Tags: Olympic Event, Olympics.
The 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 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park.Swimming featured 34 events (17 male 17 female) including two 10 km open-water marathons being included in the program.