Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics
At the 2012 Olympics in London 34 competitions were held in swimming. July 28, August 4, 2012 bis 32 competitions were held in the pelvic swimming in the Aquatics Centre on a 50 - meter track, 16 for each women and men. From 9 to 10 August 2012 ( Hyde Park ) were held two competitions in open water swimming in the Serpentine Lake, each a 10 -kilometer race for women and men. The program was thus identical with Beijing 2008.
- 3.1 50 m freestyle
- 3.2 100 m freestyle
- 3.3 200 m freestyle
- 3.4 400 m freestyle
- 3.5 800 m freestyle
- 3.6 100 m backstroke
- 3.7 200 m backstroke
- 3.8 100 m Breaststroke
- 3.9 200 m Breaststroke
- 3:10 100m butterfly
- 3:11 200m butterfly
- 3:12 200 m Individual Medley
- 3:13 400 m Individual Medley
- 3:14 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
- 3:15 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
- 3:16 4 × 100 m medley relay
- 3:17 10 km open water
- 5.1 Swimming pool 5.1.1 Qualification Criteria
- 5.1.2 competitions and standard times
- 5.1.3 Qualified seasons
- 5.1.4 Qualified athletes
- 5.2.1 Qualification Criteria
- 5.2.2 Won quota places
Competitions and schedule
Abbreviations:
- WR = World Record (list)
- OR = Olympic record (list)
- AF = African record
- AM = American record
- AS = Asian record
- ER = European record (list)
- OC = Oceania record
- NR = National record
50 m freestyle
Final: August 3, 2012, 20:09 Clock
100 m Freestyle
Final: August 1, 2012 20:20 clock
200 m Freestyle
Final: July 30, 2012, 19:43 Clock
400 m Freestyle
Final: July 28, 2012, 19:51 Clock
1500 m Freestyle
Final: August 4, 2012, 19:36 Clock
100m backstroke
Final: July 30, 2012, 19:58 Clock
200m backstroke
Final: August 2, 2012, 19:48 Clock
100 m breaststroke
Final: July 29, 2012, 20:11 Clock
200 m breaststroke
Final: August 1, 2012, 19:30 Clock
100 m Butterfly
Final: August 3, 2012, 19:38 Clock
200 m Butterfly
Final: July 31, 2012, 19:49 Clock
200 m Individual Medley
Final: August 2, 2012, 20:19 Clock
400 m Individual Medley
Final: July 28, 2012, 19:30 Clock
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Final: July 29, 2012, 21:00 Clock
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Final: July 31, 2012, 20:51 Clock
4 × 100 m medley relay
Final: August 4, 2012, 20:27 Clock
10 km open water
August 10, 2012, 12:00 Clock
Women
50 m freestyle
Final: August 4, 2012, 19:30 Clock
100 m Freestyle
Final: August 2, 2012, 20:37 Clock
200 m Freestyle
Final: July 31, 2012, 19:41 Clock
400 m Freestyle
Final: July 29, 2012, 20:18 Clock
800 m Freestyle
Final: August 3, 2012, 19:45 Clock
100m backstroke
Final: July 30, 2012, 19:51 Clock
200m backstroke
Final: August 3, 2012, 19:30 Clock
100 m breaststroke
Final: July 30, 2012, 20:15 Clock
200 m breaststroke
Final: August 2, 2012, 19:40 Clock
100 m Butterfly
Final: July 29, 2012, 19:30 Clock
200 m Butterfly
Final: August 1, 2012, 20:12 Clock
200 m Individual Medley
Final: July 31, 2012, 20:43 Clock
400 m Individual Medley
Final: July 28, 20:11 clock
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
Final: July 28, 2012, 20:43 Clock
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
Final: August 1, 2012, 21:04 Clock
4 × 100 m medley relay
Final: August 4, 2012, 20:07 Clock
10 km open water
August 9, 2012, 12:00 Clock
Medal Tally
Qualification
Swimming pool
Qualification criteria
There are about 900 athletes take part in the competitions in the pool swimming. For each individual discipline FINA put qualifying times established, an A- standard or OQT (Olympic Qualification time) or a B standard or OST (Olympic Selection Time).
In the individual competitions, each NOC must bring two athletes at the start, when both were able to achieve the A standard, or an athlete, when it has reached the B standard. In the relay events a team per country may compete, consisting of a maximum of six athletes. In each relay competition of 16 teams participate, each twelve places were offered at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai, added the four time fastest seasons came between March 1, 2011 and June 1, 2012. Could from a country not an athlete and / or no athlete to qualify, so the NOC could an athlete and / or nominate an athlete for a competition. The number of skilled about these so-called universal starting places athletes should not exceed the number of 150. Finally, still qualified athletes who have just reached the B standard, until the number of a total of 900 athletes has been reached. The FINA put it on an Olympic rankings, so that the athletes who came to the A standard next, were first considered.
The A standard had to be achieved between 1 March 2011 and July 3, 2012, the B- standard between March 1, 2011 and June 1, 2012.
Competitions and standard times
Qualified seasons
The Brazilian and Kazakh medley relay was in the rankings at the same time, so that a total of 17 squadrons were admitted.
Qualified athletes
The following table shows for each individual route, the number of qualified athletes by NOCs. It could qualify via the A standard and a maximum of one athlete over the B standard up to two athletes. Overall, swimmers from 70 different NOCs were able to secure participation. Each NOK without qualified athletes has also the possibility of at least one athlete and / or an athlete to nominate.
Open Water Swimming
Qualification criteria
There are 50 athletes participate in the competitions of 25 women and men. A maximum of two athletes per country are allowed to start, each a quota place was the host in both women and men guaranteed. The following eligibility criteria were considered for both women and men. The ten best swimmers in the world championships in 2011 won a quota place. Nine other swimmers won in an international qualifying race to 10 June 2012 will take place from 9 in Setubal, a quota place. With this match is a maximum nor a swimmer per country and gender could qualify. Finally, in this qualifying competition the best athlete won a quota place every continent whose NOK had previously not won a quota place.