Lausanne (SUI), July 04, 2012: A total 1,450 athletes will make the trip to London (GBR) to compete in one of FINA’s five aquatics disciplines – Swimming and Marathon Swimming, Diving, Water Polo, Synchronized Swimming – for the XXX Olympiad from July 27 to August 12.
SWIMMING
Dates: July 28-August 4, 2012
Events: For Men and Women (32) – 50m free, 100m free, 200m free, 400m free, 800m free (women only), 1500m free (men only), 100m backstroke, 200m backstroke, 100m breaststroke, 200m breaststroke, 100m butterfly, 200m butterfly, 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, 4x100m free relay, 4x200m free relay, 4x100m medley relay
Venue: Aquatics Centre, 17,500 seats
Number of athletes: 900
Participating Relays:
Men’s 4x100m free – AUS, FRA, USA, ITA, RUS, RSA, GER, GBR, BEL, BRA, HUN, CAN, CHN, VEN , SRB.
Men’s 4x200m free – USA, FRA, CHN, GER, AUS, JPN, GBR, ITA, AUT, HUN, CAN, NZL, RUS, DEN, BEL, RSA.
Men’s 4x100m medley – USA, AUS, GER, ITA, JPN, NED, HUN, BRA, NZL, CAN, FRA, RUS, POL, GBR, RSA, CHN.
Women’s 4x100m free – NED, USA, GER, CHN, AUS, SWE, CAN, JPN, DEN, GBR, ITA, RUS, NZL, HUN, GRE, BLR. Women’s 4x200m free – USA, AUS, CHN, CAN, HUN, FRA, ITA, GBR, NZL, JPN, GER, RUS, SLO, ESP, POL, UKR.
Women’s 4x100m medley – USA, CHN, AUS, RUS, JPN, GER, GBR, CAN, DEN, ITA, SWE, NED, ESP, FRA, ISL, HUN.
Athletes/countries to follow: Men – James Magnussen (AUS), Cesar Cielo Filho (BRA), Ryan Cochrane (CAN), Yang Sun (CHN), Yannick Agnel, Camille Lacourt (FRA), Paul Biedermann (GER), Ryosuke Irie, Kosuke Kitajima (JPN), Taeh Wan Park (PRK), Chad Le Clos (RSA), Oussama Mellouli (TUN), Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte (USA). Relays – AUS, FRA, GER, USA. Women – Leisel Jones, Stephanie Rice (AUS), Zige Liu, Shiwen Ye (CHN), Laure Manaudou, Camille Muffat (FRA), Rebecca Adlington, Francesca Halsall (GBR), Federica Pellegrini (ITA), Satomi Suzuki (JPN), Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED), Anastasia Zueva (RUS), Sarah Sjoestroem (SWE), Missy Franklin, Jessica Hardy, Rebecca Soni (USA). Relays – AUS, CHN, NED, USA.
Entry in the Olympic program: 1896
Most decorated athletes: Men – Michael Phelps (USA, 14G, 2B), Mark Spitz (USA, 9G, 1S, 1B), Matt Biondi (USA, 8G, 2S, 1B), Gary Hall Jr. (USA, 5G, 3S, 2B). Women – Jenny Thompson (USA, 7G, 3S, 1B), Kristin Otto (GDR, 6G), Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN, 5G, 1S, 1B).
MARATHON SWIMMING
Dates: August 9-10, 2012
Event: For Men and Women (2) – 10km
Location: Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park, 3’000 seats (spectators can also watch free of charge)
Number of athletes: 50
Athletes/countries to follow: Men – Petar Stoychev (BUL), Thomas Lurz (GER), Spyridon Gianniotis (GRE), Vladimir Dyatchin (RUS), Oussama Mellouli (TUN). Women – Poliana Okimoto (BRA), Keri-Anne Payne (GBR), Angela Maurer (GER), Marianna Lymperta (GRE), Martina Grimaldi (ITA), Swann Oberson (SUI).
Entry in the Olympic programme: 2008
Olympic medallists: Men – Maarten Van der Weijden (NED, G), David Davies (GBR, S), Thomas Lurz (GER, B).
Women – Larissa Ilchenko (RUS, G), Keri-Anne Payne (GBR, S), Cassandra Patten (GBR, B).
DIVING
Dates: July 29-August 11, 2012
Events: For Men and Women (8) – 3m springboard, 10m platform, 3m springboard synchro, 10m platform synchro
Venue: Aquatics Centre, 17,500 seats
Number of athletes: 136
Athletes/countries to follow: Men – Matthew Mitcham (AUS), Alexandre Despatie (CAN), Chong He, Yutong Luo, Kai Qin (CHN), Jose Guerra Oliva (CUB), Tom Daley (GBR), Yahel Castillo, Ivan Garcia, German Sanchez (MEX), Evgeny Kuznetsov, Victor Minibaev, Ilya Zakharov (RUS), Oleksandr Bondar, Illya Kvasha (UKR), David Boudia, Troy Dumais (USA). Women – Sharleen Stratton, Melissa Wu (AUS), Jennifer Abel, Emilie Heymans (CAN), Ruolin Chen, Zi He, Yadan Hu, Minxia Wu (CHN), Tania Cagnotto (ITA), Pandelela Rinong (MAS), Paola Espinosa (MEX), Abigail Johnston, Kelci Bryant (USA).
Entry in the Olympic programme: 1904
Most decorated athletes: Men – Greg Louganis (USA, 4G, 1S), Klaus Dibiasi (ITA, 3G, 2S), Xiong Ni (CHN, 3G, 1S, 1B).
Women – Jingjing Guo (CHN, 4G, 2S), Fu Mingxia (CHN, 4G, 1S), Patricia McCormick (USA, 4G), Ingrid Kraemer-Engel (GDR, 3G, 1S), Minxia Wu (CHN, 2G, 1S, 1B), Yulia Pakhalina (RUS, 1G, 3S, 1B).
WATER POLO
Dates: July 29-August 12, 2012
Events: Men’s Tournament (12 teams) and Women’s Tournament (8 teams)
Venue: Water Polo Arena, 5,000 seats
Number of athletes: 260
Participating countries: Men – Australia, Croatia, Spain, Great Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Kazakhstan, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, United States of America. Women – Australia, China, Spain, Great Britain, Hungary, Italy, Russia, United States of America.
Teams to follow: Men – Croatia, Hungary, Italy, Montenegro, Serbia, USA.
Women – Australia, China, Italy, Russia, USA.
Entry in the Olympic programme: 1900 (for Men), 2000 (for Women)
Teams with Olympic title: Men – Hungary (9), Great Britain (4), Italy (3), Serbia (incl. SCG/YUG, 3), Soviet Union (2), France (1), Germany (1), Spain (1), USA (1).
Women – Australia (2000), Italy (2004), Netherlands (2008).
SYNCHRONISED SWIMMING
Dates: August 5-10, 2012
Events: For Women (2) – Duet (24) and Team (8)
Venue: Aquatics Centre, 17,500 seats
Number of athletes: 104
Participating Duets: ARG, AUS, AUT, BRA, CAN, CHN, CZE, EGY, ESP, FRA, GBR, GRE, HUN, ISR, ITA, JPN, KAZ, KOR, MEX, PRK, RUS, SUI, UKR, USA.
Participating Teams: AUS, CAN, CHN, EGY, ESP, GBR, JPN, RUS.
Countries to follow: Canada, China, Spain, Japan, Russia.
Entry in the Olympic programme: 1984
Most decorated athletes: Anastasia Davydova (RUS, 4G), Anastasia Ermakova (4G), Olga Brusnikina (RUS, 3G), Maria Kisseleva (3G), Tracie Ruiz-Conforto (USA, 2G, 1S), Carolyn Waldo (CAN, 2G, 1S). ____ FINA
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