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By the swimmer's seed times coming into the race.

The middle lanes are the fastest, and the outer lanes are progressively slower (that's why the swimmers often seem to be in a V shape)

To be specific, the swimmer with the fastest time swims in lane 4, 2nd fastest in lane 5, third fastest in lane 3 fourth fastest in lane 6 fifth fastest in lane 2 sixth fastest in lane 7 seventh fastest in lane 1 eighth fastest in lane in lane 8.

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