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Want to see one of the fastest swim meets in the world for 2008? Some say it will be even faster than the Beijing Olympics. You can watch the action in-person at the 2008 Olympic Swimming Trials. Tickets for the 2008 USA Swimming Olympic Trials, to be held in the Qwest Center in Omaha 29 June through 6 July, are available for purchase several ways.

The 2008 Olympic Trials Swimmers will compete in a temporary indoor pool at the Qwest Center in Omaha, Nebraska. The pool, which will be built be Myrtha Pools, will be 50 meters long and nine feet deep. It will be built over the hockey-basketball surface inside of the 17,000-seat Qwest Center.

Single Day Tickets
Single Day tickets include preliminary and finals sessions for that day (ticket prices by seat location):

• $75 - Morning preliminaries, evening finals
• $60 - Morning preliminaries, evening finals
• $45 - Morning preliminaries, evening finals

All-session Tickets
All-session tickets for the trials include all preliminary and finals sessions (ticket prices by seat location):

• $475 - Lower bowl ($31.67 per ticket, per session)
• $375 - Lower bowl ($25 per ticket, per session)
• $275 - Upper or Lower bowl ($18.34 per ticket, per session)

Tickets are available online at ticketmaster.com or by calling Ticketmaster at 402-422-1212 in Omaha or 402-475-1212 in Lincoln. Tickets can also be purchased at Qwest Center Omaha or via fax.

Schedule of Events

• Sunday, June 29
  11 AM Prelim Session
  Men's 400 IM Preliminaries
  Women's 100 Fly Preliminaries
  Men's 400 Free Preliminaries
  Women's 400 IM Preliminaries
  Men's 100 Breast Preliminaries
  

  7 PM Finals Session

  Men's 400 IM - Final
  Women's 100 Fly - Semifinals
  Men's 400 Free - Final
  Women's 400 IM - Final
  Men's 100 Breast - Semifinals
  

• Monday, June 30
  11 AM Prelim Session
  Women's 100 Back Preliminaries
  Men's 200 Free Preliminaries
  Women's 100 Breast Preliminaries
  Men's 100 Back Preliminaries
  Women's 400 Free Preliminaries
  

  7 PM Finals Session

  Women's 100 Back - Semifinals
  Men's 200 Free - Semifinals
  Women's 100 Fly - Final
  Men's 100 Breast - Final
  Women's 100 Breast - Semifinals
  Men's 100 Back - Semifinals
  Women's 400 Free - Final
  

• Tuesday, July 1
  11 AM Prelim Session
  Women's 200 Free Preliminaries
  Men's 200 Fly Preliminaries
  Women's 200 IM Preliminaries
  

  7 PM Finals Session

  Women's 200 Free - Semifinals
  Men's 200 Free - Final
  Women's 100 Back - Final
  Men's 100 Back - Final
  Women's 100 Breast - Final
  Men's 200 Fly - Semifinals
  Women's 200 IM - Semifinals
  

• Wednesday, July 2
  11 AM Prelim Session
  Men's 100 Free Preliminaries
  Women's 200 Fly Preliminaries
  Men's 200 Breast Preliminaries
  

  7 PM Finals Session

  Men's 100 Free - Semifinals
  Women's 200 Free - Final
  Men's 200 Fly - Final
  Women's 200 Fly - Semifinals
  Men's 200 Breast - Semifinals
  Women's 200 IM - Final
  

• Thursday, July 3
  11 AM Prelim Session
  Women's 100 Free Preliminaries
  Men's 200 Back Preliminaries
  Women's 200 Breast Preliminaries
  Men's 200 IM Preliminaries
  

  7 PM Finals Session

  Men's 200 Breast - Final
  Women's 100 Free - Semifinals
  Men's 200 Back - Semifinals
  Women's 200 Fly - Final
  Men's 100 Free - Final
  Women's 200 Breast - Semifinals
  Men's 200 IM - Semifinals
  

• Friday, July 4
  11 AM Prelim Session
  Men's 50 Free Preliminaries
  Women's 800 Free Preliminaries
  Men's 100 Fly Preliminaries
  Women's 200 Back Preliminaries
  

  7 PM Finals Session

  Men's 50 Free - Semifinals
  Women's 200 Breast - Final
  Men's 200 Back - Final
  Women's 200 Back - Semifinals
  Men's 200 IM - Final
  Women's 100 Free - Final
  Men's 100 Fly - Semifinals
  

• Saturday, July 5
  11 AM Prelim Session
  Women's 50 Free - Preliminaries
  Men's 1500 Free - Preliminaries
  

  7 PM Finals Session

  Women's 200 Back - Final
  Men's 100 Fly - Final
  Women's 800 Free - Final
  Men's 50 Free - Final
  Women's 50 Free - Semifinals
  

• Sunday, July 6
  7 PM Finals Session
  Women's 50 Free - Final
  Men's 1500 Free - Final