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List of Events

On the program of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, Beijing 2008

• 100m backstroke Men
• 100m breaststroke Men
• 100m butterfly Men
• 100m freestyle Men
• 1500m freestyle Men
• 200m backstroke Men
• 200m breaststroke Men
• 200m butterfly Men
• 200m freestyle Men
• 200m individual medley Men
• 400m freestyle Men
• 400m individual medley Men
• 4x100m freestyle relay Men
• 4x100m medley relay Men
• 4x200m freestyle relay Men
• 50m freestyle Men
• marathon 10km Men
• 100m backstroke Women
• 100m breaststroke Women
• 100m butterfly Women
• 100m freestyle Women
• 200m backstroke Women
• 200m breaststroke Women
• 200m butterfly Women
• 200m freestyle Women
• 200m individual medley Women
• 400m freestyle Women
• 400m individual medley Women
• 4x100m freestyle relay Women
• 4x100m medley relay Women
• 4x200m freestyle relay Women
• 50m freestyle Women
• 800m freestyle Women
• marathon 10km Women

Athlete numbers:

The target for swimming is 800 athletes

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Allocation

PRINCIPLES
MEN
WOMEN
TIMELINE
ENTRY

QUALIFICATION SYSTEM PRINCIPLES - MEN AND WOMEN
Event	Qualification
Qualification events	The qualifying time standards may be obtained at any of the following competitions to be held between 15 March 2007 and 15 July 2008: - Continental Championships - National Olympic Trials (approved in advance by FINA) - International Competitions (approved in advance by FINA)
	A Standard NFs/NOCs may enter up to 2 athletes per event, provided they both meet the A qualifying standard time
	B Standard If an NF/NOC enters only 1 athlete per event, he/she must have met the B qualifying standard time
	Unqualified entries NFs/NOCs may enter swimmers regardless of time standard as follows: - having no swimmer qualified: one man and one woman - having one swimmer qualified: one swimmer of the other sex provided that: - the swimmer(s) participated in the 12th FINA World Championships - Melbourne 2007 - FINA will decide which swimmers will be invited to take part at the Olympic Games based on their performance.
Relay events	12th FINA World Championships - Melbourne 2007 The NF/NOC of the top 12 placed teams in each event will qualify (12 teams per event)
	Other qualifications The remaining 4 places will be allocated to NFs/NOCs not yet qualified based on results achieved in the 15 months before the Olympic Games in competitions approved by FINA (4 teams per event)
Marathon Swim events	5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships 2008 The first 10 finalists from the 10km event will qualify	25 Men 25 Women
	Continental representation The first eligible finisher from the 10km event, not previously qualified, from each of the 5 continents will qualify
	Host nation One male athlete and one female athlete will qualify, if not previously qualified
	FINA Olympic Marathon Swim Qualifier NOCs not having qualified swimmers may send 2 athletes per event. All remaining qualification places will be allocated at this event
Total		Targeted number of 800

Men
Event	Qualification	NOC/Name (NOC)
4x100m freestyle relay		USA, Italy, France, South Africa, Australia, Sweden, Canada, Brazil
4x200m freestyle relay		USA, Australia, Canada, Great Britain, Italy, Russia, Japan, Poland
4x100m medley relay		Australia, Japan, Russia, South Africa, Great Britain, Italy, France, Romania
Marathon swimming	5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships 2008	Vladimir Dyatchin (Russia), David Davies (Great Britain), Thomas Lurz (Germany), Maarten van der Weijden (Netherlands), Evgeny Drattsev (Russia), Ky Hurst (Australia), Mark Warkentin (United States), Valerio Cleri (Italy), Gianniotis Spyridon (Greece), and Brian Ryckeman (Belgium)
	Continental representatives	Gilles Rondy (Europe), Luis Escobar (America), Mohamed El-Zanaty Metwaly Mez (Africa), and Saleh Mohammad (Asia)
	Olympic Games Marathon Swimming Qualification 2008	Petar Stoychev (Bulgaria), Csaba Gercsak (Hungary), Rostislav Vitek (Czech Republic), Chad Ho (South Africa), Erwin Maldonado (Venezuela), Allan Do Carmo (Brazil), Damian Blaum (Argentina), Daniel Katzir (Israel), Jose Francisco Hervas (Spain), and Arseniy Lavrentyev (Portugal)
Women
Event	Qualification	NOC/Name (NOC)
4x100m freestyle relay		Australia, USA, Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, France, China, Great Britain
4x200m freestyle relay		USA, Germany, France, Australia, Great Britain, Japan, Sweden, Netherlands
4x100m medley relay		Australia, USA, China, Great Britain, Russia, Japan, Germany, Sweden
Marathon swimming	5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships 2008	Larisa Ilchenko (Russia), Cassandra Patten (Great Britain), Yurema Requena (Spain), Natalie du Toit (South Africa), Jana Pechanova (Czech Republic), Poliana Okimoto (Brazil), Angela Maurer (Germany), Keri-Anne Payne (Great Britain), Aurelie Muller (France), Ana Marcela Cunha (Brazil)
	Continental representatives	Edith van Dijk (Europe), Fang Yanqiao (Asia), Andreina Pinto (America), Melissa Gorman (Oceania)
	Olympic Games Marathon Swimming Qualification 2008	Chloe Sutton (United States), Martina Grimadi (Italy), Marianna Lymperta (Greece), Nataliya Samorodina (Ukraine), Kristel Kobrich (Chile), Imelda Martinez (Mexico), Eva Berglund (Sweden), Teja Zupan (Slovenia), Antonella Bogarin (Argentina), Olga Beresneva (Israel), Daniela Inacio (Portugal)

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Apr	JUN	Aug
	23
2007	2008	2009

		A - 2 Entries	B - 1 Entry
		M S 1/100	M S 1/100
MEN'S STANDARD	50 Freestyle	00 22 35	00 23 13
	100 Freestyle	00 49 23	00 50 95
	200 Freestyle	01 48 72	01 52 53
	400 Freestyle	03 49 96	03 58 01
	1500 Freestyle	15 13 16	15 45 12
	100 Backstroke	00 55 14	00 57 07
	200 Backstroke	01 59 72	02 03 91
	100 Breaststroke	01 01 57	01 03 72
	200 Breaststroke	02 13 69	02 18 37
	100 Butterfly	00 52 86	00 54 71
	200 Butterfly	01 57 67	02 01 79
	200 I. M.	02 01 40	02 05 65
	400 I. M.	04 18 40	04 27 44

		A - 2 Entries	B - 1 Entry
		M S 1/100	M S 1/100
WOMEN'S STANDARD	50 Freestyle	00 25 43	00 26 32
	100 Freestyle	00 55 24	00 57 17
	200 Freestyle	01 59 29	02 03 47
	400 Freestyle	04 11 26	04 20 05
	800 Freestyle	08 35 98	08 54 04
	100 Backstroke	01 01 70	01 03 86
	200 Backstroke	02 12 73	02 17 38
	100 Breaststroke	01 09 01	01 11 43
	200 Breaststroke	02 28 21	02 33 40
	100 Butterfly	00 59 35	01 01 43
	200 Butterfly	02 10 84	02 15 42
	200 I. M.	02 15 27	02 19 97
	400 I. M.	04 45 08	04 55 06

15 March 2007	Start of the qualifying time period
17 March-1 April 2007	12th FINA World Championships, Melbourne (AUS)
5-20 July 2007	All Africa Games, Algiers (ALG)
13-29 July 2007	Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro (BRA)
	ASIA, date and location to be confirmed
31 May 2008	NFs/NOCs to confirm to FINA the participation of their qualified relay teams
5-8 June 2008	Oceania Championships, Christchurch (NZL)
15 June 2008	NFs/NOCs without qualified entries to submit their application to FINA for approval
2008	European Swimming Championships, Eindhoven (NED), date to be confirmed
15 July 2008	Conclusion of the qualifying time period
23 July 2008	Deadline for Beijing 2008 Organising Committee to receive entry forms submitted by NOCs