Swimming at the 2011 Summer Universiade was contested from August 13 to August 19 in Shenzhen, China. The competition featured 40 long course (50m) pool events and 2 open water events, held at the Universiade Center Aquatic Center and the Seven Star Bay, respectively. This edition marked the first time an open water event was held at a Universiade.
Countries with swimmers at the 2011 World University Games included:
Saturday, August 13, 2011: Men's 10 km marathon (8:00 a.m.), women's 10 km marathon (8:15 a.m.)
m= men's event, w= women's event
Preliminaries begin daily at 9:00 a.m., finals at 7:00 p.m. All events are preliminary/final, expect the 800 m and 1500 m freestyle events, which are timed final events (all swim only once, fastest heat swims with finals).