FINA posts Universality Swimming Qualifiers for the 2012 Olympics

FINA posts Universality qualifiers for the 2012 Olympics

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND--FINA today has posted the Universality qualifiers
for the 2012 Olympics. The list contains 150 swimmers (78 males, 71
females, and 1 to be confirmed) from 96 nations (some nations have only
1 swimmer). The list of Universality qualifiers can be found on the FINA
website here:
http://www.fina.org/H2O/docs/events/london2012/sw/universality_places.pdf

It should also be noted that FINA continues to update the swimmers who
have been picked-up for the Olympics via the Olympic Selection Times
(OSTs, or B) selection. The list now includes 2 events (men's 400 free
and women's 200 fly) where the B qualifiers have run-out. The list of
OST qualified-swimmers can be found on the FINA website here:
http://www.fina.org/H2O/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2996&Itemid=1203

FINA currently shows 900 swimmers from 166 nations will swim at the 2012
Olympics. The breakdown of how the 900 qualified for the Games is:
  -438 swimmers - Olympic Qualifying Times (A cuts)
  -181 swimmers - Olympic Selection Times (B cuts)
  -150 swimmer - Universality selection
  -131 swimmers - relay-only swimmers
  ----
   900 total



The 96 nations that qualified via the Universality allocation, by
continent, are:

  -Africa (30 nations, 43 swimmers):
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, the
Comoros, Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea,
Lesotho, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria,
Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda and Zambia.

  -Americas (20 nations, 32 swimmers):
Antigua & Barbuda, Aruba, Bermuda, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Dominican
Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras,
Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines,
Suriname, Uruguay and the Virgin Islands.

  -Asia (25 nations, 39 swimmers):
Bahrain, Bangladesh, Brunei, Cambodia, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan,
Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Maldives, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan,
Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, the Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Syria,
Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and United Arab Emirates.

  -Europe (12 nations, 20 swimmers):
Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Georgia,
Latvia, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco and San Marino.

  -Oceania (9 nations, 16 swimmers):
America Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, Guam, Marshall Islands, Micronesia,
Palau, Papua New Guinea and Tonga.