2008 United States Olympics (swimming)

US Olympiatrials 2008
Participating clubs	438
Participating athletes	1209 (618 F, 591 M)
decisions	26th
opening	June 29, 2008
graduation	July 6, 2008

The Olympic Trials in the United States in 2008 ( Engl. : 2008 United States Olympic Team Trials ) in swimming were to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing held. These eliminations were held at the Qwest Center Omaha in Omaha , Nebraska . The first and second place finishers of each gender and across each swimming distance qualified as part of the United States Olympic swimming team. In addition, all winners are US swimming champions at the same time.

The city of Omaha and the state of Nebraska in general want to establish themselves as a popular and modern region in the long term by hosting such major sporting events as the Olympiatrials.

The most burning question before these competitions was not how many world records are swum, but what quality they are, as the USA is performing for the first time since the introduction of the new swim suit LZR-Racer from swimwear manufacturer Speedo in its strongest line-up. After all, the US swimmers set nine new world records, 21 American records and 19 new record times that were swum on US soil.

After the first competitions of these competitions, namely over the 400 m individual medley, which were decided in world record time for men and women, the five-time Olympic champion Gary Hall junior caused a stir, because he was not so much the new swimsuits, but rather doping for this record flood of the last one responsible for six months. Not only the US swimming stars expressed themselves angrily about this allegation, but also the top Australian swimmers, such as Lisbeth Trickett , announced their displeasure with this statement.  

The 33-year-old Garry Hall Jr., who was fourth in the 50 m freestyle and thus missed the Olympic participation, also ended his very successful career with this race.

The biggest stars of this event were among the men Michael Phelps , Aaron Peirsol and Ryan Lochte . Phelps was able to qualify for five medal decisions with two new world records. Peirsol qualified in an impressive manner with two world records over the back distances. Ryan Lochte qualified for three competitions in Beijing. He was particularly convincing over the individual distances where he fought exciting duels with Michael Phelps. However, the disappointing result with third place over the 100 m back distance of the short course world record holder of this route clouded his performance.

Brendan Hansen caused the greatest disappointment . Over the 100 m breaststroke he made it safely to the Olympic qualification and missed his own world record by only eleven hundredths in the run-up. But the former world record holder and two-time world champion over the 200 m chest distance could not prevail over this distance against his training partners and students Scott Spann and Eric Shanteau and ended up only on the disappointing fourth place.

In the women’s category, Katie Hoff , Dara Torres and Natalie Coughlin were particularly convincing. Katie Hoff in particular lived up to expectations by qualifying for five competitions with a world record. Coughlin, who prevailed in two competitions, also set a new world record. The appearance of Dara Torres was watched with great excitement as the 41-year-old competed in the Summer Olympics for the fifth time with the qualification in the 50 m freestyle and 100 m freestyle in Beijing. After winning the 100 m freestyle, however, she announced that she would not compete over this distance at the Olympic Games in order to be able to concentrate fully on the 50 m freestyle and the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. The beneficiary of this retreat was Lacey Nymeyer , who moved up to the US Olympic swimming team as third place over this distance.

Margaret Hoelzer , who qualified for two Olympic competitions and sensationally won the world record over 200 m backs from Kirsty Coventry ( ZIM ) , provided the biggest positive surprise for the women .  

US swim team at the 2008 Olympics

Men

Surname	Club	distance
Garrett Weber-Gale	Longhorn Aquatics	50 m freestyle 100 m freestyle 4 × 100 m freestyle
Ben Wildman-Tobriner	Stanford Swimming	50 m freestyle 4 × 100 m freestyle
Jason Lezak	Rose Bowl Aquatics	100 m freestyle 4 × 100 m freestyle
Nathan Adrian	unbound	4 × 100 m freestyle
Peter Vanderkaay	Club Wolverine	200 m freestyle 400 m freestyle 1500 m freestyle
Michael Phelps	Club Wolverine	200 m freestyle 4 × 200 m freestyle 100 m butterfly 200 m butterfly 200 m medley 400 m medley
Ricky Berens Dave Walters Erik Vendt	Longhorn Aquatics Longhorn Aquatics Club Wolverine	4 × 200 m freestyle
Larsen Jensen	Trojan Swim Club	400 m freestyle 1500 m freestyle
Aaron Peirsol	Longhorn Aquatics	100 m back 200 m back
Matt Grevers	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics	100 m back 4 × 100 m freestyle
Ryan Lochte	Daytona Beach Swimming	200 m back 200 m layers 400 m layers
Brendan Hansen	Longhorn Aquatics	100 m chest
Mark Gangloff	SwimMAC Carolina	100 m chest
Scott Spann	Longhorn Aquatics	200 m chest
Eric Shanteau	Longhorn Aquatics	200 m chest
Ian Crocker	Longhorn Aquatics	100 m butterfly
Gil Stovall	Athens Bulldogs	200 m butterfly
Mark Warkentin	Santa Barbara Swim	10 km freestyle (open water)

Women

Surname	Club	distance
Dara Torres	Coral Springs Swim Club	50 m freestyle 4 × 100 m freestyle
Jessica Hardy	Trojan Swim Club	50 m freestyle 4 × 100 m freestyle 100 m chest
Lacey Nymeyer	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics	100 m freestyle 4 × 100 m freestyle
Natalie Coughlin	California Aquatics	100 m freestyle 4 × 100 m freestyle 100 m backside 200 m medley
Emily Silver	California Aquatics	4 × 100 m freestyle
Julia Smit	Stanford Swimming	4 × 100 m freestyle 4 × 200 m freestyle
Allison Schmitt	Club Wolverine	200 m freestyle 4 × 200 m freestyle
Katie Hoff	North Baltimore Aquatic Club	200 m freestyle 4 × 200 m freestyle 400 m freestyle 800 m freestyle 200 m medley 400 m medley
Caroline Burckle Kim Vandenberg Christine Marshall	Lakeside Swim Team Team Bruin Aggie Swim Club	4 × 200 m freestyle
Kate Ziegler	The Fish	400 m freestyle 800 m freestyle
Margaret Hoelzer	King Aquatic Club	100 m back 200 m back
Elizabeth Beisel	Bluefish Swim Club	200 m back 400 m layers
Megan Jendrick	King Aquatic Club	100 m chest
Amanda Beard	unbound	200 m chest
Rebecca Soni	Trojan Swim Club	200 m chest
Christine Magnuson	University of Tennessee	100 m butterfly
Elaine Breeden	Stanford Swimming	100 m butterfly 200 m butterfly
Kathleen Hersey	Swim Atlanta	200 m butterfly
Chloe Sutton	Mission Viejo Nadadores	10 km freestyle (open water)

Explanation of symbols

• WR - world record
• AR - American record
• US - Fastest time to swim on US soil

Men

Freestyle

50 m freestyle

Final on July 5th

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Garrett Weber-Gale	Longhorn Aquatics	00: 21.47  AR
2	Ben Wildman-Tobriner	Stanford Swimming	00: 21.65
3	Cullen Jones	SwimMAC Carolina	00: 21.81
4th	Gary Hall Junior	unbound	00: 21.91
5	Jason Lezak	Rose Bowl Aquatics	00: 21.98
6th	Nathan Adrian	unbound	00: 22.07
7th	Nick Brunelli Bryan Lundquist	Sun Devil Aquatics Stingrays	00: 22.13

100 m freestyle

Final on July 3rd

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Garrett Weber-Gale	Longhorn Aquatics	00: 47.92
2	Jason Lezak	Rose Bowl Aquatics	00: 48.05
3	Cullen Jones	SwimMAC Carolina	00: 48.35
4th	Nathan Adrian	unbound	00: 48.46
5	Matt Grevers	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics	00: 48.67
6th	Ben Wildman-Tobriner	Stanford Swimming	00: 48.80
7th	Nick Brunelli	Sun Devil Aquatics	00: 48.87
8th	Gift Woodward	Bakersfield Swim Club	00: 48.93

200 m freestyle

Final on July 1st

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Michael Phelps	Club Wolverine	01: 44.10  U.S.
2	Peter Vanderkaay	Club Wolverine	01: 45.85
3	Ricky Berens	Longhorn Aquatics	01: 46.14
4th	Klete cellar	Trojan Swim Club	01: 46.20
5	Dave Walters	Longhorn Aquatics	01: 46.64
6th	Erik Vendt	Club Wolverine	01: 46.95
7th	Danny Beal	Stanford Swimming	01: 47.56
8th	Larsen Jensen	Trojan Swim Club	01: 47.71

400 m freestyle

Final on June 29th

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Larsen Jensen	Trojan Swim Club	03: 43.53  AR
2	Peter Vanderkaay	Club Wolverine	03: 43.73
3	Erik Vendt	Club Wolverine	03: 43.92
4th	Klete cellar	Trojan Swim Club	03: 46.36
5	Michale Klueh	Longhorn Aquatics	03: 50.44
6th	Chad La Tourette	Mission Viejo Nadadores	03: 50.69
7th	Matt Patton	University of Michigan Swim Team	03: 51.04
8th	Tobias Work	Cape Cod Swim Club	03: 52.28

1500 m freestyle

Final on July 6th

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Peter Vanderkaay	Club Wolverine	14: 45.54  U.S.
2	Larsen Jensen	Trojan Swim Club	14: 50.80
3	Chad La Tourette	Mission Viejo Nadadores	14: 57.50
4th	Erik Vendt	Club Wolverine	15: 07.78
5	Kyle Young	Area Tallahassee Aquatic Club	15: 15.36
6th	Tom Koucheravy	Mason Swim Team	15: 16.38
7th	Robert Margalis	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	15: 19.96
8th	Josef Kinderwater	WSY Swimming	15: 21.84

move

100 m back

Final on July 1st

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Aaron Peirsol	Longhorn Aquatics	00: 52.89  WR
2	Matt Grevers	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics	00: 53.19
3	Ryan Lochte	Daytona Beach Swimming	00: 53.37
4th	Randall Bal	Coral Springs Swim Club	00: 53.45
5	Ben Hesen	Indiana University Club Paradise	00: 53.68
6th	Nick Thoman	Longhorn Aquatics	00: 53.79
7th	David Plummer	Minnesota Aquatics	00: 54.27
8th	Patrick Schirk	Pottstown Family YMCA	00: 54.96

200 m back

Final on July 4th

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Aaron Peirsol	Longhorn Aquatics	01: 54.32  WR
2	Ryan Lochte	Daytona Beach Swimming	01: 54.34
3	Tyler Clary	University of Michigan Swim Team	01: 57.35
4th	Rexford Tullius	Daytona Beach Swimming	01: 57.73
5	Nick Thoman	Longhorn Aquatics	01: 58.17
6th	Chris DeJong	Club Wolverine	01: 58.21
7th	Corey Chitwood	University of Arizona	01: 58.39
8th	Patrick Schirk	Pottstown Family YMCA	01: 59.58

chest

100 m chest

Final on June 30th

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Brendan Hansen	Longhorn Aquatics	00: 59.93
2	Mark Gangloff	SwimMAC Carolina	01: 00.42
3	Scott Spann	Longhorn Aquatics	01: 00.59
4th	Eric Shanteau	Longhorn Aquatics	01: 00.72
5	Kevin Swander	Indiana University Club Paradise	01: 00.81
6th	Chris Ash	Stanford Swimming	01: 01.12
7th	Scott Usher	Boilermaker Aquatics	01: 01.42
8th	John Criste	Canyons Aquatic Club	01: 01.84

200 m chest

Final on July 3rd

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Scott Spann	Longhorn Aquatics	02: 09.97
2	Eric Shanteau	Longhorn Aquatics	02: 10.36
3	Scott Usher	Boilermaker Aquatics	02: 11.00
4th	Brendan Hansen	Longhorn Aquatics	02: 11.37
5	Clark Burckle	Lakeside Swim Team	02: 13.86
6th	John Criste	Canyons Aquatic Club	02: 13.87
7th	Ryan Hurley	Curl Burke Swim Club	02: 13.90
8th	Giordan Pogioli	Boilermaker Aquatics	02: 15.07

butterfly

100 m butterfly

Final on July 5th

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Michael Phelps	Club Wolverine	00: 50.89
2	Ian Crocker	Longhorn Aquatics	00: 51.62
3	Gil Stovall	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	00: 52.08
4th	Tyler McGill	Auburn University Swim Team	00: 52.31
5	Chris Brady	University of Michigan Swim Team	00: 52.66
6th	Bobby Bollier	Kansas City Blazers	00: 52.69
7th	Peter Verhoef	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	00: 52.72
8th	Davis Tarwater	Club Wolverine	00: 52.83

200 m butterfly

Final on July 2nd

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Michael Phelps	Club Wolverine	01: 52.20  U.S.
2	Gil Stovall	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	01: 53.86
3	Davis Tarwater	Club Wolverine	01: 54.46
4th	Matt Patton	University of Michigan Swim Team	01: 56.98
5	Dan Madwed	North Baltimore Aquatic Club	01: 57.10
6th	Alex Vanderkaay	University of Michigan Swim Team	01: 57.25
7th	Bobby Bollier	Kansas City Blazers	01: 57.26
8th	Mark Dylla	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	01: 58.11

Locations

200 m layers

Final on July 4th

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Michael Phelps	Club Wolverine	01: 54.80  WR
2	Ryan Lochte	Daytona Beach Swimming	01: 55.34
3	Eric Shanteau	Longhorn Aquatics	01: 00.72
4th	Tim Liebhold	SwimMAC Carolina	02: 00.06
5	Alex Vanderkaay	University of Michigan Swim Team	02: 00.10
6th	Robert Margalis Dan Madwed	Athens Bulldog Swim Club North Baltimore Aquatic Club	02: 00.77
8th	TP Patrick	Indiana University Club Paradise	02: 01.52

400 m layers

Final on June 29th

space	athlete	Club	time
1	Michael Phelps	Club Wolverine	04: 05.25  WR
2	Ryan Lochte	Daytona Beach Swimming	04: 06.08
3	Robert Margalis	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	04: 13.85
4th	Tyler Clary	University of Michigan Swim Team	04: 14.13
5	Alex Vanderkaay	University of Michigan Swim Team	04: 16.14
6th	Dustin McLarty	Daytona Beach Swimming	04: 18.90
7th	Clark Burckle	Lakeside Swim Team	04: 19.24
8th	Jack Brown	University of Arizona	04: 22.89

Women

Freestyle

50 m freestyle

Final on July 6th

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Dara Torres	Coral Springs Swim Club	00: 24.25  AR
2	Jessica Hardy	Trojan Swim Club	00: 24.82
3	Lara Jackson	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics	00: 24.88
4th	Kara Lynn Joyce	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	00: 24.90
5	Kara Denby	Auburn University Swim Team	00: 25.12
6th	Brooke Bishop	Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics	00: 25.16
7th	Lacey Nymeyer	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics	00: 25.18
8th	Christine Magnuson	University of Tennessee	00: 25.49

100 m freestyle

Final on July 4th

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Dara Torres	Coral Springs Swim Club	00: 53.78
2	Natalie Coughlin	California Aquatics	00: 53.83
3	Lacey Nymeyer	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics	00: 54.02
4th	Jessica Hardy	Trojan Swim Club	00: 54.62
5	Emily Silver	California Aquatics	00: 54.91
6th	Julia Smit	Stanford Swimming	00: 54.99
7th	Kara Lynn Joyce	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	00: 55.02
8th	Amanda Weir	Swim Atlanta	00: 55.14

200 m freestyle

Final on July 2nd

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Katie Hoff	North Baltimore Aquatic Club	01: 55.88  AR
2	Allison Schmitt	Club Wolverine	01: 55.92
3	Julia Smit	Stanford Swimming	01: 56.73
4th	Caroline Burckle	Lakeside Swim Team	01: 57.93
5	Kim Vandenberg	Team Bruin	01: 58.02
6th	Christine Marshall	Aggie Swim Club	01: 58.16
7th	Dana Vollmer	California Aquatics	01: 58.67
8th	Kara Lynn Joyce	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	01: 58.83

400 m freestyle

Final on June 30th

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Katie Hoff	North Baltimore Aquatic Club	04: 02.32
2	Kate Ziegler	The Fish	04: 03.92
3	Allison Schmitt	Club Wolverine	04: 05.05
4th	Caroline Burckle	Lakeside Swim Team	04: 05.09
5	Kelsey Ditto	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	04: 09.59
6th	Jessica Rodriquez	Longhorn Aquatics	04: 10.76
7th	Maggie Bird	Auburn University Swim Team	04: 11.67
8th	Alyssa Anderson	Sierra Marlins Swim Team	04: 14.28

800 m freestyle

Final on July 5th

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Katie Hoff	North Baltimore Aquatic Club	08: 20.81
2	Kate Ziegler	The Fish	08: 25.38
3	Chloe Sutton	Mission Viejo Nadadores	08: 31.23
4th	Katie Carroll	Club Wolverine	08: 31.47
5	Caroline Burckle	Lakeside Swim Team	08: 32.26
6th	Kelsey Ditto	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	08: 39.35
7th	Laura Guenthner	Gator Swim Club	08: 41.25
8th	Leah Gingrich	WSY Swimming	08: 42.10

move

100 m back

Final on July 1st

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Natalie Coughlin	California Aquatics	00: 58.97  WR
2	Margaret Hoelzer	King Aquatic Club	00: 59.21
3	Hayley McGregory	Longhorn Aquatics	00: 59.42
4th	Lauren Rogers	California Aquatics	01: 00.78
5	Presley A. Bard	Terrapins Swim Team	01: 01.03
6th	Elizabeth Beisel	Bluefish Swim Club	01: 01.40
7th	Leila Vaziri	Coral Springs Swim Club	01: 01.42
8th	Katie Riefenstahl	Germantown Academy Aquatic Club	01: 01.59

200 m back

Final on July 5th

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Margaret Hoelzer	King Aquatic Club	02: 06.09  WR
2	Elizabeth Beisel	Bluefish Swim Club	02: 06.92
3	Hayley McGregory	Longhorn Aquatics	02: 07.69
4th	Mary Descenza	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	02: 10.00
5	Kristen hot	Aggie Swim Club	02: 10.18
6th	Katie Riefenstahl	Germantown Academy Aquatic Club	02: 10.26
7th	Teresa Crippen	Germantown Academy Aquatic Club	02: 12.16
8th	Morgan Scroggy	Tualatin Hills Swim Club	02: 12.89

chest

100 m chest

Final on July 1st

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Jessica Hardy	Trojan Swim Club	01: 06.87
2	Megan Jendrick	King Aquatic Club	01: 07.50
3	Tara Kirk	Stanford Swimming	01: 07.51
4th	Rebecca Soni	Trojan Swim Club	01: 07.80
5	Annie Chandler	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics	01: 08.02
6th	Amanda Beard	unbound	01: 08.80
7th	Lindsay Payne	Trojan Swim Club	01: 08.89
8th	Elizabeth Tinnon	Lakeside Swim Team	01: 09.16

200 m chest

Final on July 4th

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Rebecca Soni	Trojan Swim Club	02: 22.60
2	Amanda Beard	unbound	02: 25.13
3	Catlin Leverenz	El Dorado Aquatics Club	02: 25.98
4th	Keri Hehn	Trojan Swim Club	02: 26.89
5	Megan Jendrick	King Aquatic Club	02: 27.85
6th	Ariana Kukors	King Aquatic Club	02: 28.55
7th	Elle Weberg	Florida Atlantic Swim Team	02: 28.67
8th	Laura Even	Bluefish Swim Club	02: 30.05

butterfly

100 m butterfly

Final on June 30th

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Christine Magnuson	University of Tennessee	00: 58.11
2	Elaine Breeden	Stanford Swimming	00: 58.21
3	Rachel Komisarz	Lakeside Swim Team	00: 58.36
4th	Brooke Bishop	Palo Alto Stanford Aquatics	00: 58.54
5	Dana Vollmer	California Aquatics	00: 58.64
6th	Mary Descenza	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	00: 58.72
7th	Kim Vandenberg	Team Bruin	00: 58.84
8th	Whitney Myers	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics	00: 59.22

200 m butterfly

Final on July 3rd

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Elaine Breeden	Stanford Swimming	02: 06.75
2	Kathleen Hersey	Swim Atlanta	02: 07.33
3	Kim Vandenberg	Team Bruin	02: 08.48
4th	Mary Descenza	Athens Bulldog Swim Club	02: 09.23
5	Tanya Krisman	North Coast Aquatics	02: 09.47
6th	Katie Carroll	Club Wolverine	02: 10.33
7th	Lyndsay DePaul	Aquazot Swim Club	02: 11.20
8th	Leah Gingrich	West Shore YMCA Swimming	02: 11.21

Locations

200 m layers

Final on July 2nd

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Katie Hoff	North Baltimore Aquatic Club	02: 09.71  AR
2	Natalie Coughlin	California Aquatics	02: 10.32
3	Ariana Kukors	King Aquatic Club	02: 10.40
4th	Catlin Leverenz	El Dorado Aquatics Club	02: 11.28
5	Whitney Myers	Tucson Ford Dealers Aquatics	02: 12.41
6th	Ava Ohlgren	Auburn University Swim Team	02: 12.99
7th	Dagny Knutson	Minot YMCA Swim Club	02: 13.91
8th	Kaitlin Sandeno	Club Wolverine	02: 15.87

400 m layers

Final on July 29th

space	sportswoman	Club	time
1	Katie Hoff	North Baltimore Aquatic Club	04: 31.12  WR
2	Elizabeth Beisel	Bluefish Swim Club	04: 32.87
3	Julia Smit	Stanford Swimming	04: 35.72
4th	Catlin Leverenz	El Dorado Aquatics Club	04: 38.54
5	Kathleen Hersey	Swim Atlanta	04: 42.07
6th	Ariana Kukors	King Aquatic Club	04: 42.12
7th	Alicia Aemisegger	Germantown Academy Aquatic Club	04: 42.12
8th	Julie Stupp	Coral Springs Swim Club	04: 46.01

source

• Omegatiming.com

Web links

• Official website of the event (Engl.)
• Official Homepage of the Swimming Federation of the USA (Engl.)
• Omaha Sports Commision (Engl.)
• Calendar of swimming competitions (Engl.)