Danish Open Mie Nielsen set a couple of nationals backstroke records. French Olympic Trials Stasiulis set 200m back national record

France has selected 29 swimmers for the London 2012 Games

Australia unveiled a team of 44 swimmers for the London 2012 Olympic Games

British 200m breaststroke record holder Kris Gilchrist has announced his retirement. Danish Open, Friis and Joensen wins 400 free

Camille Muffat set a new French record for the women's 200 metres freestyle in 1:54.87 in Dunkirk yesterday

Muffat breaks Manaudou standard over 200m freestyle in 1:55.40. Agnel broke his own 200 free record winning the semi-final in 1:44.42

Britain will bid to host the European Championships at the London Aquatics Centre in 2016

Steffen and Biedermann, lead a Germany team of 32 swimmers for the 2012 European Championships in Debrecen, Hungary, from May 21-27

British Swimming has selected a 38-strong team for the 2012 Games in London

Leigh Nugent will be head coach to Australia up to Rio 2016

The FINA/Arena World Cup will start in Dubai on October and end in Singapore on November

Six new Japanese short-course marks were set at the national champs in Tokyo

Antwerp has withdrawn as host of the 2012 long-course European championships

Debrecen, Hungary, will hold swimming's European championships in May

Zimbabwe's Coventry returns to USA. Gianniotis wins FINA 10km marathon world cup leg in Argentina. Dirk Lange will coach Mexican team

2012 FINA World Cup Schedule. Dunn appointed member of WADA Committee

Francesca Segat retires, Pellegrini has new coach, Mellouli voted best sportsperson in the Maghreb, LEN Open water calendar

Summary of 2012 main swimming and open water swimming events

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An overview of news and facts that characterized the swimming world in 2011