Olympic Swimming Schedule 2012: Dates and Times to See Sport's Top Stars
The American women have really out-shined the disappointing men's swimming team. Michael Phelps has taken a back seat to Ryan Lochte, who has been disappointing himself.
He did capture the 400-meter individual medley on Day 1, but swam a lackluster final leg in the 4x100 relay.
Missy Franklin has been a bright spot thus far. She won gold in the 100-meter breaststroke. She also helped the United States earn a bronze medal in the 4x100 freestyle
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She's accomplished a lot, but she still has more opportunities to add to her medal count. Here are the other events Franklin will compete in:
- 100-meter freestyle - Wednesday, 5:00 a.m. ET and Thursday (pending advancement)
- 200-meter backstroke - Thursday, 6:31 a.m. ET and Friday (pending advancement)
- 4x100-meter IM - Friday, 6:35 a.m. ET and Saturday (pending advancement)
Here is the schedule for other top stars of the pool:
Ryan Lochte
Lochte still has some opportunities to make the London 2012 games a big success. He already has one gold medal and he'll be looking for more opportunities to show off his bejeweled grill, following these events:
- 200-meter backstroke - Wednesday, 5:21 a.m. ET and Thursday (pending advancement)
- 200-meter IM - Wednesday, 6:06 a.m. ET and Thursday (pending advancement)
- 4x200-meter freestyle relay - Tuesday, 3:51 p.m. ET
Stephanie Rice
The Australian swimmer dominated in Beijing, but in her first of two races in London, she fell short. She finished sixth in the 400IM on Day 1, and had her world record broken.
She has one more race left to make London 2012 golden:
- 200-meter IM - Tuesday, 3:45 p.m. ET
Michael Phelps
The biggest star in the history of the sport hasn't yet found gold in London but he still has several chances to stand on the podium.. Many speculated that the torch had been passed from Phelps to Lochte, but Phelps may still be America's best swimmer.
He has collected two silver medals thus far, and here are his remaining races:
- 200-meter IM - Wednesday, 6:06 a.m. ET and Thursday (pending advancement)
- 100-meter butterfly - Thursday, 6:14 a.m. ET and Friday (pending advancement)
- 4x200m freestyle relay - Tuesday, 3:51 p.m. ET
- 4x100m medley relay - Friday, 6:49 a.m. ET and Saturday (pending advancement)
Yannick Agnel
The 6'8" Frenchman has been the breakout star of the games thus far. He has already captured three gold medals, and he'll be looking for more.
As of now, he looks like the world's best competitive swimmer. Here are his remaining events:
- 100-meter freestyle - Wednesday 3:20 p.m. ET
- 4x200-meter freestyle - 3:51 p.m. ET
- 4x100-meter medley - 6:49 a.m. ET Friday and Saturday (pending advancement)
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