Swedish Swimming Grand Prix series
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The Swedish Swimming Grand Prix series is a national swimming competition held each year in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

. The events take place in Long Course with morning finals as in the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
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. The meets are open for swimmers competing outside Sweden.

Events

The events are the same for all meets, but the competition programme may vary. All events are swum in prelims and finals except for 800 m and 1500 m Freestyle, which are swum in timed finals. The meets are held over three days, with prelims in the morning and finals in the evening. These are the events:
  • Freestyle: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, 800 m/1500 m (different from meet to meet)
  • Backstroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
  • Breaststroke: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
  • Butterfly: 50 m, 100 m, 200 m
  • Individual medley: 200 m, 400 m

See also

  • Swedish Swimming Championships
    Swedish Swimming Championships
    The Swedish Swimming Championships are held annually in the Swedish summer in outdoor 50 m pool. The championships sometimes also works as trials for the Summer Olympics, World Championships and European Championships...

  • FINA Swimming World Cup
    FINA Swimming World Cup
    The FINA Swimming World Cup is an international series of short course swimming meets organized by FINA, the International Federation for swimming...

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