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- Competition dates: August 9-21, 2008
- Competition venue: Beijing National Aquatics Centre
- 34 total events, 16 men's, 16 women's
- 22 male and 22 female team members
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The United States sent a team of 44 swimmers to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The team participated in 34 events over a sixteen-day span from August 9 to 21, 2008.
The U.S. won 31 total medals, including 12 gold, nine silver and 10 bronze.NBC Olympics: Swimming - 2008 Medals Standings By Nation Team members were announced on July 6, 2008, following the U.S. Olympic Team Trials held in Omaha, Nebraska.
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Making History
American swimmer Michael Phelps competed in eight events, winning eight gold medals and breaking seven world records. His performance set records for the most gold medals won in a single Olympic season as well as the most gold medals won by a single athlete in their career.ESPN.com: Phelps earns eighth gold in medley relay (August 17, 2008) 41-year-old female swimmer Dara Torres won three silver medals, becoming the oldest female swimmer ever to compete in the Olympics and the only swimmer to win medals in five Olympic Games.NBC Olympics: Dara TorresAbout the Team
Male swimmer Eric Shanteau was diagnosed with testicular cancer just before the Olympic Trials, but will wait until after the summer games to undergo surgery.ESPN.com: Shanteau Plans to Put Off Cancer Surgery Until After Beijing Games (July 11, 2008) The women's team contains both the youngest and oldest members of the team with 15-year-old Elizabeth Beisel and 41-year-old Dara Torres.Coaching Staff
- Head coach: Mark Schubert
- Men's head coach: Eddie Reese
- Men's assistant coaches: Bob Bowman, Gregg Troy, Frank Busch
- Men's open water coach: John Dussliere
- Women's head coach: Jack Bauerle
- Women's assistant coaches: Paul Yetter, Teri McKeever, Sean Hutchison
- Women's open water coach: Bill Rose
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US Olympic Swimming 2008 Questions
In light of recent news, is the swim by Jennifer Figge across the Atlantic Ocean still impressive? 1 AnswerI mean, two laps in the pool at the Y and I'm toast, so "impressive," yes. But there's no way the story ever should have been allowed to flourish that she'd swa... read more
What was US per capita income for 2008? 3 AnswersWikipedia quotes the IMF ($47,440) the World Bank ($46,716) and the CIA World Factbook ($46,900) as the per capita GDP for 2008. The average of these three numb... read more
In 2008, what US companies were sold to foreign companies? 1 Answer1. Tata and Ford agreed about Jaguar and Land Rover. And Tata bought the two car lines for about $2 billion. 2. Singapore’s lesser-known government fund, inve... read more
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2008 Olympic Swimming Medal Winners
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United States Olympic Swimming 2008 Rosters
- Official Site: U.S. Olympic Swimming Team Roster
2008 U.S. Olympic Men's Swimming Team
Men's Roster Name Age Events 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 Name Age Events 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
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