Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification
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For the swimming competitions at the 2008 Olympics the following qualification systems were in place.
Pool: Individual Events
A National Olympic Committee (NOC) may enter up to 2 qualified athletes in each individual event if both meet the A standard, or 1 athlete per event if they meet the B standard. An NOC may also enter a maximum of 1 qualified relay team per event. NOCs may enter swimmers regardless of time (1 per gender) if they have no swimmers meeting qualifying B standard.
The qualifying time standards were required to be obtained in Continental Championships, National Olympic Trials or International Competitions approved by FINA in the period March 15, 2007 to July 15, 2008.
FINA Qualifying Standards are as follows:[1]
Pool: Relays
The 2008 Olympics relay field consisted of 16 teams per event. These spots were allocated to:
- the top 12 finishers at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships;
- the fastest 4 teams not qualified via the 2007 Worlds, based on performances from April 2007-July 2008.
Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
| Competition | Qualifiers (16) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 World Championships[2] (12) |
 Australia |
 Brazil |
 Canada |
 France |
 Germany |
 Great Britain |
 Italy |
 Japan | |
 South Africa |
 Sweden |
 Switzerland |
 United States | |
| World Ranking (4) |  China |  Netherlands |  New Zealand |  Russia |
Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
| Competition | Qualifiers (16) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 World Championships[3] (12) |
Australia | Brazil | Canada | France |
| Germany | Great Britain |  Greece | Japan | |
| Italy |  Poland | Russia | United States | |
| World Ranking (4) |  Austria | South Africa | China |  Hungary |
Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay
| Competition | Qualifiers (16) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 World Championships[4] (12) |
Australia |  Belarus | Brazil | |
| Great Britain | Italy | Japan |
New Zealand | |
 Romania | Russia | South Africa | ||
| World Ranking (4) | Canada |  Croatia | Sweden | United States |
Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay
| Competition | Qualifiers (16) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 World Championships[5] (12) |
Australia |
Belarus |
Canada |
China |
| France |
Germany |
Great Britain |
Netherlands | |
| New Zealand |
Sweden |
 Ukraine |
United States | |
| World Ranking (4) |  Belgium | Brazil |  Finland | Japan |
Women's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
| Competition | Qualifiers (16) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 World Championships[6] (12) |
Australia | Canada | China | France |
| Germany | Great Britain | Japan | Netherlands | |
| New Zealand |  Spain | Sweden | United States | |
| World Ranking (4) |  Denmark | Hungary | Italy | Poland |
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay
| Competition | Qualifiers (16) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 World Championships[7] (12) |
Australia |
Canada |
China |
France |
| Germany |
Great Britain |
Italy |
Japan | |
| Russia |
Sweden |
Ukraine |
United States | |
| World Ranking (4) | Brazil | Netherlands | South Africa | Spain |