Olympic Swimmers for Team USA at the London 2012 Olympics

For events shorter than 400 meters, the Olympics uses a heats >> semifinal >> final format. Heats are swum by everyone entered in the event in the morning. The fastest 16 swimmers from the morning heats advance to the evening semifinals. The fastest 8 swimmers from semifinals advance to the finals, held the following evening.

The 400 freestyle and 400 individual medley use a heats >> finals format. All swimmers race in the morning heats, and the fastest 8 swim in the finals that evening.

The men's 1500 and women's 800 use a heats >> finals format. The heats are held on one day in the morning, and finals are held at the next day's evening session. All swimmers race in the morning heats, and the fastest 8 swim in the finals.

Relays use a use a heats >> finals format. The fastest 8 relays qualify for the evening finals. These final relays do not have to enter the same swimmers on them, relay teams are often comprised of different swimmers in the morning heats and in the evening finals (all swimmers that were on a medal winning relay get a medal, whether they swam in the relay in the heats or in the finals).

Finals are what counts for the gold, silver, and bronze. The top three swimmers in finals win the Olympic medals.

Team USA Olympic Swimming Team in London 2012

• Men's 400m Individual Medley
  Ryan Lochte
  Michael Phelps
  
• Women's 100m Butterfly
  Dana Vollmer
  Claire Donahue
  
• Men's 400m Freestyle
  Peter Vanderkaay
  Conor Dwyer
  
• Women's 400m Individual Medley
  Elizabeth Beisel
  Caitlin Leverenz
  
• Men's 100m Breaststroke
  Brendan Hansen
  Eric Shanteau
  
• Women's 4x100m Freestyle Relay (based on trials results - could change at the Olympic Games)
  Jessica Hardy
  Missy Franklin
  Allison Schmitt
  Lia Neal

• Women's 100m Backstroke
  Missy Franklin
  Rachel Bootsma
• Men's 200m Freestyle
  Ryan Lochte
  Ricky Berens
  (Michael Phelps scratched after Olympic Trials to focus on relay)
• Women's 100m Breaststroke
  Breeja Larson
  Rebecca Soni
• Men's 100m Backstroke
  Matt Grevers
  Nick Thoman
• Women's 400m Freestyle
  Allison Schmitt
  Chloe Sutton
  
• Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay (based on trials results - could change at the Olympic Games)
  Nathan Adrian
  Cullen Jones
  Matt Grevers
  Ricky Berens

• Women's 200m Freestyle
  Allison Schmitt
  Missy Franklin
• Men's 200m Butterfly
  Michael Phelps
  Tyler Clary
• Women's 200m Individual Medley
  Caitlin Leverenz
  Ariana Kukors

• Men's 100m Freestyle
  Nathan Adrian
  Cullen Jones
• Women's 200m Butterfly
  Cammile Adams
  Kathleen Hersey
• Men's 200m Breaststroke
  Scott Weltz
  Clark Burckle
• Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay (based on trials results - could change at the Olympic Games)
  Michael Phelps
  Ryan Lochte
  Ricky Berens
  Conor Dwyer

• Women's 100m Freestyle
  Jessica Hardy
  Missy Franklin
• Men's 200m Backstroke
  Ryan Lochte
  Tyler Clary
• Women's 200m Breaststroke
  Rebecca Soni
  Micah Lawrence
• Men's 200m Individual Medley
  Michael Phelps
  Ryan Lochte
• Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay (based on trials results - could change at the Olympic Games)
  Allison Schmitt
  Missy Franklin
  Dana Vollmer
  Lauren Perdue

• Men's 50m Freestyle
  Cullen Jones
  Anthony Ervin
• Women's 800m Freestyle
  Kathleen Ledecky
  Kate Ziegler
• Men's 100m Butterfly
  Michael Phelps
  Tyler McGill
• Women's 200m Backstroke
  Missy Franklin
  Elizabeth Beisel

• Women's 50m Freestyle
  Jessica Hardy
  Kara Lynn Joyce
• Men's 1500m Freestyle
  Andrew Gemmell
  Connor Jaeger
• Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay (based on trials results - could change at the Olympic Games)
  Missy Franklin
  Breeja Larson
  Dana Vollmer
  Jessica hardy
• Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay (based on trials results - could change at the Olympic Games)
  Matt Grevers
  Brendan Hansen
  Michael Phelps
  Nathan Adrian

• Women's 10km
  Haley Anderson

• Men's 10km
  Alex meyer

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