2008 Summer Olympics / Swimming

At the XXIX. During the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , 34 swimming competitions were held. Of these, 32 competitions took place on the 50-meter track and two competitions in long-distance swimming .

Qualification guidelines

The Beijing National Swimming Center , also known as the Water Cube, where the 2008 Olympic swimming competitions were held

In the individual competitions, each National Olympic Committee was allowed to start two athletes if they had all achieved the A standard or one athlete if he only achieved the B standard. In the relay competitions, a maximum of one team consisting of six athletes per National Olympic Committee was allowed to start. The 12 best-placed teams of the 2007 World Swimming Championships in Melbourne and the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 to July 2008 were qualified for each relay . National Olympic Committees, from which no athletes had qualified for a competition, were entitled to to field a male and / or a female athlete for a competition. Around 400 men and 400 women, a total of 800 athletes, took part in the swimming competitions. From March 15, 2007, A and B standard values ​​were in effect in the individual disciplines.

In the long-distance swim over 10 kilometers in open water, which was held for the first time at the Olympic Games, 25 men and women each were allowed to start. Each nation was allowed to nominate a maximum of two starters per gender, but only if both finished in the top ten at the World Championships. The first ten were qualified over the 10-kilometer course at the 2008 World Endurance Championship in Seville . There were also the winners of the five continental championships. If the nation of the continental champions had already qualified with at least one starter via the world championship result, the top-placed athlete from a National Olympic Committee who had not yet qualified moved up. Another starting place went to the host country China , if this starting place was not already won. The remaining starting positions were swum in a qualifying race in Beijing in June 2008. In this qualifying race, all the not yet qualified National Olympic Committees were allowed to participate again with two starters, but a maximum of one of them could qualify. These qualification criteria applied to women and men.

Men

50 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	BRA	César Cielo	21.30 (OR)
2	FRA	Amaury Leveaux	21.45
3	FRA	Alain Bernard	21.49
4th	OUT	Ashley Callus	21.62
5	United States	Ben Wildman-Tobriner	21.64
6th	OUT	Eamon Sullivan	21.65
7th	RSA	Roland Schoeman	21.67 (AF)
8th	SWE	Stefan Nystrand	21.72

Date: August 16, 2008, 10:40 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in 50-meter freestyle swimming, the A standard of 22.35 s or the B standard of 23.13 s had to be achieved during the qualification period.

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	FRA	Alain Bernard	47.21
2	OUT	Eamon Sullivan	47.32
3	United States	Jason Lezak	47.67
	BRA	César Cielo	47.67
5	NED	Pieter van den Hoogenband	47.75
6th	RSA	Lyndon Ferns	48.04
7th	OUT	Matt Targett	48.20
8th	SWE	Stefan Nystrand	48.33

Date: August 14, 2008, 10:51 am

In order to have the opportunity to have a starting place in 100-meter freestyle swimming, the A standard of 49.23 s or the B standard of 50.95 s had to be achieved during the qualification period.

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Michael Phelps	01: 42.96 (WR)
2	COR	Tae-Hwan Park	01: 44.85 (AS)
3	United States	Peter Vanderkaay	01: 45.14
4th	RSA	Jean Basson	01: 45.97
5	GER	Paul Biedermann	01: 46.00
6th	SUI	Dominik Meichtry	01: 46.95
7th	JPN	Yoshihiro Okumura	01: 47.14
8th	GBR	Robert Renwick	01: 47.47

Date: August 12, 2008, 10:16 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 200-meter freestyle swimming, the A standard of 1: 48.72 min or the B standard of 1: 52.53 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	COR	Tae-Hwan Park	3: 41.86 (AS)
2	CHN	Lin Zhang	3: 42.44
3	United States	Larsen Jensen	3: 42.78 (AM)
4th	United States	Peter Vanderkaay	3: 43.11
5	TO DO	Oussama Mellouli	3: 43.45 (AF)
6th	OUT	Grant Hackett	3: 43.84
7th	RUS	Yuri Prilukov	3: 43.97
8th	RUS	Nikita Lobinsev	3: 48.29

Date: August 10, 10:04 a.m.

In order to have the opportunity to have a starting place in 400-meter freestyle swimming, the A standard of 3: 49.96 min or the B standard of 3: 58.01 min had to be achieved during the qualification period. 36 of 37 registered athletes were at the start. The Germans Paul Biedermann (3: 48.03 min) and Christian Kubusch (3: 52.73 min) were eliminated as sixth and eighth of their prelims, as was the Austrian David Brandl as 20th (3: 48.63 min, first in the lead) and the Swiss Dominik Meichtry as 27th (3: 50.55 min, 4th in the lead).

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	TO DO	Oussama Mellouli	14: 40.84 (AF)
2	OUT	Grant Hackett	14: 41.53
3	CAN	Ryan Cochrane	14: 42.69
4th	RUS	Yuri Prilukov	14: 43.21
5	United States	Larsen Jensen	14: 48.16
6th	GBR	David Davies	14: 52.11
7th	CHN	Lin Zhang	14: 55.20
8th	CHN	Sun Yang	15: 05.12

Date: August 17, 2008, 10:14 am

In order to have the opportunity to have a starting place in the 1,500 meter freestyle swimming, the A standard of 15: 13.16 min or the B standard of 15: 45.12 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

100 m back

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	United States	Aaron Peirsol	52.54 (WR)
2	United States	Matt Grevers	53.11
3	RUS	Arkady Vyatchanin	53.18
	OUT	Hayden Stoeckel	53.18
5	OUT	Ashley Delaney	53.31
6th	GBR	Liam Tancock	53.39
7th	ESP	Aschwin Wildeboer Faber	53.51
8th	JPN	Jun'ichi Miyashita	53.99

Date: August 12, 2008, 10:31 a.m.

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 100-meter backstroke, the A standard of 55.14 s or the B standard of 57.07 s had to be achieved during the qualification period.

200 m back

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Ryan Lochte	1: 53.94 (WR)
2	United States	Aaron Peirsol	1: 54.33
3	RUS	Arkady Vyatchanin	1: 54.93 (ER)
4th	AUT	Markus Rogan	1: 55.49
5	JPN	Ryosuke Irie	1: 55.72
6th	OUT	Hayden Stoeckel	1: 56.39 (OC)
7th	ROME	Răzvan Florea	1: 56.52
8th	GBR	Gregor Tait	1: 57.00

Date: August 15, 2008, 10:19 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 200-meter backstroke, the A standard of 1: 59.72 min or the B standard of 2: 03.91 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	JPN	Kosuke Kitajima	0: 58.91 (WR)
2	NOR	Alexander Dale Oen	0: 59.20
3	FRA	Hugues Duboscq	0: 59.37
4th	United States	Brendan Hansen	0: 59.57
5	OUT	Brenton Rickard	0: 59.74
6th	RUS	Roman Sludnow	0: 59.87
7th	UKR	Ihor Boryssyk	1: 00.20
8th	United States	Mark Gangloff	1: 00.24

Date: August 11, 10:31 a.m.

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 100-meter breaststroke, the A standard of 1: 01.57 min or the B standard of 1: 03.72 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	JPN	Kosuke Kitajima	2; 07.64 (OR)
2	OUT	Brenton Rickard	2: 08.88 (OC)
3	FRA	Hugues Duboscq	2: 08.94
4th	CAN	Mike Andrew Brown	2: 09.03
5	HUN	Daniel Gyurta	2: 09.22
6th	United States	Scott Spann	2: 09.76
7th	ITA	Loris Facci	2: 10.57
8th	ITA	Paolo Bossini	2: 11.48

Date: August 14, 2008, 10:02 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 200-meter breaststroke, the A standard of 2: 13.69 min or the B standard of 2: 18.37 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	United States	Michael Phelps	50.58 (OR)
2	SRB	Milorad Čavić	50.59 (ER)
3	OUT	Andrew Lauterstein	51.12 (OC)
4th	United States	Ian Crocker	51.13
5	KEN	Jason Dunford	51.47
6th	JPN	Takurō Fujii	51.50 (= AS)
7th	UKR	Andriy Serdinov	51.59
8th	PNG	Ryan Pini	51.86

Date: August 16, 2008, 10:10 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 100-meter butterfly swim, the A standard of 52.86 s or the B standard of 54.71 s had to be achieved during the qualification period.

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Michael Phelps	1: 52.03 (WR)
2	HUN	László Cseh	1: 52.70 (ER)
3	JPN	Takeshi Matsuda	1: 52.97 (AS)
4th	NZL	Moss Burmester	1: 54.35 (OC)
5	CHN	Wu Peng	1: 54.35
6th	POLE	Paweł Korzeniowski	1: 54.60
7th	BRA	Kaio de Almeida	1: 54.71
8th	RUS	Nikolai Skvortsov	1: 55.14

Date: August 13, 2008, 10:21 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 200-meter butterfly swim, the A standard of 1: 57.67 min or the B standard of 2: 01.79 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Michael Phelps	1: 54.23 (WR)
2	HUN	László Cseh	1: 56.52 (ER)
3	United States	Ryan Lochte	1: 56.53
4th	BRA	Thiago Pereira	1: 58.14
5	JPN	Ken Takakuwa	1: 58.22 (AS)
6th	GBR	James Goddard	1: 59.24
7th	CAN	Keith Beavers	1: 59.43
8th	GBR	Liam Tancock	2: 00.76

Date: August 15, 2008, 10:50 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 200-meter swimming medley, the A standard of 2: 01.40 min or the B standard of 2: 05.65 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Michael Phelps	4: 03.84 (WR)
2	HUN	László Cseh	4: 06.16 (ER)
3	United States	Ryan Lochte	4: 08.09
4th	ITA	Alessio Boggiatto	4: 12.16
5	ITA	Luca Marin	4: 12.47
6th	HUN	Gergő Kis	4: 12.84
7th	CAN	Brian Johns	4: 13.38
8th	BRA	Thiago Pereira	4: 15.40

Date: August 10, 10:26 a.m.

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 400-meter swimming medley, the A standard of 4: 18.40 min or the B standard of 4: 27.44 min had to be achieved during the qualification period. Michael Phelps swam his 23rd world record - the eighth over this distance - and won his seventh Olympic gold. Silver medalist László Cseh from Hungary set a European record. The Austrian Dinko Jukić was 15th in 4: 15.48 min and set a new OSV record. Athletes from Germany and Switzerland did not take part.

The medal winners from left: Ryan Lochte (USA), Michael Phelps (USA) and László Cseh (Hungary)

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Award ceremony

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Cullen Jones Jason Lezak Forward : Nathan Adrian - Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner - Matt Grevers	3: 08.24 (WR)
2	FRA	Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Frédérick Bousquet Alain Bernard Prelude: Grégory Mallet - Boris Steimetz	3: 08.32 (ER)
3	OUT	Eamon Sullivan Andrew Lauterstein Ashley Callus Matt Targett Prelude : Leith Brodie - Patrick Murphy	3: 09.91 (OC)
4th	ITA	Alessandro Calvi Christian Galenda Marco Belotti Filippo Magnini	3: 11.48
5	SWE	Petter stymn Lars Frölander Stefan Nystrand Jonas Persson	3: 11.92
6th	CAN	Brent Hayden Joel Greenshields Colin Russell Rick Say	3: 12.26
7th	RSA	Lyndon Ferns Darian Townsend Roland Schoeman Ryk Neethling	3: 12.66 (AF)
8th	GBR	Simon Burnett Adam Brown Ben Hockin Ross Davenport	3: 12.87

Date: August 11, 2008, 11:27 a.m.

In order to get a starting place for the 4 × 100 meter freestyle swimming, one had to be one of the 12 best teams at the 2007 World Swimming Championships . These were Italy, Sweden, the United States, Australia, France, Canada, Brazil, South Africa, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland, and Japan. In addition, there were the four fastest, not directly qualified, teams in the period from March 2007 to July 2008.

After the USA was able to set a new world record in the run-up, they also succeeded in the final, where four other seasons were able to undercut the older world record. The Australian Eamon Sullivan set a new world record on the 100 m freestyle course in 47.24 seconds as the starting swimmer of his relay.

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Ricky Berens Peter Vanderkaay Prelude : David Walters - Erik Vendt - Klete Keller	6: 58.56 (WR)
2	RUS	Nikita Lobinzew Evgeni Lagunow Danila Isotow Alexander Sukhorukov Prelude : Mikhail Polishchuk	7: 03.70 (ER)
3	OUT	Patrick Murphy Grant Hackett Grant Brits Nick Ffrost Preamble : Kirk Palmer - Leith Brodie	7: 04.98
4th	ITA	Marco Belotti Emiliano Brembilla Massimiliano Rosolino Filippo Magnini	7: 05.35
5	CAN	Colin Russell Brian Johns Brent Hayden Andrew Hurd	7: 05.77
6th	GBR	David Carry Andrew Hunter Robbie Renwick Ross Davenport	7: 05.92
7th	JPN	Yoshihiro Okumura Shō Uchida Yasunori Mononobe Hisato Matsumoto	7: 10.31
8th	RSA	Jean Basson Darian Townsend Jan Venter Sebastien Rousseau	7: 13.02

Date: August 13, 2008, 11:19 am

In order to get a starting place for the 4 × 200-meter freestyle swimming, one had to belong to the 12 best teams at the 2007 World Swimming Championships . These were the United States, Australia, Canada, Italy, Japan, Russia, the United Kingdom, Poland, Germany, France, Brazil, and Greece. In addition, there are the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 to July 2008.

4 × 100 m individual relay

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Michael Phelps Jason Lezak	3: 29.34 (WR)
2	OUT	Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Eamon Sullivan	3: 30.04 (OC)
3	JPN	Jun'ichi Miyashita Kōsuke Kitajima Takurō Fujii Hisayoshi Satō	3: 31.18 (AS)
4th	RUS	Arkady Vyatchanin Roman Sludnov Yevgeny Korotyshkin Yevgeny Lagunov	3: 31.92 (ER)
5	NZL	Daniel Bell Glenn Snyder's Corney Swanepoel Cam Gibson	3: 33.39
6th	GBR	Liam Tancock Christopher Cook Michael Rock Simmon Burnett	3: 33.69
7th	RSA	Gernard Zandberg Cameron van der Burgh Lyndon Ferns Darian Townsend	3: 33.70 (AF)
-	ITA	Mirko di Tora Loris Facci Mattia Nalesso Filippo Magnini	DSQ

Date: August 17, 2008, 11:07 am

In order to get a starting place for the 4 × 100 meter swimming medley, one had to belong to the 12 best teams at the 2007 World Swimming Championships . These were Japan, Russia, South Africa, Australia, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, Romania, Brazil, Ukraine, New Zealand and Belarus. In addition, there are the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 to July 2008.

10 km marathon

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	NED	Maarten van der Weijden	1: 51: 51.6
2	GBR	David Davies	1: 51: 53.1
3	GER	Thomas Lurz	1: 51: 53.6
4th	ITA	Valerio Cleri	1: 52: 07.5
5	RUS	Yevgeny Dratzew	1: 52: 08.9
6th	BUL	Petar Stoychev	1: 52: 09.1
7th	BEL	Brian Ryckeman	1: 52: 10.7
8th	United States	Mark Warkentin	1: 52: 13.0

Date: August 21, 2008, 9:00 a.m.

Women

50 m freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	GER	Britta Steffen	24.06 (OR)
2	United States	Dara Torres	24.07 (AM)
3	OUT	Cate Campbell	24.17
4th	OUT	Lisbeth Trickett	24.25
5	NED	Marleen Veldhuis	24.26
6th	United States	Kara Lynn Joyce	24.63
7th	NED	Hinkelien Schreuder	24.65
8th	BLR	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	24.77

Date: August 17, 2008, 10:08 am

In order to have the opportunity to have a starting position in 50-meter freestyle swimming, the A standard of 25.43 s or the B standard of 26.32 s had to be achieved during the qualification period.

100 m freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	GER	Britta Steffen	53.12 (OR)
2	OUT	Lisbeth Trickett	53.16
3	United States	Natalie Coughlin	53.39 (AM)
4th	FIN	Hanna-Maria Seppälä	53.97
5	THE	Jeanette Ottesen	54.06
6th	CHN	Zhu Yingwen	54.21
	NED	Marleen Veldhuis
8th	GBR	Francesca Halsall	54.29

Date: August 15, 2008, 11:10 am

In order to have the opportunity to have a starting place in the 100-meter freestyle swimming, the A standard of 55.24 s or the B standard of 57.17 s had to be achieved during the qualification period.

The German Britta Steffen provided the first swimming gold for Germany since the Olympic Games in Barcelona . After 50 meters, Steffen was the last to turn, but caught up in the second half of the race and won in an Olympic record time ahead of the Australian Lisbeth Trickett.

200 m freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	ITA	Federica Pellegrini	1: 54.82 (WR)
2	SLO	Sara Isakovič	1: 54.97
3	CHN	Pang Jiaying	1: 55.05 (AS)
4th	United States	Katie Hoff	1: 55.78 (AM)
5	ROME	Camelia Potec	1: 56.87
6th	GBR	Caitlin McClatchey	1: 57.65
7th	OUT	Bronte Barratt	1: 57.83
	FRA	Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne	1: 57.83

Date: August 13, 2008, 10:14 am

In order to have the opportunity to start in the 200-meter freestyle swimming, the A standard of 1: 59.29 min or the B standard of 2: 03.47 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

400 m freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	GBR	Rebecca Adlington	4: 03.22
2	United States	Katie Hoff	4: 03.29
3	GBR	Joanne Jackson	4: 03.52
4th	FRA	Coralie Balmy	4: 03.60
5	ITA	Federica Pellegrini	4: 04.56
6th	ROME	Camelia Potec	4: 04.66
7th	OUT	Bronte Barratt	4: 05.05
8th	FRA	Laure Manaudou	4: 11.26

Date: August 11, 2008, 11:17 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 400 meter freestyle swimming, the A standard of 4: 11.26 min or the B standard of 4: 20.05 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

800 m freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	GBR	Rebecca Adlington	8: 14.10 (WR)
2	ITA	Alessia Filippi	8: 20.23
3	THE	Lotte Friis	8: 23.03
4th	ROME	Camelia Alina Potec	8: 23.11
5	CHN	Li Xuanxu	8: 26.34
6th	OUT	Kylie Palmer	8: 26.39
7th	RUS	Elena Sokolova	8: 29.79
8th	GBR	Cassandra Patten	8: 32.35

Date: August 16, 2008, 10:16 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 800 meter freestyle swimming, the A standard of 8: 35.98 min or the B standard of 8: 54.04 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

100 m back

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	United States	Natalie Coughlin	00: 58.96 (AM)
2	ZIM	Kirsty Coventry	00: 59.19
3	United States	Margaret Hoelzer	00: 59.34
4th	GBR	Gemma Spofforth	00: 59.38 (ER)
5	RUS	Anastassija Sujewa	00: 59.40
6th	JPN	Reiko Nakamura	00: 59.72
7th	FRA	Laure Manaudou	01: 00.10
8th	JPN	Hanae Itō	01: 00.18

Date: August 12, 2008, 10:23 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 100-meter backstroke, the A standard of 1: 01.70 min or the B standard of 1: 03.86 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

200 m back

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	ZIM	Kirsty Coventry	2: 05.24 (WR)
2	United States	Margaret Hoelzer	2: 06.23
3	JPN	Reiko Nakamura	2: 07.13 (AS)
4th	RUS	Anastassija Sujewa	2: 07.88
5	United States	Elizabeth Beisel	2: 08.23
6th	GBR	Elizabeth Simmonds	2: 08.51
7th	OUT	Meagen Nay	2: 08.64
8th	OUT	Belinda Hocking	2:10:12

Date: August 16, 2008, 10:03 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting position in the 200-meter backstroke, the A standard of 2: 12.73 min or the B standard of 2: 17.38 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

100 m chest

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	OUT	Leisel Jones	1: 05.17 (OR)
2	United States	Rebecca Soni	1: 06.73
3	AUT	Mirna Jukić	1: 07.34
4th	RUS	Yulia Efimova	1: 07.43
5	United States	Megan Jendrick	1: 07.62
6th	OUT	Tarnee White	1: 07.63
7th	CHN	Sun Ye	1: 08.08
8th	JPN	Asami Kitagawa	1: 08.43

Date: August 12, 2008, 10:50 am

In order to have the opportunity to have a starting place in the 100-meter breaststroke, the A standard of 1: 09.01 min or the B standard of 1: 11.43 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

200 m chest

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	United States	Rebecca Soni	2: 20.22 (WR)
2	OUT	Leisel Jones	2: 22.05
3	NOR	Sara Nordenstam	2: 23.02 (ER)
4th	AUT	Mirna Jukić	2: 23.24
5	RUS	Yulia Efimova	2: 23.76
6th	CAN	Annamay Pierse	2: 23.77
7th	JPN	Rie Kaneto	2: 25.14
8th	JPN	Megumi Taneda	2: 25.23

Date: August 15, 2008, 10:11 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 200-meter breaststroke, the A standard of 2: 28.21 min or the B standard of 2: 33.40 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

100 m butterfly

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	OUT	Lisbeth Trickett	56.73 (OC)
2	United States	Christine Magnuson	57.10
3	OUT	Jessica Schipper	57.25
4th	CHN	Zhou Yafei	57.84
5	SIN	Li Tao	57.99
6th	GBR	Jemma Lowe	58.06
7th	BRA	Gabriella Silva	58.10
8th	NED	Inge Dekker	58.54

Date: August 11, 2008, 10:26 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 100-meter butterfly swim, the A standard of 59.35 s or the B standard of 1: 01.43 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

200 m butterfly

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	CHN	Liu Zige	2: 04.18 (WR)
2	CHN	Jiao Liuyang	2: 04.72
3	OUT	Jessica Schipper	2: 06.26
4th	POLE	Otylia Jędrzejczak	2: 07.02
5	JPN	Yūko Nakanishi	2: 07.32
6th	FRA	Aurore Mongel	2: 07.36
7th	United States	Elaine Breeden	2: 07.57
8th	United States	Kathleen Hersey	2: 08.23

Date: August 14, 2008, 10:44 am

In order to have the opportunity to have a starting position in the 200-meter butterfly swim, the A standard of 2: 10.84 min or the B standard of 2: 15.42 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

200 m layers

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	OUT	Stephanie Rice	2: 08.45 (WR)
2	ZIM	Kirsty Coventry	2: 08.59 (AF)
3	United States	Natalie Coughlin	2: 10.34
4th	United States	Katie Hoff	2: 10.68
5	OUT	Alicia Coutts	2: 11.43
6th	JPN	Asami Kitagawa	2: 11.56
7th	CAN	Julia Wilkinson	2: 12.43
8th	POLE	Katarzyna Baranowska	2: 13.36

Date: August 13, 2008, 11:12 am

In order to have the possibility of a starting place in the 200-meter swimming medley, the A standard of 2: 15.27 min or the B standard of 2: 19.97 min had to be achieved during the qualification period.

400 m layers

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	OUT	Stephanie Rice	4: 29.45 (WR)
2	ZIM	Kirsty Coventry	4: 29.89 (AF)
3	United States	Katie Hoff	4: 31.71
4th	United States	Elizabeth Beisel	4: 34.24
5	ITA	Alessia Filippi	4: 34.34
6th	GBR	Hannah Miley	4: 39.44
7th	RUS	Jana Martynova	4: 40.04
8th	CHN	Xuanxu Li	4: 42.13

Date: August 10, 2008, 10:48 am

In order to have the opportunity to have a starting position in the 400-meter swimming medley, the A standard of 4: 45.08 min or the B standard of 4: 55.06 min had to be achieved during the qualification period. Winner Stephanie Rice swam a new world record. Favorite and world record holder Katie Hoff finished third. The internationally unknown Chinese Xuanxu Li was a surprise in the final . The Austrian Jördis Steinegger was 26th (4: 45.15 min, fourth of her preliminary run), the German Katharina Schiller 33rd (4: 51.52 min, seventh of her preliminary run). Schiller replaced the injured Nicole Hetzer .

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	NED	Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Femke Heemskerk Marleen Veldhuis Prelude: Hinkelien Schreuder Manon van Rooijen	3: 33.76 (OR)
2	United States	Natalie Coughlin Lacey Nymeyer Kara Lynn Joyce Dara Torres Forerunner: Julia Smit Emily Silver	3: 34.33 (AM)
3	OUT	Cate Campbell Alice Mills Melanie Schlanger Lisbeth Trickett Forward: Shayne Reese	3: 35.05 (OC)
4th	CHN	Zhu Yingwen Yi Tang Xu Yanwei Pang Jiaying	3: 35.64 (AS)
5	GER	Britta Steffen Meike Friday Daniela Götz Antje Buschschulte	3: 36.85
6th	FRA	Celine Couderc Alena Popchanka Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne Malia Metella Prelude : Hanna Shcherba-Lorgeril	3: 37.68
7th	GBR	Francesca Halsall Caitlin McClatchey Jessica Sylvester Melanie Marshall Prelude: Julia Beckett	3: 38.18
8th	CAN	Julia Wilkinson Erica Morningstar Genevieve Saumur Audrey Lacroix	3: 38.32

Date: August 10, 2008, 11:31 a.m.

In order to get a starting place for the 4 × 100 meter freestyle swimming, one had to be one of the 12 best teams at the 2007 World Swimming Championships . 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. In addition, there are the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 to July 2008.

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	OUT	Stephanie Rice Bronte Barratt Kylie Palmer Linda Mackenzie	7: 44.31 (WR)
2	CHN	Yang Yu Zhu Quianwei Tan Miao Pang Jiaying	7: 45.93 (AS)
3	United States	Allison Schmitt Natalie Coughlin Caroline Burckle Katie Hoff	7: 46.33 (AM)
4th	ITA	Renata Fabiola Spagnolo Alessia Filippi Flavia Zoccari Federica Pellegrini	7: 49.76 (ER)
5	FRA	Coralie Balmy Ophelie-Cyrielle Etienne Aurore Mongel Camille Muffat	7: 50.66
6th	HUN	Ágnes Mutina Evelin Verrasztó Eszter Dara Zsuzsanna Jakabos	7: 55.53
7th	JPN	Haruka Ueda Misaki Yamaguchi Maki Mita Emi Takanabe	7: 57.56
8th	SWE	Josefin Lillhage Gabriella Fagundez Ida Marko-Varga Petra Granlund	7: 59.83

Date: August 14, 2008, 11:32 a.m.

In order to get a starting place for the 4 × 200-meter freestyle swimming, one had to belong to the 12 best teams at the 2007 World Swimming Championships . 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. In addition, there are the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 to July 2008.

4 × 100 m individual relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	OUT	Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Lisbeth Trickett	3: 52.69 (WR)
2	United States	Natalie Coughlin Rebecca Soni Christine Magnuson Dara Torres	3: 53.30 (AM)
3	CHN	Zhao Jing Sun Ye Zhou Yafei Pang Jiaying	3: 56.11 (AS)
4th	GBR	Gemma Spofforth Kate Haywood Jemma Lowe Francesca Halsall	3: 57.50 (ER)
5	RUS	Anastassija Sujewa Julija Eefimowa Natalja Sutjagina Anastassija Aksjonowa	3: 57.84
6th	JPN	Reiko Nakamura Asami Kitagawa Yuka Katō Haruka Ueda	3: 59.54
7th	CAN	Julia Wilkinson Annamay Pierse Audrey Lacroix Erica Morningstar	4: 01.35
-	SWE	Sarah Sjöström Joline Hostman Anna-Karin Kammerling Josefin Lillhage	DSQ

Date: August 17, 2008, 10:47 am

In order to get a starting place for the 4 × 100 meter swimming medley, one had to belong to the 12 best teams at the 2007 World Swimming Championships . These were the United States, Australia, Japan, the People's Republic of China, Germany, Sweden, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, and the Ukraine. In addition, there are the four fastest, not directly qualified teams in the period from March 2007 to July 2008.

10 km marathon

space	country	sportswoman	Time (h)
1	RUS	Larissa Iltschenko	1: 59: 27.7
2	GBR	Keri-Anne Payne	1: 59: 29.2
3	GBR	Cassandra Patten	1: 59: 31.0
4th	GER	Angela Mason	1: 59: 31.9
5	BRA	Ana Cunha	1: 59: 36.8
6th	SUI	Swann Oberson	1: 59: 36.9
7th	BRA	Poliana Okimoto	1: 59: 37.4
8th	CZE	Jana Pechanová	1: 59: 39.7

Date: August 20, 2008, 9:00 a.m.

Despite a good finish, German participant Angela Maurer missed the bronze medal by nine tenths. The victory went to the favored Larissa Iltschenko from Russia, silver and bronze went to the Britons Keri-Anne Payne and Cassandra Patten . The South African Natalie du Toit , who was the first leg amputee to compete in the Olympic Games, came in sixteenth.

Swimming medal table

Swimming medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
01	United States	12	9	10	31
02	Australia	6th	6th	8th	20th
03	Society. King	2	2	2	6th
04th	Japan	2	-	3	5
05	Germany	2	-	1	3
06th	Netherlands	2	-	-	2
07th	People's Republic of China	1	3	2	6th
08th	Zimbabwe	1	3	-	4th
09	France	1	2	3	6th
10	Russia	1	1	2	4th
11	Italy	1	1	-	2
	South Korea	1	1	-	2
13	Brazil	1	-	1	2
14th	Tunisia	1	-	-	1
15th	Hungary	-	3	-	3
16	Norway	-	1	1	2
17th	Serbia	-	1	-	1
	Slovenia	-	1	-	1
19th	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Denmark	-	-	1	1
	Austria	-	-	1	1

Abbreviations

• AF = African record
• AM = American record
• AS = Asian record
• ER = European record
• OC = Oceania record
• OR = Olympic record
• WR = world record

Web links

• Calendar of swimming competitions (Engl.)
• official results page of the swimming competitions ( Memento from March 16, 2009 in the Internet Archive )