London Olympics: Swimming
THIS EVENT ENDED ON THE 4TH AUGUST 2012
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Almost 1,000 athletes will take to the water during the London 2012 Olympics Swimming programme - which takes place predominantly in the new state-of-the-art Aquatics Centre but also in the historic Serpentine Lake in central London's beautiful Hyde Park. Swimming at the Summer Games remains one of the most popular sports for spectators - which is precisely why two bulky temporary stands have been added on to the slick Aquatics Centre, so that 17,500 people can squeeze in to watch the 30-odd medal events that take place from Saturday 28 July to Saturday 4 August. For those who can't pick up a ticket for the indoor events, there's always the Marathon Swimming 10km event in Hyde Park on Thursday 9 and Friday 10 August. For the 50m pool events, it's pretty simple: there are four strokes - freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke and butterfly - raced at various distances; all four strokes are then used in the Individual Medley and Medley Relay events. Swimming is one of those sports where world records seem to keep on tumbling - and with the return from retirement of the five-time Olympic gold medallist Ian Thorpe, and his renewed rivalry with Michael Phelps, who has notched 16 Olympic medals to date, Swimming looks certain to continue wowing the crowds at London 2012.
About Aquatics Centre
The iconic wave-shaped Aquatics Centre designed by Iraq-born architect Zaha Hadid for the London 2012 Olympics reopens in 2014 for public use as a leisure faculty for local and elite swimmers, complete with creche, family-friendly changing facilities, a cafe and a new public plaza. More about Aquatics Centre
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London Olympics: Swimming
Olympics Swimming timetable
Date / Time | Event name | Venue |
28th Jul 10:00 - 13:00 | Women's 100m Butterfly, 400m Individual Medley, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
28th Jul 10:00 - 13:00 | Men's 100m Breaststroke, 400m Freestyle, 400m Individual Medley: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
28th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 400m Freestyle: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
28th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 100m Breaststroke: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
28th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
28th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 400m Individual Medley: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
28th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 100m Butterfly: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
28th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 400m Individual Medley: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
29th Jul 10:00 - 12:00 | Men's 100m Backstroke, 200m Freestyle, 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
29th Jul 10:00 - 12:00 | Women's 100m Backstroke, 100m Breaststroke, 400m Freestyle: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
29th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 100m Backstroke: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
29th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 200m Freestyle: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
29th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 100m Breaststroke: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
29th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
29th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 100m Backstroke: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
29th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 100m Breaststroke: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
29th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 100m Butterfly: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
29th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 400m Freestyle: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
30th Jul 10:00 - 11:00 | Women's 200m Freestyle, 200m Individual Medley: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
30th Jul 10:00 - 11:00 | Men's 200m Butterfly: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
30th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 200m Butterfly: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
30th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 100m Backstroke: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
30th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 200m Freestyle: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
30th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 200m Freestyle: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
30th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 200m Individual Medley: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
30th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 100m Backstroke: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
30th Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 100m Breaststroke: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
31st Jul 10:00 - 12:00 | Women's 200m Butterfly: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
31st Jul 10:00 - 12:00 | Men's 100m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke, 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
31st Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 100m Freestyle: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
31st Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 200m Breaststroke: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
31st Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 200m Butterfly: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
31st Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
31st Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 200m Butterfly: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
31st Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 200m Freestyle: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
31st Jul 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 200m Individual Medley: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
1st Aug 10:00 - 13:00 | Men's 200m Backstroke, 200m Individual Medley: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
1st Aug 10:00 - 13:00 | Women's 100m Freestyle, 200m Breaststroke, 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
1st Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 200m Backstroke: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
1st Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
1st Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 200m Butterfly: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
1st Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 200m Breaststroke: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
1st Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 100m Freestyle: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
1st Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 200m Breaststroke: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
1st Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 100m Freestyle: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
1st Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 200m Individual Medley: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
2nd Aug 10:00 - 12:00 | Men's 50m Freestyle, 100m Butterfly: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
2nd Aug 10:00 - 12:00 | Women's 200m Backstroke, 800m Freestyle: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
2nd Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 50m Freestyle: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
2nd Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 100m Butterfly: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
2nd Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 200m Backstroke: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
2nd Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 200m Individual Medley: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
2nd Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 200m Backstroke: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
2nd Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 100m Freestyle: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
2nd Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 200m Breaststroke: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
3rd Aug 10:00 - 12:00 | Men's 1500m Freestyle, 4 x 100m Medley Relay: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
3rd Aug 10:00 - 12:00 | Women's 50m Freestyle, 4 x 100m Medley Relay: heats | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
3rd Aug 19:00 - 20:00 | Men's 50m Freestyle: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
3rd Aug 19:00 - 20:00 | Men's 100m Butterfly: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
3rd Aug 19:00 - 20:00 | Women's 50m Freestyle: semi-finals This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
3rd Aug 19:00 - 20:00 | Women's 200m Backstroke: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
3rd Aug 19:00 - 20:00 | Women's 800m Freestyle: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
4th Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 50m Freestyle: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
4th Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Women's 4 x 100m Medley Relay: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
4th Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 4 x 100m Medley Relay: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
4th Aug 19:00 - 21:00 | Men's 1500m Freestyle: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
5th Aug 15:00 - 16:00 | Women's Duets: technical routine | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
6th Aug 15:00 - 17:00 | Women's Duets: free routine | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
7th Aug 15:00 - 16:00 | Women's Duets: final, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
9th Aug 12:00 - 15:00 | Women's Marathon Swimming 10km, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics: Hyde Park & the Serpentine |
9th Aug 15:00 - 15:00 | Women's Teams: technical routine | London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
10th Aug 12:00 - 15:00 | Men's Marathon Swimming 10km, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics: Hyde Park & the Serpentine |
10th Aug 15:00 - 16:00 | Women's Teams: free routine, victory ceremony This is a medal event. ![]() |
London Olympics Aquatics Centre |
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