Swimming
- 8th World Short Course Championships held in Shanghai
- Australia wins the most medals (24) and the most gold medals (12)
- 28th European LC Championships held in Budapest
- Italy and France win the most medals (15); Russia the most gold medals (7)
- August 12 – Roland Schoeman breaks the short course world record in the men's 50m freestyle (short course) at Hamburg and becomes the first man to swim the distance under 21 seconds with a time of 20:98 seconds.
- August 28 – at Hobart, Tasmania, Australian swimmer Libby Lenton betters Natalie Coughlin's world record in the women's 100m butterfly (short course) from 56:39 to 55:95
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Famous quotes containing the word swimming:
“Awareness of having better things to do with their lives is the secret to immunizing our children against false values—whether presented on television or in “real life.” The child who finds fulfillment in music or reading or cooking or swimming or writing or drawing is not as easily convinced that he needs recognition or power or some “high” to feel worthwhile.”
—Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)
“Whenever parents become overly invested in a particular skill or accomplishment, a child’s fear of failure multiplies. This is why some children refuse to get into the pool for a swimming lesson, or turn their back on Daddy’s favorite sport.”
—Cathy Rindner Tempelsman (20th century)
“Loosed betwixt eye and lid, the swimming beams
Of memory, blind school of cuttlefish,
Rise to the air, plunge to the cold streams....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)