2008 British Olympic Swimming Trials

2008 British Olympic Swimming Trials

= British National Trials 2008 =

The British Championships (50 m) were held at Sheffield from 31 March to 6 April 2008. They also doubled as the trials for the Beijing Olympics. To qualify swimmers had to achieve the FINA A standards in the heats, and finish in the first 2 in the respective final.

3 swimmers (Liam Tancock, 100 m backstroke, David Davies 1500 m free, and Kirsty Balfour, 200 m breaststroke) pre-qualified due to their performances in the 2007 World Championships.

Times for heats provided in brackets if faster than final.

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align="center"| 50 m freestyle
flagathlete|Mark Foster|GBR
align="center"| 00:22.30(22.29)
align="center"| 50 m freestyle
flagathlete|Francesca Halsall|GBR
align="center"| 00:24.79(24.72)

- style="background:lemonchiffon"
align="center"| 100 m freestyle
flagathlete|Benjamin Hockin|GBR
align="center"| 00:49.63(49.12)

align="center"| 100 m freestyle
flagathlete|Caitlin McClatchey|GBR
align="center"| 00:54.58(54.31)

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align="center"| 200 m freestyle
flagathlete|Ross Davenport|GBR
align="center"| 01:47.66
align="center"| 200 m freestyle
flagathlete|Rebecca Adlington|GBR
align="center"| 01:57.94(01:56.66)

- style="background:lemonchiffon"
align="center"| 400 m freestyle
flagathlete|David Carry|GBR
align="center"| 03:49.78
align="center"| 400 m freestyle
flagathlete|Rebecca Adlington|GBR
align="center"| 04:04.50

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style="background:#D3D3D3"
align="center"| 800 m freestyle
flagathlete|Rebecca Adlington|GBR
align="center"| 08:20.29(8:19.22)

- style="background:lemonchiffon"
align="center"| 1500 m freestyle
flagathlete|Richard Charlesworth|GBR
align="center"| 15:10.99(15:09.97)
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align="center"| 100 m backstroke
flagathlete|Gregor Tait|GBR
align="center"| 00:54.22(54.20)
align="center"| 100 m backstroke
flagathlete|Gemma Spofforth|GBR
align="center"| 00:59.90(59.89)

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align="center"| 200 m backstroke
flagathlete|Gregor Tait|GBR
align="center"| 01:56.67
align="center"| 200 m backstroke
flagathlete|Elizabeth Simmonds|GBR
align="center"| 02:08.99(2:08.79)

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align="center"| 100 m breaststroke
flagathlete|Christopher Cook|GBR
align="center"| 00:59.88
align="center"| 100 m breaststroke
flagathlete|Kate Haywood|GBR
align="center"| 01:07.84(1:07.56)

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align="center"| 200 m breaststroke
flagathlete|Kristopher Gilchrist|GBR
align="center"| 02:10.44
align="center"| 200 m breaststroke
flagathlete|Georgia Holderness|GBR
align="center"| 02:29.99(2:29.32)
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align="center"| 100 m butterfly
flagathlete|Michael Rock|GBR
align="center"| 00:52.30(52.28)
align="center"| 100 m butterfly
flagathlete|Francesca Halsall|GBR
align="center"| 00:58.16(57.78)

- style="background:lemonchiffon"
align="center"| 200 m butterfly
flagathlete|Michael Rock|GBR
align="center"| 01:56.92
align="center"| 200 m butterfly
flagathlete|Jemma Lowe|GBR
align="center"| 02:07.61(02:06.64)

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align="center"| 200 m individual medley
flagathlete|James Goddard|GBR
align="center"| 01:57.72
align="center"| 200 m individual medley
flagathlete|Hannah Miley|GBR
align="center"| 02:12.17(02:11.46)

- style="background:lemonchiffon"
align="center"| 400 m individual medley
flagathlete|Thomas Haffield|GBR
align="center"| 04:14.01(4:12.59)
align="center"| 400 m individual medley
flagathlete|Hannah Miley|GBR
align="center"| 04:37.41(04:33.24)


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