William Benson (born 11 December 1987 in Hastings) is a New Zealand swimmer, who specialised in freestyle and fly events. He represented New Zealand at the

2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na ...

in Beijing, and competed as part of the men's national swimming team for the men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. Benson joined the team, along with compatriots Cameron Gibson, Mark Herring, and

Orinoco Faamausili-Banse Orinoco Faamausili-Banse-Prince (born 31 July 1990 in Auckland) is a New Zealand swimmer of Samoan heritage, who specialized in freestyle events. He represented New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and competed as part of the me ...

, and swam in the third leg of the competition, with an individual split time of 48.65 seconds. He and his swimming team placed sixth in the first heat, and eleventh overall, for a total time of 3:15.41.

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NBC 2008 Olympics profile
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Profile – Magic Swimming Academy
New Zealand male swimmers Living people Olympic swimmers of New Zealand Swimmers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hastings, New Zealand New Zealand male freestyle swimmers 1987 births {{NewZealand-swimming-bio-stub