Equestrian Ian Millar of Canada is expected to compete at the 2012 Games in London. If he does, and barring disaster he will, he will compete in his 10th Olympics and set the record for most Olympics competed in. Currently, Ian is tied with sailor Hubert Raudaschl of Austria who also competed in 9 Olympics.
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The longest swimming event for men in the Olympics is the 1500 meter freestyle and for women is the 800 meter freestyle.
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That is the 10k Open Water event that debuted at the 2008 Games in Beijing. Lara Ilchenko of Russia won the gold medal in a time of 59 minutes, 27.7 seconds. Prior to the 2008 Olympics, the longest swimming event for women was the 800 meter freestyle.