Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics Swimming at the 2008 Summer 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. The remaining 32 were contested in a 50 m long course pool within the Olympic Park. United States claimed a total of 31 medals (12 golds, 9 silver, and 10 bronze) in the leaderboard to maintain
Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics place, while the women's team finished in 6th place. Italy at the 2008 Summer Olympics Italy competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics, held in Beijing, China. The country sent a delegation of 344 athletes to compete. At the 2007 World Outdoor Target Championships, Italy's men's team placed fifth and its women's team placed fourth. This qualified the nation to send full teams of three men and three women to the Olympics. Davide Rebellin won the silver medal in the men's road race, but was stripped of that medal, as he tested positive for CERA after the event. Italy had qualified