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	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.		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 Olympic and 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)

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	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.
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			! Event !! Date !! Round !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! OR !! WR
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			\| align=left rowspan=4 \| Men's 50 m freestyle
			\| ] \|\| Heat 11 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 21.47 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Heat 12 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 21.46 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Semifinal 1 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 21.34 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|BRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 21.30 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=4 \| Men's 100 m freestyle
			\| ] \|\| 4×100 m freestyle relay heat 1 leadoff \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 47.76 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| 4×100 m freestyle relay final leadoff \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 47.24 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Semifinal 1 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 47.20 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Semifinal 2 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 47.05 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=1 \| Men's 200 m freestyle
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:42.96 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Men's 1500 m freestyle
			\| ] \|\| Heat 3 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|CAN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 14:40.84 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 14:38.92 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| align=left rowspan=4 \| Men's 100 m backstroke
			\| ] \|\| Heat 4 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 53.41 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Semifinal 1 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 53.06 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Semifinal 2 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 52.97 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 52.54 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=1 \| Men's 200 m backstroke
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:53.94 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=3 \| Men's 100 m breaststroke
			\| ] \|\| Heat 7 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|NOR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 59.41 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Semifinal 2 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|NOR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 59.16 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 58.91 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=4 \| Men's 200 m breaststroke
			\| ] \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:08.98 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Heat 7 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|HUN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:08.68 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Semifinal 1 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:08.61 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:07.64 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=3 \| Men's 100 m butterfly
			\| ] \|\| Heat 7 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|KEN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 51.14 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Heat 9 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|SRB\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 50.76 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 50.58 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| align=left rowspan=3 \| Men's 200 m butterfly
			\| ] \|\| Heat 6 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:53.70 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Semifinal 2 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:53.70 \|\| =OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:52.03 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=1 \| Men's 200 m individual medley
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:54.23 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Men's 400 m individual medley
			\| ] \|\| Heat 4 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 4:07.82 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 4:03.84 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay
			\| ] \|\| Heat 1 \|\| ] <BR/> ] <BR/> ] <BR/> ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 3:12.23 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] <BR/> ] <BR/> ] <BR/> ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 3:08.24 \|\| OR \|\| WR
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			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay
			\| ] \|\| Heat 2 \|\| ] <BR/> ] <BR/> ] <BR/> ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 7:04.66 \|\| OR \|\|
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			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] <BR/> ] <BR/> ] <BR/> ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 6:58.56 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=1 \| Men's 4×100 m medley relay
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] <BR/> ] <BR/> ] <BR/> ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 3:29.34 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|}

			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 ===		=== Women's Olympic and world 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)

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	=== Women's Olympic records ===
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	* Women's 50 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}}</small> (24.06) (final)
			! Event !! Date !! Round !! Name !! Nationality !! Time !! OR !! WR
	* Women's 100 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}}</small> (53.38) (relay final lead off)
			\|-
	* Women's 100 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}}</small> (53.12) (final)
			\|-
	* Women's 200 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:57.37) (heats)
			\| align=left rowspan=1 \| Women's 50 m freestyle
	* Women's 200 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|SLO\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:55.86) (heats)
	* ~~Women's~~ ~~200~~ m ~~freestyle~~ - ~~'''~~]~~'''~~ ~~<small>~~{{flagIOC\|~~ITA~~\|2008 Summer}}~~</small>~~ ~~(1:55~~.~~45)~~ ~~(heats)~~		\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 24.06 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
	* Women's 200 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (1:54.82) (final)
			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Women's 100 m freestyle
	* Women's 400 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (4:03.71) (heats)
	* Women's ~~400~~ m freestyle - ~~'''~~]~~'''~~ ~~<small>~~{{flagIOC\|~~ITA~~\|2008 Summer}}~~</small>~~ ~~(4:02~~.~~19)~~ ~~(heats)~~		\| ] \|\| Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay final lead off \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 53.38 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
	* Women's 800 m freestyle - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}}</small> (8:18.06) (heats)
	* ~~Women's~~ ~~800~~ m ~~freestyle~~ - ~~'''~~]~~'''~~ ~~<small>~~{{flagIOC\|~~GBR~~\|2008 Summer}}~~</small>~~ ~~(8:14~~.~~10)~~ ~~(final)~~		\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|GER\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 53.12 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
	* Women's 100 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|RUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (59.61) (heats)
			\| align=left rowspan=4 \| Women's 200 m freestyle
	* Women's 100 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (59.36) (heats)
	* ~~Women's~~ ~~100~~ m ~~backstroke~~ - ~~'''~~]~~'''~~ ~~<small>~~{{flagIOC\|~~ZIM~~\|2008 Summer}}~~</small>~~ ~~(59~~.~~00)~~ ~~(heats)~~		\| ] \|\| Heat 4 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:57.37 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
	* 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>~~ (2:06.~~76)~~ ~~(heats)~~		\| ] \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|SLO\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:55.86 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
	* Women's 200 m backstroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:05.24) (final)
	* ~~Women's~~ ~~100~~ m ~~breaststroke~~ - ~~'''~~]~~'''~~ ~~<small>~~{{flagIOC\|~~AUS~~\|2008 Summer}}~~</small>~~ (1:05.~~64)~~ ~~(heats)~~		\| ] \|\| Heat 6 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:55.45 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
	* 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)~~		\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:54.82 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
	* Women's 200 m breaststroke - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:20.22) (final)
			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Women's 400 m freestyle
	* Women's 200 m butterfly - ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}}</small> (2:04.18) (final)
	* ~~Women's~~ ~~200~~ m ~~individual~~ ~~medley~~ - ~~'''~~]~~'''~~ ~~<small>~~{{flagIOC\|~~ZIM~~\|2008 Summer}}~~</small>~~ (2:09.~~53)~~ ~~(semis)~~		\| ] \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 4:03.71 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
	* 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)~~		\| ] \|\| Heat 6 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ITA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 4:02.19 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
	* Women's 4×100 m freestyle relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|NED\|2008 Summer}}</small> (3:33.76) (final)
			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Women's 800 m freestyle
	* Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|FRA\|2008 Summer}}</small> (7:50.37) (heats)
	* Women's 4×200 m freestyle relay ~~- '''~~]~~''',~~ ~~''']''',~~ ~~''']''',~~ ~~'''~~]~~'''~~ ~~<small>~~{{flagIOC\|~~AUS~~\|2008 Summer}}~~</small>~~ (7:44.~~31)~~ ~~(final)~~		\| ] \|\| Heat 4 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 8:18.06 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
	* Women's 4×100 m medley relay - ''']''', ''']''', ''']''', ''']''' <small>{{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}}</small> (3:52.69) (final)
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|GBR\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 8:14.10 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=4 \| Women's 100 m backstroke
			\| ] \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|RUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 59.61 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Heat 6 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|JPN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 59.36 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Heat 7 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 59.00 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Semifinal 2 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 58.77 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Women's 200 m backstroke
			\| ] \|\| Heat 4 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:06.76 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:05.24 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Women's 100 m breaststroke
			\| ] \|\| Heat 7 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:05.64 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|AUS\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 1:05.17 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Women's 200 m breaststroke
			\| ] \|\| Heat 5 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:22.17 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|USA\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:20.22 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=1 \| Women's 200 m butterfly
			\| ] \|\| Final \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|CHN\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:04.18 \|\| OR \|\| WR
			\|-
			\| align=left rowspan=2 \| Women's 200 m individual medley
			\| ] \|\| Semifinal 1 \|\| ] \|\| align=left \| {{flagIOC\|ZIM\|2008 Summer}} \|\| 2:09.53 \|\| OR \|\|
			\|-
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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
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Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics is being held over a thirteen day period from August 9 to August 21, with the conventional events ending on August 17 and the new marathon 10 km events being held on August 20 and 21. All swimming events (except the two marathon 10 km events) will take place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center.

File:Swimming 2008.gif

Pictogram used to identify swimming at the 2008 Games

Events

The swimming program for 2008 has been 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 will be contested from August 9 to 21, 2008:

Freestyle: 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
Backstroke: 100 m, 200 m
Breaststroke: 100 m, 200 m
Butterfly: 100 m, 200 m
Medley: 200 m Individual, 400 m Individual, 4×100 m Relay

Qualifying Criteria

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. The qualifying time standards must be obtained in Continental Championships, National Olympic Trials or International Competitions approved by FINA in the period March 15, 2007 to July 15, 2008.

FINA Qualifying Standards are as follows:

Men's Events			Women's Events
Event	Men's A	Men's B	Event	Women's A	Women's B
Men's 50 metre freestyle	22.35	23.13	Women's 50 metre freestyle	25.43	26.32
Men's 100 metre freestyle	49.23	50.95	Women's 100 metre freestyle	55.24	57.17
Men's 200 metre freestyle	1:48.72	1:52.53	Women's 200 metre freestyle	1:59.30	2:03.50
Men's 400 metre freestyle	3:49.95	3:58.00	Women's 400 metre freestyle	4:11.26	4:20.05
-	-	-	Women's 800 metre freestyle	8:36.00	8:54.04
Men's 1500 metre freestyle	15:13.16	15:45.12	-	-	-
Men's 100 metre backstroke	55.14	57.07	Women's 100 metre backstroke	1:01.70	1:03.86
Men's 200 metre backstroke	1:59.72	2:03.90	Women's 200 metre backstroke	2:12.73	2:17.40
Men's 100 metre breaststroke	1:01.57	1:03.72	Women's 100 metre breaststroke	1:09.00	1:11.43
Men's 200 metre breaststroke	2:13.70	2:18.37	Women's 200 metre breaststroke	2:28.20	2:33.40
Men's 100 metre butterfly	52.86	54.70	Women's 100 metre butterfly	59.35	1:01.43
Men's 200 metre butterfly	1:57.67	2:01.80	Women's 200 metre butterfly	2:10.84	2:15.42
Men's 200 metre individual medley	2:01.40	2:05.65	Women's 200 metre individual medley	2:15.27	2:20.00
Men's 400 metre individual medley	4:18.40	4:27.45	Women's 400 metre individual medley	4:45.10	4:55.06

In relay competitions, the top 12 finishers per event at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships shall be qualified. The 4 other teams will be selected by FINA based on the results in the qualifying period.

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Relay Qualification

Marathon Swimming

A nation may qualify up to two marathon swimmers per event.

Men's 10 km

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships	Seville	May 3-4, 2008	10	Vladimir Dyatchin David Davies Thomas Lurz Maarten van der Weijden Evgeny Drattsev Ky Hurst Mark Warkentin Valerio Cleri Gianniotis Spyridon Brian Ryckeman
Continental Representation*	Seville	May 3-4, 2008	5**	Gilles Rondy Luis Escobar Mohamed El Zanaty Saleh Mohammad
Host Nation	-	-	1	China
FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	Beijing	May 31 - Jun 1, 2008	9	Petar Stoychev Csaba Gercsak Rostislav Vitek Chad Ho Erwin Maldonado Allan Do Carmo Damian Blaum Jose Francisco Hervas Arseniy Lavrentyev**
TOTAL			25

* The first eligible finisher from each of the five Continents at World Championship.
** Since Australia 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

Event	Location	Date	Vacancies	Qualified
FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships	Seville	May 3-4, 2008	10	Larisa Ilchenko Cassandra Patten Yurema Requena Natalie du Toit Jana Pechanova Poliana Okimoto Angela Maurer Keri Anne Payne Aurélie Muller Ana Marcela Cunha
Continental Representation*	Seville	May 3-4, 2008	5**	Edith van Dijk Fang Yanqiao Andreina Pinto Melissa Gorman
Host Nation	-	-	1***
FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier	Beijing	May 31 - Jun 1, 2008	9	Chloe Sutton Martina Grimaldi Marianna Lymperta Nataliya Samorodina Kristel Kobrich Imelda Martinez Eva Berglund Teja Zupan Antonella Bogarin Daniela Inacio*
TOTAL			25

* The first eligible finisher from each of the five Continents at World Championship.
**Since South Africa 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.
***China qualified 1 athlete through the World Championships, then this slot added to FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier.
****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 article: List of 2008 Olympic Swimming National Trials

Medal summary

Medal table

Retrieved from Beijing Olympics 2008 Official Website.

Total		32	32	34	98
1	United States (USA)	12	9	10	31
2	Australia (AUS)	6	6	8	20
3	Japan (JPN)	2	0	3	5
4	Great Britain (GBR)	2	0	1	3
5	Germany (GER)	2	0	0	2
6	China (CHN)	1	3	2	6
7	Zimbabwe (ZIM)	1	3	0	4
8	France (FRA)	1	2	3	6
9	Italy (ITA)	1	1	0	2
9	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	0	2
11	Brazil (BRA)	1	0	1	2
12	Netherlands (NED)	1	0	0	1
12	Tunisia (TUN)	1	0	0	1
14	Hungary (HUN)	0	3	0	3
15	Russia (RUS)	0	1	2	3
16	Norway (NOR)	0	1	1	2
17	Slovenia (SLO)	0	1	0	1
17	Serbia (SRB)	0	1	0	1
19	Austria (AUT)	0	0	1	1
	Canada (CAN)	0	0	1	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	0	1	1

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
50 m freestyle details	César Cielo Filho Brazil	21.30 (OR)	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 Filho Brazil	47.67
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	Larsen Jensen United States	3:42.78 (AM)
1500 m freestyle details	Oussama Mellouli Tunisia	14:40.84	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
100 m breaststroke details	Kosuke Kitajima Japan	58.91 (WR)	Alexander Dale Oen Norway	59.20	Hugues Duboscq France	59.37
200 m breaststroke details	Kosuke Kitajima Japan	2:07.64 (OR)	Brenton Rickard Australia	2:08.88 (OC)	Hugues Duboscq France	2:08.94
100 m butterfly details	Michael Phelps United States	50.58 (OR)	Milorad Čavić Serbia	50.59	Andrew Lauterstein Australia	51.12
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 Garrett Weber-Gale Cullen Jones Jason Lezak Nathan Adrian* Benjamin Wildman-Tobriner* Matt Grevers*	3:08.24 (WR)	France Amaury Leveaux Fabien Gilot Frédérick Bousquet Alain Bernard Gregory Mallet* Boris Steimetz*	3:08.32 (ER)	Australia Eamon Sullivan Andrew Lauterstein Ashley Callus Matt Targett Leith Brodie* Patrick Murphy*	3:09.91 (OC)
4×200 m freestyle relay details	United States Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Ricky Berens Peter Vanderkaay Klete Keller* Erik Vendt* David Walters*	6:58.56 (WR)	Russia Nikita Lobintsev Evgeny Lagunov Danila Izotov Alexander Sukhorukov Mikhail Polishchuk*	7:03.70 (ER)	Australia Patrick Murphy Grant Hackett Grant Brits Nick Ffrost Leith Brodie* Kirk Palmer*	7:04.98
4×100 m medley relay details	United States Aaron Piersol Brendan Hansen Michael Phelps Jason Lezak Matt Grevers* Mark Gangloff* Ian Crocker* Garrett Weber-Gale*	3:29.34 (WR)	Australia Hayden Stoeckel Brenton Rickard Andrew Lauterstein Eamon Sullivan Ashley Delaney* Christian Sprenger* Adam Pine* Matt Targett*	3:30.04 (OC)	Japan Junichi Miyashita Kosuke Kitajima Takuro Fujii Hisayoshi Sato	3:31.18 (AS)
10 km marathon details

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

Women's events

Event	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 Isakovič Slovenia	1:54.97	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	Lotte Friis Denmark	8:23.03
100 m backstroke details	Natalie Coughlin United States	58.96	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 Jukic 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 Ranomi Kromowidjojo Femke Heemskerk Marleen Veldhuis Hinkelien Schreuder* Manon van Rooijen*	3:33.76 (OR)	United States Natalie Coughlin Lacey Nymeyer Kara Lynn Joyce Dara Torres Emily Silver* Julia Smit*	3:34.33 (AM)	Australia Cate Campbell Alice Mills Melanie Schlanger Lisbeth Trickett Shayne Reese*	3:35.05 (OC)
4×200 m freestyle relay details	Australia Stephanie Rice Bronte Barratt Kylie Palmer Linda Mackenzie Lara Davenport* Felicity Galvez* Angie Bainbridge* Melanie Schlanger*	7:44.31 (WR)	China Yang Yu Zhu Qianwei Tan Miao Pang Jiaying Tang Jingzhi*	7:45.93 (AS)	United States Allison Schmitt Natalie Coughlin Caroline Burckle Katie Hoff Christine Marshall* Kim Vandenberg* Julia Smit*	7:46.33 (AM)
4×100 m medley relay details	Australia Emily Seebohm (OC) Leisel Jones Jessicah Schipper Lisbeth Trickett Tarnee White* Felicity Galvez* Shayne Reese*	3:52.69 (WR)	United States Natalie Coughlin (AM) (lead-off) Rebecca Soni Christine Magnuson Dara Torres Margaret Hoelzer* Megan Jendrick* Elaine Breeden* Kara Lynn Joyce*	3:53.30 (AM)	China Zhao Jing Sun Ye Zhou Yafei Pang Jiaying Xu Tianlongzi*	3:56.11 (AS)
10 km marathon details

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

Competition Schedule

All times are China Standard Time (UTC+8)

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Time	Event
9:00-12:00	Marathon 10 km Women

Thursday, August 21, 2008

Time	Event
9:00-12:00	Marathon 10 km Men

Timezones

	Sydney	Beijing	Paris	London	New York	Chicago	San Francisco
Finals	12:00	10:00	4:00	3:00	22:00*	21:00*	19:00*
Heats	20:30	18:30	12:30	11:30	6:30	5:30	3:30

(*) Previous day

Records broken

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, new world swimming records were set 25 times (affecting 21 distinct world records) and new Olympic swimming 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 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 Olympic and world records

Event	Date	Round	Name	Nationality	Time	OR	WR
Men's 50 m freestyle	August 14	Heat 11	César Cielo	Brazil	21.47	OR
	August 14	Heat 12	Amaury Leveaux	France	21.46	OR
	August 15	Semifinal 1	César Cielo	Brazil	21.34	OR
	August 16	Final	César Cielo	Brazil	21.30	OR
Men's 100 m freestyle	August 10	4×100 m freestyle relay heat 1 leadoff	Amaury Leveaux	France	47.76	OR
	August 11	4×100 m freestyle relay final leadoff	Eamon Sullivan	Australia	47.24	OR	WR
	August 13	Semifinal 1	Alain Bernard	France	47.20	OR	WR
	August 13	Semifinal 2	Eamon Sullivan	Australia	47.05	OR	WR
Men's 200 m freestyle	August 12	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	1:42.96	OR	WR
Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 15	Heat 3	Ryan Cochrane	Canada	14:40.84	OR
Men's 1500 m freestyle	August 15	Heat 5	Grant Hackett	Australia	14:38.92	OR
Men's 100 m backstroke	August 10	Heat 4	Matt Grevers	United States	53.41	OR
	August 11	Semifinal 1	Arkady Vyatchanin	Russia	53.06	OR
	August 11	Semifinal 2	Hayden Stoeckel	Australia	52.97	OR
	August 12	Final	Aaron Peirsol	United States	52.54	OR	WR
Men's 200 m backstroke	August 15	Final	Ryan Lochte	United States	1:53.94	OR	WR
Men's 100 m breaststroke	August 9	Heat 7	Alexander Dale Oen	Norway	59.41	OR
	August 10	Semifinal 2	Alexander Dale Oen	Norway	59.16	OR
	August 11	Final	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	58.91	OR	WR
Men's 200 m breaststroke	August 12	Heat 5	Paolo Bossini	Italy	2:08.98	OR
	August 12	Heat 7	Dániel Gyurta	Hungary	2:08.68	OR
	August 13	Semifinal 1	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	2:08.61	OR
	August 14	Final	Kosuke Kitajima	Japan	2:07.64	OR
Men's 100 m butterfly	August 14	Heat 7	Jason Dunford	Kenya	51.14	OR
	August 14	Heat 9	Milorad Čavić	Serbia	50.76	OR
	August 16	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	50.58	OR
Men's 200 m butterfly	August 11	Heat 6	Michael Phelps	United States	1:53.70	OR
	August 11	Semifinal 2	Michael Phelps	United States	1:53.70	=OR
	August 13	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	1:52.03	OR	WR
Men's 200 m individual medley	August 15	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	1:54.23	OR	WR
Men's 400 m individual medley	August 9	Heat 4	Michael Phelps	United States	4:07.82	OR
Men's 400 m individual medley	August 10	Final	Michael Phelps	United States	4:03.84	OR	WR
Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay	August 10	Heat 1	Nathan Adrian Cullen Jones Ben Wildman-Tobriner Matt Grevers	United States	3:12.23	OR	WR
Men's 4×100 m freestyle relay	August 11	Final	Michael Phelps Garrett Weber-Gale Cullen Jones Jason Lezak	United States	3:08.24	OR	WR
Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay	August 12	Heat 2	David Walters Ricky Berens Erik Vendt Klete Keller	United States	7:04.66	OR
Men's 4×200 m freestyle relay	August 13	Final	Michael Phelps Ryan Lochte Ricky Berens Peter Vanderkaay	United States	6:58.56	OR	WR
Men's 4×100 m medley relay	August 17	Final	Aaron Peirsol Brendan Hansen Michael Phelps Jason Lezak	United States	3:29.34	OR	WR

Also, 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's Olympic and world records

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

References

"Olympic Swimming Schedule". FINA. Retrieved 2008-04-23.
"Olympic Qualifying Procedures for Swimming" (PDF). FINA. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
"Olympic Swimming Qualifying Procedures". FINA. Retrieved 2008-04-13.
"Swimming Medal Standings". Retrieved 2008-08-14.
"Swimming records broken by record type". Beijing 2008 Official Site. 2008-08-17. Retrieved 2008-08-18. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

External links

Official Swimming Site
Favourites, Teams and News on SwimPassion.net

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