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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. [6] The main pool is about 10 feet (3.0 m) deep, 3 feet (0.91 m) deeper than any other Olympic pool. [6]
Pictograms of Olympic sports - Swimming. This is unofficial sample picture. Images of official Olympic pictograms for 1948 Summer Olympics and all Summer Olympics since 1964 can be found in corresponding Official Reports. Date: SVG version - January 4, 2008. Original version - November 19, 2006: Source: Own work: Author
W. Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre backstroke; Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre backstroke; Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre breaststroke
The schedule of swimming events at the 2008 Summer Olympics occurred in two segments: pools events: evening of August 9 through the morning of August 17, at the "Water Cube" open water events: August 20 and 21 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park (held between rowing events on the Olympic Rowing course).
9–17 August: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China; 20–21 August: 10 km marathon swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China; 7–15 September: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, China; 25–26 October: Marathon swimming at the 2008 Asian Beach Games in Bali, Indonesia; 2008 FINA Swimming World Cup
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South Africa returned all four members of that 2004 relay team to these Olympics, and they even bettered their previous world-record time by 0.51 s, yet they finished a distant 7th place in Beijing. In fact, all 8 teams swimming in the 2008 finals swam faster than South Africa's gold medal swim of 2004.
The men's 200 metre freestyle event at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 10–12 August at the Beijing National Aquatics Center in Beijing, China. [1] There were 58 competitors from 50 nations. [2] The winning margin was 1.89 seconds which as of 2023 remains the only time this race has been won by more than 1.8 seconds at the Olympics.