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Does pivoting count as moving "over" the enemy model for the purposes of a sweep attack? For example, I move my barge 24", but when I land facing the enemy table edge, I land within 1" of the enemy. If I instead land facing one of the short table edges and pivot 180 degrees to face the second table edge, I will remain 1" away from the enemy unit, but only by pivoting will I be capable of moving "over" the enemy unit.

At the Indy GT, the above was ruled on in my first game, but because it's fairly easy to do this first turn, most of my opponents were not prepared for the tactic. The Indy GT ruled against the pivot, but it would have been relevant in 5/6 of my games, and as necrons are on the rise, I feel it is becoming more and more important to answer this question, especially since in most games armies start almost exactly 24" apart more often than not.

I would say no, as it smacks of shenanigans to me, but then i feel the same way about the pivot trick for extra movement.

Possibly allowable, RAW legal asshattery.

It's be up to the TO at a tournament, and it'd not be something i'd try to claim in a friendly game.

I thought if you moved flat out you could not pivot after the move anyway.

So, basically, you want to move into a space where you're only capable of being there if you pivot after the move is complete?

If you can do it without having to move off the table edge, you're fine (as long as you're a skimmer). There's no issue with this at all.

And, you can certainly pivot if you move flat out. The only time you can't pivot is if you tank shock/ram.

My only issue with the sweep attack is that I have had someone attempt to move half way over my model and then move it back to claim the sweep attack.

I had a stormraven 20in away from his barge. He moved 21in to get over my stormraven then moved it back 3in to claim the sweep attack. I questioned if he was able to do that because the he didn't move fully over my SR. The TO ruled that he couldn't move over and back to get the sweep attack. I don't know the rules on it so i left it up to the TO and the other guy.

I believe you can do the forward and back sweep. Models are perfectly capable of moving in curves and arcs.

I'm not 100% on the original question. Given that pivoting alone does not count as movement per the rulebook, I'm not sure whether pivoting over an enemy unit would count as moving over it.

Pivoting only doesn't count as movement if that's all you do. If you move, then pivot at the end to sweep a unit, I'd say that counts.