The British Olympic Association (BOA) selected further swimmers as members of Team GB for the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.

The athletes are:

Athlete                Event                    Club
Mark Foster    50m Freestyle    Bath University
Ross Davenport    200m Freestyle    Loughborough University
Robert Renwick    200m Freestyle    City of Aberdeen
David Carry    400m Freestyle    Aberdeen Dolphins
Dean Milwain    400m Freestyle    Loughborough University
David Davies    1,500m Freestyle    City of Cardiff
Richard Charlesworth    1,500m Freestyle    Hatfield
Gregor Tait    100m Backstroke    City of Edinburgh
Liam Tancock    100m Backstroke    Loughborough University
Gregor Tait    200m Backstroke    City of Edinburgh
James Goddard    200m Backstroke    Loughborough University
Chris Cook     100m Breaststroke    City of Newcastle
Kristopher Gilchrist    100m Breaststroke    City of Edinburgh
Kristopher Gilchrist    200m Breaststroke    City of Edinburgh
James Kirton    200m Breaststroke    City of Sheffield
Michael Rock    100m Butterfly    Stockport Metro
Todd Cooper    100m Butterfly    Stirling Swimming
Michael Rock    200m Butterfly    Stockport Metro
James Goddard    200m Individual Medley    Loughborough University
Liam Tancock    200m Individual Medley    Loughborough University
Thomas Haffield    400m Individual Medley    City of Cardiff
Euan Dale    400m Individual Medley    Loughborough University
Ross Davenport    4x200m Freestyle Relay    Loughborough University
Robert Renwick    4x200m Freestyle Relay    City of Aberdeen
David Carry    4x200m Freestyle Relay    Aberdeen Dolphins
Andrew Hunter    4x200m Freestyle Relay    Stirling Swimming
Ben Hockin    4x200m Freestyle Relay    Swansea Performance
       
Fran Halsall    50m Freestyle    City of Liverpool
Caitlin McClatchey    100m Freestyle    Loughborough University
Fran Halsall    100m Freestyle    City of Liverpool
Caitlin McClatchey    200m Freestyle    Loughborough University
Rebecca Adlington    200m Freestyle    Nov Centurion
Rebecca Adlington    400m Freestyle    Nova Centurion
Joanne Jackson    400m Freestyle    Derwentside
Rebecca Adlington    800m Freestyle    Nova Centurion
Cassie Patten    800m Freestyle    Stockport Metro
Gemma Spofforth    100m Backstroke    Portsmouth Northsea
Elizabeth Simmonds    100m Backstroke    Lincoln Vulcans
Gemma Spofforth     200m Backstroke    Portsmouth Northsea
Elizabeth Simmonds    200m Backstroke    Lincoln Vulcans
Kate Haywood     100m Breaststroke    Loughborough University
Kirsty Balfour    100m Breaststroke    City of Edinburgh
Kirsty Balfour     200m Breaststroke    City of Edinburgh
Fran Halsall    100m Butterfly    City of Liverpool
Jemma Lowe    100m Butterfly    Borough of Stockton
Ellen Gandy    200m Butterfly    Beckenham
Jemma Lowe    200m Butterfly    Borough of Stockton
Hannah Miley     200m Individual Medley    Garioch
Keri-Anne Payne    200m Individual Medley    Stockport Metro
Hannah Miley    400m Individual Medley    Garioch
Keri-Anne Payne    400m Individual Medley    Stockport Metro
Caitlin McClatchey    4x100m Freestyle Relay    Loughborough University
Francesca Halsall    4x100m Freestyle Relay    City of Liverpool
Julia Beckett    4x100m Freestyle Relay    Loughborough University
Jessica Sylvester    4x100m Freestyle Relay    Nova Centurion
Rebecca Adlington    4x200m Freestyle Relay    Nova Centurion
Caitlin McClatchey    4x200m Freestyle Relay    Loughborough University
Joanne Jackson    4x200m Freestyle Relay    Derwentside
Melanie Marshall    4x200m Freestyle Relay    Loughborough University
Fran Halsall    4x200m Freestyle Relay    City of Liverpool

Simon Clegg, Team GB 2008 Chef de Mission, said:
“I am delighted to welcome these swimmers into Team GB for this summer’s Olympic Games.  This weeks trials have showed that the team have real potential to compete against the best in the world and I wish them well in their final preparations for Beijing.”

Michael Scott, GB Swimming’s Performance Director commented:
"The team has a good mixture of youth and experience. I am very pleased for the swimmers in terms of the records that have been broken and the fast times that have been posted this week but I am especially happy for the coaches that work with the athletes on a daily basis to get those results.

This competition has been a quantum leap forward in our progression as a swimming nation. But we need to put this into perspective, many of the top swimming nations are yet to hold their trials and so we are likely to see faster times being posted on the international circuit in the coming months.

The key thing for us is to maintain the momentum we have been building going into this competition. We have made a significant step but we need to continue our good work from now until Beijing."

On qualifying for his fifth Olympic Games Mark Foster said:
"I am obviously ecstatic to have met the selection criteria and be able to go to my fifth Olympic Games.  I knew roughly what times I was going to be able make here and I would be stupid not to take my place on this year's Olympic squad.

I have been swimming my fastest times in five years and I am beginning to start tweaking my programme to help me go even faster. I now have four months to get it right."

Dean Milwain added:
"I am very excited about making it onto Team GB, it is a dream come true.  When I was younger and started winning regional events all my friends asked if I was going to go to the Olympics and I always hoped that I would get onto the squad so to have made it is amazing.

It still doesn't seem real that I will be going to my first Olympic Games but I think it will hit me when I see my family and friends."

-ENDS-

Notes to Editors

Previously selected swimmers:

Women’s 200m breaststroke
Kirsty Balfour

Men’s 1500m freestyle
David Davies

Men’s 100m backstroke
Liam Tancock

Team GB is expected to consist of approximately 300 athletes and a further 200 officials.

Team GB could be competing in up to 22 sports.

The Beijing 2008 Olympic Games will take place from 8th to 24th August 2008.

The British Olympic Association (BOA) is the National Olympic Committee for Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Its role is to prepare our nation’s finest athletes for and lead them at the summer, winter and youth Olympic Games. The BOA delivers extensive elite level support services to Britain’s Olympic athletes and their National Governing Bodies throughout each Olympic cycle and in the UK is responsible for the development and protection of the Olympic Movement.

British Swimming is the National Governing Body for Swimming, Diving, Synchronised Swimming, Water Polo and Open Water in Great Britain.  It is responsible internationally for the high performance representation of the sport. The members of British Swimming are the three Home Countries national governing bodies of England (Amateur Swimming Association), Scotland (Scottish Amateur Swimming Association) and Wales. (Welsh Amateur Swimming Association)  British Swimming seeks to enable its athletes to achieve gold medal success at the Olympics, Paralympics, World Championships and Commonwealth Games.

For more information or interview requests for Simon Clegg please contact Miriam Wilkens in the BOA Communications Department on 07768 775762 or 020 8871 2677 ext 225.

All interview requests for the athletes should go through Dave Richards, British Swimming Media Manager, T: 01509 632 237/M: 07789 926136 or Gemma Field, British Swimming Media Assistant, T: 01509 632262/M: 07917 726431.