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	{{Current sport}}
			{{Infobox Olympic event
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			\|event = Swimming
			\|games = 2008 Summer
			\|image = Swimming 2008.png
			\|image_size = 100px
			\|caption = Pictogram for swimming at the 2008 Games
			\|venue = ] (pool)<br>] (open water)
			\|dates = 9–17 August 2008 (pool)<br>20–21 August 2008 (open water)
			\|competitors = 1,026
			\|nations = 162
			\|prev = ]
			\|next = ]
			}}
	{{SwimmingAt2008SummerOlympics}}		{{SwimmingAt2008SummerOlympics}}
	'''] at the ]''' is being held over a thirteen day period from ] to ], with the conventional events ending on ] and the new marathon 10 km events being held on ] and ]. All swimming events (except the two marathon 10 km events) will take place at the ].
	]

			The ] competitions at the ] took place from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the ].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Olympedia – Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics \|url=https://www.olympedia.org/editions/53/sports/SWM \|access-date=2023-12-17 \|website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> The newly introduced open water marathon events (10 km) were held on 20 and 21 August 2008 at ].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/swimming/default.stm\|title=BBC 2008 Olympic Coverage: Swimming\|publisher=]\|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref>
	== Events ==
	The swimming program for 2008 has been expanded from 2004, with the addition of the 10 km marathon ] events, bringing the total number of events to 34 (17 each for men and women). The following events will be contested from August 9 to 21, 2008:<ref name="Schedule">{{cite web\|url=http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=580&Itemid=275\|title=Olympic Swimming Schedule\|accessdate=2008-04-23 \|publisher=]}}</ref>
	*]: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m (women), 1500 m (men), 4×100 m Relay; 4×200 m Relay, Marathon 10 km
	*]: 100 m, 200 m
	*]: 100 m, 200 m
	*]: 100 m, 200 m
	*]: 200 m Individual, 400 m Individual, 4×100 m Relay

			Swimming featured 34 events (17 male, 17 female), including two 10 km ]. The remaining 32 were contested in a 50 m ] pool within the Olympic Park.
	==Qualifying Criteria==
	A ] (NOC) may enter up to 2 qualified athletes in each individual event if both meet the A standard, or 1 athlete per event if they meet the B standard. An NOC may also enter a maximum of 1 qualified relay team per event. NOCs may enter swimmers regardless of time (1 swimmer per sex) if they have no swimmers meeting qualifying B standard.
	The qualifying time standards must be obtained in Continental Championships, National Olympic Trials or International Competitions approved by ] in the period ], ] to ], ].

			The ] claimed a total of 31 medals (12 golds, 9 silver, and 10 bronze) in the leaderboard to maintain its standings as the most successful nation in swimming.<ref name=medal-tally>{{cite news\|author=Staff\|title=Recap: Phelps eight golds more than any other country\|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=231175.html#recap+phelps+eight+golds+more+than+other+country\|work=]\|publisher=]\|date=18 August 2008\|access-date=30 June 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140105003038/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/news/newsid=231175.html#recap+phelps+eight+golds+more+than+other+country\|archive-date=5 January 2014\|url-status=dead}}</ref> A stellar performance in the pool also made an Olympic history for ], who captured eight gold medals to break ]'s 1972 ], a total of seven, at a single Games.<ref>{{cite magazine\|date=17 August 2008\|title=Phelps claims Olympic-record eighth gold medal with relay win\|magazine=]\|publisher=]\|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/16/bc.oly.swm.phelps.medley.relay.ap/\|url-status=dead\|access-date=24 August 2008\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714073656/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/olympics/2008/08/16/bc.oly.swm.phelps.medley.relay.ap/\|archive-date=14 July 2012}}</ref><ref name=medal-gb>{{cite news\|title=Phelps wins historic eighth gold\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/swimming/7566088.stm\|publisher=]\|date=17 August 2008\|access-date=30 June 2013}}</ref> Despite the male swimmers failing to attain a single gold in swimming, ] managed to repeat a second-place effort on its third consecutive Olympics with 20 medals (six golds, six silver, and eight bronze).<ref name=medal-tally/> Meanwhile, ] finished third with a total of six medals by the benefit of a sterling long-distance freestyle double from ].<ref name=medal-gb/>
	FINA Qualifying Standards are as follows:<ref name="Environment">{{cite web\|url=http://fina.org/events/OG/Beijing_2008/pdf/qualifyingprocedures_sw.pdf \|title=Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Swimming\|accessdate=2007-03-20 \|publisher=]}}</ref>

			A total of 25 ] and 65 ] were set during the competition.
	{\| class="wikitable"

			==Venue==
			{{main\|Beijing National Aquatics Center}}
			All the swimming, ], and ] events of the 2008 Olympics were held at the ] (better known as the "Water Cube"), which was claimed to be built to increase the speed of the swimmers.<ref name="NPR">{{cite web\|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93478073\|title=China's Olympic Swimming Pool: Redefining Fast\|publisher=]\|date=10 August 2008\|access-date=30 August 2008}}</ref> The main pool is about {{convert\|10\|ft\|m}} deep, {{convert\|3\|ft\|m}} deeper than any other Olympic pool.<ref name="NPR"/> The lane lines, nicknamed "wave eaters", buffer the waves produced by swimmers while they stroke.<ref name="NPR"/> The technological advances of the pool were enhanced by several advantages inherent to an indoor swimming venue, namely: temperature, humidity and lighting control. Even the wide decks were built to help give the swimmers a sense of space.<ref name="NPR"/>

			==Events==
			The swimming program for 2008 was expanded from 2004, with the addition of the 10 km marathon ] events, bringing the total number of events to 34 (17 each for men and women). The following events were contested (all pool events were long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):<ref name="Schedule">{{cite web\|url=http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=580&Itemid=275\|title=Olympic Swimming Schedule\|access-date=23 April 2008\|publisher=]\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140516183923/http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=580&Itemid=275\|archive-date=16 May 2014}}</ref>
			*]: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1,500 (men);
			*]: 100 and 200;
			*]: 100 and 200;
			*]: 100 and 200;
			*]: 200 and 400;
			*]: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free; 4 × 100 medley
			*]: 10 kilometres

			===Schedule===
			{{Further\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Event Order}}
			Unlike the previous Olympics, swimming program schedule occurred in two segments. For the pool events, prelims were held in the evening, with semifinals and final in the following morning session, spanning a day between semifinals and finals in those events with semifinals. The shift of the normal morning prelims and evening finals (to evening prelims and morning finals) occurred for these Games because of the prior request made by US broadcaster ] (due to the substantial fees NBC has paid for rights to the Olympics, the IOC has allowed NBC to have influence on event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible; NBC agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on May 7, 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games<ref>{{cite news\|date=May 7, 2014\|title=Olympics on NBC through 2032\|newspaper=]\|publisher=]\|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2014/05/07/nbc-olympics-broadcast-rights-2032/8805989/\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140507201204/http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2014/05/07/nbc-olympics-broadcast-rights-2032/8805989/\|archive-date=May 7, 2014\|access-date=March 7, 2019}}</ref> and is also one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC),<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/12/07/sports/olympics/russia-olympics-us-business.html\|title=Fewer Russians Could Be a Windfall for U.S. Olympic Business\|work=]\|date=7 December 2017\|access-date=5 February 2018}}</ref> so that the finals from the event could be shown live in the United States.<ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/sports/olympics/figure-skating-schedule.html\|title=For Olympic Figure Skaters, a New Meaning to Morning Routine\|last=Longman\|first=Jeré\|date=12 February 2018\|work=The New York Times\|access-date=17 February 2018\|language=en-US\|issn=0362-4331\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180216125456/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/sports/olympics/figure-skating-schedule.html\|archive-date=16 February 2018\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=swimsched/>

			{{Olympic schedule legend\|sport=swimming}}
			{\| class="wikitable olympic-schedule swimming"
			\|+Men<ref name="swimsched">{{cite web\|title=Swimming: Results and Schedule\|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/index.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090713052942/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/resultsandschedules/index.html\|archive-date=July 13, 2009\|access-date=30 June 2013\|work=]\|publisher=]}}</ref>
	\|-		\|-
			! Date → \|\| colspan="2"\| Aug 9 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 10 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 11 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 12 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 13 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 14 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 15 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 16 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 17 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 21
	!colspan="3"\|Men's Events
	!colspan="3"\|Women's Events
	\|-
	! Event !! Men's A !! Men's B
	! Event !! Women's A !! Women's B
	\|-		\|-
			!Event ↓ \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E\|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E
	\|] \|\| 22.35 \|\| 23.13 \|\| ] \|\| 25.43 \|\| 26.32
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| ~~49.23~~ \|\| ~~50.95~~ \|\| ] \|\| ~~55.24~~ \|\| ~~57.17~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| ~~1:48.72~~ \|\| ~~1:52.53~~ \|\| ] \|\| ~~1:59.30~~ \|\| 2~~:03.50~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| ~~3:49.95~~ \|\| ~~3:58.00~~ \|\| ] \|\| ~~4:11.26~~ \|\| ~~4:20.05~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| - \|~~\| - \|\| - \|\|~~ ] \|\| ~~8:36.00~~ \|\| ~~8:54.04~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="final" \|F\|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| ~~15:13.16~~ \|\| ~~15:45.12~~ \|\| - \|\| - \|\| -		\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\|colspan=2\| \|\| class="final" \|F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| ~~55.14~~ \|\| ~~57.07~~ \|\| ] \|\| ~~1:01.70~~ \|\| ~~1:03.86~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| ~~1:59.72~~ \|\| 2~~:03.90~~ \|\| ] \|\| 2~~:12.73~~ \|\| 2~~:17.40~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| ~~1:01.57~~ \|\| ~~1:03.72~~ \|\| ] \|\| ~~1:09.00~~ \|\| ~~1:11.43~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| 2~~:13.70~~ \|\| 2~~:18.37~~ \|\| ] \|\| 2~~:28.20~~ \|\| 2~~:33.40~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| ~~52.86~~ \|\| ~~54.70~~ \|\| ] \|\| ~~59.35~~ \|\| ~~1:01.43~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| ~~1:57.67~~ \|\| 2~~:01.80~~ \|\| ] \|\| 2~~:10.84~~ \|\| 2~~:15.42~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| 2~~:01.40~~ \|\| 2~~:05.65~~ \|\| ] \|\| 2~~:15.27~~ \|\| 2~~:20.00~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|-		\|-
	\|] \|\| ~~4:18.40~~ \|\| ~~4:27.45~~ \|\| ] \|\| ~~4:45.10~~ \|\| ~~4:55.06~~		\| class="event" \|] \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="final" \|F\|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|}

	In relay competitions, the top 12 finishers per event at the ] shall be qualified. The 4 other teams will be selected by FINA based on the results in the qualifying period.

	{{main\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Relay Qualification}}

	===Marathon Swimming===
	A nation may qualify up to two marathon swimmers per event.<ref name="Qualifying">{{cite web\|url=http://www.fina.org/project/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=587&Itemid=274 \|title=Olympic Swimming Qualifying Procedures\|accessdate=2008-04-13 \|publisher=]}}</ref>

	====Men's 10 km====
	{\|class=wikitable style="text-align:left" width=800
	! Event !! Location !! Date !! Vacancies !! Qualified
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="final" \|F\|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| \|\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ] \|\| May 3-4, 2008 \|\| align="center"\|10 \|\| {{flagicon\|RUS}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|GBR}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|GER}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|NED}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|RUS}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|AUS}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|USA}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|ITA}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|GRE}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|BEL}} ]
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="final" \|F\|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|Continental Representation* \|\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ] \|\| May 3-4, 2008 \|\| align="center"\|5** \|\| {{flagicon\|FRA}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|MEX}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|EGY}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|SYR}} ]
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\|colspan=2\| \|\| class="final" \|F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|Host Nation \|\| - \|\| - \|\| align="center"\|1 \|\| {{CHN}}
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| class="final" \|F \|\|
	\| \|\| {{flagicon\|CHN}} ] \|\| May 31 - Jun 1, 2008 \|\| align="center"\|9 \|\| {{flagicon\|BUL}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|HUN}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|CZE}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|RSA}}] <br> {{flagicon\|VEN}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|BRA}} ] <br>{{flagicon\|ARG}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|ESP}} ] <br> {{flagicon\|POR}} ]** <br>
	\|-
	! TOTAL !! !! !! 25 !!
	\|}		\|}
			{\| class="wikitable olympic-schedule swimming"

			\|+Women<ref name=swimsched/>
	<nowiki>*</nowiki> The first eligible finisher from each of the five Continents at World Championship.<br>
	<nowiki>**</nowiki> Since ] was the only Oceanian country at the championships, Oceania did not receive any continental berth and the place redistributed at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier.

	==== Women's 10 km ====
	{\|class=wikitable style="text-align:left" width=800
	! Event !! Location !! Date !! Vacancies !! Qualified
	\|-		\|-
			! Date → \|\| colspan="2"\| Aug 9 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 10 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 11 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 12 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 13 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 14 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 15 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 16 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 17 \|\| colspan="2"\|Aug 20
	\| \|\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ] \|\| May 3-4, 2008 \|\| align="center"\|10 \|\|{{flagicon\|RUS}} ] <br>{{flagicon\|GBR}} ]<br> {{flagicon\|ESP}} ] <br>{{flagicon\|RSA}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|CZE}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|BRA}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|GER}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|GBR}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|FRA}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|BRA}} ]
	\|-		\|-
			!Event ↓ \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E\|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E \|\| M \|\| E
	\|Continental Representation* \|\| {{flagicon\|ESP}} ] \|\| May 3-4, 2008 \|\| align="center"\|5** \|\|{{flagicon\|NED}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|CHN}} ] <br>{{flagicon\|VEN}} ] <br>{{flagicon\|AUS}} ]
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|Host Nation \|\| - \|\| - \|\| align="center"\|1*** \|\|
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| \|\| {{flagicon\|CHN}} ] \|\| May 31 - Jun 1, 2008 \|\| align="center"\|9 \|\| {{flagicon\|USA}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|ITA}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|GRE}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|UKR}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|CHI}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|MEX}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|SWE}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|SLO}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|ARG}} ]<br>{{flagicon\|POR}} ]*
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	! TOTAL !! !! !! 25 !!
	\|}

	<nowiki>*</nowiki> The first eligible finisher from each of the five Continents at World Championship.<br>
	<nowiki>**</nowiki>Since ] was the only African country at the championships, Africa did not receive any continental berth and the place redistributed at the FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier.<br>
	<nowiki>***</nowiki>China qualified 1 athlete through the World Championships, then this slot added to FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier.<br>
	<nowiki>****</nowiki>The Olympic commitee of Israel didn't approve the participation of Daniel Katzir (men) and Olga Berenseva (women) in the Olympic team, as their results were not good enough to make the national Olympic criteria. Their appeals to court against this decision were denied.

	== National Team Trials ==
	{{main\|List of 2008 Olympic Swimming National Trials}}

	==Medal summary==
	===Medal table===
	Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.<ref name="Swimming Medal Standings">{{cite web\|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C95/SW0000000.shtml\|title=Swimming Medal Standings\|accessdate=2008-08-14}}</ref>
	{\| {{RankedMedalTable}}
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="final" \|F\|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| 1 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| '''12''' \|\| '''9''' \|\| '''10''' \|\| '''31'''
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\|colspan=2\| \|\| class="final" \|F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| 2 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 6 \|\| 6 \|\| 8 \|\| 20
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| 3 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|JPN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 5
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| 4 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|GBR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 3
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| 5 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|GER\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 2
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| 6 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|CHN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1 \|\| 3 \|\| 2 \|\| 6
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| 7 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 4
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| 8 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 3 \|\| 6
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="semifinals" \| ½ \|\| \|\| class="final" \| F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|rowspan=2\| 9 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 2
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="final" \|F\|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|KOR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 2
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="final" \|F\|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| 11 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 2
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\| class="final" \|F\|\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\|rowspan=2\| 12 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|NED\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 1
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| \|\| class="heats" \|H\|\|colspan=2\| \|\| class="final" \|F \|\| \|\|colspan=2\|
	\| align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|TUN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 1
	\|-		\|-
			\| class="event" \|] \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\|colspan=2\| \|\| class="final" \|F \|\|
	\| 14 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|HUN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 0 \|\| 3 \|\| 0 \|\| 3
	\|-
	\| 15 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|RUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 2 \|\| 3
	\|-
	\| 16 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|NOR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 1 \|\| 2
	\|-
	\| rowspan=2\|17 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|SLO\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 1
	\|-
	\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|SRB\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 0 \|\| 1
	\|-
	\|rowspan=3\| 19 \|\|align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|AUT\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 1
	\|-
	\| align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|CAN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 1
	\|-
	\| align=left\| {{flagIOCteam\|DEN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 0 \|\| 0 \|\| 1 \|\| 1
	\|-
	\|- class="sortbottom"
	!colspan=2\| Total \|\| 32 \|\| 32 \|\| 34 \|\| 98
	\|}		\|}

			==Qualification==
			{{main\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification}}

			A ] (NOC) may enter up to 2 qualified athletes in each individual event if both meet the A standard, or 1 athlete per event if they meet the B standard. An NOC may also enter a maximum of 1 qualified relay team per event. NOCs may enter swimmers regardless of time (1 swimmer per sex) if they have no swimmers meeting qualifying B standard.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://en.beijing2008.cn/upload/Qualification/fina_summary_e.pdf\|title=FINA – Swimming\|access-date=1 July 2013\|publisher=]\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090428225149/http://en.beijing2008.cn/upload/Qualification/fina_summary_e.pdf\|archive-date=28 April 2009}}</ref>

			==Participating nations==
			A total of 1,026 swimmers (571 men and 455 women) from 162 nations would compete in swimming events at these Olympic Games. American Samoa, Botswana, Comoros, Congo Democratic Republic, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, and Tanzania made their official debut in swimming. Meanwhile, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Netherlands Antilles, and Tajikistan returned to the sport after an eight-year absence. Nations with swimmers at the Games are (team size in parentheses):

			{{div col\|colwidth=22em}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ALB\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ALG\|2008 Summer\|5}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ASA\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|AND\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ANG\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ANT\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ARG\|2008 Summer\|11}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ARM\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ARU\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer\|43}}
			* {{flagIOC\|AUT\|2008 Summer\|12}}
			* {{flagIOC\|AZE\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BAH\|2008 Summer\|4}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BRN\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BAN\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BAR\|2008 Summer\|4}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BLR\|2008 Summer\|8}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BEL\|2008 Summer\|7}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BEN\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BER\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BOL\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BIH\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BOT\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer\|25}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BUL\|2008 Summer\|4}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BUR\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|BDI\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CAM\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CMR\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CAN\|2008 Summer\|27}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CAY\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CHI\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer\|42}}
			* {{flagIOC\|COL\|2008 Summer\|5}}
			* {{flagIOC\|COM\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CGO\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|COK\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CRC\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CIV\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CRO\|2008 Summer\|13}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CUB\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CYP\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|CZE\|2008 Summer\|10}}
			* {{flagIOC\|COD\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|DEN\|2008 Summer\|9}}
			* {{flagIOC\|DOM\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ECU\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|EGY\|2008 Summer\|3}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ESA\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|EST\|2008 Summer\|9}}
			* {{flagIOC\|FIJ\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|FIN\|2008 Summer\|5}}
			* {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer\|35}}
			* {{flagIOC\|GEO\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer\|25}}
			* {{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer\|37}}
			* {{flagIOC\|GRE\|2008 Summer\|18}}
			* {{flagIOC\|GUM\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|GUA\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|GUI\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|GUY\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|HON\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|HKG\|2008 Summer\|4}}
			* {{flagIOC\|HUN\|2008 Summer\|28}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ISL\|2008 Summer\|8}}
			* {{flagIOC\|IND\|2008 Summer\|4}}
			* {{flagIOC\|INA\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|IRI\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|IRL\|2008 Summer\|3}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ISR\|2008 Summer\|7}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer\|34}}
			* {{flagIOC\|JAM\|2008 Summer\|3}}
			* {{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer\|31}}
			* {{flagIOC\|JOR\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|KAZ\|2008 Summer\|12}}
			* {{flagIOC\|KEN\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|KOR\|2008 Summer\|16}}
			* {{flagIOC\|KUW\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|KGZ\|2008 Summer\|3}}
			* {{flagIOC\|LAO\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|LAT\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|LIB\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|LBA\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|LTU\|2008 Summer\|9}}
			* {{flagIOC\|LUX\|2008 Summer\|4}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MKD\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MAD\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MAW\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MAS\|2008 Summer\|5}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MDV\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MLI\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MLT\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MHL\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MRI\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MEX\|2008 Summer\|6}}
			* {{flagIOC\|FSM\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MDA\|2008 Summer\|3}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MGL\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MNE\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MAR\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MOZ\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|MYA\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|NEP\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|NED\|2008 Summer\|18}}
			* {{flagIOC\|AHO\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|NZL\|2008 Summer\|15}}
			* {{flagIOC\|NCA\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|NIG\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|NGR\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|NOR\|2008 Summer\|4}}
			* {{flagIOC\|OMA\|2008 Summer\|4}}
			* {{flagIOC\|PAK\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|PLW\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|PLE\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|PAN\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|PNG\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|PAR\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|PER\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|PHI\|2008 Summer\|5}}
			* {{flagIOC\|POL\|2008 Summer\|15}}
			* {{flagIOC\|POR\|2008 Summer\|10}}
			* {{flagIOC\|PUR\|2008 Summer\|4}}
			* {{flagIOC\|QAT\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ROU\|2008 Summer\|6}}
			* {{flagIOC\|RUS\|2008 Summer\|35}}
			* {{flagIOC\|RWA\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|LCA\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SMR\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|KSA\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SEN\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SRB\|2008 Summer\|9}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SEY\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SIN\|2008 Summer\|5}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SVK\|2008 Summer\|3}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SLO\|2008 Summer\|10}}
			* {{flagIOC\|RSA\|2008 Summer\|24}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ESP\|2008 Summer\|23}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SRI\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SUD\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SUR\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SWZ\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SWE\|2008 Summer\|18}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SUI\|2008 Summer\|7}}
			* {{flagIOC\|SYR\|2008 Summer\|3}}
			* {{flagIOC\|TPE\|2008 Summer\|5}}
			* {{flagIOC\|TJK\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|TAN\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|THA\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|TRI\|2008 Summer\|3}}
			* {{flagIOC\|TUN\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|TUR\|2008 Summer\|11}}
			* {{flagIOC\|TKM\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|UGA\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|UKR\|2008 Summer\|23}}
			* {{flagIOC\|UAE\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer\|43}}
			* {{flagIOC\|URU\|2008 Summer\|3}}
			* {{flagIOC\|UZB\|2008 Summer\|7}}
			* {{flagIOC\|VEN\|2008 Summer\|13}}
			* {{flagIOC\|VIE\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ISV\|2008 Summer\|1}}
			* {{flagIOC\|YEM\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ZAM\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			* {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer\|2}}
			{{div col end}}

			==Medal summary==

			===Medal table===
			] holding his gold medal from the 4 × 100 relay]]
			Retrieved from 2008 ] website.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/medals/index.html\|title=Swimming: 200 Medal Standings by Nation\|work=]\|publisher=]\|access-date=2 July 2013\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929015011/http://www.2008.nbcolympics.com/swimming/medals/index.html\|archive-date=29 September 2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			{{Medals table
			\| caption =
			\| host =
			\| flag_template = flagIOCteam
			\| event = 2008 Summer
			\| team =
			\| gold_USA = 12 \| silver_USA = 9 \| bronze_USA = 10
			\| gold_AUS = 6 \| silver_AUS = 6 \| bronze_AUS = 8
			\| gold_GBR = 2 \| silver_GBR = 2 \| bronze_GBR = 2
			\| gold_JPN = 2 \| silver_JPN = 0 \| bronze_JPN = 3
			\| gold_GER = 2 \| silver_GER = 0 \| bronze_GER = 1
			\| gold_NED = 2 \| silver_NED = 0 \| bronze_NED = 0
			\| gold_CHN = 1 \| silver_CHN = 3 \| bronze_CHN = 2
			\| gold_ZIM = 1 \| silver_ZIM = 3 \| bronze_ZIM = 0
			\| gold_FRA = 1 \| silver_FRA = 2 \| bronze_FRA = 3
			\| gold_RUS = 1 \| silver_RUS = 1 \| bronze_RUS = 2
			\| gold_ITA = 1 \| silver_ITA = 1 \| bronze_ITA = 0
			\| gold_KOR = 1 \| silver_KOR = 1 \| bronze_KOR = 0
			\| gold_BRA = 1 \| silver_BRA = 0 \| bronze_BRA = 1
			\| gold_TUN = 1 \| silver_TUN = 0 \| bronze_TUN = 0
			\| gold_HUN = 0 \| silver_HUN = 3 \| bronze_HUN = 0
			\| gold_NOR = 0 \| silver_NOR = 1 \| bronze_NOR = 1
			\| gold_SLO = 0 \| silver_SLO = 1 \| bronze_SLO = 0
			\| gold_SRB = 0 \| silver_SRB = 1 \| bronze_SRB = 0
			\| gold_AUT = 0 \| silver_AUT = 0 \| bronze_AUT = 1
			\| gold_CAN = 0 \| silver_CAN = 0 \| bronze_CAN = 1
			\| gold_DEN = 0 \| silver_DEN = 0 \| bronze_DEN = 1
			}}

	===Men's events===		===Men's events===
	{\| {{MedalistTable\|~~type~~=~~Event~~\|columns=2}}		{\| {{MedalistTable\| width=225\|labelwidth=200\|columns=2}}
	\|-		\|-
	\| 50 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 50 metre freestyle}}		\| 50 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 50 metre freestyle}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|BRA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|21.30 '''~~(OR)~~'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|BRA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|21.30 {{OlyR\|swimming}}, ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|21.45		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|21.45
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\|21.49		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\|21.49
			\|-valign="top"
	\|-
	\| 100 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre freestyle}}		\| 100 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|47.21		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|47.21
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|47.32		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|47.32
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br />{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|BRA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|47.67		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|BRA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|47.67<hr>47.67 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
	\| 200 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre freestyle}}		\| 200 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre freestyle}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:42.96 ~~'''(~~WR~~)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:42.96 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|KOR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:44.85 '''(AS)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|KOR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:44.85 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:45.14		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:45.14
	\|-		\|-
	\| 400 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre freestyle}}		\| 400 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|KOR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|3:41.86 '''(AS)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|KOR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|3:41.86 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|3:42.44		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|3:42.44 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|3:42.78 '''(AM)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|3:42.78 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
	\| 1500 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metre freestyle}}		\| 1500 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|TUN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|14:40.84		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|TUN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|14:40.84 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|14:41.53		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|14:41.53
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|CAN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|14.42.69		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|CAN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|14.42.69
	\|-		\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
	\| 100 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre backstroke}}
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|52.54 '''(WR)'''
			\|-valign="top"
			\| 100 m backstroke<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre backstroke}}
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|52.54 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|53.11		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|53.11
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|RUS\|2008 Summer}}<br />{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|53.18		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|RUS\|2008 Summer}}<br />{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|53.18
	\|-		\|-
	\| 200 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre backstroke}}		\| 200 m backstroke<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre backstroke}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:53.94 ~~'''(~~WR~~)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:53.94 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:54.33		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:54.33
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|RUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:54.93		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|RUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:54.93 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
	\| 100 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre breaststroke}}
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|58.91 '''(WR)'''
			\|-
			\| 100 m breaststroke<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre breaststroke}}
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|58.91 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|NOR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|59.20		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|NOR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|59.20
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|59.37		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|59.37 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
	\| 200 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre breaststroke}}		\| 200 m breaststroke<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre breaststroke}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:07.64 ~~'''(OR)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:07.64 {{OlyR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:08.88 '''(OC)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:08.88 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\|2:08.94		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\|2:08.94 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
	\| 100 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 100 metre butterfly}}
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|50.58 '''(OR)'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|SRB\|2008 Summer}}\|\|50.59
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|51.12
	\|-		\|-
	\| ~~200~~ m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's ~~200~~ metre butterfly}}		\| 100 m butterfly<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre butterfly}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|~~1:52~~.03 ~~'''(WR)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|50.58 {{OlyR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|~~HUN~~\|2008 Summer}}\|\|~~1:52~~.70 '''(ER)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|SRB\|2008 Summer}}\|\|50.59 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|~~JPN~~\|2008 Summer}}\|\|~~1:52~~.97 '''~~(AS)~~'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|51.12 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
	\| 200 m ~~individual medley~~ <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 200 metre ~~individual medley~~}}		\| 200 m butterfly<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:54.23 ~~'''(~~WR~~)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:52.03 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|HUN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:~~56.~~52 '''(ER)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|HUN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:52.70 ''']'''
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:52.97 ''']'''
			\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
			\|colspan=9\|
			\|-
			\| 200 m individual medley<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre individual medley}}
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:54.23 {{WR\|swimming}}
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|HUN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:56.52 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:56.53		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:56.53
	\|-		\|-
	\| 400 m individual medley <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre individual medley}}		\| 400 m individual medley<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre individual medley}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:03.84 ~~'''(~~WR~~)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:03.84 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|HUN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:06.16 '''(ER)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|HUN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:06.16 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:08.09		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:08.09
	\|-		\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
	\| 4×100 m freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay}}
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />]<br />'']<br />]<br />]*''
			\|-valign="top"
	\|\|3:08.24 '''(WR)'''
			\| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />]<br/>'']<br />]''
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (47.51) ''']'''<br>] (47.02)<br>] (47.65)<br>] (46.06)<br>]<br>]<br>]* \|\|3:08.24 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|\|3:08.32 '''(ER)'''
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|~~AUS~~\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />]<br>'']<br />]''		\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (47.91)<br>] (47.05)<br>] (46.63)<br>](46.73)<br>]<br>] \|\|3:08.32 ''']'''
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (47.24) {{WR\|swimming}}<br>] (47.87)<br>] (47.55)<br>] (47.25)<br>]<br>] \|\|3:09.91 ''']'''
	\|\|3:09.91 '''(OC)'''
			\|-valign="top"
	\|-
	\| ~~4×200~~ m freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay}}		\| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />]<br />'']<br />]<br />]*''		\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (1:43.31)<br>] (1:44.28) <br>] (1:46.29) <br>] (1:44.68)<br>]<br>]<br>]* \|\|6:58.56 {{WR\|swimming}}
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (1:46.64) ''']'''<br>] (1:46.56)<br>] (1:45.85)<br>] (1:44.65)<br>]* \|\|7:03.70 ''']'''
	\|\|6:58.56 '''(WR)'''
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|~~RUS~~\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />]<br/>'']*''		\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (1:45.95) <br>] (1:45.87)<br>] (1:47.13)<br>] (1:46.03)<br>]<br>]
	\|\|7:03.70 '''(ER)'''
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />]<br>'']<br />]''
	\|\|7:04.98		\|\|7:04.98
			\|-valign="top"
			\| 4 × 100 m medley relay<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (53.16) <br>] (59.27)<br>] (50.15)<br>] (46.76)<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>] \|\|3:29.34 {{WR\|swimming}}
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (53.80)<br>] (58.56)<br>] (51.03)<br>] (46.65)<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>] \|\|3:30.04 ''']'''
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (53.87)<br>] (58.07)<br>] (50.89)<br>] (48.35)\|\|3:31.18 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
	\| 4×100 m medley relay <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley relay}}
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />]<br />'']<br/>]<br/>]<br/>]''
	\|\|3:29.34 '''(WR)'''
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />]<br/>'']<br/>]<br/>]<br/>]''
	\|\|3:30.04 '''(OC)'''
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />]
	\|\|3:31.18 '''(AS)'''
	\|-		\|-
	\| 10 km ~~marathon~~ <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 10 kilometre ~~marathon~~}}		\| 10 km open water <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's marathon 10 kilometre}}
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|NED\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:51:51.6
	\| \|\|
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:51:53.1
	\| \|\|
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GER\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:51:53.6
	\| \|\|
	\|}		\|}
	<nowiki>*</nowiki> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.		<nowiki>*</nowiki> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

	===Women's events===		===Women's events===
	{\| {{MedalistTable\|~~type~~=~~Event~~\|columns=2}}		{\| {{MedalistTable\| width=225\|labelwidth=200\|columns=2}}
	\|-		\|-
	\| 50 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 50 metre freestyle}}		\| 50 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 50 metre freestyle}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GER\|2008 Summer}}\|\|24.06 '''~~(OR,~~ ER)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GER\|2008 Summer}}\|\|24.06 {{OlyR\|swimming}}, ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|24.07 '''(AM)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|24.07 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|24.17		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|24.17
	\|-		\|-
	\| 100 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre freestyle}}		\| 100 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GER\|2008 Summer}}\|\|53.12 ~~'''(OR)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GER\|2008 Summer}}\|\|53.12 {{OlyR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|53.16		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|53.16
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|53.39 '''(=AM)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|53.39 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
	\| 200 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre freestyle}}		\| 200 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre freestyle}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:54.82 ~~'''(~~WR~~)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:54.82 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|SLO\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:54.97		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|SLO\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:54.97 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:55.05 '''(AS)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:55.05 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
	\| 400 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre freestyle}}		\| 400 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:03.22		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:03.22
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:03.29		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:03.29
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:03.52		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:03.52
	\|-		\|-
	\| 800 m freestyle <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 800 metre freestyle}}		\| 800 m freestyle<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 800 metre freestyle}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|8:14.10 ~~'''(~~WR~~)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|8:14.10 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|8:20.23		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|8:20.23 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|DEN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|8:23.03		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|DEN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|8:23.03
	\|-		\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
	\| 100 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre backstroke}}
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|58.96
			\|-
			\| 100 m backstroke<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke}}
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|58.96 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}\|\|59.19		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}\|\|59.19
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|59.34		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|59.34
	\|-		\|-
	\| 200 m backstroke <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre backstroke}}		\| 200 m backstroke<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:05.24 ~~'''(~~WR~~)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:05.24 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:06.23		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:06.23
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:07.13 '''(AS)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:07.13 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
	\| 100 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre breaststroke}}
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:05.17 '''(OR)'''
			\|-
			\| 100 m breaststroke<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke}}
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:05.17 {{OlyR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:06.73		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:06.73
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUT\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:07.34		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUT\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:07.34
	\|-		\|-
	\| 200 m breaststroke <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre breaststroke}}		\| 200 m breaststroke<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:20.22 ~~'''(~~WR~~)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:20.22 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:22.05		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:22.05
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|NOR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:23.02 '''(ER)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|NOR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:23.02 ''']'''
			\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|-		\|-
	\| 100 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 100 metre butterfly}}		\| 100 m butterfly<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre butterfly}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|56.73 '''(OC)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|56.73 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|57.10		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|57.10
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|57.25		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|57.25
	\|-		\|-
	\| 200 m butterfly <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre butterfly}}		\| 200 m butterfly<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre butterfly}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:04.18 ~~'''(~~WR~~)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:04.18 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:04.72		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:04.72
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:06.26		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:06.26
	\|-		\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
	\| 200 m individual medley <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre individual medley}}
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:08.45 '''(WR)'''
			\|-
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:08.59 '''(AF)'''
			\| 200 m individual medley<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre individual medley}}
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:08.45 {{WR\|swimming}}
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:08.59 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:10.34		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|2:10.34
	\|-		\|-
	\| 400 m individual medley <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 400 metre individual medley}}		\| 400 m individual medley<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre individual medley}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:29.45 ~~'''(~~WR~~)'''~~		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:29.45 {{WR\|swimming}}
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:29.89 '''(AF)'''		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:29.89 ''']'''
	\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:31.71		\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|USA\|2008 Summer}}\|\|4:31.71
	\|-		\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
	\|4×100 m freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay}}
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>'']<br />]''
			\|-valign="top"
	\|\|3:33.76 '''(OR)'''
			\| 4 × 100 m freestyle relay<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay}}
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>'']<br />]''
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (54.37) <br>] (53.39)<br>] (53.42)<br>] (52.58)<br>]<br>] \|\|3:33.76 {{OlyR\|swimming}}
	\|\|3:34.33 '''(AM)'''
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|~~AUS~~\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>'']*''		\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (54.00)<br>] (53.91)<br>] (53.98)<br>] (52.44)<br>]<br>]
	\|\|3:35.05 '''~~(OC)~~'''		\|\|3:34.33 ''']'''
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (54.40)<br>] (54.43)<br>] (53.85)<br>] (52.34)<br>]* \|\|3:35.05 ''']'''
			\|-valign="top"
			\| 4 × 200 m freestyle relay<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay}}
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (1:56.60) ''']'''<br>] 1:56.58)<br>] (1:55.22) <br>] (1:55.91)<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>] \|\|7:44.31 {{WR\|swimming}}
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (1:56.79)<br>] (1:56.64)<br>] (1:58.11)<br>] (1:54.39)<br>]* \|\|7:45.93 ''']'''
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (1:57.71) <br>] (1:57.19)<br>] (1:56.70)<br>] (1:54.73)<br>]<br>]<br>]* \|\|7:46.33 ''']'''
			\|-valign="top"
			\| 4 × 100 m medley relay<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre medley relay}}
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (59.33) ''']'''<br>] (1:04.58)<br>] (56.25)<br>] (52.53)<br>]<br>]<br>]* \|\|3:52.69 {{WR\|swimming}}
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (58.94) ''']'''<br>] (1:05.95)<br>] (56.14)<br>] (52.27)<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>] \|\|3:53.30 ''']'''
			\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}<br>] (59.56) ''']'''<br>] (1:06.76)<br>] (57.40)<br>] (52.40)<br>]* \|\|3:56.11 ''']'''
	\|-		\|-
			\|-bgcolor=#ddd
	\|4×200 m freestyle relay <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x 200 metre freestyle relay}}
			\|colspan=7\|
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>'']<br/>]<br/>]<br>]''
	\|\|7:44.31 '''(WR)'''
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>'']*'' \|\|7:45.93 '''(AS)'''
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>]<br>'']<br>]<br>]*'' \|\|7:46.33 '''(AM)'''
	\|-		\|-
	\|4&~~times~~;~~100~~ ~~m medley relay~~ <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 4 x ~~100 metre medley relay~~}}		\| 10 km open water<br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's marathon 10 kilometre}}
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|RUS\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:59:27.7
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}<br>] '''(OC)'''<br />]<br />]<br />]<br />'']<br/>]<br/>]*''
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:59:29.2
	\|\|3:52.69 '''(WR)'''
			\|{{flagIOCmedalist\|]\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}\|\|1:59:31.0
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}<br>] '''(AM)''' (lead-off)<br/>]<br />]<br />]<br/>'']<br/>]<br/>]<br/>]
	\|\|3:53.30 '''(AM)'''
	\|valign=top\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}<br>]<br />]<br />]<br />]<br/>'']*'' \|\|3:56.11 '''(AS)'''
	\|-
	\| 10 km marathon <br>{{DetailsLink\|Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 10 kilometre marathon}}
	\| \|\|
	\| \|\|
	\| \|\|
	\|}		\|}
	<nowiki>*</nowiki> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.		<nowiki>*</nowiki> Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

			== Olympic and world records broken ==
	==Competition Schedule==
			At the 2008 Summer Olympics, new ] were set 25 times (affecting 21 distinct world records) and new ] were set 65 times and one other was equalled (affecting 30 distinct Olympic records).<ref>{{cite web\|title=Swimming records broken by record type\|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C81B/SW0000000.shtml#SWM054901\|publisher=Beijing 2008 Official Site\|date=17 August 2008\|access-date=18 August 2008\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601114706/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C81B/SW0000000.shtml#SWM054901\|archive-date=1 June 2009}}</ref> Only ]'s 3:40.59 in the 400 metres freestyle and ]'s 56.61 in the 100 metres butterfly, both set in Sydney, remained Olympic records. ] of the United States also broke the record for the most gold medals ever won by an Olympian with a total of 14; 8 of which were won during the 2008 Summer Olympics - this was also a world record.
	<small>All times are ] (])</small>

			===Men===
	===Wednesday, August 20, 2008===
			{\| class="wikitable sortable"

			! Event !! Date !! Round !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record !! Day
	{\| class="wikitable"
			\|-
	! Time
			\| ] \|\| August 9 \|\| Heat 7 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|NOR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 59.41 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 1
	! Event
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 9 \|\| Heat 4 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 4:07.82 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 1
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Heat 4 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 53.41 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Semifinal 2 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|NOR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 59.16 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 4:03.84 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Heat 1 \|\| ] (48.82)<br>] (47.61)<br>] (48.03)<br>] (47.77) \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 3:12.23 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Heat 1 leadoff* \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 47.76 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 11 \|\| Semifinal 1 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 53.06 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 3
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 11 \|\| Semifinal 2 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 52.97 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 3
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 11 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 58.91 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 3
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 11 \|\| Heat 6 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:53.70 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 3
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 11 \|\| Final \|\| ] (47.51)<br>] (47.02)<br>] (47.65)<br>] (46.06) \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 3:08.24 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 3
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 11 \|\| Final leadoff* \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 47.24 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 3
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 12 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:42.96 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 4
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 12 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 52.54 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 4
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 12 \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:08.98 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 4
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 12 \|\| Heat 7 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:08.68 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 4
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 12 \|\| Semifinal 2 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:53.70 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 4
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 12 \|\| Heat 2 \|\| ] (1:46.57)<br>] (1:45.47)<br>] (1:47.11)<br>] (1:45.51) \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 7:04.66 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 4
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 13 \|\| Semifinal 1 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 47.20 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 5
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 13 \|\| Semifinal 2 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 47.05 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 5
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 13 \|\| Semifinal 1 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:08.61 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 5
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 13 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:52.03 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 5
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 13 \|\| Final \|\| ] (1:43.31)<br>] (1:44.28)<br>] (1:46.29)<br>] (1:44.68) \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 6:58.56 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 5
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 14 \|\| Heat 11 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 21.47 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 6
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 14 \|\| Heat 12 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 21.46 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 6
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 14 \|\| Heat 7 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|KEN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 51.14 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 6
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 14 \|\| Heat 9 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|SRB\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 50.76 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 6
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 15 \|\| Semifinal 1 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 21.34 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 7
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 15 \|\| Heat 3 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 14:40.84 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 7
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 15 \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 14:38.92 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 7
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 15 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:53.94 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 7
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 15 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\|{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:54.23 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 7
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 16 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 21.30 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 8
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 16 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 50.58 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 8
	\|-		\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 17 \|\| Final \|\| ] (53.16)<br>] (59.27) <br>] (50.15)<br>] (46.76) \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 3:29.34 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 9
	\| rowspan="1"\|9:00-12:00 \|\| style=background:lemonchiffon\|<b>Marathon 10 km Women
	\|}		\|}
			<nowiki>*</nowiki> World record split from the ]

			Note: At the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final, anchor ''']''' swam the fastest 100 m split (46.06); however, this is not considered an official ] record, as he did not swim the first leg.
	===Thursday, August 21, 2008===

			===Women===
	{\| class="wikitable"
			{\| class="wikitable sortable"
	! Time
			! Event !! Date !! Round !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! Record !! Day
	! Event
	\|-		\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 4:03.71 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
	\| rowspan="1"\|9:00-12:00 \|\| style=background:lemonchiffon\|<b>Marathon 10 km Men
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Heat 6 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 4:02.19 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 59.61 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Heat 6 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 59.36 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Heat 7 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 59.00 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Heat 7 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:05.64 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\|{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 4:29.45 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Final \|\| ] (54.37)<br> ] (53.39)<br>] (53.42)<br>] (52.58) \|\| {{flagIOC\|NED\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 3:33.76 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 10 \|\| Final leadoff* \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 53.38 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 2
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 11 \|\| Heat 4 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:57.37 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 3
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 11 \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|SLO\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:55.86 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 3
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 11 \|\| Heat 6 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:55.45 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 3
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 11 \|\| Semifinal 2 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 58.77 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 3
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 12 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:05.17 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 4
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 12 \|\| Semifinal 1 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:09.53 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 4
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 13 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:54.82 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 5
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 13 \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:22.17 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 5
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 13 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:08.45 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 5
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 13 \|\| Heat 1 \|\| ] (1:58.27)<br>] (1:58.92)<br>] (1:57.32)<br>] (1:55.86) \|\| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 7:50.37 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 5
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 14 \|\| Heat 4 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 8:18.06 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 6
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 14 \|\| Heat 4 \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:06.76 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 6
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 14 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:04.18 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 6
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 14 \|\| Final \|\| ] (1:56.60)<br>] (1:56.58)<br>] (1:55.22)<br>] (1:55.91) \|\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 7:44.31 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 6
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 15 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 53.12 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 7
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 15 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:20.22 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 7
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 16 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 8:14.10 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 8
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 16 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:05.24 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 8
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 17 \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| {{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 24.06 \|\|align=center\| OR \|\|align=center\| 9
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| August 17 \|\| Final \|\| ] (59.33)<br> ] (1:04.58)<br>] (56.25)<br>] (52.53) \|\| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 3:52.69 \|\|align=center\| '''WR''' \|\|align=center\| 9
	\|}		\|}

	== ~~Timezones~~ ==		==LZR Racer suits==
			{{main\|LZR Racer}}
	{\| class="wikitable"
			Another big change to swimming occurred when ] launched the ] swim suits on February 13, 2008. The suits, developed by the ],<ref name="Physorg">{{cite web\|url=http://www.physorg.com/news123416635.html=en\|title=Engineering the world's fastest swimsuit\|publisher=Physorg\|date=28 February 2008\|access-date=30 August 2008\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080919084240/http://www.physorg.com/news123416635.html%3Den\|archive-date=19 September 2008}}</ref> were designed to repel water, allow oxygen to flow to the muscles, and hold the body in a more hydrodynamic position.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news\|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/7434159.stm\|title=Japanese search for new swimsuits\|publisher=]\|date=9 June 2008\|access-date=30 August 2008}}</ref><ref name="Distillations">{{cite journal\|last1=Roberts\|first1=Jacob \|title=Winning Skin \|journal=Distillations \|date=2017\|volume=2\|issue=4\|pages=8–15\|url=https://www.sciencehistory.org/distillations/magazine/winning-skin\|access-date=22 March 2018}}</ref> The suits had been proven to give the swimmer a lower time by 1.9 to 2.2%.<ref name="Japan Times"/> Due to the advantage provided by the suits, some swimmers complained about the fairness in its use, because some people used multiple swimsuits to improve buoyancy and compressing of body;<ref name="Gizmodo">{{cite web\|url=http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/04/speedo_lzr_racer_swimsuit_spawns_copycats_and_controversy-2.html\|title=Speedo LZR Racer Swimsuit Spawns Copycats and Controversy\|publisher=Gizmodo\|date=14 April 2008\|access-date=30 April 2008\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080614144233/http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2008/04/speedo_lzr_racer_swimsuit_spawns_copycats_and_controversy-2.html\|archive-date=14 June 2008}}</ref> the official blog for the ] pondered whether they were "]" and what was the difference between gaining advantage from a swimsuit and gaining advantage from ].<ref name="Japan Times">{{cite web\|date=10 August 2008\|title=Celebrity Rules as the Olympics strays far from its ideal\|url=http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/fd20080810pb.html\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120715091703/http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/fd20080810pb.html%23.UAKKgKgo9Rw\|archive-date=15 July 2012\|access-date=30 August 2008\|publisher=]}}</ref> In response to these complaints, the ] (FINA) scheduled a meeting with Speedo to discuss the suits.<ref name="Gizmodo"/> After the meeting, FINA dismissed the claims of cheating, and endorsed the suits for future swimming meets.<ref name="Gizmodo"/> By August 14, 2008, 62 world records had been broken by swimmers wearing the ].<ref name="Wall Street Journal">{{cite news\|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB121865005500237497\|title=Fast Times\|publisher=]\|date=14 August 2008\|access-date=30 August 2008\| first=Roger \| last=Thurow}}</ref><ref name="Distillations"/>
	!
	! Sydney
	! Beijing
	! Paris
	! London
	! New York
	! Chicago
	! San Francisco
	\|- style=background:#FFFFFF
	\| style=background:#EFEFEF\|<b>Finals</b> \|\| 12:00 \|\| 10:00 \|\| 4:00 \|\| 3:00 \|\| 22:00* \|\| 21:00* \|\| 19:00*
	\|- style=background:#FFFFFF
	\| style=background:#EFEFEF\|<b>Heats</b> \|\| 20:30 \|\| 18:30 \|\| 12:30 \|\| 11:30 \|\| 6:30 \|\| 5:30 \|\| 3:30
	\|}

			==See also==
	(<nowiki>*</nowiki>) ''Previous day''
			*]

			*]
	== Records broken ==
	At the 2008 Summer Olympics, new ] were set 25 times (affecting 21 distinct world records) and new ] were set 65 times and one other was equalled (affecting 30 distinct Olympic records).<ref>{{cite web\|title=Swimming records broken by record type\|url=http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/SW/C81B/SW0000000.shtml#SWM054901\|publisher=Beijing 2008 Official Site\|date=]\|accessdate=2008-08-18}}</ref> Only ]'s 3:40.59 in the 400 metres freestyle and ]'s 56.61 in the 100 metres butterfly both set in Sydney remain Olympic records. Michael Phelps of the United States also broke the record for the most gold medals ever won by an olympian with a total of 14.

	=== Men's world records ===
	* Men's 100 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (47.24) (relay final lead off)
	* Men's 100 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (47.20) (semis)
	* Men's 100 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (47.05) (semis)
	* Men's 200 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:42.96) (final)
	* Men's 100 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (52.54) (final)
	* Men's 200 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:53.94) (final)
	* Men's 100 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (58.91) (final)
	* Men's 200 m butterfly - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:52.03) (final)
	* Men's 200 m individual medley - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:54.23) (final)
	* Men's 400 m individual medley - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (4:03.84) (final)
	* Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (3:12.23) (heats)
	* Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (3:08.24) (final)
	* Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (6:58.56) (final)
	* Men's 4×100 m medley relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (3:29.34) (final)

	Also, at the 4×100 m freestyle relay final, anchor ''']''' swam the fastest 100 m split (46.06); however, this is not considered an official ] record, as he did not swim the first leg.

	=== Women's world records ===
	* Women's 200 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:55.45) (heats)
	* Women's 200 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:54.82) (final)
	* Women's 800 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}</small> (8:14.10) (final)
	* Women's 100 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}</small> (58.77) (semis)
	* Women's 200 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:05.24) (final)
	* Women's 200 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:20.22) (final)
	* Women's 200 m butterfly - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:04.18) (final)
	* Women's 200 m individual medley - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:08.45) (final)
	* Women's 400 m individual medley - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (4:29.45) (final)
	* Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (7:44.31) (final)
	* Women's 4×100 m medley relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (3:52.69) (final)

	=== Men's Olympic records ===
	* Men's 50 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (21.47) (heats)
	* Men's 50 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (21.46) (heats)
	* Men's 50 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (21.34) (semis)
	* Men's 50 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (21.30) (final)
	* Men's 100 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (47.76) (relay heats lead off)
	* Men's 100 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (47.24) (relay final lead off)
	* Men's 100 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (47.20) (semis)
	* Men's 100 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (47.05) (semis)
	* Men's 200 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:42.96) (final)
	* Men's 1500 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|CAN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (14:40.84) (heats)
	* Men's 1500 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (14:38.92) (heats)
	* Men's 100 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (53.41) (heats)
	* Men's 100 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|RUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (53.06) (semis)
	* Men's 100 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (52.97) (semis)
	* Men's 100 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (52.54) (final)
	* Men's 200 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:53.94) (final)
	* Men's 100 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|NOR\|2008 Summer}}</small> (59.41) (heats)
	* Men's 100 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|NOR\|2008 Summer}}</small> (59.16) (semis)
	* Men's 100 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (58.91) (final)
	* Men's 200 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:08.98) (heats)
	* Men's 200 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|HUN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:08.68) (heats)
	* Men's 200 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:08.61) (semis)
	* Men's 200 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:07.64) (final)
	* Men's 100 m butterfly - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|KEN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (51.14) (heats)
	* Men's 100 m butterfly - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|SRB\|2008 Summer}}</small> (50.76) (heats)
	* Men's 100 m butterfly - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (50.58) (final)
	* Men's 200 m butterfly - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:53.70) (heats, equalled in semis)
	* Men's 200 m butterfly - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:52.03) (final)
	* Men's 200 m individual medley - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:54.23) (final)
	* Men's 400 m individual medley - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (4:07.82) (heats)
	* Men's 400 m individual medley - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (4:03.84) (final)
	* Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (3:12.23) (heats)
	* Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (3:08.24) (final)
	* Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (7:04.66) (heats)
	* Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (6:58.56) (final)
	* Men's 4×100 m medley relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (3:29.34) (final)

	=== Women's Olympic records ===
	* Women's 50 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}}</small> (24.06) (final)
	* Women's 100 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}}</small> (53.38) (relay final lead off)
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	* Women's 800 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}</small> (8:18.06) (heats)
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	* Women's 100 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|RUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (59.61) (heats)
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	* Women's 100 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:05.64) (heats)
	* Women's 100 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:05.17) (final)
	* Women's 200 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:22.17) (heats)
	* Women's 200 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:20.22) (final)
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Swimming at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad
Pictogram for swimming at the 2008 Games
Venue	Beijing National Aquatics Centre (pool) Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park (open water)
Dates	9–17 August 2008 (pool) 20–21 August 2008 (open water)
Competitors	1,026 from 162 nations
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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Qualification
Freestyle
50 m	men	women
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m		women
1500 m	men
Backstroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Breaststroke
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Butterfly
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
Individual medley
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
Freestyle relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
4 × 200 m	men	women
Medley relay
4 × 100 m	men	women
Marathon
10 km	men	women
v t e

The swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. The newly introduced open water marathon events (10 km) were held on 20 and 21 August 2008 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.

Swimming featured 34 events (17 male, 17 female), including two 10 km open-water marathons. The remaining 32 were contested in a 50 m long course pool within the Olympic Park.

The United States claimed a total of 31 medals (12 golds, 9 silver, and 10 bronze) in the leaderboard to maintain its standings as the most successful nation in swimming. A stellar performance in the pool also made an Olympic history for Michael Phelps, who captured eight gold medals to break Mark Spitz's 1972 record, a total of seven, at a single Games. Despite the male swimmers failing to attain a single gold in swimming, Australia managed to repeat a second-place effort on its third consecutive Olympics with 20 medals (six golds, six silver, and eight bronze). Meanwhile, Great Britain finished third with a total of six medals by the benefit of a sterling long-distance freestyle double from Rebecca Adlington.

A total of 25 world records and 65 Olympic records were set during the competition.

Venue

Main article: Beijing National Aquatics Center

All the swimming, synchronized swimming, and diving events of the 2008 Olympics were held at the Beijing National Aquatics Center (better known as the "Water Cube"), which was claimed to be built to increase the speed of the swimmers. The main pool is about 10 feet (3.0 m) deep, 3 feet (0.91 m) deeper than any other Olympic pool. The lane lines, nicknamed "wave eaters", buffer the waves produced by swimmers while they stroke. The technological advances of the pool were enhanced by several advantages inherent to an indoor swimming venue, namely: temperature, humidity and lighting control. Even the wide decks were built to help give the swimmers a sense of space.

Events

The swimming program for 2008 was expanded from 2004, with the addition of the 10 km marathon open water swimming events, bringing the total number of events to 34 (17 each for men and women). The following events were contested (all pool events were long course, and distances are in metres unless stated):

Freestyle: 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 (women), and 1,500 (men);
Backstroke: 100 and 200;
Breaststroke: 100 and 200;
Butterfly: 100 and 200;
Individual medley: 200 and 400;
Relays: 4 × 100 free, 4 × 200 free; 4 × 100 medley
Open water: 10 kilometres

Schedule

Further information: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Event Order

Unlike the previous Olympics, swimming program schedule occurred in two segments. For the pool events, prelims were held in the evening, with semifinals and final in the following morning session, spanning a day between semifinals and finals in those events with semifinals. The shift of the normal morning prelims and evening finals (to evening prelims and morning finals) occurred for these Games because of the prior request made by US broadcaster NBC (due to the substantial fees NBC has paid for rights to the Olympics, the IOC has allowed NBC to have influence on event scheduling to maximize U.S. television ratings when possible; NBC agreed to a $7.75 billion contract extension on May 7, 2014, to air the Olympics through the 2032 games and is also one of the major sources of revenue for the IOC), so that the finals from the event could be shown live in the United States.

Legend
H	Heats	½	Semi-finals	F	Final

Men
Date →	Aug 9		Aug 10		Aug 11		Aug 12		Aug 13		Aug 14		Aug 15		Aug 16		Aug 17		Aug 21
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle												H	½		F
100 m freestyle								H	½		F
200 m freestyle				H	½		F
400 m freestyle		H	F
1500 m freestyle														H			F
100 m backstroke				H	½		F
200 m backstroke										H	½		F
100 m breaststroke		H	½		F
200 m breaststroke								H	½		F
100 m butterfly												H	½		F
200 m butterfly						H	½		F
200 m individual medley										H	½		F
400 m individual medley		H	F
4 × 100 m freestyle relay				H	F
4 × 200 m freestyle relay								H	F
4 × 100 m medley relay														H			F
10 km open water																			F

Women
Date →	Aug 9		Aug 10		Aug 11		Aug 12		Aug 13		Aug 14		Aug 15		Aug 16		Aug 17		Aug 20
Event ↓	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E	M	E
50 m freestyle														H	½		F
100 m freestyle										H	½		F
200 m freestyle						H	½		F
400 m freestyle				H	F
800 m freestyle												H			F
100 m backstroke				H	½		F
200 m backstroke												H	½		F
100 m breaststroke				H	½		F
200 m breaststroke										H	½		F
100 m butterfly		H	½		F
200 m butterfly								H	½		F
200 m individual medley						H	½		F
400 m individual medley		H	F
4 × 100 m freestyle relay		H	F
4 × 200 m freestyle relay										H	F
4 × 100 m medley relay														H			F
10 km open water																			F

Qualification

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 2 qualified athletes in each individual event if both meet the A standard, or 1 athlete per event if they meet the B standard. An NOC may also enter a maximum of 1 qualified relay team per event. NOCs may enter swimmers regardless of time (1 swimmer per sex) if they have no swimmers meeting qualifying B standard.

Participating nations

A total of 1,026 swimmers (571 men and 455 women) from 162 nations would compete in swimming events at these Olympic Games. American Samoa, Botswana, Comoros, Congo Democratic Republic, Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, and Tanzania made their official debut in swimming. Meanwhile, Belgium, Dominican Republic, Kuwait, Netherlands Antilles, and Tajikistan returned to the sport after an eight-year absence. Nations with swimmers at the Games are (team size in parentheses):

Albania (2)
Algeria (5)
American Samoa (2)
Andorra (1)
Angola (2)
Antigua and Barbuda (1)
Argentina (11)
Armenia (1)
Aruba (1)
Australia (43)
Austria (12)
Azerbaijan (2)
Bahamas (4)
Bahrain (2)
Bangladesh (2)
Barbados (4)
Belarus (8)
Belgium (7)
Benin (2)
Bermuda (2)
Bolivia (2)
Bosnia and Herzegovina (1)
Botswana (2)
Brazil (25)
Bulgaria (4)
Burkina Faso (2)
Burundi (1)
Cambodia (2)
Cameroon (2)
Canada (27)
Cayman Islands (2)
Chile (2)
China (42)
Colombia (5)
Comoros (1)
Republic of the Congo (1)
Cook Islands (1)
Costa Rica (2)
Ivory Coast (1)
Croatia (13)
Cuba (2)
Cyprus (2)
Czech Republic (10)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1)
Denmark (9)
Dominican Republic (1)
Ecuador (2)
Egypt (3)
El Salvador (1)
Estonia (9)
Fiji (1)
Finland (5)
France (35)
Georgia (2)
Germany (25)
Great Britain (37)
Greece (18)
Guam (1)
Guatemala (1)
Guinea (2)
Guyana (1)
Honduras (2)
Hong Kong (4)
Hungary (28)
Iceland (8)
India (4)
Indonesia (2)
Iran (1)
Ireland (3)
Israel (7)
Italy (34)
Jamaica (3)
Japan (31)
Jordan (2)
Kazakhstan (12)
Kenya (2)
South Korea (16)
Kuwait (1)
Kyrgyzstan (3)
Laos (2)
Latvia (2)
Lebanon (2)
Libya (2)
Lithuania (9)
Luxembourg (4)
Macedonia (2)
Madagascar (2)
Malawi (2)
Malaysia (5)
Maldives (2)
Mali (2)
Malta (2)
Marshall Islands (2)
Mauritius (2)
Mexico (6)
Federated States of Micronesia (2)
Moldova (3)
Mongolia (2)
Montenegro (1)
Morocco (1)
Mozambique (2)
Myanmar (1)
Nepal (2)
Netherlands (18)
Netherlands Antilles (1)
New Zealand (15)
Nicaragua (2)
Niger (2)
Nigeria (2)
Norway (4)
Oman (4)
Pakistan (2)
Palau (1)
Palestine (2)
Panama (2)
Papua New Guinea (2)
Paraguay (2)
Peru (2)
Philippines (5)
Poland (15)
Portugal (10)
Puerto Rico (4)
Qatar (1)
Romania (6)
Russia (35)
Rwanda (2)
Saint Lucia (1)
San Marino (2)
Saudi Arabia (1)
Senegal (2)
Serbia (9)
Seychelles (2)
Singapore (5)
Slovakia (3)
Slovenia (10)
South Africa (24)
Spain (23)
Sri Lanka (2)
Sudan (1)
Suriname (2)
Swaziland (1)
Sweden (18)
Switzerland (7)
Syria (3)
Chinese Taipei (5)
Tajikistan (2)
Tanzania (2)
Thailand (2)
Trinidad and Tobago (3)
Tunisia (2)
Turkey (11)
Turkmenistan (2)
Uganda (2)
Ukraine (23)
United Arab Emirates (1)
United States (43)
Uruguay (3)
Uzbekistan (7)
Venezuela (13)
Vietnam (1)
Virgin Islands (1)
Yemen (2)
Zambia (2)
Zimbabwe (2)

Medal summary

Medal table

Michael Phelps holding his gold medal from the 4 × 100 relay

Retrieved from 2008 NBC Olympics website.


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	12	9	10	31
2	Australia (AUS)	6	6	8	20
3	Great Britain (GBR)	2	2	2	6
4	Japan (JPN)	2	0	3	5
5	Germany (GER)	2	0	1	3
6	Netherlands (NED)	2	0	0	2
7	China (CHN)	1	3	2	6
8	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	3	0	4
9	France (FRA)	1	2	3	6
10	Russia (RUS)	1	1	2	4
11	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
11	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	0	2
13	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
14	Tunisia (TUN)	1	0	0	1
15	Hungary (HUN)	0	3	0	3
16	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
17	Serbia (SRB)	0	1	0	1
17	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
19	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		34	34	36	104

Men's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	César Cielo Brazil	21.30 OR, AM	Amaury Leveaux France	21.45	Alain Bernard France	21.49
100 m freestyle details	Alain Bernard France	47.21	Eamon Sullivan Australia	47.32	Jason Lezak United States César Cielo Brazil	47.67 47.67 NR
200 m freestyle details	Michael Phelps United States	1:42.96 WR	Park Tae-hwan South Korea	1:44.85 AS	Peter Vanderkaay United States	1:45.14
400 m freestyle details	Park Tae-hwan South Korea	3:41.86 AS	Zhang Lin China	3:42.44 NR	Larsen Jensen United States	3:42.78 AM
1500 m freestyle details	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	14:40.84 AF	Grant Hackett Australia	14:41.53	Ryan Cochrane Canada	14.42.69

100 m backstroke details	Aaron Peirsol United States	52.54 WR	Matt Grevers United States	53.11	Arkady Vyatchanin Russia Hayden Stoeckel Australia	53.18
200 m backstroke details	Ryan Lochte United States	1:53.94 WR	Aaron Peirsol United States	1:54.33	Arkady Vyatchanin Russia	1:54.93 ER

100 m breaststroke details	Kosuke Kitajima Japan	58.91 WR	Alexander Dale Oen Norway	59.20	Hugues Duboscq France	59.37 NR
200 m breaststroke details	Kosuke Kitajima Japan	2:07.64 OR	Brenton Rickard Australia	2:08.88 OC	Hugues Duboscq France	2:08.94 NR

100 m butterfly details	Michael Phelps United States	50.58 OR	Milorad Čavić Serbia	50.59 ER	Andrew Lauterstein Australia	51.12 OC
200 m butterfly details	Michael Phelps United States	1:52.03 WR	László Cseh Hungary	1:52.70 ER	Takeshi Matsuda Japan	1:52.97 AS

200 m individual medley details	Michael Phelps United States	1:54.23 WR	László Cseh Hungary	1:56.52 ER	Ryan Lochte United States	1:56.53
400 m individual medley details	Michael Phelps United States	4:03.84 WR	László Cseh Hungary	4:06.16 ER	Ryan Lochte United States	4:08.09

4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	United States Michael Phelps (47.51) AM Garrett Weber-Gale (47.02) Cullen Jones (47.65) Jason Lezak (46.06) Nathan Adrian* Ben Wildman-Tobriner* Matt Grevers*	3:08.24 WR	France Amaury Leveaux (47.91) Fabien Gilot (47.05) Frédérick Bousquet (46.63) Alain Bernard(46.73) Grégory Mallet* Boris Steimetz*	3:08.32 ER	Australia Eamon Sullivan (47.24) WR Andrew Lauterstein (47.87) Ashley Callus (47.55) Matt Targett (47.25) Leith Brodie* Patrick Murphy*	3:09.91 OC
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	United States Michael Phelps (1:43.31) Ryan Lochte (1:44.28) Ricky Berens (1:46.29) Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68) Klete Keller* Erik Vendt* David Walters*	6:58.56 WR	Russia Nikita Lobintsev (1:46.64) NR Yevgeny Lagunov (1:46.56) Danila Izotov (1:45.85) Alexander Sukhorukov (1:44.65) Mikhail Polishchuk*	7:03.70 ER	Australia Patrick Murphy (1:45.95) Grant Hackett (1:45.87) Grant Brits (1:47.13) Nic Ffrost (1:46.03) Leith Brodie* Kirk Palmer*	7:04.98
4 × 100 m medley relay details	United States Aaron Peirsol (53.16) Brendan Hansen (59.27) Michael Phelps (50.15) Jason Lezak (46.76) Matt Grevers* Mark Gangloff* Ian Crocker* Garrett Weber-Gale*	3:29.34 WR	Australia Hayden Stoeckel (53.80) Brenton Rickard (58.56) Andrew Lauterstein (51.03) Eamon Sullivan (46.65) Ashley Delaney* Christian Sprenger* Adam Pine* Matt Targett*	3:30.04 OC	Japan Junichi Miyashita (53.87) Kosuke Kitajima (58.07) Takuro Fujii (50.89) Hisayoshi Sato (48.35)	3:31.18 AS

10 km open water details	Maarten van der Weijden Netherlands	1:51:51.6	David Davies Great Britain	1:51:53.1	Thomas Lurz Germany	1:51:53.6

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Women's events

Games	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	Britta Steffen Germany	24.06 OR, ER	Dara Torres United States	24.07 AM	Cate Campbell Australia	24.17
100 m freestyle details	Britta Steffen Germany	53.12 OR	Lisbeth Trickett Australia	53.16	Natalie Coughlin United States	53.39 =AM
200 m freestyle details	Federica Pellegrini Italy	1:54.82 WR	Sara Isaković Slovenia	1:54.97 NR	Pang Jiaying China	1:55.05 AS
400 m freestyle details	Rebecca Adlington Great Britain	4:03.22	Katie Hoff United States	4:03.29	Joanne Jackson Great Britain	4:03.52
800 m freestyle details	Rebecca Adlington Great Britain	8:14.10 WR	Alessia Filippi Italy	8:20.23 NR	Lotte Friis Denmark	8:23.03

100 m backstroke details	Natalie Coughlin United States	58.96 AM	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe	59.19	Margaret Hoelzer United States	59.34
200 m backstroke details	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe	2:05.24 WR	Margaret Hoelzer United States	2:06.23	Reiko Nakamura Japan	2:07.13 AS

100 m breaststroke details	Leisel Jones Australia	1:05.17 OR	Rebecca Soni United States	1:06.73	Mirna Jukić Austria	1:07.34
200 m breaststroke details	Rebecca Soni United States	2:20.22 WR	Leisel Jones Australia	2:22.05	Sara Nordenstam Norway	2:23.02 ER

100 m butterfly details	Lisbeth Trickett Australia	56.73 OC	Christine Magnuson United States	57.10	Jessicah Schipper Australia	57.25
200 m butterfly details	Liu Zige China	2:04.18 WR	Jiao Liuyang China	2:04.72	Jessicah Schipper Australia	2:06.26

200 m individual medley details	Stephanie Rice Australia	2:08.45 WR	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe	2:08.59 AF	Natalie Coughlin United States	2:10.34
400 m individual medley details	Stephanie Rice Australia	4:29.45 WR	Kirsty Coventry Zimbabwe	4:29.89 AF	Katie Hoff United States	4:31.71

4 × 100 m freestyle relay details	Netherlands Inge Dekker (54.37) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.39) Femke Heemskerk (53.42) Marleen Veldhuis (52.58) Hinkelien Schreuder* Manon van Rooijen*	3:33.76 OR	United States Natalie Coughlin (54.00) Lacey Nymeyer (53.91) Kara Lynn Joyce (53.98) Dara Torres (52.44) Emily Silver* Julia Smit*	3:34.33 AM	Australia Cate Campbell (54.40) Alice Mills (54.43) Melanie Schlanger (53.85) Lisbeth Trickett (52.34) Shayne Reese*	3:35.05 OC
4 × 200 m freestyle relay details	Australia Stephanie Rice (1:56.60) =OC Bronte Barratt 1:56.58) Kylie Palmer (1:55.22) Linda Mackenzie (1:55.91) Lara Davenport* Felicity Galvez* Angie Bainbridge* Melanie Schlanger*	7:44.31 WR	China Yang Yu (1:56.79) Zhu Qianwei (1:56.64) Tan Miao (1:58.11) Pang Jiaying (1:54.39) Tang Jingzhi*	7:45.93 AS	United States Allison Schmitt (1:57.71) Natalie Coughlin (1:57.19) Caroline Burckle (1:56.70) Katie Hoff (1:54.73) Christine Marshall* Kim Vandenberg* Julia Smit*	7:46.33 AM
4 × 100 m medley relay details	Australia Emily Seebohm (59.33) OC Leisel Jones (1:04.58) Jessicah Schipper (56.25) Lisbeth Trickett (52.53) Tarnee White* Felicity Galvez* Shayne Reese*	3:52.69 WR	United States Natalie Coughlin (58.94) AM Rebecca Soni (1:05.95) Christine Magnuson (56.14) Dara Torres (52.27) Margaret Hoelzer* Megan Jendrick* Elaine Breeden* Kara Lynn Joyce*	3:53.30 AM	China Zhao Jing (59.56) NR Sun Ye (1:06.76) Zhou Yafei (57.40) Pang Jiaying (52.40) Xu Tianlongzi*	3:56.11 AS

10 km open water details	Larisa Ilchenko Russia	1:59:27.7	Keri-Anne Payne Great Britain	1:59:29.2	Cassandra Patten Great Britain	1:59:31.0

* Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

Olympic and world records broken

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, new world records were set 25 times (affecting 21 distinct world records) and new Olympic records were set 65 times and one other was equalled (affecting 30 distinct Olympic records). Only Ian Thorpe's 3:40.59 in the 400 metres freestyle and Inge de Bruijn's 56.61 in the 100 metres butterfly, both set in Sydney, remained Olympic records. Michael Phelps of the United States also broke the record for the most gold medals ever won by an Olympian with a total of 14; 8 of which were won during the 2008 Summer Olympics - this was also a world record.

Men

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record	Day
Men's 100 m breaststroke	August 9	Heat 7	Alexander Dale Oen	Norway	59.41	OR	1
Men's 400 m individual medley	August 9	Heat 4	Michael Phelps	United States	4:07.82	OR	1
Men's 100 m backstroke	August 10	Heat 4	Matt Grevers	United States	53.41	OR	2
Men's 100 m breaststroke	August 10	Semifinal 2	Alexander Dale Oen	Norway	59.16	OR	2
Men's 400 m individual medley	August 10	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	4:03.84	WR	2
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	August 10	Heat 1	Nathan Adrian (48.82) Cullen Jones (47.61) Ben Wildman-Tobriner (48.03) Matt Grevers (47.77)	United States	3:12.23	WR	2
Men's 100 m freestyle	August 10	Heat 1 leadoff*	Amaury Leveaux	France	47.76	OR	2
Men's 100 m backstroke	August 11	Semifinal 1	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	53.06	OR	3
Men's 100 m backstroke	August 11	Semifinal 2	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	52.97	OR	3
Men's 100 m breaststroke	August 11	Final	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	58.91	WR	3
Men's 200 m butterfly	August 11	Heat 6	Michael Phelps	United States	1:53.70	OR	3
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	August 11	Final	Michael Phelps (47.51) Garrett Weber-Gale (47.02) Cullen Jones (47.65) Jason Lezak (46.06)	United States	3:08.24	WR	3
Men's 100 m freestyle	August 11	Final leadoff*	Eamon Sullivan	Australia	47.24	WR	3
Men's 200 m freestyle	August 12	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	1:42.96	WR	4
Men's 100 m backstroke	August 12	Final	Aaron Peirsol	United States	52.54	WR	4
Men's 200 m breaststroke	August 12	Heat 5	Paolo Bossini	Italy	2:08.98	OR	4
Men's 200 m breaststroke	August 12	Heat 7	Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	2:08.68	OR	4
Men's 200 m butterfly	August 12	Semifinal 2	Michael Phelps	United States	1:53.70	OR	4
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 12	Heat 2	David Walters (1:46.57) Ricky Berens (1:45.47) Erik Vendt (1:47.11) Klete Keller (1:45.51)	United States	7:04.66	OR	4
Men's 100 m freestyle	August 13	Semifinal 1	Alain Bernard	France	47.20	WR	5
Men's 100 m freestyle	August 13	Semifinal 2	Eamon Sullivan	Australia	47.05	WR	5
Men's 200 m breaststroke	August 13	Semifinal 1	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	2:08.61	OR	5
Men's 200 m butterfly	August 13	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	1:52.03	WR	5
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 13	Final	Michael Phelps (1:43.31) Ryan Lochte (1:44.28) Ricky Berens (1:46.29) Peter Vanderkaay (1:44.68)	United States	6:58.56	WR	5
Men's 50 m freestyle	August 14	Heat 11	César Cielo	Brazil	21.47	OR	6
Men's 50 m freestyle	August 14	Heat 12	Amaury Leveaux	France	21.46	OR	6
Men's 100 m butterfly	August 14	Heat 7	Jason Dunford	Kenya	51.14	OR	6
Men's 100 m butterfly	August 14	Heat 9	Milorad Čavić	Serbia	50.76	OR	6
Men's 50 m freestyle	August 15	Semifinal 1	César Cielo	Brazil	21.34	OR	7
Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 15	Heat 3	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	14:40.84	OR	7
Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 15	Heat 5	Grant Hackett	Australia	14:38.92	OR	7
Men's 200 m backstroke	August 15	Final	Ryan Lochte	United States	1:53.94	WR	7
Men's 200 m individual medley	August 15	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	1:54.23	WR	7
Men's 50 m freestyle	August 16	Final	César Cielo	Brazil	21.30	OR	8
Men's 100 m butterfly	August 16	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	50.58	OR	8
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	August 17	Final	Aaron Peirsol (53.16) Brendan Hansen (59.27) Michael Phelps (50.15) Jason Lezak (46.76)	United States	3:29.34	WR	9

* World record split from the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

Note: At the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay final, anchor Jason Lezak swam the fastest 100 m split (46.06); however, this is not considered an official FINA record, as he did not swim the first leg.

Women

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	Record	Day
Women's 400 m freestyle	August 10	Heat 5	Katie Hoff	United States	4:03.71	OR	2
Women's 400 m freestyle	August 10	Heat 6	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	4:02.19	OR	2
Women's 100 m backstroke	August 10	Heat 5	Anastasia Zuyeva	Russia	59.61	OR	2
Women's 100 m backstroke	August 10	Heat 6	Reiko Nakamura	Japan	59.36	OR	2
Women's 100 m backstroke	August 10	Heat 7	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	59.00	OR	2
Women's 100 m breaststroke	August 10	Heat 7	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:05.64	OR	2
Women's 400 m individual medley	August 10	Final	Stephanie Rice	Australia	4:29.45	WR	2
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	August 10	Final	Inge Dekker (54.37) Ranomi Kromowidjojo (53.39) Femke Heemskerk (53.42) Marleen Veldhuis (52.58)	Netherlands	3:33.76	OR	2
Women's 100 m freestyle	August 10	Final leadoff*	Britta Steffen	Germany	53.38	OR	2
Women's 200 m freestyle	August 11	Heat 4	Pang Jiaying	China	1:57.37	OR	3
Women's 200 m freestyle	August 11	Heat 5	Sara Isaković	Slovenia	1:55.86	OR	3
Women's 200 m freestyle	August 11	Heat 6	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1:55.45	WR	3
Women's 100 m backstroke	August 11	Semifinal 2	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	58.77	WR	3
Women's 100 m breaststroke	August 12	Final	Leisel Jones	Australia	1:05.17	OR	4
Women's 200 m individual medley	August 12	Semifinal 1	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:09.53	OR	4
Women's 200 m freestyle	August 13	Final	Federica Pellegrini	Italy	1:54.82	WR	5
Women's 200 m breaststroke	August 13	Heat 5	Rebecca Soni	United States	2:22.17	OR	5
Women's 200 m individual medley	August 13	Final	Stephanie Rice	Australia	2:08.45	OR	5
Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 13	Heat 1	Alena Popchanka (1:58.27) Céline Couderc (1:58.92) Camille Muffat (1:57.32) Coralie Balmy (1:55.86)	France	7:50.37	OR	5
Women's 800 m freestyle	August 14	Heat 4	Rebecca Adlington	Great Britain	8:18.06	OR	6
Women's 200 m backstroke	August 14	Heat 4	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:06.76	OR	6
Women's 200 m butterfly	August 14	Final	Liu Zige	China	2:04.18	WR	6
Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	August 14	Final	Stephanie Rice (1:56.60) Bronte Barratt (1:56.58) Kylie Palmer (1:55.22) Linda Mackenzie (1:55.91)	Australia	7:44.31	WR	6
Women's 100 m freestyle	August 15	Final	Britta Steffen	Germany	53.12	OR	7
Women's 200 m breaststroke	August 15	Final	Rebecca Soni	United States	2:20.22	WR	7
Women's 800 m freestyle	August 16	Final	Rebecca Adlington	Great Britain	8:14.10	WR	8
Women's 200 m backstroke	August 16	Final	Kirsty Coventry	Zimbabwe	2:05.24	WR	8
Women's 50 m freestyle	August 17	Final	Britta Steffen	Germany	24.06	OR	9
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	August 17	Final	Emily Seebohm (59.33) Leisel Jones (1:04.58) Jessicah Schipper (56.25) Lisbeth Trickett (52.53)	Australia	3:52.69	WR	9

LZR Racer suits

Main article: LZR Racer

Another big change to swimming occurred when Speedo launched the LZR Racer swim suits on February 13, 2008. The suits, developed by the Australian Institute of Sport, were designed to repel water, allow oxygen to flow to the muscles, and hold the body in a more hydrodynamic position. The suits had been proven to give the swimmer a lower time by 1.9 to 2.2%. Due to the advantage provided by the suits, some swimmers complained about the fairness in its use, because some people used multiple swimsuits to improve buoyancy and compressing of body; the official blog for the National Collegiate Athletic Association pondered whether they were "technology doping" and what was the difference between gaining advantage from a swimsuit and gaining advantage from performance-enhancing drugs. In response to these complaints, the International Swimming Federation (FINA) scheduled a meeting with Speedo to discuss the suits. After the meeting, FINA dismissed the claims of cheating, and endorsed the suits for future swimming meets. By August 14, 2008, 62 world records had been broken by swimmers wearing the LZR Racer.

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External links

Official Swimming Site at the Wayback Machine (archived 23 June 2008)
NBC 2008 Olympics Coverage at the Wayback Machine (archived 3 January 2014)
Swimming – Official Results Book

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