Aquatics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Aquatics at the 2008 Summer Olympics—separated into the disciplines of Diving, Swimming, Synchronized swimming, and Water polo—will be held over a sixteen day period starting August 9 and ending August 24. All events of the four disciplines (except the new event of Marathon 10km) will take place at the Beijing National Aquatics Center. Men will compete in a total of 22 Aquatics events and women will compete in 24 (the two events in synchronized swimming are women only).

1 Diving
2 Swimming
3 Synchronized swimming
4 Water polo
5 References

[edit] Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Diving discipline will consist of individual springboard, individual platform, synchronized springboard, and synchronized platform events both for men and women, making a total of eight events. One event will be held per day starting August 17 and will last until the end of the Olympics.

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Swimming discipline will consist of 17 events for men and 17 for women; both schedules are the same except that the men's 1500m freestyle is replaced by an 800m freestyle in the women's schedule. Swimming received two new events from the International Olympic Committee, the Marathon 10km for both men and women, for these and future games. The event will be held outdoors in an open body of water.

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Main article: Synchronized swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The Synchronized swimming discipline is solely for the participation of women. Female swimmers will compete in two events, the duet competition and the team competition.