Also A and B limits for World Championships
For the Olympics they existed much longer, but from the World Championships in Shanghai in 2011, they are also valid for the world championships. This means that if a country wants to delegate to the World Cup swimmers, the swimmer must have at least met the B-limit time. If a country is also a 2nd swimmer at the same distance to start, then both swimmers to have fulfilled the A time limit. Now the time limit that applies KNZB for the World Championships in Shanghai yet known, but it is expected that this will be at least as fast as the A time limit, so the above rule is no longer relevant for the Dutch swimmers.
By the FINA set limit times are (respectively A-time men's, B-time gentlemen, time ladies A-, B-time women):
50m freestyle - 0.22,35 - 0.22,90 - 0.25,43 - 0.26,06
100m freestyle - 0.49,23 - 0.50,44 - 0.55,24 - 0.56,60
200m freestyle - 1.48,72 - 1.51,40 - 1.59,29 - 2.02,24
400m freestyle - 3.49,96 - 3.55,63 - 4.11,26 - 4.17,64
800m freestyle - 8.10,26 - 8.37,52 - 8.35,98 - 8.48,70
1500m freestyle - 15.13,16 - 15.35,67 - 16.41,49 - 17.10,88
50m backstroke - 0.25,34 - 0.25,98 - 0.29,07 - 0.29,80
100m backstroke - 0.55,14 - 0.56,50 - 1.01,70 - 1.03,22
200m backstroke - 1.59,72 - 2.02,67 - 2.12,73 - 2.16,01
50m breaststroke - 0.27,63 - 0.28,32 - 0.31,52 - 0.32,31
100m breaststroke - 1.01,57 - 1.03,08 - 1.09,01 - 1.10,72
200m Breaststroke - 2.13,69 - 2.16,99 - 2.28,21 - 2.31,87
50m butterfly - 0.23,73 - 0.24,32 - 0.26,68 - 0.27,35
100m butterfly - 0.52,86 - 0.54,16 - 0.59,35 - 1.00,82
200m butterfly - 1.57,67 - 2.00,57 - 2.10,84 - 2.14,07
200m medley - 2.01,40 - 2.04,39 - 2.15,27 - 2.18,57
400m medley - 4.18,40 - 4.24,77 - 4.45,08 - 4.52,11
The time limit from the FINA is set at March 1, 2010 June 30, 2011 tm, which will handle the KNZB period is still unknown.
On the site of the FINA is the official message .
I also believe the KNZB the A limits persists. They do this at the Olympics.
If these times KNZB persists, there are many opportunities for the Dutch swimmers.
Can we better as the series skip. In 2000, the OS is a semi-final place 100 freestyle 49.83, that's half a sec. above the A-limit, so there will be about 24 to get the man in the world. What do you think of this?
Additional note: the 800 is easier to get than the 400 and 1500 Job
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Limits (at the Olympic numbers) are exactly equal to the limits for Beijing http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zwemmen_op_de_Olympische_Zomerspelen_2008/kwalificatie . Limits for the women seem to be within reach than the men.