With less than 80 days left for the Paris Olympics, swimmers will vie to earn a spot at the Canada Swimming Olympic Trials 2024. The swimmers will compete for seven days from Monday, May 13 to Sunday, May 19.
The 2024 Canada Swimming Olympic Trials will be held at the “Fastest pool in Canada,” the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre in Ontario. Olympians and World Champion swimmers will contend to book a ticket for the upcoming Games.
Four-time world champion Summer McIntosh will compete in seven events, including the 200 and 400 freestyle, 200m butterfly, 200m and 400m individual medley, 100 backstroke and 100m freestyle to secure a berth for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She will face the 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist Maggie MacNeil in the 100m butterfly. MacNeil will also compete for a spot in the 100m freestyle event.
Schedule and order of events at the 2024 Canada Swimming Olympic Trials
The schedule for the Canada Swimming Olympic Trials 2024 is given below:
Monday, May 13, 2024:
- Men’s and Women’s 400m Freestyle
- Women’s and Men’s Para 50m Butterfly
- Men’s and Women’s Para 100m Butterfly
- Women’s 100m Butterfly
- Men’s 100m Breaststroke
Tuesday, May 14, 2024:
- Men’s 400m Individual Medley
- Women’s 200m Freestyle
- Men’s 100m Backstroke
- Women’s 100m Breaststroke
- Women’s and Men’s Para 50m Breaststroke
- Women’s and men’s Para 100m Breaststroke
Wednesday, May 15, 2024:
- Men’s and Women’s Para 400m Freestyle
- Men’s 200m Freestyle
- Women’s 100m Backstroke
- Men’s 200m Breaststroke
- Women’s 1500m Freestyle
- Women’s and Men’s Para 150m Individual Medley
Thursday, May 16, 2024:
- Women’s 400m Individual Medley
- Men’s 100m Freestyle
- Women’s 200 Backstroke
- Men’s and Women’s Para 100m Freestyle
- Men’s 800m Freestyle
Friday, May 17, 2024:
- Men’s and Women’s Para 50m Backstroke
- Women’s 100m Freestyle
- Men’s 200m Backstroke
- Women’s 200m Breaststroke
- Men’s 200m Butterfly
- Women’s and Men’s Para 200m Individual Medley
Saturday, May 18, 2024:
- Men’s and Women’s Para 100m Backstroke
- Women’s 200m Butterfly
- Men’s 200m Individual Medley
- Men’s 50m Freestyle
- Women’s 800m Freestyle
Sunday, May 19, 2024:
- Men’s and Women’s Para 50m Freestyle
- Women’s 50m Freestyle
- Men’s 100m Butterfly
- Women’s 200m Individual Medley
- Women’s and Men’s Para 200m Freestyle
- Men’s 1500m Freestyle
All the preliminary rounds of the events from May 13 to 19 will commence at 9:30 am with the finals scheduled at 6:00 pm as per Eastern Daylight Time.
Where to watch the 2024 Canada Swimming Olympic Trials
Fans can tune in to CBC Sports and CBC Gem to watch the action unfold live during the prelims and finals of the events at the 2024 Canada Swimming Olympic Trials.