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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held over a sixteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 16 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and 21. All swimming events (except the two marathon 10 km events) will take place at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.

Events

The swimming program for 2008 has been expanded from 2004, with the addition of the 10 km marathon open water swimming events, bringing the total number of events to 34 (17 each for men and women).

Freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m (women), 1500 m (men), 4×100 m relay, 4×200 m relay, 10 km marathon
Backstroke: 100 m, 200 m
Breaststroke: 100 m, 200 m
Butterfly: 100 m, 200 m
Medley: 200 m individual, 400 m individual, 4×100 m relay

Day	Time	Event	Stage
Sat. 8/9	18:30	400m Individual Medley Men	Heats
		100m Butterfly Women	Heats
		400m Freestyle Men	Heats
		400m Individual Medley Women	Heats
		100m Breaststroke Men	Heats
		4x100m Freestyle Relay Women	Heats
Sun. 8/10	10:00-11:40	400m Individual Medley Men	Finals
		100m Butterfly Women	Semifinals
		400m Freestyle Men	Finals
		400m Individual Medley Women	Finals
		100m Breaststroke Men	Semifinals
		4x100m Freestyle Relay Women	Finals
	18:30	100m Backstroke Women	Heats
		200m Freestyle Men	Heats
		100m Breaststroke Women	Heats
		100m Backstroke Men	Heats
		400m Freestyle Women	Heats
		4x100m Freestyle Men	Heats
Mon. 8/11	10:00-11:55	100m Backstroke Women	Semifinals
		200m Freestyle Men	Semifinals
		100m Butterfly Women	Finals
		100m Breaststroke Men	Finals
		100m Breaststroke Women	Semifinals
		100m Backstroke Men	Semifinals
		400m Freestyle Women	Finals
		4x100m Freestyle Men	Finals
	18:30	200m Freestyle Women	Heats
		200m Butterfly Men	Heats
		200m Individual Medley Women	Heats
Tue. 8/12	10:00-11:45	200m Freestyle Women	Semifinals
		200m Freestyle Men	Finals
		100m Backstroke Women	Finals
		100m Backstroke Men	Finals
		100m Breaststroke Women	Finals
		200m Butterfly Men	Semifinals
		200m Individual Medley Women	Semifinals
	18:30	100m Freestyle Men	Heats
		200m Butterfly Women	Heats
		200m Breaststroke Men	Heats
		4x200m Freestyle Relay Men	Heats
Wed. 8/13	10:00-11:50	100m Freestyle Men	Finals
		200m Freestyle Women	Finals
		200m Butterfly Men	Finals
		200m Butterfly Women	Semifinals
		200m Breaststroke Men	Semifinals
		200m Individual Medley Women	Finals
		4x200m Freestyle Relay Men	Finals
	18:30	100m Freestyle Women	Heats
		200m Backstroke Men	Heats
		200m Breaststroke Women	Heats
		200m Individual Medley Men	Heats
		4x200m Freestyle Relay Women	Heats
Thu. 8/14	10:00-12:00	200m Breaststroke Men	Finals
		100m Freestyle Women	Semifinals
		200m Backstroke Men	Semifinals
		200m Butterfly Women	Finals
		100m Freestyle Men	Finals
		200m Breaststroke Women	Semifinals
		200m Individual Medley Men	Semifinals
		4x200m Freestyle Relay Women	Finals
	18:30	50m Freestyle Men	Heats
		800m Freestyle Women	Heats
		100m Butterfly Men	Heats
		200m Backstroke Women	Heats
Fri. 8/15	10:00-12:00	50m Freestyle Men	Semifinals
		200m Breaststroke Women	Finals
		200m Backstroke Women	Semifinals
		200m Individual Medley Men	Finals
		100m Freestyle Women	Finals
		100m Butterfly Men	Semifinals
	18:30	50m Freestyle Women	Heats
		1500m Freestyle Men	Heats
		4x100m Medley Relay Women	Heats
		4x100m Medley Relay Men	Heats
Sat. 8/16	10:00-11:20	200m Backstroke Women	Finals
		100m Butterfly Men	Finals
		800m Freestyle Women	Finals
		50m Freestyle Men	Finals
		50m Freestyle Women	Semifinals
Sun. 8/17	10:00-11:20	50m Freestyle Women	Finals
		1500m Freestyle Men	Finals
		4x100m Medley Relay Women	Finals
		4x100m Medley Relay Men	Finals
Wed. 8/20	9:00-12:00	Marathon 10km Women
Thu. 8/21	9:00-12:00	Marathon 10km Men

Qualifying Criteria

An NOC may enter up to 2 qualified athletes in each individual event if both meet the A standard, or 1 athlete per event if they meet the B standard. An NOC may also enter a maximum of 1 qualified relay team per event. NOCs may enter swimmers regardless of time (1 swimmer per sex) if they have no swimmers meeting qualifying B standard. The qualifying time standards must be obtained in Continental Championships, National Olympic Trials or International Competitions approved by FINA in the period March 15, 2007 to July 15, 2008.

FINA Qualifying Standards are as follows:^[1]

Events	Men's A	Men's B	Women's A	Women's B
50 m Freestyle	00:22.35	00:23.13	00:25.43	00:26.32
100 m Freestyle	00:49.23	00:50.95	00:55.24	00:57.17
200 m Freestyle	01:48.72	01:52.53	01:59.29	02:03.47
400 m Freestyle	03:49.96	03:58.01	04:11.26	04:20.05
800 m Freestyle	-	-	08:35.98	08:54.04
1500 m Freestyle	15:13.16	15:45.12	-	-
100 m Backstroke	00:55.14	00:57.07	01:01.70	01:03.86
200 m Backstroke	01:59.72	02:03.91	02:12.73	02:17.38
100 m Breaststroke	01:01.57	01:03.72	01:09.01	01:11.43
200 m Breaststroke	02:13.69	02:18.37	02:28.21	02:33.40
100 m Butterfly	00:52.86	00:54.71	00:59.35	01:01.43
200 m Butterfly	01:57.67	02:01.79	02:10.84	02:15.42
200 m Individual Medley	02:01.40	02:05.65	02:15.27	02:19.97
400 m Individual Medley	04:18.40	04:27.44	04:45.08	04:55.06

In relay competitions, the top 12 finishers per event at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships shall be qualified. The 4 other teams will be selected by FINA based on the results in the qualifying period.

Marathon Swimming

A nation may qualify up to two marathon swimmers per event.^[2]

Men's 10km

Event	Location	Date	Entries
FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships	Seville	Apr. 29 - May 4, 2008	Top 10 finishers
Continental Representation	Seville	Apr. 29 - May 4, 2008	Top finisher from each of the 5 continents
Host Nation			China*
FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	Beijing	May 31 - June 1, 2008	9 or 10 top finishers
Total			25 athletes

* If China qualifies two athletes at the world championship, or one athlete from the Asian Continental championship, the automatic entry will be added to the pool to be allocated at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier.

Women's 10km

Event	Location	Date	Entries
FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships	Seville	Apr. 29 - May 4, 2008	Top 10 finishers
Continental Representation	Seville	Apr. 29 - May 4, 2008	Top finisher from each of the 5 continents
Host Nation			China*
FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	Beijing	May 31 - June 1, 2008	9 or 10 top finishers
Total			25 athletes

* If China qualifies two athletes at the world championship, or one athlete from the Asian Continental championship, the automatic entry will be added to the pool to be allocated at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier.

Morning Finals

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced on October 26th, 2006 that the swimming finals for the 2008 games will be held in the morning. This is in response to a direct request by NBC, who has paid $3.55 billion for the exclusive American media rights for the Olympic Games since 2000, in order to allow American audiences to view the finals in prime-time.

This is unprecedented in swimming, as finals are always swum at night and any change would mean a drastic change of habits for athletes who have been racing at night their whole lives. Response to the announcement from athletes has so far been mixed. While racing in the morning would mean a new strategy, the decision allows athletes almost two years to adapt to the new schedule, and all swimmers would be affected equally. Australia, home to many of the world's best swimmers, is unhappy with the decision by the IOC, as it would have a negative effect on viewing figures both in Europe and Australia, and claims that sporting schedules shouldn't be the decision of a broadcasting network.

National Team Trials

See 2008 Olympic Swimming National Trials

Defending Olympic Champions from 2004 Olympics

EVENT	MEN'S CHAMPION	TIME	EVENT	WOMEN'S CHAMPION	TIME
50m freestyle	Gary Hall, Jr. (USA)	00:21.93	50m freestyle	Inge de Bruijn (NED)	00:24.58
100m freestyle	Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)	00:48.17	100m freestyle	Jodie Henry (AUS)	00:53.84
200m freestyle	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	01:44.71	200m freestyle	Camelia Potec (ROU)	01:58.03
400m freestyle	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	03:43.10	400m freestyle	Laure Manaudou (FRA)	04:05.34
			800m freestyle	Ai Shibata (JPN)	08:24.54
1500m freestyle	Grant Hackett (AUS)	14:43.40
100m backstroke	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	00:54.06	100m backstroke	Natalie Coughlin (USA)	01:00.37
200m backstroke	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	01:54.95	200m backstroke	Kirsty Coventry (ZIM)	02:09.19
100m breaststroke	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	01:00.08	100m breaststroke	Luo Xuejuan (CHN)	01:06.64
200m breaststroke	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	02:09.44	200m breaststroke	Amanda Beard (USA)	02:23.37
100m butterfly	Michael Phelps (USA)	00:51.25	100m butterfly	Petria Thomas (AUS)	00:57.72
200m butterfly	Michael Phelps (USA)	01:54.04	200m butterfly	Otylia Jedrzejczak (POL)	02:06.05
200m individual medley	Michael Phelps (USA)	01:57.14	200m individual medley	Yana Klochkova (UKR)	02:11.14
400m individual medley	Michael Phelps (USA)	04:08.26	400m individual medley	Yana Klochkova (UKR)	04:34.83
4 x 100m freestyle relay	SOUTH AFRICA Lyndon Ferns Ryk Neethling Roland Mark Schoeman Darian Townsend	03:13.17	4 x 100m freestyle relay	AUSTRALIA Jodie Henry Libby Lenton Alice Mills Sarah Ryan Petria Thomas	03:35.94
4 x 200m freestyle relay	UNITED STATES Scott Goldblatt Klete Keller Dan Ketchum Ryan Lochte Michael Phelps Peter Vanderkaay	07:07.33	4 x 200m freestyle relay	UNITED STATES Lindsay Benko Natalie Coughlin Rhi Jeffrey Rachel Komisarz Carly Piper Kaitlin Sandeno Dana Vollmer	07:53.42
4 x 100m medley relay	UNITED STATES Ian Crocker Mark Gangloff Brendan Hansen Lenny Krayzelburg Jason Lezak Aaron Peirsol Michael Phelps Neil Walker	03:30.68	4 x 100m medley relay	AUSTRALIA Brooke Hanson Jodie Henry Leisel Jones Alice Mills Giaan Rooney Jessicah Schipper Petria Thomas	03:57.32

Records

Olympic Records

Men

Grey in the Post-2008 Olympics column indicates the record was not broken at the 2008 Olympics

Event	Pre-2008 Olympics		Post-2008 Olympics
Event	RECORD HOLDER	TIME	RECORD HOLDER	TIME
50m freestyle	Alexander Popov (EUN)	00:21.91
100m freestyle	Pieter van den Hoogenband (NED)	00:47.84
200m freestyle	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	01:44.71
400m freestyle	Ian Thorpe (AUS)	03:40.59
1500m freestyle	Grant Hackett (AUS)	14:43.40
100m backstroke	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	00:53.45
200m backstroke	Aaron Peirsol (USA)	01:54.95
100m breaststroke	Brendan Hansen (USA)	01:00.01
200m breaststroke	Kosuke Kitajima (JPN)	02:09.44
100m butterfly	Michael Phelps (USA)	00:51.25
200m butterfly	Michael Phelps (USA)	01:54.04
200m individual medley	Michael Phelps (USA)	01:57.14
400m individual medley	Michael Phelps (USA)	04:08.26
4x100m freestyle relay	SOUTH AFRICA Roland Schoeman Lyndon Ferns Darian Townsend Ryk Neethling	03:13.17
4x200 m freestyle relay	AUSTRALIA Ian Thorpe Michael Klim Todd Pearson Bill Kirby	7:07.05
4x100 m medley relay	UNITED STATES Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Ian Crocker Jason Lezak	03:30.68

Women

Grey in the Post-2008 Olympics column indicates the record was not broken at the 2008 Olympics

Event	Pre-2008 Olympics		Post-2008 Olympics
Event	RECORD HOLDER	TIME	RECORD HOLDER	TIME
50m freestyle	Inge de Bruijn (NED)	00:24.13
100m freestyle	Jodie Henry (AUS)	00:53.52
200m freestyle	Heike Friedrich (DDR)	01:57.65
400m freestyle	Janet Evans (USA)	04:03.85
800m freestyle	Brooke Bennett (USA)	08:19.67
100m backstroke	Natalie Coughlin (USA)	00:59.68
200m backstroke	Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN)	02:07.06
100m breaststroke	Xuejuan Luo (CHN)	01:06.64
200m breaststroke	Amanda Beard (USA)	02:23.37
100m butterfly	Inge de Bruijn (NED)	00:56.61
200m butterfly	Misty Hyman (USA)	02:05.88
200m individual medley	Yana Klochkova (UKR)	02:10.68
400m individual medley	Yana Klochkova (UKR)	04:33.59
4x100m freestyle relay	AUSTRALIA Alice Mills Libby Lenton Petria Thomas Jodie Henry	03:35.94
4x200 m freestyle relay	UNITED STATES Natalie Coughlin Carly Piper Dana Vollmer Kaitlin Sandeno	07:53.42
4x100 m medley relay	AUSTRALIA Giaan Rooney Leisel Jones Petria Thomas Jodie Henry	03:57.32

References

^ "Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Swimming" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
^ "Olympic Swimming Qualifying Procedures". FINA. Retrieved 2008-04-13.

[Environment-1] "Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Swimming" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 2007-03-20.

[Qualifying-2] "Olympic Swimming Qualifying Procedures". FINA. Retrieved 2008-04-13.

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-|style="background:lemonchiffon"|200m Freestyle Women || style="background:lemonchiffon"|Finals
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