Beijing National Aquatics Centre (pool) Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park (open water)
Dates
9–17 August 2008 (pool) 20–21 August 2008 (open water)
Competitors
1,026 from 162 nations
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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Qualification
Freestyle
50 m
men
women
100 m
men
women
200 m
men
women
400 m
men
women
800 m
women
1500 m
men
Backstroke
100 m
men
women
200 m
men
women
Breaststroke
100 m
men
women
200 m
men
women
Butterfly
100 m
men
women
200 m
men
women
Individual medley
200 m
men
women
400 m
men
women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m
men
women
4 × 200 m
men
women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m
men
women
Marathon
10 km
men
women
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The swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre.[1] The newly introduced open water marathon events (10 km) were held on 20 and 21 August 2008 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.[2]
Swimming featured 34 events (17 male, 17 female), including two 10 km open-water marathons. The remaining 32 were contested in a 50 m long course pool within the Olympic Park.
The United States claimed a total of 31 medals (12 golds, 9 silver, and 10 bronze) in the leaderboard to maintain its standings as the most successful nation in swimming.[3] A stellar performance in the pool also made an Olympic history for Michael Phelps, who captured eight gold medals to break Mark Spitz's 1972 record, a total of seven, at a single Games.[4][5] Despite the male swimmers failing to attain a single gold in swimming, Australia managed to repeat a second-place effort on its third consecutive Olympics with 20 medals (six golds, six silver, and eight bronze).[3] Meanwhile, Great Britain finished third with a total of six medals by the benefit of a sterling long-distance freestyle double from Rebecca Adlington.[5]
A total of 25 world records and 65 Olympic records were set during the competition.
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^ abStaff (18 August 2008). "Recap: Phelps eight golds more than any other country". Beijing 2008. NBC Olympics. Archived from the original on 5 January 2014. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
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