If you are in the United States then first you must be a registered USA Swimming member. Then you must make a qualifying Olympic Trials cut. After that, if you finish in the top 2 at Trials ( for most events) you will be selected to be on the 2012 Olympic Team:)
London
swimming
489 before the 2012 Olympics
48 mens
Missy Franklin.
swimming racing running wrestling
Michael Phelps.
Athletics, weightlifting, swimming, & boxing.
No she was not one of the Athletes sent to the Olympics for Australia Swimming Events
You catagorised this question as Beijing Olympics 2012! You already know the answer! Haha
1.2.3.
Yet another version of synchronized swimming!