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Wednesday night I started the spreadsheet below to try and work out who might not get a SAQT but get a FINA OQT.He is under the FINA Qualifying Time which is 48.34.
Swimming Oz QT (SAQT) is based on the 8th placed time at the last Olympics and FINA's (OQT) is based on the 14th placed time.
They also have an Olympic Consideration Time (OCT) which is the FINA QT plus 0.5% as some of the 14th placed times in Tokyo were slower than 14th placed times in Rio.
It would be stupid if they don't let Yang swim the individual 100m given he is going over for the relay and especially if he pulls out a great time in the relay on day 1.
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From the wiki Paris Qualification page
Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
ª Because the fourteenth-place swimmer achieved a standard slower than the OQT in Tokyo 2020, the OQT used at the previous Games will remain constant.
^ OCTs are derived by adding 0.5% of the OQT standard.
You can see the depth the women have, compared to the men. There were 3 women's events and 2 men's events where the swimming Oz and FINA times are the same and I've shaded them in green.
Perkins is on the 4x200m relay team, so they should let her swim the 100m Fly given she only missed Swimming Oz's QT by 0.16.
The 100m Breaststroke will challenge the selectors. Ramsay has 3 individual swims and finished 2nd in the 100m and missed SAQT and Fina's OQT but like 1st placed Strauch, achieved the Olympic Consideration Time. They need a breaststroker for the medley relays.
Given Armbuster is swimming the 50m Free it would be dumb not to let him swim the 100m Fly given he missed Swimming Oz's QT by 0.06 but well inside Fina's QT. Same with Yang in the 100m Free and missing the SAQT by 0.02.
Neil will go over for 4x200m Fre relay so given he is only 0.05 above Swimming Oz's QT he should get an individual 200m.
We need a 100m back stroker for the medley relays, so they should let Cooper and Woodward swim that even though Woodward has a 200m back place. Similar with Petric, has a 400IM place so let him swim the 200IM.
The bigger call for selectors, is Galea swimming the 1500m, as he has no other event that he's qualified for.
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