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Artist's rendering of how the Olympic-sized competition pool could look inside Qwest Center Omaha for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Swimming
Artist's rendering of how the Olympic-sized competition pool could look inside Qwest Center Omaha for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Swimming
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2008 Olympic Swimming Trials Tickets and Swimming Trials Schedule

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Qwest Center Omaha - 29 June Through 6 July 2008

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
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