Beijing Olympics 2008 Swimming Events

History of Swimming Sports

• Swimming emerged as a sport in the early nineteenth century.
• The first swimming competitions were conducted by the National Swimming Society of Great Britain.
• Olympic swimming events were earlier limited only to freestyle.
• Breaststroke was introduced to the Olympics in 1904.
• The Butterfly stroke came into origin only in the 1940’s.
• Women’s swimming was first held in 1912.

Beijing Olympics 2008 Swmming Venues

• The swimming event will be held at the National Aquatics Center in the Olympic Green from August 9-24, 2008.
• The 10km-marathon swimming event for men and women will be held at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.

Beijing Olympics 2008 Swimming Events for Men & Women

• Programs for men and women participants are similar.
• The number of events is the same.
• Freestyle distance for men is 1500 meters while for women it is 800 meters.

Dimensions for Swimming in Beijing Olympics 2008

• The length of the pool between Automatic Officiating Equipment Panels should be 50 or 25 meters.
• A tolerance of plus 0.03 meter in each lane minus 0.00 meter on both end walls at all points from 0.3 meter above to 0.8 meter below the surface of the water is allowed.
• A minimum depth of 1.35 metes, extending from 1.0 meter to at least 6.0 meters from the end wall.
• Every point on the pool should be atleast 1.0 meter deep.

Refrees for Swimming in Beijing Olympics 2008

• Refrees in Beijing Olympics 2008 for Swimming will be the most authoritative figure in the events.
• Beijing Olympics 2008 refrees will be responsible for enforcement of rules and decisions.
• Olympics refrees for swimming will be in charge of answering questions not pertaining to the rule-book.

Swimming Heats

• The best competitive timings of contestants should be submitted an year prior to the last entry date.
• Failure to submit official timings can cause the participant to be placed at the end of the list.
• Placement of contestants with equal timings will be decided by a draw.
• Based on the submitted timings, participants will be placed in trial heats.
• Swimmers finishing at the same timing during quarter-finals will compete in a swim-off.

Beijing Olympics 2008 Swimming Styles

Swimming events for the Olympics will include the following styles:

• Freestyle Swimming events
• Breaststroke Swimming events
• Butterfly stroke Swimming events
• Back stroke Swimming events
• Medley Swimming events

Beijing Olympics 2008 Swimming Events