2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming

34 swimming competitions were held at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the British capital, London .

From July 28 to August 4, 32 pool swimming competitions were held on a 50-meter lane in the Aquatics Center , 16 each for women and men. On August 9 and 10, two competitions were held in Serpentine Lake ( Hyde Park ) held in open water swimming , a 10-kilometer race for women and men. The program was therefore identical to that of the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing .

Competitions and schedule

The pool competitions take place in the Aquatics Center

Hyde Park - the venue for open water swimming competitions

Swimming competitions and schedule
Day	Morning program 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. CEST	Evening program from 8:30 p.m. to 10:35 p.m. CEST
Saturday 28th July 2012	Heats 400 m individual medley men heats 100 m butterfly women heats 400 m freestyle men heats 400 m medley women heats 100 m chest men heats 4 × 100 m freestyle relay women	Final 400 m medley men semifinals 100 m butterfly women final 400 m freestyle men final 400 m medley women semifinals 100 m breaststroke men final 4 × 100 m freestyle relay women
Sunday 29th July 2012	Heats 100 m back women heats 200 m freestyle men heats 100 m chest women heats 100 m back men heats 400 m freestyle women heats 4 × 100 m freestyle relay men	Final 100 m butterfly women semifinals 200 m freestyle men semifinals 100 m chest women final 100 m chest men final 400 m freestyle women semifinals 100 m back men semifinals 100 m back women final 4 × 100 m freestyle relay men
Monday July 30th 2012	Heats 200 m freestyle women heats 200 m butterfly men heats 200 m medley women	Semi-finals 200 m freestyle women final 200 m freestyle men final 100 m back women final 100 m back men final 100 m breast women semifinals 200 m butterfly men semifinals 200 m medley women
Tuesday July 31, 2012	Heats 100 m freestyle men heats 200 m butterfly women heats 200 m chest men heats 4 × 200 m freestyle relay men	Semi-finals 100 m freestyle men final 200 m freestyle women final 200 m butterfly men semi-finals 200 m butterfly women semifinals 200 m breaststroke men final 200 m medley women final 4 × 200 m freestyle relay men
Wednesday August 1st 2012	Heats 100 m freestyle women heats 200 m back men heats 200 m chest women heats 200 m medley men heats 4 × 200 m freestyle relay women	Final 200 m chest men semifinals 100 m freestyle women semifinals 200 m back men final 200 m butterfly women final 100 m freestyle men semifinals 200 m chest women semifinals 200 m medley men final 4 × 200 m freestyle relay women
Thursday 2nd August 2012	Heats 50 m freestyle men heats 800 m freestyle women heats 100 m butterfly men heats 200 m back women	Semi-finals 50 m freestyle men final 200 m chest women final 200 m back men semi-finals 200 m back women final 200 m medley men final 100 m freestyle women semi-finals 100 m butterfly men
Friday 3rd August 2012	Prelims 50 m freestyle women prelims 1500 m freestyle men prelims 4 × 100 m medley relay women prelims 4 × 100 m medley relay men	Final 200 m back women final 100 m butterfly men final 800 m freestyle women final 50 m freestyle men semifinals 50 m freestyle women
Saturday 4th August 2012		Final 50 m freestyle women final 1500 m freestyle men final 4 × 100 m medley relay women final 4 × 100 m medley relay men
Thursday August 9th 2012	10 km open water women
Friday August 10th 2012	10 km open water men

Men

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

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	FRA	Florent Manaudou	21.34
2	United States	Cullen Jones	21.54
3	BRA	César Cielo	21.59
4th	BRA	Bruno Fratus	21.61
5	United States	Anthony Ervin	21.78
6th	RSA	Roland Schoeman	21.80
7th	TRI	George Bovell	21.82
8th	OUT	Eamon Sullivan	21.98

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 50m freestyle (men)

Final: August 3, 2012, 8:09 pm

100 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	United States	Nathan Adrian	47.52
2	OUT	James Magnussen	47.53
3	CAN	Brent Hayden	47.80
4th	FRA	Yannick Agnel	47.84
5	NED	Sebastiaan Verschuren	47.88
6th	BRA	César Cielo	47.92
7th	CUB	Hanser García	48.04
8th	RUS	Nikita Lobinsev	48.44

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Men)

Final: August 1st, 2012, 8:20 pm

200 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	FRA	Yannick Agnel	1: 43.14
2	COR	Tae-hwan Park	1: 44.93
	CHN	Sun Yang	1: 44.93
4th	United States	Ryan Lochte	1: 45.04
5	GER	Paul Biedermann	1: 45.53
6th	GBR	Robert Renwick	1: 46.53
7th	OUT	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	1: 46.93
8th	RUS	Danila Isotov	1: 47.75

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m freestyle (men)

Final: July 30, 2012, 7:43 pm

400 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	CHN	Sun Yang	3: 40.14 (OR)
2	COR	Tae-hwan Park	3: 42.06
3	United States	Peter Vanderkaay	3: 44.69
4th	CHN	Hao Yun	3: 46.02
5	United States	Conor Dwyer	3: 46.39
6th	HUN	Gergő Kis	3: 47.03
7th	GBR	David Carry	3: 48.62
8th	OUT	Ryan Napoleon	3: 49.25

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 400m freestyle (men)

Final: July 28, 2012, 7:51 pm

1500 m freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	CHN	Sun Yang	14: 31.02 (WR)
2	CAN	Ryan Cochrane	14: 39.63 (AM)
3	TO DO	Oussama Mellouli	14: 40.31
4th	COR	Tae-hwan Park	14: 50.61
5	ITA	Gregorio Paltrinieri	14: 51.92
6th	United States	Connor Jaeger	14: 52.99
7th	POLE	Mateusz Sawrymowicz	14: 54.32
8th	GBR	Daniel Fogg	15: 00.76

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 1500m freestyle (men)

Final: August 4th, 2012, 7:36 pm

100 m back

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	United States	Matthew Grevers	52.16 (OR)
2	United States	Nick Thoman	52.92
3	JPN	Ryosuke Irie	52.97
4th	FRA	Camille Lacourt	53.08
5	GBR	Liam Tancock	53.35
6th	GER	Helge Meeuw	53.48
7th	OUT	Hayden Stoeckel	53.55
8th	CHN	Cheng Feiyi	53.77

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m backstroke (men)

Final: July 30, 2012, 7:58 p.m.

200 m back

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Tyler Clary	1: 53.41 (OR)
2	JPN	Ryosuke Irie	1: 53.78
3	United States	Ryan Lochte	1: 53.94
4th	POLE	Radosław Kawęcki	1: 55.59
4th	CHN	Zhang Fenglin	1: 55.59
6th	JPN	Kazuki Watanabe	1: 57.03
7th	ISR	Yakov Toumarkin	1: 57.62
8th	OUT	Mitch Larkin	1: 58.02

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m back (men)

Final: August 2, 2012, 7:48 p.m.

100 m chest

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	RSA	Cameron van der Burgh	58.46 (WR)
2	OUT	Christian Sprenger	58.93
3	United States	Brendan Hansen	59.49
4th	HUN	Daniel Gyurta	59.53
5	JPN	Kosuke Kitajima	59.79
6th	OUT	Brenton Rickard	59.87
7th	ITA	Fabio Scozzoli	59.97
8th	LTU	Giedrius Titenis	60.84

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m chest (men)

Final: July 29, 2012, 8:11 p.m.

200 m chest

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	HUN	Daniel Gyurta	2: 07.28 (WR)
2	GBR	Michael Jamieson	2: 07.43
3	JPN	Ryō Tateishi	2: 08.29
4th	JPN	Kosuke Kitajima	2: 08.35
5	United States	Scott Weltz	2: 09.02
6th	United States	Clark Burckle	2: 09.25
7th	OUT	Brenton Rickard	2: 09.28
8th	GBR	Andrew Willis	2: 09.44

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m chest (men)

Final: August 1st, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

100 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	Time (s)
1	United States	Michael Phelps	51.21
2	RSA	Chad le Clos	51.44
	RUS	Yevgeny Korotyshkin	51.44
4th	SRB	Milorad Čavić	51.81
	GER	Steffen Deibler	51.81
6th	NED	Joeri Verlinden	51.82
7th	United States	Tyler McGill	51.88
8th	POLE	Konrad Czerniak	52.05

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m butterfly (men)

Final: August 3, 2012, 7:38 pm

200 m butterfly

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	RSA	Chad le Clos	1: 52.96 (AF)
2	United States	Michael Phelps	1: 53.01
3	JPN	Takeshi Matsuda	1: 53.21
4th	AUT	Dinko Jukić	1: 54.35
5	United States	Tyler Clary	1: 55.06
6th	SRB	Velimir Stjepanović	1: 55.07
7th	POLE	Paweł Korzeniowski	1: 55.08
8th	CHN	Chen Yin	1: 55.18

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m butterfly (men)

Final: July 31, 2012, 7:49 pm

200 m layers

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Michael Phelps	1: 54.27
2	United States	Ryan Lochte	1: 54.90
3	HUN	László Cseh	1: 56.22
4th	BRA	Thiago Pereira	1: 56.74
5	JPN	Kosuke Hagino	1: 57.35
6th	JPN	Ken Takakuwa	1: 58.53
7th	GBR	James Goddard	1: 59.05
8th	GER	Markus Deibler	1: 59.10

→ Main article : Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 200 m medley (men)

Final: August 2, 2012, 8:19 p.m.

400 m layers

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Ryan Lochte	4: 05.18
2	BRA	Thiago Pereira	4: 08.86
3	JPN	Kosuke Hagino	4: 08.94 (AS)
4th	United States	Michael Phelps	4: 09.28
5	RSA	Chad le Clos	4: 12.42
6th	JPN	Yūya Hirohata	4: 13.30
7th	OUT	Thomas Fraser-Holmes	4: 13.49
8th	ITA	Luca Marin	4: 14.89

→ Main article : Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 400 m medley (men)

Final: July 28, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	FRA	Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel Forerunner: Alain Bernard , Jérémy Stravius	3: 09.93
2	United States	Nathan Adrian Michael Phelps Cullen Jones Ryan Lochte Forward: James Feigen , Matthew Grevers , Ricky Berens , Jason Lezak	3: 10.38
3	RUS	Andrei Grechin Nikita Lobinzew Vladimir Morozov Danila Isotov Prelude: Evgeni Lagunow , Sergei Fessikow	3: 11.41
4th	OUT	James Magnussen Matt Targett Eamon Sullivan James Roberts Prelude: Cameron McEvoy , Tommaso D'Orsogna	3: 11.63
5	RSA	Gideon Louw Darian Townsend Graeme Moore Roland Schoeman	3: 13.45
6th	GER	Benjamin Starke Markus Deibler Christoph Fildebrandt Marco di Carli	3: 13.52
7th	ITA	Luca Dotto Marco Orsi Michele Santucci Filippo Magnini Prelude: Andrea Rolla	3: 14.13
8th	BEL	Dieter Dekoninck Jasper Aerents Emmanuel Vanluchene Pieter Timmers	3: 14.40

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 100 m freestyle (men)

Final: July 29, 2012, 9:00 p.m.

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Ryan Lochte Conor Dwyer Ricky Berens Michael Phelps Prelude: Charlie Houchin , Matthew McLean , Davis Tarwater	6: 59.70
2	FRA	Amaury Leveaux Grégory Mallet Clément Lefert Yannick Agnel Forerunner: Jérémy Stravius	7: 02.77 (NR)
3	CHN	Hao Yun Li Yunqi Jiang Haiqi Sun Yang Prelude : Lu Zhiwu , Dai Jun	7: 06.30
4th	GER	Paul Biedermann Dimitri Colupaev Tim Wallburger Clemens Rapp	7: 06.59
5	OUT	Thomas Fraser-Holmes Kenrick Monk Ned McKendry Ryan Napoleon Prelude: David McKeon , Cameron McEvoy	7:07.00
6th	GBR	Robert Renwick Ieuan Lloyd Robert Bale Ross Davenport Forward: David Carry	7: 09.33
7th	RSA	Darian Townsend Sebastien Rousseau Chad le Clos Jean Basson	7: 09.65
8th	HUN	Dominik Kozma László Cseh Peter Bernek Gergő Kis	7: 13.66

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle (men)

Final: July 31, 2012, 8:51 p.m.

4 × 100 m individual relay

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	United States	Matt Grevers Brendan Hansen Michael Phelps Nathan Adrian Forward: Nick Thoman , Eric Shanteau , Tyler McGill , Cullen Jones	3: 29.35
2	JPN	Ryōsuke Irie Kōsuke Kitajima Takeshi Matsuda Takuro Fujii	3: 31.26
3	OUT	Hayden Stoeckel Christian Sprenger Matt Targett James Magnussen Prelude: Brenton Rickard , Tommaso D'Orsogna	3: 31.58
4th	GBR	Liam Tancock Michael Jamieson Michael Rock Adam Brown Forerunner: Craig Benson	3: 32.32
5	HUN	László Cseh Dániel Gyurta Bence Pulai Dominik Kozma	3: 33.02
6th	GER	Helge Meeuw Christian vom Lehn Steffen Deibler Markus Deibler Vorlauf: Marco di Carli	3: 33.06
7th	NED	Nick Driebergen Lennart Stekelenburg Joeri Verlinden Sebastiaan Verschuren	3: 33.46
8th	CAN	Charles Francis Scott Dickens Joe Bartoch Brent Hayden	3: 34.19

Final: August 4th, 2012, 8:27 pm

10 km of open water

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	TO DO	Oussama Mellouli	1: 49: 55.1
2	GER	Thomas Lurz	1: 49: 58.5
3	CAN	Richard Weinberger	1: 50: 00.3
4th	GRE	Spyros Gianniotis	1: 50: 05.3
5	GBR	Daniel Fogg	1: 50: 37.3
6th	RUS	Sergei Bolshakov	1: 50: 40.1
7th	RUS	Vladimir Djatchin	1: 50: 42.8
8th	GER	Andreas Waschburger	1: 50: 44.4

→ Main article : Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 10 km open water (men)

August 10, 2012, 12:00 p.m.

Women

50 m freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	NED	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	24.05 (OR)
2	BLR	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	24.28
3	NED	Marleen Veldhuis	24.39
4th	GER	Britta Steffen	24.46
5	GBR	Francesca Halsall	24.47
6th	SWE	Therese Alshammar	24.61
7th	United States	Jessica Hardy	24.62
8th	Bras	Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace	24.69

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 50m freestyle (women)

Final: August 4, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

100 m freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	NED	Ranomi Kromowidjojo	53.00 (OR)
2	BLR	Aljaksandra Herassimenja	53.38
3	CHN	Tang Yi	53.44
4th	OUT	Melanie Schlanger	53.47
5	United States	Missy Franklin	53.64
6th	GBR	Francesca Halsall	53.66
7th	THE	Jeanette Ottesen Gray	53.75
8th	United States	Jessica Hardy	54.02

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m Freestyle (Women)

Final: August 2nd, 2012, 8:37 pm

200 m freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	United States	Allison Schmitt	1: 53.61 (OR)
2	FRA	Camille Muffat	1: 55.58
3	OUT	Bronte Barratt	1: 55.81
4th	United States	Missy Franklin	1: 55.82
5	ITA	Federica Pellegrini	1: 56.73
6th	RUS	Veronika Popova	1: 57.25
7th	OUT	Caitlin McClatchey	1: 57.60
8th	THE	Kylie Palmer	1: 57.68

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m freestyle (women)

Final: July 31, 2012, 7:41 pm

400 m freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	FRA	Camille Muffat	4: 01.45 (OR)
2	United States	Allison Schmitt	4: 01.77 (AM)
3	GBR	Rebecca Adlington	4: 03.01
4th	THE	Lotte Friis	4: 03.98
5	ITA	Federica Pellegrini	4: 04.50
6th	FRA	Coralie Balmy	4: 05.95
7th	CAN	Brittany MacLean	4: 06.24
8th	NZL	Lauren Boyle	4: 06.25

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 400m freestyle (women)

Final: July 29, 2012, 8:18 pm

800 m freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	United States	Katie Ledecky	8: 14.63
2	ESP	Mireia Belmonte	8: 18.76
3	GBR	Rebecca Adlington	8: 20.32
4th	NZL	Lauren Boyle	8: 22.72
5	THE	Lotte Friis	8: 23.86
6th	HUN	Boglárka Kapás	8: 23.89
7th	FRA	Coralie Balmy	8: 29.26
8th	VEN	Andreina Pinto	8: 29.28

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 800m freestyle (women)

Final: August 3, 2012, 7:45 p.m.

100 m back

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	United States	Missy Franklin	58.33 (AM)
2	OUT	Emily Seebohm	58.68
3	JPN	Aya Terakawa	58.83 (AS)
4th	RUS	Anastassija Sujewa	59.00
5	GBR	Gemma Spofforth	59.20
6th	CHN	Zhao Jing	59.23
7th	OUT	Belinda Hocking	59.29
8th	CHN	Fu Yuanhui	1: 00.50

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m backstroke (women)

Final: July 30, 2012, 7:51 p.m.

200 m back

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	United States	Missy Franklin	2: 04.06 (WR)
2	RUS	Anastassija Sujewa	2: 05.92
3	United States	Elizabeth Beisel	2: 06.55
4th	GBR	Elizabeth Simmonds	2: 07.26
5	OUT	Meagen Nay	2: 07.43
6th	ZIM	Kirsty Coventry	2: 08.18
7th	FRA	Alexianne Castel	2: 08.43
8th	CAN	Sinead Russell	2: 09.86

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m back (women)

Final: August 3, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

100 m chest

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	LIT	Rūta Meilutytė	1: 05.47
2	United States	Rebecca Soni	1: 05.55
3	JPN	Satomi Suzuki	1: 06.46
4th	JAM	Alia Atkinson	1: 06.93
5	OUT	Leisel Jones	1: 06.95
6th	United States	Breeja Larson	1: 06.96
7th	RUS	Yulia Efimova	1: 06.98
8th	THE	Rikke Pedersen	1: 07.55

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m breaststroke (women)

Final: July 30, 2012, 8:15 p.m.

200 m chest

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	United States	Rebecca Soni	2: 19.59 (WR)
2	JPN	Satomi Suzuki	2: 20.72 (AR)
3	RUS	Yulia Efimova	2: 20.92 (ER)
4th	THE	Rikke Pedersen	2: 21.65
5	CAN	Martha McCabe	2: 23.16
6th	United States	Micah Lawrence	2: 23.27
7th	RSA	Suzaan of Biljon	2: 23.72
8th	OUT	Sally Foster	2: 26.00

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m chest (women)

Final: August 2, 2012, 7:40 p.m.

100 m butterfly

space	country	sportswoman	Time (s)
1	United States	Dana Vollmer	55.98 (WR)
2	CHN	Lu Ying	56.87
3	OUT	Alicia Coutts	56.94
4th	SWE	Sarah Sjöström	57.17
5	ITA	Ilaria Bianchi	57.27
6th	THE	Jeanette Ottesen Gray	57.35
7th	United States	Claire Donahue	57.48
8th	GBR	Ellen Gandy	57.76

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 100m butterfly (women)

Final: July 29, 2012, 7:30 p.m.

200 m butterfly

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	CHN	Jiao Liuyang	2: 04.06 (OR)
2	ESP	Mireia Belmonte	2: 05.25
3	JPN	Natsumi Hoshi	2: 05.48
4th	United States	Kathleen Hersey	2: 05.78
5	United States	Cammile Adams	2: 06.78
6th	GBR	Jemma Lowe	2: 6.80
7th	HUN	Zsuzsanna Jakabos	2: 07.33
8th	CHN	Liu Zige	2: 07.77

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 200m butterfly (women)

Final: August 1st, 2012, 8:12 p.m.

200 m layers

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	CHN	Ye Shiwen	2: 07.57 (OR)
2	OUT	Alicia Coutts	2: 08.15
3	United States	Caitlin Leverenz	2: 08.95
4th	OUT	Stephanie Rice	2: 09.55
5	United States	Ariana Kukors	2: 09.83
6th	ZIM	Kirsty Coventry	2: 11.13
7th	GBR	Hannah Miley	2: 11.29
8th	HUN	Katinka Hosszú	2: 14.19

→ Main article : Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 200 m medley (women)

Final: July 31, 2012, 8:43 pm

400 m layers

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	CHN	Ye Shiwen	4: 28.43 (WR)
2	United States	Elizabeth Beisel	4: 31.27
3	CHN	Li Xuanxu	4: 32.91
4th	HUN	Katinka Hosszú	4: 33.49
5	GBR	Hannah Miley	4: 34.17
6th	United States	Caitlin Leverenz	4: 35.49
	OUT	Stephanie Rice	4: 35.49
8th	ESP	Mireia Belmonte	4: 35.62

→ Main article : Olympic Summer Games 2012 / Swimming - 400 m medley (women)

Final: July 28, 8:11 p.m.

4 × 100 m freestyle relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	OUT	Alicia Coutts Cate Campbell Brittany Elmslie Melanie Schlanger Vorlauf: Emily Seebohm , Yolane Kukla , Lisbeth Trickett	3: 33.15 (OR)
2	NED	Inge Dekker Marleen Veldhuis Femke Heemskerk Ranomi Kromowidjojo Prelude : Hinkelien Schreuder	3: 33.79
3	United States	Missy Franklin Jessica Hardy Lia Neal Allison Schmitt Preamble: Amanda Weir , Natalie Coughlin	3: 34.29 (AM)
4th	CHN	Tang Yi Qiu Yuhan Wang Haibing Pang Jiaying Prelude : Wang Shijia	3: 36.75
5	GBR	Amy Smith Francesca Halsall Jess Lloyd Caitlin McClatchey Prelude: Rebecca Turner	3: 37.02
6th	THE	Pernille Blume Mie Østergaard Nielsen Lotte Friis Jeanette Ottesen Gray	3: 37.45
7th	JPN	Haruka Ueda Yayoi Matsumoto Miki Uchida Hanae Itō	3: 37.96
	SWE	Michelle Coleman Sarah Sjöström Ida Marko-Varga Gabriella Fagundez	DSQ

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 100 m freestyle (women)

Final: July 28, 2012, 8:43 pm

4 × 200 m freestyle relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	United States	Missy Franklin Dana Vollmer Shannon Vreeland Allison Schmitt Prelude: Lauren Perdue , Alyssa Anderson	7: 42.92 (OR)
2	OUT	Bronte Barratt Melanie Schlanger Kylie Palmer Alicia Coutts Brittany Elmslie , Angie Bainbridge , Jade Neilsen , Blair Evans	7: 44.41
3	FRA	Camille Muffat Charlotte Bonnet Ophélie-Cyrielle Étienne Coralie Balmy Margaux Farrell , Mylène Lazare	7: 47.49 (NR)
4th	CAN	Barbara Jardin Samantha Cheverton Amanda Reason Brittany MacLean	7: 50.65
5	GBR	Caitlin McClatchey Rebecca Turner Hannah Miley Joanne Jackson Prelude: Ellie Faulkner	7: 52.37
6th	CHN	Wang Shija Ye Shiwen Liu Jing Tang Yi Preamble: Zhu Qianwei , Chen Qian , Pang Jiaying	7: 53.11
7th	ITA	Alice Mizzau Alice Nesti Diletta Carli Federica Pellegrini	7: 56.30
8th	JPN	Haruka Ueda Hanae Itō Yayoi Matsumoto Aya Takano	7: 56.73

→ Main article : 2012 Summer Olympics / Swimming - 4 × 200 m freestyle (women)

Final: August 1st, 2012, 9:04 pm

4 × 100 m individual relay

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	United States	Missy Franklin Rebecca Soni Dana Vollmer Allison Schmitt Prelude : Rachel Bootsma , Breeja Larson , Claire Donahue , Jessica Hardy	3: 52.05 (WR)
2	OUT	Emily Seebohm Leisel Jones Alicia Coutts Melanie Schlanger Prelude: Brittany Elmslie	3: 54.02
3	JPN	Aya Terakawa Satomi Suzuki Yuka Kato Haruka Ueda	3: 55.73
4th	RUS	Anastassija Sujewa Julija Jefimowa Irina Bespalowa Veronika Popowa Prelude: Marija Gromowa	3: 56.03
5	CHN	Zhao Jing Ji Liping Lu Ying Tang Yi Gao Chang , Sun Ye , Jiao Liuyang	3: 56.41
6th	NED	Sharon van Rouwendaal Moniek Nijhuis Inge Dekker Ranomi Kromowidjojo Prelude : Femke Heemskerk	3: 57.28
7th	THE	Mie Østergaard Nielsen Rikke Møller Pedersen Jeanette Ottesen Gray Pernille Flower	3: 57.76
8th	GBR	Gemma Spofforth Siobhan-Marie O'Connor Ellen Gandy Francesca Halsall Forerunner: Jemma Lowe , Amy Smith	3: 59.46

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Final: August 4th, 2012, 8:07 pm

10 km of open water

space	country	sportswoman	Time (h)
1	HUN	Éva Risztov	1: 57: 38.2
2	United States	Haley Anderson	1: 57: 38.6
3	ITA	Martina Grimaldi	1: 57: 41.8
4th	GBR	Keri-Anne Payne	1: 57: 42.2
5	GER	Angela Mason	1: 57: 52.8
6th	FRA	Ophélie Aspord	1: 58: 43.1
7th	UKR	Olga Bereznyeva	1: 58: 44.4
8th	ESP	Erika Villaécija	1: 58: 49.5

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August 9, 2012, 12:00 p.m.

Medal table

Medal table
space	country	G	S.	B.	total
01	United States	16	9	6th	31
02	People's Republic of China	5	2	3	10
03	France	4th	2	1	7th
04th	Netherlands	2	1	1	4th
05	South Africa	2	1	-	3
06th	Hungary	2	-	1	3
07th	Australia	1	6th	3	10
08th	Tunisia	1	-	1	2
09	Lithuania	1	-	-	1
10	Japan	-	3	8th	11
11	Russia	-	2	2	4th
12	South Korea	-	2	-	2
12	Spain	-	2	-	2
12	Belarus	-	2	-	2
15th	Great Britain	-	1	2	3
15th	Canada	-	1	2	3
17th	Brazil	-	1	1	2
18th	Germany	-	1	-	1
19th	Italy	-	-	1	1
Total		34	36	32	102

qualification

Pool swimming

Qualification criteria

About 900 athletes will take part in the pool swimming competitions. For each individual discipline, the FINA set qualification times, an A-Standard or OQT (Olympic Qualification Time) or a B-Standard or OST (Olympic Selection Time).

In the individual competitions, each NOK may start two athletes if both were able to achieve the A standard, or one athlete if the latter achieved the B standard. One team per country, consisting of a maximum of six athletes, may compete in the relay competitions. 16 teams take part in each relay competition, twelve places were awarded at the 2011 World Championships in Shanghai , plus the four fastest relays between March 1, 2011 and June 1, 2012. Could not choose an athlete and / or none from one country To qualify an athlete, the NOK was allowed to nominate an athlete and / or an athlete for a competition. The number of athletes qualified via these so-called universal starting places should not exceed 150. Finally, athletes who only achieved the B standard qualified until the total number of 900 athletes is reached. For this purpose, FINA created an Olympic ranking so that the athletes who came closest to the A standard were considered first.

The A standard had to be achieved between March 1, 2011 and July 3, 2012, the B standard between March 1, 2011 and June 1, 2012.

Competitions and standard times

2012 Olympic Qualifying Standards
	Men		Women
discipline	A standard	B standard	A standard	B standard
50 m freestyle	22.11 s	22.88 s	25.27 s	26.15 s
100 m freestyle	48.82 s	50.53 s	54.57 s	56.48 s
200 m freestyle	1: 47.82 min	1: 51.59 min	1: 58.33 min	2: 02.47 min
400 m freestyle	3: 48.92 min	3: 54.13 min	4: 09.35 min	4: 18.07 min
800 m freestyle	-	-	8: 33.84 min	8: 51.82 min
1500 m freestyle	15: 11.83 min	15: 43.74 min	-	-
100 m butterfly	52.36 s	54.19 s	58.70 s	1: 00.75 min
200 m butterfly	1: 56.86 min	2: 00.95 min	2: 08.95 min	2: 13.46 min
100 m chest	1: 00.79 min	1: 02.92 min	1: 08.49 min	1: 10.89 min
200 m chest	2: 11.74 min	2: 16.35 min	2: 26.89 min	2: 32.03 min
100 m back	54.40 s	56.30 s	1: 00.82 min	1: 02.95 min
200 m back	1: 58.48 min	2: 02.63 min	2: 10.84 min	2: 15.42 min
200 m layers	2:00, 17 min	2: 04.38 min	2: 13.36 min	2: 18.03 min
400 m layers	4: 16.46 min	4: 25.44 min	4: 41.75 min	4: 51.75 min
4 × 100 m freestyle relay	Place 1–12 at the World Championships 2011 & 4 fastest seasons in the world best list of the qualification period
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
4 × 100 m individual medley relay

Qualified relays

Qualified relays
	Women			Men
competition	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	4 × 100 m individual relay relay	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	4 × 100 m individual relay relay
01st place World Cup 2011	Netherlands	United States	United States	Australia	United States	United States
02nd place World Cup 2011	United States	Australia	People's Republic of China	France	France	Australia
03rd place World Cup 2011	Germany	People's Republic of China	Australia	United States	People's Republic of China	Germany
04th place World Cup 2011	People's Republic of China	Canada	Russia	Italy	Germany	Italy
05th place World Cup 2011	Australia	Hungary	Japan	Russia	Australia	Japan
06th place World Cup 2011	Sweden	France	Germany	South Africa	Japan	Netherlands
07th place World Cup 2011	Canada	Italy	Great Britain	Germany	Great Britain	Hungary
08th place World Cup 2011	Japan	Great Britain	Canada	Great Britain	Italy	New Zealand
09th place World Cup 2011	Denmark	New Zealand	Denmark	Belgium	Austria	Canada
10th place World Cup 2011	Great Britain	Japan	Italy	Brazil	Hungary	France
11th place World Cup 2011	Italy	Germany	Sweden	Japan	Canada	Russia
12th place World Cup 2011	Russia	Russia	Netherlands	Hungary	New Zealand	Poland
Time ranking	New Zealand	Slovenia	Spain	Canada	Russia	Great Britain
Time ranking	Hungary	Spain	France	People's Republic of China	Denmark	South Africa
Time ranking	Greece	Poland	Iceland	Venezuela	Belgium	People's Republic of China
Time ranking	Belarus	Ukraine	Hungary	Serbia	South Africa	Kazakhstan
Time ranking						Brazil
total	16	16	16	16	16	17th

The Brazilian and Kazakh relay ranks were at the same time in the ranking, so that a total of 17 relays were allowed.

Qualified athletes

The following table shows the number of qualified athletes according to NOKs for each individual route. Up to two athletes could qualify via the A standard and a maximum of one athlete via the B standard. In total, swimmers from 70 different NOKs were able to secure participation. Every NOK without a qualified athlete also has the option of nominating at least one female and / or female athlete.

Number of athletes qualified via the A and B standard according to NOKs
	Women													Men
Competition (meter)	Freestyle					butterfly		move		chest		Locations		Freestyle					butterfly		move		chest		Locations
	050	100	200	400	800	100	200	100	200	100	200	200	400	050	100	200	400	1500	100	200	100	200	100	200	200	400
Argentina					1								1	1			1	1			1
Australia	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2
Bahamas	1	1
Barbados																									1
Belgium						1					1			1	1				1							1
Brazil	1					1		1					1	2	2				1	2	2	1	2	2	2	1
Bulgaria		1	1	1					1
Chile					1
China	1	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2		1	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	1	1	2	2
Denmark	2	2		1	1	1		1		1	1						2	1			1
Germany	1	2	1			1		1	1	2		1			1	2	1		2		2	2	2	2	2	1
Estonia	1																						1		1
Finland	1	1	1			1	1							1				1						1
France	1		1	2	1			2	2				1	2	2	2		2	1		2	1
Greece	2				1	1								1				1		2	1			1	1	1
Great Britain	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	1		2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Hong Kong		1	1					1	1
Indonesia																					1
Ireland					1				1	1													1
Iceland	1								1		1
Israel						1										1				1	2	1	1		1	1
Italy			1	1		1		2	1	1	1		1	2	2	1	1	2	1		1	1	2		1	2
Jamaica										1
Japan	1	1	1	1		2	1	1	1	2	2	1	2						2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Cayman Islands															2	2
Canada	1		2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	1			1	1	1	1		1	1	1	1		1	1
Kazakhstan																					1	1
Kenya														1	1				1
Colombia								1									1					1
Croatia								1	1			1		1
Cuba															1							1
Liechtenstein				1	1
Lithuania										1					1								1	1	1
Luxembourg																								1	1	1
Morocco										1	1
Mexico			1	1			1		1			1						1						1
New Zealand	1		1	1	1				1			1	1			1	1				2	1	1	1
Netherlands	2	2	1			1		1	1	1					1	2		1	1		2	1	1	1
Norway				1		1					1		1								1
Austria	1				1	1						1	1			1	1			1					1
Paraguay																1
Poland	1	1			1		1		1					1	1			1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Portugal							1													1		1	1		1
Puerto Rico	1	1
Romania				1	1									1	1					1			1
Russia		1	1	1	1	1		1	1	2	2	1	1	2	2	2	1		2	1	2	2	1	1	1	1
Sweden	2	2	1			2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1					1
Switzerland							1						1			1				1				1	1
Serbia		1									1						1		2	1
Zimbabwe								1	1			1
Singapore						1		1												1
Slovakia						1	1
Slovenia			1		1				1	1	1		1						1	1			1
Spain			2	2	2		2	1	1	2	1	2	2								2
South Africa	1				1		1		1		1	1	1	2	2		1	1	1	1	1	1	1		2	2
South Korea							1			1	2	1	1			1	1	1	1			1		1		1
Thailand																								1
Trinidad & Tobago														1
Czech Republic								1	1	2	1		1		1
Tunisia																1	1	1							1	1
Turkey	1									1	1							1
Ukraine	1							1	1	1	1	1	1	1				1				1	1	1		1
Hungary	1		2	2	2	1	1	1				2	2	1		1	1	2	1	2	1	2	1	2	2	2
United States	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Uzbekistan			1						1			1
Venezuela	1			1	1											1	1	1	1
Vietnam									1
Belarus	2	1				1															1
Cyprus			1
total	35	25th	29	27	29	29	23	30th	34	33	29	26th	29	27	27	29	24	27	28	29	36	31	30th	27	32	28

Open water swimming

Qualification criteria

50 athletes will take part in the competitions, 25 women and 25 men each. A maximum of two athletes are allowed to start per country, the host was guaranteed a quota place for women and men. The following qualification criteria applied to both women and men. The ten best swimmers of the 2011 World Championships won a quota place. Nine other swimmers fought for a quota place in an international qualifying race that took place in Setúbal from June 9th to 10th, 2012 . In this competition, a maximum of one swimmer per country and gender could qualify. After all, in this qualifying competition, the best athlete from every continent won a quota place whose NOK had not previously won a quota place.

Quota places won

Won quota places according to NOKs
NOK	Women 10 km	Men 10 km	total
Egypt		1	1
Argentina	1		1
Australia	1	1	2
Belgium		1	1
Brazil	1		1
Bulgaria		1	1
China	1		1
Germany	1	2	3
Ecuador		1	1
France	1	1	2
Greece	1	1	2
Great Britain	1	1	2
Hong Kong	1		1
Italy	1	1	2
Japan	1	1	2
Canada	1	1	2
Kazakhstan		1	1
Croatia	1		1
Malaysia	1		1
New Zealand	1	1	2
Poland	1		1
Portugal		1	1
Russia	1	2	3
Switzerland	1		1
Spain	1	1	2
South Africa	1	1	2
Czech Republic	1		1
Tunisia		1	1
Ukraine	1	1	2
Hungary	1	1	2
United States	1	1	2
Venezuela	1	1	2
Total quota places	25th	25th	50

Web links

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• Schedule and results

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Swimming Schedule. Retrieved September 4, 2011 . 
2. ^ "Qualification System" (PDF; 184 kB) FINA website. Retrieved July 26, 2011. (English).
3. ↑ "Qualifying times for London Olympic Games 2012" ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. FINA website, accessed December 20, 2010 (English). 
4. ↑ London 2012 - Swimming - Qualified Swimmers. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on July 1, 2012 ; accessed on July 2, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ^ Marathon Swimming Qualification System. (PDF; 202 kB) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 12, 2011 ; accessed on July 7, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ London 2012 - Qualifying Procedures & Test Events Information. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 16, 2011 ; accessed on July 7, 2011 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.