2008 in swimming information

The swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. The newly introduced...

2008 in swimming documents the highlights of competitive international swimming during 2008. 9–13 April: 2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)...

The 2008 Telstra Australian Swimming Championships were held at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia from 22–29...

Committee recognises the fastest performances in pool-based swimming events at the Olympic Games. Men's swimming has been part of the official program of the...

records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming. Records can be set in long course...

The European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 took place in Rijeka, Croatia from 11 to 14 December 2008.   *   Host nation (Croatia) Legend: WR...

in Europe. The Championships are currently held every two years (in even years); and since 2022, they have included 5 aquatics disciplines: Swimming (long...

USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming...

The swimming events of the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in the Beijing National Aquatics Center between September 7 and September 15, 2008. A total...

metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991. The drop in world record times in the 2008/2009 coincided...

The 2008 Oceania Swimming Championships were held in New Zealand and featured competition in swimming, open water swimming and synchronized swimming. It...

The 2008 Swedish Short Course Swimming Championships took place in Eriksdalsbadet, Sweden between November 27, 2008 and November 30, 2008. 44 champions...

Synchronized swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing took place from August 18 to August 23, at the Beijing National Aquatics Center...

African Swimming Championships were held at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa from 1–7 December 2008. Swimmers from 18 countries competed at the 2008 African...

the World Record for the Swimming event: the 200 Freestyle. It is a listing of the fastest-time-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50m) and...

Australia has competed in swimming at the Summer Olympics since the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, after only sending a runner, Edwin Flack, to the 1896...

Nude swimming in US indoor pools was common for men and boys from the late 1880s until the early 1970s, but rare for women and girls. For much of that...

2008 January February March April May June July August September October November December 2008 (MMVIII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian...

Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. At the Olympics, swimming has the second-highest number...

Swimming is the self-propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival. Locomotion is achieved...

The swimming competitions at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were due to take place from 25 July to 6 August 2020 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. Due...

swimming is the practice of swimming without clothing, whether in natural bodies of water or in swimming pools. A colloquial term for nude swimming is...