2008 in swimming documents the highlights of competitive international swimming during 2008.
Major events
World
*9–13 April:
2008 FINA World Swimming Championships (25 m)
The 9th FINA Swimming World Championships (25 m) were held at the Manchester Arena, in Manchester, United Kingdom 9–13 April 2008.
The United States topped the medal table with 10 gold medals, though host team Great Britain
Great B ...
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Manchester
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, United Kingdom
*3–8 May:
2008 FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships
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The 5th FINA World Open Water Swimming Championships were held May 3–8, 2008 in Seville, Seville, Spain. The races were held on a 2.5-kilometer loop-course in the Guadalquivir river in the city center.
A total of ...
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Seville
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, Spain
*8–13 July:
2008 FINA Youth World Swimming Championships
The 2nd FINA World Junior Swimming Championships, or 2008 Youth Worlds, were held on July 8–13, 2008, in Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.
The Championships were held at the Aquatics Center of the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (Centro Ac ...
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Monterrey
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, Mexico
*9–17 August:
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics
The Swimming (sport), swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre. The newly introduced open water marathon events (10 km) were held on 20 and 21 August 2008 ...
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Beijing
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, China
*20–21 August: 10 km marathon swimming at the
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes fro ...
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Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
, China
*7–15 September:
Swimming at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
The Swimming (sport), swimming events of the 2008 Summer Paralympics were held in the Beijing National Aquatics Center between September 7 and September 15, 2008. A total of 140 gold medals were expected to be distributed. Paralympic records wer ...
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Beijing
Beijing, Chinese postal romanization, previously romanized as Peking, is the capital city of China. With more than 22 million residents, it is the world's List of national capitals by population, most populous national capital city as well as ...
, China
*25–26 October:
Marathon swimming at the 2008 Asian Beach Games in
Bali
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, Indonesia
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2008 FINA Swimming World Cup
**10–12 October:
Belo Horizonte
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, Brazil
**17–18 October:
Durban
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Situated on the east coast of South ...
, South Africa
**25–26 October:
Sydney
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, Australia
**1–2 November:
Singapore
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**8–9 November:
Moscow
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, Russia
**11–12 November:
Stockholm
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, Sweden
**15–16 November:
Berlin
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, Germany
Regional
*30 July – 3 August
2008 European Junior Swimming Championships
The 2008 European Junior Swimming Championships were held from July 30 to August 3, 2008, in Belgrade, Serbia. The age groups for this event are girls born in 1992 or 1993 and boys born in 1990 and 1991. The tournament is held in a 50 m pool. ...
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Belgrade
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, Serbia
*1–7 December:
2008 African Swimming Championships
The 9th African Swimming Championships were held at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, South Africa from 1–7 December 2008.
Participants
Swimmers from 18 countriesA list of the countries with swimmers at the championships was included in the articlJes ...
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Johannesburg
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, South Africa
*11–14 December:
European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008
The European Short Course Swimming Championships 2008 took place in Rijeka, Croatia from 11 to 14 December 2008.
Medal table
Medal summary
Legend:
* WR = World record
* ER = European record
* CR = Championships record
Men's events
Women's ...
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Rijeka
Rijeka (;
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, Croatia
Other events
National championships
;Long course
;Short course
Other major meets
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Swimming by year