Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The XXIX. 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing 34 competitions were held in swimming. Of these, 32 were competitions held on the 50 - meter track and two competitions in long-distance swimming.

  • 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
  • 10 km 3:17 marathon

Qualification Guidelines

In the individual events allowed each National Olympic Committee bring two athletes at the start, when they had reached all the A- standard or an athlete, if this only made ​​the B standard. In the relay events was maximal a team consisting of six athletes eligible to start each National Olympic Committee. Qualifies were per season, the 12 top-ranked teams in the World Swimming Championships in 2007 in Melbourne and the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 by July 2008. National Olympic Committees, none of which athletes had qualified for a competition were eligible, a male and / or female athletes prepare for a competition. Thus was attended by about 400 men and 400 women, a total of 800 athletes participated in the swimming competitions. In the individual disciplines were from March 15, 2007 established A-, or B- default values.

In the inaugural Olympic Games Long-distance swimming in the 10-kilometer open water ever were allowed to go to the start 25 men and women. Each nation was allowed to nominate a maximum of two starters per race, this, however, only if both occupied a place in the top ten at the World Championships. Qualifies were the top ten on the 10-kilometer route in the World Endurance Championship 2008 in Seville. There were also the winners of the five continental championships. Was the nation of continental champion has already qualified with at least one starter on the World Cup result, adjusted according to the highest ranked athletes of the National Olympic Committee, which had not yet been qualified. Another starting place went to the host country China, where this number has not already been achieved. The remaining starting positions were floated out in a qualifying race in June 2008 in Beijing. In this qualifying race all not yet qualified National Olympic Committee were allowed to participate again with two starters, of which but a maximum of one could qualify. This qualification criteria were for women and for men.

50 m freestyle

Date: August 16, 2008, 10:40 Clock

To the 50 - meter freestyle swimming the opportunity to a starting place to have had s can be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 22.35 s, or B standard of 23.13.

100 m Freestyle

Date: August 14, 2008, 10:51 Clock

To the 100 - meter freestyle swimming the opportunity to a starting place to have had s can be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 49.23 s, or B standard of 50.95.

200 m Freestyle

Date: August 12, 2008, 10:16 Clock

To the 200 - meter freestyle swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 1:48,72 min or B standard of 1:52,53 min.

400 m Freestyle

Date: August 10, 10:04 clock

To the 400 - meter freestyle swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 3:49,96 min or B standard of 3:58,01 min. 36 of 37 reported athletes at the start. The German Paul Biedermann ( 3:48,03 min ) and Christian Kubusch ( 3:52,73 min) eliminated in sixth and eighth of their heats of the same way as the Austrian David Brandl than 20 ( 3:48,63 min, first in flow) and the Swiss Dominik Meichtry than 27 ( 3:50,55 min, 4 in advance ).

1500 m Freestyle

Date: August 17, 2008, 10:14 Clock

To the 1,500 meter freestyle swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 15:13,16 min or B standard of 15:45,12 min.

100m backstroke

Date: August 12, 2008, 10:31 Clock

To the 100 - meter backstroke at the opportunity to have a starting place, had to s can be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 55.14 s, or B standard of 57.07.

200m backstroke

Date: August 15 2008, 10:19 Clock

To the 200 - meter backstroke at the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 1:59,72 min or B standard of 2:03,91 min.

100 m breaststroke

Date: August 11, 10:31 clock

To the 100 -meter breaststroke at the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 1:01,57 min or B standard of 1:03,72 min.

200 m breaststroke

Date: August 14 2008, 10:02 Clock

To the 200 -meter breaststroke at the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 2:13,69 min or B standard of 2:18,37 min.

100 m Butterfly

Date: August 16, 2008 10:10 clock

To the 100 - meter butterfly swimming the opportunity to a starting place to have had s can be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 52.86 s, or B standard of 54.71.

200 m Butterfly

Date: August 13, 2008 10:21 clock

To the 200 - meter butterfly swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 1:57,67 min or B standard of 2:01,79 min.

200 m Individual Medley

Date: August 15, 2008, 10:50 Clock

To the 200 - meter medley swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 2:01,40 min or B standard of 2:05,65 min.

400 m Individual Medley

Date: August 10, 10:26 clock

To the 400 - meter medley swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 4:18,40 min or B standard of 4:27,44 min. Michael Phelps swam his 23rd world record - to pay attention to this distance - and won his seventh Olympic gold medal. Silver medalist László Cseh of Hungary swam European record. The Austrian Dinko Jukic was in 4:15,48 min 15 and set a new record on OSV. Athletes from Germany and Switzerland were not at the start.

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Date: August 11, 2008, 11:27 Clock

To achieve a place in the 4 × 100 - meter freestyle swimming, you had to include at the World Swimming Championships in 2007 of the 12 best teams. These were Italy, Sweden, the United States, Australia, France, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and Japan. There were the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 by July 2008.

After the United States could set a new world record already in the lead, they succeeded so well in the finals, where four other squadrons could undercut the older world record. The Australian Eamon Sullivan presented as the starting swimmer his squadron in 47.24 seconds set a new world record in the 100m freestyle on track.

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Date: August 13, 2008, 11:19 Clock

To achieve a place in the 4 × 200 - meter freestyle swimming, you had to include at the World Swimming Championships in 2007 of the 12 best teams. These were the United States, Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, France, Brazil and Greece. Then there are the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 by July 2008.

4 × 100 m medley relay

Date: August 17, 2008, 11:07 Clock

To achieve a place in the 4 × 100 - meter medley swimming, you had to include at the World Swimming Championships in 2007 of the 12 best teams. These were Japan, Russia, South Africa, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Romania, Brazil, Ukraine, Belarus and New Zealand. Then there are the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 by July 2008.

10 km Marathon

Date: August 21, 2008 9:00 clock

Women

50 m freestyle

Date: August 17, 2008, 10:08 Clock

To the 50 - meter freestyle swimming the opportunity to a starting place to have had s can be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 25.43 s, or B standard of 26.32.

100 m Freestyle

Date: August 15 2008, 11:10 Clock

To the 100 - meter freestyle swimming the opportunity to a starting place to have had s can be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 55.24 s, or B standard of 57.17.

The German Britta Steffen took care of the first swimming gold for Germany since the Olympic Games in Barcelona. After 50 meters, Steffen had turned as Last, but caught up in the second half of the race and won in an Olympic record time before the Australian Lisbeth Trickett.

200 m Freestyle

Date: August 13, 2008 10:14 clock

To the 200 - meter freestyle swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 1:59,29 min or B standard of 2:03,47 min.

400 m Freestyle

Date: August 11, 2008, 11:17 Clock

To the 400 - meter freestyle swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 4:11,26 min or B standard of 4:20,05 min.

800 m Freestyle

Date: August 16, 2008, 10:16 Clock

To the 800 - meter freestyle swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 8:35,98 min or B standard of 8:54,04 min.

100m backstroke

Date: August 12, 2008, 10:23 Clock

To the 100 - meter backstroke at the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 1:01,70 min or B standard of 1:03,86 min.

200m backstroke

Date: August 16, 2008, 10:03 Clock

To the 200 - meter backstroke at the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 2:12,73 min or B standard of 2:17,38 min.

100 m breaststroke

Date: August 12, 2008, 10:50 Clock

To the 100 -meter breaststroke at the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 1:09,01 min or B standard of 1:11,43 min.

200 m breaststroke

Date: August 15, 2008, 10.11 clock

To the 200 -meter breaststroke at the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 2:28,21 min or B standard of 2:33,40 min.

100 m Butterfly

Date: August 11, 2008, 10:26 Clock

To the 100 - meter butterfly swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 59.35 s, or B standard of 1:01,43 min.

200 m Butterfly

Date: August 14, 2008, 10:44 Clock

To the 200 - meter butterfly swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 2:10,84 min or B standard of 2:15,42 min.

200 m Individual Medley

Date: August 13, 2008 11:12 clock

To the 200 - meter medley swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 2:15,27 min or B standard of 2:19,97 min.

400 m Individual Medley

Date: August 10, 2008 10.48 clock

To the 400 - meter medley swimming the opportunity to have a starting place, had to be achieved in the qualifying period for the A- standard of 4:45,08 min or B standard of 4:55,06 min. Champion Stephanie Rice swam a new world record. Favorite and world record holder Katie Hoff was third. Surprisingly, in the finals internationally completely unknown Chinese Xuanxu Li was the Austrian Jördis Egger was 26 ( 4:45,15 min, fourth in her heat ), the German Katharina Schiller 33 ( 4:51,52 min, Seventh their forward travel ). Schiller replaced the injured Nicole Hetzer.

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Date: August 10, 2008, 11:31 Clock

To achieve a place in the 4 × 100 - meter freestyle swimming, you had to include at the World Swimming Championships in 2007 of the 12 best teams. These were the United States, the Netherlands, Australia, Sweden, Germany, the People's Republic of China, France, the United Kingdom, Belarus, Canada, Ukraine and New Zealand. Then there are the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 by July 2008.

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

Date: August 14, 2008, 11:32 Clock

To achieve a place in the 4 × 200 - meter freestyle swimming, you had to include at the World Swimming Championships in 2007 of the 12 best teams. These were Australia, Germany, France, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sweden, the United States, the People's Republic of China, New Zealand, Canada and Spain. Then there are the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 by July 2008.

4 × 100 m medley relay

Date: August 17, 2008, 10:47 Clock

To achieve a place in the 4 × 100 - meter medley swimming, you had to include at the World Swimming Championships in 2007 of the 12 best teams. These were the United States, Australia, Japan, the People's Republic of China, Germany, Sweden, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada and Ukraine. Then there are the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 by July 2008.

10 km Marathon

Date: August 20, 2008 9:00 clock

Despite a good Finishes the German participant Angela Maurer missed the bronze medal by nine tenths. The victory went to the favored Larissa Iltschenko from Russia, silver and bronze secured the British women Keri -Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten. The South African Natalie du Toit, who started as the first amputee athlete at the Olympic Games, was Sixteenth.

Medal swimming

Abbreviations

  • AF = Africa record
  • AM = America record
  • AS = Asian record
  • ER = European Record
  • OC = Ozeanienrekord
  • OR = Olympic Record
  • WR = World Record
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