International competition calendar and qualifying time standards

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2024 Summer Olympic Games. Paris, France (July 26 to August 11)

2024 World Aquatics Swimming Championships (25m). Budapest, HUN (December 10-15)

2025 Pacific Mini Games. Koror, Palau (June 29 to July 9)

2025 World Aquatics Swimming Championships. Singapore (July 27 to August 3)

2026 Micronesian Games. Nauru (TBA)

2026 Oceania Aquatics Swimming Championships. (TBA)

2026 Summer Youth Olympic Games. Dakar, Senegal (Oct 31 to Nov 13)

2027 World Aquatics Championships. Budapest, Hungary (TBA)

2027 Pacific Games. Tahiti, French Polynesia (July 24 to August 7))

2028 Summer Olympic Games. Los Angeles, USA (July 14 to 30)

2029 World Aquatics Championships. Beijing, China (TBA)

2032 Summer Olympic Games. Brisbane, Australia (TBA)

Selection to international Flag Event competitions is based on qualification. Qualifying times must be achieved a Guam Aquatics or GNOC-sanctioned event, which includes Guam Championship and Pentathlon meets. Qualifying times for the Olympic Games must be achieved at an Olympic qualifying meet.

For competitions with limited athlete entries such as the World Aquatics Championships, and if no athlete has met the established qualifying time standard, then in addition to any other requirements, athlete selection is determined by the Base Time Proximity Standard.

With the exception of the World Championships and the Olympic Games,* qualifying time standards for Flag Events such as the Micronesian Games, Pacific Games, Pacific Mini Games, Oceania Championships and others are guided by the 1991 order of the GNOC Executive Board that qualification to participate shall be minimally based on the times of the third (3rd) place finishers in the "A" finals for each event as achieved during the last edition of the relevant Games. With approval, Guam Aquatics may allow for minimum times achieved by the last place finisher in the "A" finals for each event, which is typically the 6th or 8th place depending on the competition.

*World Championships and Olympic qualifying time standards are established by World Aquatics.

*Last update: April 12, 2024.

2026 Oceania Aquatics Swimming Championships

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The actual dates and location for the 2026 Oceania Aquatics Swimming Championships have not yet been announced, but it is expected the competition will take place sometime around July 2026.

The qualifying times are set out below. Only those athletes who achieve the qualifying times in the events set out are eligible for consideration to attend the competition. All times must be achieved within the qualifying period of December 1, 2024 to March 31, 2026 at a Guam Aquatics or GNOC-sanctioned event. These dates will change depending on a final announcement by Oceania Aquatics, but not by much. However, the qualifying times will NOT change.

Download 2026 Oceania Championship Qualifying Times

Download 2024 Oceania Championship Results

Only entry times from events with distances of 100 meters or more shall be accepted for qualification purposes. If qualified to attend, athletes may swim event distances of 50 meters at the competition.

Athletes who equal or better the posted QT in one or more events are preliminarily qualified for consideration to participate in the competition, provided that all other qualification and eligibility requirements are met. This includes (but is not limited to), the athlete’s rank & times, technical skill, age, maturity, fitness, residency, citizenship, ethics, and behavior.

Athletes entered in individual events can be used in relays, even if they have not achieved the QT for the corresponding stroke and distance of the relay in which they are entered.

No one has the right or entitlement to participate in the competition. At all times, the final selection of athletes and officials to the team, including event entries, is subject to the discretion of Guam Aquatics, the Guam National Olympic Committee, and/or the relevant organizing committee.

*If no 50-meter times are available, 25-meter times may be submitted to Guam Aquatics for conversion and possible consideration.

**Qualifying time standards for the Oceania Aquatic Swimming Championships are guided by the 1991 order of the GNOC Executive Board that qualification to participate shall be minimally based on the times of the third (3rd) place finishers in the “A” finals for each event as achieved during the last edition of the relevant Champs which was the 2024 Oceania Champs. Subject to GNOC’s approval, Guam Aquatics may allow for minimum QTs equal to the time achieved by the last place finisher in the “A” finals for each event, which is typically the 6th or 8th place depending on the competition.

2025 Pacific Mini Games, Palau [25M Short Course], June 29 to July 9, 2025

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The 12th Pacific Mini Games will be held in Koror, Palau from June 29 to July 9, 2025.

Only those athletes who achieve the qualifying times in the events set out below are eligible for consideration to attend the Games. Entry times must be achieved at a Guam Aquatics or GNOC-sanctioned event, either in a 25m pool or a 50m pool, within the period November 1, 2023 to February 28, 2025. Times achieved outside this qualifying period will not be accepted.

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2005 South Pacific Mini Games Results

Only entry times from events with distances of 100 meters or more shall be accepted for qualification purposes. If qualified to attend, athletes may swim event distances of 50 meters at the competition.

Athletes who equal or better the posted QT in one or more events are preliminarily qualified for consideration to participate in the Pacific Mini Games, provided that all other qualification and eligibility requirements are met. This includes (but is not limited to), the athlete’s rank & times, technical skill, age, maturity, fitness, residency, citizenship, ethics, and behavior.

Athletes entered in individual events can be used in relays, even if they have not achieved the QT for the corresponding stroke and distance of the relay in which they are entered.

No one has the right or entitlement to participate in the competition. There is also no guarantee of selection. At all times, the final selection of athletes and officials to the team, including event entries, is subject to the discretion of Guam Aquatics, the Guam National Olympic Committee, and/or the relevant organizing committee.

**Qualifying times for the Pacific Mini Games are guided by the 1991 order of the GNOC Executive Board that qualification to participate shall be equal to the times of the third (3rd) place finishers in the “A” finals for each event as achieved during the last edition of the relevant Games. Subject to GNOC’s approval, Guam Aquatics may allow for minimum QTs equal to the time achieved by the last place finisher in the “A” finals for each event, which is typically the 6th or 8th place depending on the competition.

ANNOUNCEMENT: 2024 Oceania Champs scheduled for April 18-25, 2024

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Oceania Aquatics has announced that the Oceania Swimming Championships will be held next year in Gold Coast, Australia from April 18-25, with competition taking place between April 21 to 24. The 2020 and 2022 editions of the Champs were cancelled due to the Covid pandemic.

In order to be preliminarily considered for the team, athletes shall meet the posted qualifying times and criteria. All times must be earned at a GSF or GNOC-sanctioned event held between September 1, 2022 through February 29, 2024.

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Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games Qualifying Time Standards

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Athletes to Paris 2024 must qualify by meeting the “B” Olympic Consideration Time (OCT) set out below.

All times must be earned in a 50-meter pool at an Olympic qualifying event. Times must be achieved within the qualifying period of 01 March 2023 to 23 June 2024.

“Nobody is entitled as of right to participate in the Olympic Games.“* At all times and regardless of qualification achievement, the decision to permit Guam participation in the Olympic Games rests solely within the exclusive jurisdiction and discretion of the Guam National Olympic Committee.

*Olympic Charter Rule 44(3) (“Any entry is subject to acceptance by the IOC, which may at its discretion, at any time, refuse any entry, without indication of grounds. Nobody is entitled as of right to participate in the Olympic Games.”)

2027 Pacific Games Tahiti [50m], July 24 to August 7, 2027

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The XVIII Pacific Games (Pirae 2027) will be held in Pirae, Tahiti from July 24 to August 7, 2027.

Only those athletes who achieve the qualifying times in the events set out below are eligible for consideration to attend the Games. Entry times must be achieved at a Guam Aquatics or GNOC-sanctioned event, either in a 25m or a 50m pool, within the qualifying period of December 1, 2025 to March 30, 2027. Times achieved outside this qualifying period will not be accepted.

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2023 Pacific Games Solomon Islands Results

Only entry times from events with distances of 100 meters or more shall be accepted for qualification purposes. If qualified to attend, athletes may swim event distances of 50 meters at the competition.

Athletes who equal or better the posted QT in one or more events are preliminarily qualified for consideration to participate in the Pacific Games, provided that all other qualification and eligibility requirements are met. This includes (but is not limited to), the athlete’s rank & times, technical skill, age, maturity, fitness, residency, citizenship, ethics, and behavior.

Athletes entered in individual events can be used in relays, even if they have not achieved the QT for the corresponding stroke and distance of the relay in which they are entered.

No one has the right or entitlement to participate in the competition. There is also no guarantee of selection. At all times, the final selection of athletes and officials to the team, including event entries, is subject to the discretion of Guam Aquatics, the Guam National Olympic Committee, and/or the relevant organizing committee.

**Qualifying time standards for the Pacific Games, the Micronesian Games, and other GNOC-sanctioned events are guided by the 1991 order of the GNOC Executive Board that qualification to participate shall be minimally based on the times of the third (3rd) place finishers in the “A” finals for each event as achieved during the last edition of the relevant Games, which was the 2023 Solomon Islands. Subject to GNOC’s approval, Guam Aquatics may allow for minimum QTs equal to the time achieved by the last place finisher in the “A” finals for each event, which is typically the 6th or 8th place depending on the competition.

2024 Micronesian Games Qualifying Time Standards

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The 10th Micronesian Games will be held in the Marshall Islands from June 15-24, 2024.

The qualifying time period is January 1, 2023 to April 30, 2024. All times must be earned at a GSF or GNOC-sanctioned event.

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2014 Micronesian Games Results, Pool Events

2018 Micronesian Games Results, Open Water Swim

Athletes who equal or better the QT in one or more 25-meter or 25-yard individual events are preliminarily qualified for consideration to participate in the Micronesian Games, provided that all other qualification requirements are met. This includes (but is not limited to), the athlete’s rank & times, technical skill, age, maturity, fitness, residency, citizenship, ethics, and behavior.

No one has the right or entitlement to participate in the competition. At all times, and regardless of any athlete or official’s application for nomination to the Micronesian Games, the final selection of athletes and officials to the team including event entries is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Guam National Olympic Committee and/or the relevant organizing committee.

*Qualifying time standards for the Micronesian Games, the Pacific Games, and other GNOC-sanctioned events are guided by the 1991 order of the GNOC Executive Board that qualification to participate shall be minimally based on the times of the third (3rd) place finishers in the finals for each event as achieved during the last edition of the relevant Games (2014 for pool events and 2018 for open water events). With approval, the GSF may allow for minimum times achieved by the last place finisher in the finals for each event, which is typically the 6th or 8th place depending on the competition.