400 free MC M 400 free MC M 100 breast W 400 IM W 200 free MC M 200 free MC M 400 free |
Fri. 6/11 | 7:30 PM | Fri. 6/11 | 8:30 PM | Sat. 6/12 | 2:30 AM | Sat. 6/12 | 10:00 AM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 1 Finals | W 100 fly M 400 IM W 400 free MC M 400 free MC M 100 breast W 400 IM W 200 free MC M 200 free MC M 400 free |
Sat. 6/12 | 4:30 AM | Sat. 6/12 | 5:30 AM | Sat. 6/12 | 11:30 AM | Sat. 6/12 | 7:00 PM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 2 Prelims | W 100 back W 100 fly MC M 100 fly MC W 100 breast M 50 free MC M 100 back W 400 free W 50 free MC M 50 breast MC M 200 free |
Sat. 6/12 | 7:30 PM | Sat. 6/12 | 8:30 PM | Sun. 6/13 | 2:30 AM | Sun. 6/13 | 10:00 AM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 2 Finals | W 100 back W 100 fly MC M 100 fly MC W 100 breast M 50 free MC M 100 back W 400 free W 50 free MC M 50 breast MC M 200 free |
Sun. 6/13 | 4:30 AM | Sun. 6/13 | 5:30 AM | Sun. 6/13 | 11:30 AM | Sun. 6/13 | 7:00 PM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 1 Prelims | M 400 IM W 100 fly M 400 free W 400 IM M 100 breast |
Sun. 6/13 | 10:00 AM | Sun. 6/13 | 11:00 AM | Sun. 6/13 | 5:00 PM | Mon. 6/14 | 12:30 AM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 1 Finals | M 400 IM (final) W 100 fly (semi) M 400 free (final) W 400 IM (final) M 100 breast (semi) |
Sun. 6/13 | 7:00 PM | Sun. 6/13 | 8:00 PM | Mon. 6/14 | 2:00 AM | Mon. 6/14 | 9:30 AM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 3 Prelims | W 200 IM M 150 IM MC W 200 IM MC M 200 IM MC M 200 fly W 200 free M 50 back MC M 800 free |
Sun. 6/13 | 7:30 PM | Sun. 6/13 | 8:30 PM | Mon. 6/14 | 2:30 AM | Mon. 6/14 | 10:00 AM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 3 Finals | W 200 IM M 150 IM MC W 200 IM MC M 200 IM MC M 200 fly W 200 free M 50 back MC M 800 free |
Mon. 6/14 | 4:30 AM | Mon. 6/14 | 5:30 AM | Mon. 6/14 | 11:30 AM | Mon. 6/14 | 7:00 PM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 2 Prelims | W 100 back M 200 free W 100 breast M 100 back W 400 free |
Mon. 6/14 | 10:00 AM | Mon. 6/14 | 11:00 AM | Mon. 6/14 | 5:00 PM | Tue. 6/15 | 12:30 AM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 2 Finals | W 100 fly (final) M 200 free (semi) W 100 breast (semi) M 100 breast (final) W 400 free (final) M 100 back (semi) W 100 back (semi) |
Mon. 6/14 | 7:00 PM | Mon. 6/14 | 8:00 PM | Tue. 6/15 | 2:00 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 9:30 AM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 4 Prelims | M 200 breast W 100 breast MC M 100 breast MC W 200 fly M 100 free MC W 100 free MC M 100 free W 1500 free |
Mon. 6/14 | 7:30 PM | Mon. 6/14 | 8:30 PM | Tue. 6/15 | 2:30 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 10:00 AM |
| French Championships | Day 1 Prelims | M 400 IM W 100 fly M 400 free W 200 IM M 100 breast W 1500 free |
Tue. 6/15 | 3:00 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 4:00 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 10:00 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 5:30 PM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 4 Finals | M 200 breast W 100 breast MC M 100 breast MC W 200 fly M 100 free MC W 100 free MC M 100 free W 1500 free |
Tue. 6/15 | 4:30 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 5:30 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 11:30 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 7:00 PM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 3 Prelims | W 200 free M 200 fly W 200 IM W 1500 free |
Tue. 6/15 | 10:00 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 11:00 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 5:00 PM | Wed. 6/16 | 12:30 AM |
| French Championships | Day 1 Finals | M 400 IM W 100 fly M 400 free W 200 IM M 100 breast |
Tue. 6/15 | 10:30 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 11:30 AM | Tue. 6/15 | 5:30 PM | Wed. 6/16 | 1:00 AM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 3 Finals | W 200 free (semi) M 200 free (final) W 100 back (final) M 100 back (final) W 100 breast (final) M 200 fly (semi) W 200 IM (semi) |
Tue. 6/15 | 7:00 PM | Tue. 6/15 | 8:00 PM | Wed. 6/16 | 2:00 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 9:30 AM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 5 Prelims | M 200 IM W 100 back MC M 100 back MC W 50 fly MC M 50 fly MC W 200 breast M 200 back W 100 free |
Tue. 6/15 | 7:30 PM | Tue. 6/15 | 8:30 PM | Wed. 6/16 | 2:30 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 10:00 AM |
| French Championships | Day 2 Prelims | W 100 back M 50 breast W 100 breast M 100 back W 400 free M 800 free |
Wed. 6/16 | 3:00 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 4:00 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 10:00 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 5:30 PM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 5 Finals | M 200 IM W 100 back MC M 100 back MC W 50 fly MC M 50 fly MC W 200 breast M 200 back W 100 free |
Wed. 6/16 | 4:30 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 5:30 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 11:30 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 7:00 PM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 4 Prelims | M 100 free W 200 fly M 200 breast M 800 free |
Wed. 6/16 | 10:00 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 11:00 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 5:00 PM | Thu. 6/17 | 12:30 AM |
| French Championships | Day 2 Finals | W 1500 free M 50 breast W 100 back W 100 breast M 100 back W 400 free |
Wed. 6/16 | 10:30 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 11:30 AM | Wed. 6/16 | 5:30 PM | Thu. 6/17 | 1:00 AM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 4 Finals | M 100 free (semi) W 200 free (final) M 200 fly (final) W 200 fly (semi) M 200 breast (semi) W 200 IM (final) W 1500 free (final) |
Wed. 6/16 | 7:00 PM | Wed. 6/16 | 8:00 PM | Thu. 6/17 | 2:00 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 9:30 AM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 6 Prelims | W 200 back M 100 fly W 800 free W 50 free M 50 free M 1500 free |
Wed. 6/16 | 7:30 PM | Wed. 6/16 | 8:30 PM | Thu. 6/17 | 2:30 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 10:00 AM |
| French Championships | Day 3 Prelims | W 50 breast M 200 free W 200 free M 200 fly W 400 IM |
Thu. 6/17 | 3:00 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 4:00 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 10:00 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 5:30 PM |
| Australian Olympic Trials | Day 6 Finals | W 200 back M 100 fly W 800 free W 50 free M 50 free M 1500 free |
Thu. 6/17 | 4:30 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 5:30 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 11:30 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 7:00 PM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 5 Prelims | W 100 free M 200 back W 200 breast M 200 IM |
Thu. 6/17 | 10:00 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 11:00 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 5:00 PM | Fri. 6/18 | 12:30 AM |
| French Championships | Day 3 Finals | M 800 free W 50 breast M 200 free W 400 IM M 200 fly W 200 free |
Thu. 6/17 | 10:30 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 11:30 AM | Thu. 6/17 | 5:30 PM | Fri. 6/18 | 1:00 AM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 5 Finals | M 800 free (final) M 200 breast (final) W 100 free (semi) M 200 back (semi) W 200 fly (final) M 100 free (final) W 200 breast (semi) M 200 IM (semi) |
Thu. 6/17 | 7:00 PM | Thu. 6/17 | 8:00 PM | Fri. 6/18 | 2:00 AM | Fri. 6/18 | 9:30 AM |
| French Championships | Day 4 Prelims | M 50 back W 50 back M 200 breast W 200 fly M 100 free W 800 free |
Fri. 6/18 | 3:00 AM | Fri. 6/18 | 4:00 AM | Fri. 6/18 | 10:00 AM | Fri. 6/18 | 5:30 PM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 6 Prelims | W 800 free M 100 fly W 200 back |
Fri. 6/18 | 10:00 AM | Fri. 6/18 | 11:00 AM | Fri. 6/18 | 5:00 PM | Sat. 6/19 | 12:30 AM |
| French Championships | Day 4 Finals | M 50 back W 50 back M 200 breast W 200 fly M 100 free |
Fri. 6/18 | 10:30 AM | Fri. 6/18 | 11:30 AM | Fri. 6/18 | 5:30 PM | Sat. 6/19 | 1:00 AM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 6 Finals | W 200 breast (final) M 200 back (final) W 200 back (semi) M 200 IM (final) W 100 free (final) M 100 fly (semi) |
Fri. 6/18 | 8:00 PM | Fri. 6/18 | 9:00 PM | Sat. 6/19 | 3:00 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 10:30 AM |
| French Championships | Day 5 Prelims | W 50 fly M 50 fly W 200 breast M 200 back W 100 free M 1500 free |
Sat. 6/19 | 3:00 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 4:00 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 10:00 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 5:30 PM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 1 Prelims – Session 1 | W 100 fly M 100 fly W 400 free |
Sat. 6/19 | 8:30 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 9:30 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 3:30 PM | Sat. 6/19 | 11:00 PM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 7 Prelims | M 50 free W 50 free M 1500 free |
Sat. 6/19 | 10:00 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 11:00 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 5:00 PM | Sun. 6/20 | 12:30 AM |
| French Championships | Day 5 Finals | W 50 fly M 50 fly W 800 free W 200 breast M 200 back W 100 free |
Sat. 6/19 | 10:30 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 11:30 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 5:30 PM | Sun. 6/20 | 1:00 AM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 1 Prelims – Session 2 | W 100 back M 100 back M 400 free |
Sat. 6/19 | 11:30 AM | Sat. 6/19 | 12:30 PM | Sat. 6/19 | 6:30 PM | Sun. 6/20 | 2:00 AM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 1 Finals | W 100 fly M 100 fly W 100 back M 100 back W 400 free M 400 free |
Sat. 6/19 | 4:30 PM | Sat. 6/19 | 5:30 PM | Sat. 6/19 | 11:30 PM | Sun. 6/20 | 7:00 AM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 7 Finals | M 100 fly (final) W 200 back (final) W 800 free (final) M 50 free (semi) W 50 free (semi) |
Sat. 6/19 | 8:00 PM | Sat. 6/19 | 9:00 PM | Sun. 6/20 | 3:00 AM | Sun. 6/20 | 10:30 AM |
| French Championships | Day 6 Prelims | M 50 free W 50 free M 200 IM W 200 back M 100 fly |
Sun. 6/20 | 3:00 AM | Sun. 6/20 | 4:00 AM | Sun. 6/20 | 10:00 AM | Sun. 6/20 | 5:30 PM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 2 Prelims – Session 1 | W 200 free M 200 free |
Sun. 6/20 | 8:30 AM | Sun. 6/20 | 9:30 AM | Sun. 6/20 | 3:30 PM | Sun. 6/20 | 11:00 PM |
| French Championships | Day 6 Finals | M 50 free W 50 free M 1500 free M 200 IM W 200 back M 100 fly |
Sun. 6/20 | 10:30 AM | Sun. 6/20 | 11:30 AM | Sun. 6/20 | 5:30 PM | Mon. 6/21 | 1:00 AM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 2 Prelims – Session 2 | W 100 breast M 100 breast |
Sun. 6/20 | 11:30 AM | Sun. 6/20 | 12:30 PM | Sun. 6/20 | 6:30 PM | Mon. 6/21 | 2:00 AM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 2 Finals | W 200 free M 200 free W 100 breast M 100 breast |
Sun. 6/20 | 4:30 PM | Sun. 6/20 | 5:30 PM | Sun. 6/20 | 11:30 PM | Mon. 6/21 | 7:00 AM |
| U.S. Olympic Trials – Wave II | Day 8 Finals | M 50 free (final) W 50 free (final) M 1500 free (final) |
Sun. 6/20 | 7:00 PM | Sun. 6/20 | 8:00 PM | Mon. 6/21 | 2:00 AM | Mon. 6/21 | 9:30 AM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 3 Prelims – Session 1 | W 200 IM M 200 IM W 800 free |
Mon. 6/21 | 8:30 AM | Mon. 6/21 | 9:30 AM | Mon. 6/21 | 3:30 PM | Mon. 6/21 | 11:00 PM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 3 Prelims – Session 2 | W 50 free M 50 free M 1500 free |
Mon. 6/21 | 11:30 AM | Mon. 6/21 | 12:30 PM | Mon. 6/21 | 6:30 PM | Tue. 6/22 | 2:00 AM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 3 Finals | W 800 free M 1500 free W 200 IM M 200 IM W 50 free M 50 free |
Mon. 6/21 | 4:30 PM | Mon. 6/21 | 5:30 PM | Mon. 6/21 | 11:30 PM | Tue. 6/22 | 7:00 AM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 4 Prelims – Session 1 | W 200 breast M 200 breast W 100 free |
Tue. 6/22 | 8:30 AM | Tue. 6/22 | 9:30 AM | Tue. 6/22 | 3:30 PM | Tue. 6/22 | 11:00 PM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 4 Prelims – Session 2 | W 200 fly M 200 fly M 100 free |
Tue. 6/22 | 11:30 AM | Tue. 6/22 | 12:30 PM | Tue. 6/22 | 6:30 PM | Wed. 6/23 | 2:00 AM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 4 Finals | W 200 breast M 200 breast W 200 fly M 200 fly W 100 free M 100 free |
Tue. 6/22 | 4:30 PM | Tue. 6/22 | 5:30 PM | Tue. 6/22 | 11:30 PM | Wed. 6/23 | 7:00 AM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 5 Prelims – Session 1 | W 200 back M 200 back |
Wed. 6/23 | 8:30 AM | Wed. 6/23 | 9:30 AM | Wed. 6/23 | 3:30 PM | Wed. 6/23 | 11:00 PM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 5 Prelims – Session 2 | W 400 IM M 400 IM W 1500 free M 800 free |
Wed. 6/23 | 11:30 AM | Wed. 6/23 | 12:30 PM | Wed. 6/23 | 6:30 PM | Thu. 6/24 | 2:00 AM |
| Canadian Olympic Trials | Day 5 Finals | W 400 IM M 400 IM W 200 back M 200 back W 1500 free M 800 free |
Wed. 6/23 | 4:30 PM | Wed. 6/23 | 5:30 PM | Wed. 6/23 | 11:30 PM | Thu. 6/24 | 7:00 AM |
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