Florent Manaudou

Florent Manaudou competed in SWIMMING

Did you know?

• Swimming has 34 medal events at London 2012, including two open water 10km events in Hyde Park's Serpentine.
• At the first Olympic Games all swimming events were held in open water. London 1908 was the first to use an indoor pool.
• The USA’s Michael Phelps won an incredible eight gold medals in Beijing. The Baltimore Bullet is aiming to add to his record total of 14 Olympic gold medals in London.
• Great Britain won six swimming medals at the 2008 Olympics, finishing third in the medal table behind the United States and Australia.
• The new Aquatics Centre being used at London 2012 has a spectacular wave-like roof that is 160m long and up to 80m wide.