for those of you interested…FINA has posted the qualifying procedures for the 2008 Olympic Games to its website. Procedures include those for swimming, diving, water polo and synchronized swimming; the open water competition is include with the swimming procedures.

The procedures are available directly here:
swim: http://www.fina.org/specialevents/beijing2008/pdf/qualifyingprocedures_sw.pdf
dive: http://www.fina.org/specialevents/beijing2008/pdf/qualifyingprocedures_dv.pdf
w.p.:http://www.fina.org/specialevents/beijing2008/pdf/qualifyingprocedures_wp.pdf
synchro:http://www.fina.org/specialevents/beijing2008/pdf/qualifyingprocedures_sy.pdf