London 2012: reflections of swimming – in pictures

Hungary's Gabor Balog and Spain's Aschwin Wildeboer Faber in the men's 200m backstroke Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images France's Alexianne Castel in the women's 200m backstroke Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images China's Sun Yang on his way to a world record in the men's 1,500m freestyle Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images France's Laure Manaudou, right, in the women's 200m backstroke Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images Michael Phelps in the men's 100m butterfly Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images Great Britain's Rebecca Adlington on her way to bronze in the women's 800m freestyle Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images Hungary's Laszlo Cseh in the men's 200m individual medley Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images China's Li Xuanxu in the women's 400m freestyle Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images Netherland's Inge Dekker, Australia's Alicia Coutts and Missy Franklin of the US in the women's 4x100m freestyle relay Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images Japan's Irie Ryosuke in the men's 200m backstroke Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images Dutch swimmer Ranomi Kromowidjojo in the women's 100m freestyle Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images Russia's Iuliia Efimova and China's Ye Sun in action during the women's 200m breaststroke Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images Rebecca Soni of the United States competes in the women's 200m breaststroke Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images South Korea's Park Tae-hwan during the men's 1,500m freestyle Photograph: Francois Xavier Marit/AFP/Getty Images