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Long course · All genders · All types· Effective 22 Aug 2026

535 times

Grouped by event

Women’s individual qualifying times

268 qualifying times

50m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	27.11
19–24	27.11
25–29	27.11
30–34	27.22
35–39	27.62
40–44	27.92
45–49	28.29
50–54	28.95
55–59	29.54
60–64	30.52
65–69	32.12
70–74	34.25
75–79	37.91
80–84	42.71
85–89	49.55
90–94	1:05.93

50m Backstroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	31.37
19–24	31.37
25–29	31.19
30–34	31.59
35–39	32.26
40–44	32.25
45–49	33.53
50–54	33.67
55–59	34.76
60–64	36.88
65–69	38.77
70–74	42.49
75–79	45.59
80–84	49.54
85–89	1:00.05
90–94	1:19.58

50m Breaststroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	34.04
19–24	34.04
25–29	33.71
30–34	34.12
35–39	35.41
40–44	35.86
45–49	36.38
50–54	37.58
55–59	37.83
60–64	40.33
65–69	42.12
70–74	46.68
75–79	50.26
80–84	55.16
85–89	1:07.41
90–94	1:55.87

50m Butterfly

15 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	28.64
19–24	28.64
25–29	28.59
30–34	28.79
35–39	29.42
40–44	29.58
45–49	30.42
50–54	31.29
55–59	32.00
60–64	33.70
65–69	36.12
70–74	39.74
75–79	47.45
80–84	57.75
85–89	1:28.67

100m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	59.02
19–24	59.02
25–29	59.02
30–34	59.50
35–39	1:00.86
40–44	1:02.08
45–49	1:02.62
50–54	1:04.65
55–59	1:06.32
60–64	1:08.45
65–69	1:11.93
70–74	1:18.99
75–79	1:26.65
80–84	1:40.36
85–89	1:56.68
90–94	2:43.41

100m Backstroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	1:08.66
19–24	1:08.66
25–29	1:08.32
30–34	1:09.06
35–39	1:10.96
40–44	1:11.77
45–49	1:13.41
50–54	1:14.02
55–59	1:17.31
60–64	1:20.88
65–69	1:25.82
70–74	1:35.17
75–79	1:42.82
80–84	1:52.70
85–89	2:17.51
90–94	3:15.45

100m Breaststroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	1:14.80
19–24	1:14.80
25–29	1:14.47
30–34	1:16.18
35–39	1:18.41
40–44	1:18.68
45–49	1:21.17
50–54	1:23.81
55–59	1:25.67
60–64	1:31.60
65–69	1:33.97
70–74	1:44.94
75–79	1:55.51
80–84	2:07.39
85–89	2:36.07
90–94	5:07.81

100m Butterfly

15 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	1:05.66
19–24	1:05.66
25–29	1:05.66
30–34	1:05.91
35–39	1:07.75
40–44	1:08.42
45–49	1:10.43
50–54	1:12.85
55–59	1:15.17
60–64	1:18.75
65–69	1:29.81
70–74	1:40.94
75–79	2:01.01
80–84	2:32.37
85–89	3:50.07

200m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	2:10.66
19–24	2:10.66
25–29	2:10.66
30–34	2:12.57
35–39	2:16.36
40–44	2:17.41
45–49	2:19.14
50–54	2:21.26
55–59	2:25.55
60–64	2:30.36
65–69	2:39.61
70–74	2:55.86
75–79	3:15.66
80–84	3:39.19
85–89	4:20.49
90–94	6:33.96

200m Backstroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	2:31.60
19–24	2:31.60
25–29	2:31.60
30–34	2:31.40
35–39	2:35.82
40–44	2:38.13
45–49	2:40.25
50–54	2:43.33
55–59	2:48.11
60–64	2:57.82
65–69	3:08.17
70–74	3:25.55
75–79	3:50.12
80–84	4:06.97
85–89	5:20.93
90–94	6:49.29

200m Breaststroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	2:45.96
19–24	2:45.96
25–29	2:45.96
30–34	2:49.96
35–39	2:53.64
40–44	2:56.65
45–49	2:58.60
50–54	3:04.80
55–59	3:09.75
60–64	3:20.24
65–69	3:34.23
70–74	3:51.32
75–79	4:13.12
80–84	4:53.59
85–89	6:32.86
90–94	12:43.28

200m Butterfly

15 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	2:29.83
19–24	2:29.83
25–29	2:29.84
30–34	2:29.22
35–39	2:36.25
40–44	2:41.24
45–49	2:45.71
50–54	2:50.18
55–59	2:56.87
60–64	3:10.97
65–69	3:26.60
70–74	4:05.02
75–79	5:14.17
80–84	8:29.21
85–89	7:48.10

200m Medley

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	2:29.55
19–24	2:29.55
25–29	2:29.55
30–34	2:31.18
35–39	2:32.80
40–44	2:35.44
45–49	2:39.79
50–54	2:43.54
55–59	2:48.91
60–64	2:57.45
65–69	3:10.52
70–74	3:27.78
75–79	4:03.58
80–84	4:46.81
85–89	6:40.28
90–94	8:39.09

400m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	4:41.85
19–24	4:41.85
25–29	4:41.85
30–34	4:44.49
35–39	4:49.77
40–44	4:52.16
45–49	4:51.84
50–54	5:00.16
55–59	5:07.62
60–64	5:19.71
65–69	5:36.88
70–74	6:07.63
75–79	7:01.07
80–84	8:02.86
85–89	10:03.25
90–94	12:20.21

400m Medley

15 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	5:27.35
19–24	5:27.35
25–29	5:27.36
30–34	5:26.45
35–39	5:30.47
40–44	5:41.87
45–49	5:42.52
50–54	5:54.95
55–59	6:13.49
60–64	6:23.12
65–69	7:00.58
70–74	7:52.83
75–79	9:18.66
80–84	12:12.56
85–89	14:07.86

800m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	9:40.65
19–24	9:40.65
25–29	9:40.65
30–34	9:48.62
35–39	9:55.15
40–44	10:03.51
45–49	10:13.19
50–54	10:23.61
55–59	10:38.12
60–64	10:54.37
65–69	11:35.51
70–74	12:45.82
75–79	14:40.93
80–84	17:30.38
85–89	21:35.00
90–94	27:11.90

1500m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	19:11.82
19–24	19:11.82
25–29	19:11.84
30–34	19:25.90
35–39	19:49.70
40–44	19:38.92
45–49	19:52.21
50–54	19:58.81
55–59	20:33.73
60–64	20:59.71
65–69	22:43.95
70–74	25:04.45
75–79	29:04.60
80–84	35:37.77
85–89	42:49.07
90–94	50:25.84

Grouped by event

Men’s individual qualifying times

267 qualifying times

50m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	23.70
19–24	23.70
25–29	23.48
30–34	23.63
35–39	23.84
40–44	24.27
45–49	24.92
50–54	25.22
55–59	26.04
60–64	26.81
65–69	28.11
70–74	29.45
75–79	31.60
80–84	34.32
85–89	39.61
90–94	51.73

50m Backstroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	27.11
19–24	27.11
25–29	26.82
30–34	27.26
35–39	27.55
40–44	28.51
45–49	28.47
50–54	30.02
55–59	30.79
60–64	32.12
65–69	34.12
70–74	36.66
75–79	39.03
80–84	42.46
85–89	49.86
90–94	1:05.09

50m Breaststroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	28.81
19–24	28.81
25–29	28.76
30–34	29.08
35–39	29.79
40–44	30.09
45–49	30.66
50–54	31.29
55–59	32.19
60–64	33.62
65–69	35.72
70–74	38.41
75–79	40.75
80–84	46.06
85–89	53.31
90–94	1:16.16

50m Butterfly

15 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	25.04
19–24	25.04
25–29	24.85
30–34	24.98
35–39	25.30
40–44	25.93
45–49	26.50
50–54	26.82
55–59	27.55
60–64	28.76
65–69	30.45
70–74	32.43
75–79	35.98
80–84	41.83
85–89	56.93

100m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	52.45
19–24	52.45
25–29	52.27
30–34	52.58
35–39	53.36
40–44	54.28
45–49	55.74
50–54	56.94
55–59	57.99
60–64	1:00.41
65–69	1:03.27
70–74	1:06.88
75–79	1:12.40
80–84	1:21.40
85–89	1:34.80
90–94	2:15.54

100m Backstroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	58.52
19–24	58.52
25–29	58.52
30–34	59.34
35–39	1:01.11
40–44	1:01.80
45–49	1:02.75
50–54	1:06.52
55–59	1:08.77
60–64	1:10.61
65–69	1:15.06
70–74	1:21.58
75–79	1:28.62
80–84	1:36.56
85–89	1:55.87
90–94	2:29.15

100m Breaststroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	1:04.48
19–24	1:04.48
25–29	1:04.49
30–34	1:05.10
35–39	1:06.92
40–44	1:07.64
45–49	1:09.36
50–54	1:11.98
55–59	1:13.28
60–64	1:17.29
65–69	1:21.60
70–74	1:29.47
75–79	1:35.33
80–84	1:46.02
85–89	2:04.44
90–94	2:57.53

100m Butterfly

15 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	56.72
19–24	56.72
25–29	56.72
30–34	56.84
35–39	58.12
40–44	59.00
45–49	1:00.44
50–54	1:02.13
55–59	1:04.43
60–64	1:07.13
65–69	1:12.61
70–74	1:19.22
75–79	1:36.27
80–84	1:53.89
85–89	2:52.36

200m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	1:58.05
19–24	1:58.05
25–29	1:57.92
30–34	1:58.55
35–39	1:59.87
40–44	2:02.66
45–49	2:04.74
50–54	2:06.73
55–59	2:11.20
60–64	2:14.66
65–69	2:21.55
70–74	2:31.86
75–79	2:45.43
80–84	3:08.63
85–89	3:36.78
90–94	5:09.83

200m Backstroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	2:13.30
19–24	2:13.30
25–29	2:13.31
30–34	2:14.85
35–39	2:16.80
40–44	2:20.49
45–49	2:21.51
50–54	2:27.62
55–59	2:31.25
60–64	2:34.11
65–69	2:45.30
70–74	2:59.54
75–79	3:18.24
80–84	3:40.58
85–89	4:22.50
90–94	5:27.90

200m Breaststroke

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	2:26.00
19–24	2:26.00
25–29	2:26.00
30–34	2:27.02
35–39	2:29.23
40–44	2:33.19
45–49	2:36.36
50–54	2:40.66
55–59	2:46.96
60–64	2:55.56
65–69	3:05.30
70–74	3:22.78
75–79	3:36.30
80–84	4:00.52
85–89	4:40.90
90–94	10:01.45

200m Butterfly

15 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	2:12.33
19–24	2:12.33
25–29	2:11.67
30–34	2:14.80
35–39	2:15.68
40–44	2:17.98
45–49	2:21.61
50–54	2:27.25
55–59	2:33.76
60–64	2:43.89
65–69	2:57.91
70–74	3:26.36
75–79	3:59.48
80–84	5:33.27
85–89	7:36.13

200m Medley

15 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	2:12.41
19–24	2:12.41
25–29	2:12.41
30–34	2:13.09
35–39	2:14.90
40–44	2:18.56
45–49	2:20.75
50–54	2:24.36
55–59	2:29.50
60–64	2:37.41
65–69	2:42.49
70–74	2:57.50
75–79	3:16.95
80–84	3:44.90
85–89	4:54.16

400m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	4:16.48
19–24	4:16.48
25–29	4:16.48
30–34	4:17.48
35–39	4:20.10
40–44	4:22.05
45–49	4:26.51
50–54	4:32.66
55–59	4:38.89
60–64	4:54.52
65–69	5:01.97
70–74	5:25.74
75–79	6:04.98
80–84	6:57.63
85–89	8:18.21
90–94	12:39.60

400m Medley

15 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	4:53.76
19–24	4:53.76
25–29	4:53.78
30–34	4:52.35
35–39	4:57.22
40–44	5:04.90
45–49	5:04.90
50–54	5:17.91
55–59	5:23.59
60–64	5:43.53
65–69	6:02.46
70–74	6:42.87
75–79	7:31.25
80–84	9:03.40
85–89	14:00.01

800m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	9:01.34
19–24	9:01.34
25–29	9:01.35
30–34	9:00.97
35–39	9:05.70
40–44	9:09.88
45–49	9:12.62
50–54	9:28.08
55–59	9:47.99
60–64	10:11.35
65–69	10:37.38
70–74	11:14.20
75–79	12:38.65
80–84	14:41.61
85–89	18:07.85
90–94	33:10.42

1500m Freestyle

16 age groups

Age group	Qualifying time
18–24	17:51.28
19–24	17:51.28
25–29	17:51.28
30–34	17:48.20
35–39	17:44.13
40–44	17:59.70
45–49	17:48.30
50–54	18:31.12
55–59	19:07.71
60–64	19:53.29
65–69	20:55.44
70–74	22:12.21
75–79	24:44.37
80–84	29:59.28
85–89	43:26.24
90–94	33:14.04