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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre and Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park. An open water event was officially included in the program.

Medal Table[]

Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States United States 12 9 10 31
2 Australia Australia 6 6 8 20
3 Great Britain Great Britain 2 2 2 6
4 Japan Japan 2 0 3 5
5 Germany Germany 2 0 1 3
6 Netherlands Netherlands 2 0 0 2
7 China China 1 3 2 6
8 Zimbabwe Zimbabwe 1 3 0 4
9 France France 1 2 3 6
10 Russia Russia 1 1 2 4
11 Italy Italy 1 1 0 2
South Korea South Korea 1 1 0 2
13 Brazil Brazil 1 0 1 2
14 Tunisia Tunisia 1 0 0 1
15 Hungary Hungary 0 3 0 3
16 Norway Norway 0 1 1 2
17 Serbia Serbia 0 1 0 1
Slovenia Slovenia 0 1 0 1
19 Austria Austria 0 0 1 1
Canada Canada 0 0 1 1
Denmark Denmark 0 0 1 1

Medalists[]

Men[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Cesar Cielo Filho
Brazil
Amaury Leveaux
France
Alain Bernard
France
100 m freestyle Alain Bernard
France
Eamon Sullivan
Australia
Cesar Cielo Filho Brazil
Jason Lezak United States
200 m freestyle Michael Phelps
United States
Park Tae-hwan
South Korea
Peter Vanderkaay
United States
400 m freestyle Park Tae-hwan
South Korea
Zhang Lin
China
Larsen Jensen
United States
1500 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli
Tunisia
Grant Hackett
Australia
Ryan Cochrane
Canada
100 m backstroke Aaron Peirsol
United States
Matt Grevers
United States
Hayden Stoeckel Australia
Arkady Vyatchanin Russia
200 m backstroke Ryan Lochte
United States
Aaron Peirsol
United States
Arkady Vyatchanin
Russia
100 m breaststroke Kosuke Kitajima
Japan
Alexander Dale Oen
Norway
Hugues Duboscq
France
200 m breaststroke Kosuke Kitajima
Japan
Brenton Rickard
Australia
Hugues Duboscq
France
100 m butterfly Michael Phelps
United States
Milorad Cavic
Serbia
Andrew Lauterstein
Australia
200 m butterfly Michael Phelps
United States
Laszlo Cseh
Hungary
Takeshi Matsuda
Japan
200 m individual medley Michael Phelps
United States
Laszlo Cseh
Hungary
Ryan Lochte
United States
400 m individual medley Michael Phelps
United States
Laszlo Cseh
Hungary
Ryan Lochte
United States
4x100 m freestyle relay United States United States
Nathan Adrian
Matt Grevers
Cullen Jones
Jason Lezak
Michael Phelps
Garrett Weber-Gale
Ben Wildman-Tobriner
France France
Alain Bernard
Frederick Bousquet
Fabien Gilot
Amaury Leveaux
Gregory Mallet
Boris Steimetz
Australia Australia
Leith Brodie
Ashley Callus
Andrew Lauterstein
Patrick Murphy
Eamon Sullivan
Matt Targett
4x200 m freestyle relay United States United States
Ricky Berens
Klete Keller
Ryan Lochte
Michael Phelps
Peter Vanderkaay
Erik Vendt
David Walters
Russia Russia
Danila Izotov
Evgeniy Lagunov
Nikita Lobintsev
Mikhail Polishchuk
Alexander Sukhorukov
Australia Australia
Grant Brits
Leith Brodie
Nick Ffrost
Grant Hackett
Patrick Murphy
Kirk Palmer
4x100 m medley relay United States United States
Ian Crocker
Mark Gangloff
Matt Grevers
Brendan Hansen
Jason Lezak
Aaron Peirsol
Michael Phelps
Garrett Weber-Gale
Australia Australia
Ashley Delaney
Andrew Lauterstein
Adam Pine
Brenton Rickard
Christian Sprenger
Hayden Stoeckel
Eamon Sullivan
Matt Targett
Japan Japan
Takuro Fujii
Kosuke Kitajima
Junichi Miyashita
Hisayoshi Sato
10 km open water Maarten van der Weijden
Netherlands
David Davies
Great Britain
Thomas Lurz
Germany

Women[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m freestyle Britta Steffen
Germany
Dara Torres
United States
Cate Campbell
Australia
100 m freestyle Britta Steffen
Germany
Lisbeth Trickett
Australia
Natalie Coughlin
United States
200 m freestyle Federica Pellegrini
Italy
Sara Isakovic
Slovenia
Pang Jiaying
China
400 m freestyle Rebecca Adlington
Great Britain
Katie Hoff
United States
Joanne Jackson
Great Britain
800 m freestyle Rebecca Adlington
Great Britain
Alessia Filippi
Italy
Lotte Friis
Denmark
100 m backstroke Natalie Coughlin
United States
Kirsty Coventry
Zimbabwe
Margaret Hoelzer
United States
200 m backstroke Kirsty Coventry
Zimbabwe
Margaret Hoelzer
United States
Reiko Nakamura
Japan
100 m breaststroke Leisel Jones
Australia
Rebecca Soni
United States
Mirna Jukic
Austria
200 m breaststroke Rebecca Soni
United States
Leisel Jones
Australia
Sara Nordenstam
Norway
100 m butterfly Lisbeth Trickett
Australia
Christine Magnuson
United States
Jessicah Schipper
Australia
200 m butterfly Liu Zige
China
Jiao Liuyang
China
Jessicah Schipper
Australia
200 m individual medley Stephanie Rice
Australia
Kirsty Coventry
Zimbabwe
Natalie Coughlin
United States
400 m individual medley Stephanie Rice
Australia
Kirsty Coventry
Zimbabwe
Katie Hoff
United States
4x100 m freestyle relay Netherlands Netherlands
Inge Dekker
Femke Heemskerk
Ranomi Kromowidjojo
Manon van Rooijen
Hinkelien Schreuder
Marleen Veldhuis
United States United States
Natalie Coughlin
Kara Lynn Joyce
Lacey Nymeyer
Emily Silver
Julia Smit
Dara Torres
Australia Australia
Cate Campbell
Alice Mills
Shayne Reese
Melanie Schlanger
Lisbeth Trickett
4x200 m freestyle relay Australia Australia
Angie Bainbridge
Bronte Barratt
Lara Davenport
Felicity Galvez
Linda Mackenzie
Kylie Palmer
Stephanie Rice
Melanie Schlanger
China China
Pang Jiaying
Tan Miao
Tang Jingzhi
Yang Yu
Zhu Qianwei
United States United States
Caroline Burckle
Natalie Coughlin
Katie Hoff
Christine Marshall
Allison Schmitt
Julia Smit
Kim Vandenberg
4x100 m medley relay Australia Australia
Felicity Galvez
Leisel Jones
Shayne Reese
Jessicah Schipper
Emily Seebohm
Lisbeth Trickett
Tarnee White
United States United States
Elaine Breeden
Natalie Coughlin
Margaret Hoelzer
Megan Jendrick
Kara Lynn Joyce
Christine Magnuson
Rebecca Soni
Dara Torres
China China
Pang Jiaying
Sun Ye
Xu Tianlongzi
Zhao Jing
Zhou Yafei
10 km open water Larisa Ilchenko
Russia
Keri-Anne Payne
Great Britain
Cassandra Patten
Great Britain

Statistics[]

  • There were 1022 total athletes from 163 countries.
  • Antoinette Guedia was the youngest participant with 12 years and 299 days.
  • Dara Torres was the oldest participant with 41 years and 122 days.
  • 19 participants were chosen to be a flag bearer at the opening ceremony.
  • United States won 31 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Australia won 20 medals, more than in any other sport.
  • Zimbabwe won its only 4 medals of Beijing 2008.
  • Tunisia won its only medal of Beijing 2008, and its first-ever gold medal in swimming.
  • Brazil and South Korea won their first-ever gold medal in the sport.
  • Norway won its first 2 medals in the sport.
  • Serbia and Slovenia won their first-ever medal in the sport.
  • 25 world records were broken in the course of the competition.
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