US Olympic Swimming 2008

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  1. Official Site: USA Swimming
  2. United States Olympic Committee: USA Swimming
  3. Official Website of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games: Swimming
  4. International Olympic Committee: Swimming
  5. Official Site: USA Swimming Names 2008 U.S. Olympic Swim Team... (July 6, 2008)
  6. Wikipedia: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
  7. YouTube Video: Michael Phelps Wins 7th Gold Medal (Time: 2:21)


2008 Results

Men's Swimming
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
100 m backstroke Aaron Peirsol - United States (World Record) Matt Grevers - United States Arkady Vyatchanin - Russia
100 m breaststroke Kosuke Kitajima - Japan (World Record) Alexander Dale Oen - Norway Hugues Duboscq - France
100 m butterfly Michael Phelps - United States Milorad Cavic - Serbia Andrew Lauterstein - Australia
100 m freestyle Alain Bernard - France Eamon Sullivan - Australia Jason Lezak - United States and Cesar Cielo Filho - Brazil
1,500 m freestyle Oussama Mellouli - Tunisia Grant Hackett - Australia Canada
200 m backstroke Ryan Lochte - United States (World Record) Aaron Peirsol - United States Arkady Vyatchanin - Russia
200 m breaststroke Kosuke Kitajima - Japan (Olympic Record) Brenton Rickard - Australia Hugues Duboscq - France
200 m butterfly Michael Phelps - United States (World Record) Laszlo Cseh - Hungary Takeshi Matsuda - Japan
200 m freestyle Michael Phelps - United States (World Record) Park Taehwan - South Korea Peter Vanderkaay - United States
200 m individual medley Michael Phelps - United States (World Record) Laszlo Cseh - Hungary Ryan Lochte - United States
400 m freestyle Park Taehwan - South Korea Zhang Lin - China Larsen Jensen - United States
400 m individual medley Michael Phelps - United States (World Record) Laszlo Cseh - Hungary Ryan Lochte - United States
4x100 m freestyle relay United States (World Record) France Australia
4x100 m medley relay United States (World Record) Australia Japan
4x200 m freestyle relay United States (World Record) Russia Australia
50 m freestyle Cesar Cielo Filho - Brazil Amaury Leveaux - France Alain Bernard - France
10 km marathon Maarten van der Weijden - Netherlands David Davies - Great Britain Thomas Lurz - Germany


Women's Swimming
EventGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
100 m backstroke Natalie Coughlin - United States Kirsty Coventry - Zimbabwe Margaret Hoelzer - United States
100 m breaststroke Leisel Jones - Australia Rebecca Soni - United States Mirna Jukic - Austria
100 m butterfly Libby Trickett - Australia Christine Magnuson - United States Jessicah Schipper - Australia
100 m freestyle Britta Steffen - Germany Libby Trickett - Australia Natalie Coughlin - United States
200 m backstroke Kirsty Coventry - Zimbabwe (World Record) Margaret Hoelzer - United States Reiko Nakamura - Japan
200 m breaststroke Rebecca Soni - United States (World Record) Leisel Jones - Australia Sara Nordenstam - Norway
200 m butterfly Liu Zige - China (World Record) Jiao Liuyang - China Jessicah Schipper - Australia
200 m freestyle Federica Pellegrini - Italy (World Record) Sara Isakovic - Slovakia Pang Jiaying - China
200 m individual medley Stephanie Rice - Australia (World Record) Kirsty Coventry - Zimbabwe Natalie Coughlin - United States
400 m freestyle Rebecca Adlington - Great Britain Katie Hoff - United States Joanne Jackson - Great Britain
400 m individual medley Stephanie Rice - Australia (World Record) Kirsty Coventry - Zimbabwe Katie Hoff - United States
4x100 m freestyle relay Netherlands United States Australia
4x100 m medley relay Australia (World Record) United States China
4x200 m freestyle relay Australia (World Record) China United States
50 m freestyle Britta Steffen - Germany Dara Torres - United States Cate Campbell - Australia
800 m freestyle Rebecca Adlington - Great Britain Alessia Filippi - Italy Lotte Friis - Denmark
10 km marathon Larisa Ilchenko - Russia Keri-Anne Payne - Great Britain Cassandra Patten - Great Britain


United States Olympic Swimming 2008 News

United States Olympic Swimming 2008 Rosters

2008 U.S. Olympic Men’s Swimming Team

Men's Roster
NameAgeEvents
Nathan Adrian 19 4x100m Free Relay
Ricky Berens 20 4x200m Free Relay
Ian Crocker 25 100m Fly
Mark Gangloff 25 100m Breast
Matt Grevers 23 100m Back, 4x100m Free
Brendan Hansen 26 100m Breast
Larsen Jensen 22 400m / 1500m Free
Cullen Jones 24 4x100m Free Relay
Klete Keller 26 4x200m Free Relay
Ryan Lochte 23 200m / 400m IM, 200m Back
Jason Lezak 32 100m Free, 4x100m Free Relay
Michael Phelps 23 200m / 400m IM, 200m Free, 100m / 200m Fly, 4x200 Free Relay
Aaron Peirsol 24 100m / 200m Back
Scott Spann 20 200m Breast
Eric Shanteau 24 200m Breast
Gil Stovall 22 200m Fly
Peter Vanderkaay 24 200m / 400m / 1500m Free, 4x200m Free Relay
Erik Vendt 27 4x200m Free Relay
David Walters 20 4x200m Free Relay
Mark Warkentin 28 10k Marathon Swim
Garrett Weber-Gale 22 50m / 100m Free, 4x100m Free Relay
Ben Wildman-Tobriner 23 50m Free, 4x100m Free Relay


2008 U.S. Olympic Women’s Swimming Team

Women's Roster
NameAgeEvents
Amanda Beard 26 200m Breast
Elizabeth Beisel 15 200m Back, 400m IM
Caroline Burckle 21 4x200m Free Relay
Elaine Breeden 19 100m / 200m Fly
Natalie Coughlin 25 100m Back, 200m IM, 100m Free, 4x100m Free Relay
Jessica Hardy 21 50m Free, 100m Breast, 4x100m Free Relay
Kathleen Hersey 19 200m Fly
Margaret Hoelzer 25 100m / 200m Back
Katie Hoff 19 200m / 400m IM, 200m / 400m / 800m Free, 4x200m Free Relay
Megan Jendrick 24 100m Breast
Kara Lynn Joyce 22 4x100m Free Relay
Christine Magnuson 22 100m Fly
Christine Marshall 21 4x100m Free Relay
Lacey Nymeyer 22 100m Free, 4x100m Free Relay
Allison Schmitt 18 200m Free, 4x200m Free Relay
Emily Silver 22 4x100m Free Relay
Julia Smit 20 4x100m / 4x200m Free Relay
Rebecca Soni 21 200m Breast
Chloe Sutton 16 10k Marathon Swim
Dara Torres 41 50m Free
Kim Vandenberg 24 4x200m Free Relay
Kate Ziegler 19 400m / 800m Free