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
Jamaica at the 1964 Summer Olympics Jamaica at the 1964 Summer Olympics Jamaica competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan. This was the first time it competed as an independent nation since Jamaica became independent in 1962, whereas previously the country had been a British Crown Colony that in the previous Olympics was represented in a composite British West Indies team. 21 competitors, 17 men and 4 women, took part in 16 events in 4 sports. In this Olympics, they won no medals. This Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics are the only Olympics where Jamaica won no medals at all. One shooter represented