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Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of World Aquatics, in which competitors are subject to only a few limited restrictions [1] on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters (55 yards) and reaching 1,500 meters (1,600 yards ...
The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 30 July to 1 August 2021 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the event's ninth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1988.
The first world record in the women's 800 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1931. The women's 880 yard freestyle had been a FINA-recognized world record event since 1919.
Swimming Championships (25 m) Freestyle; 50 m: men: women: 100 m: men: women: 200 m: men: women: ... The Women's 50 metre freestyle competition of the 2024 World ...
The women's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 3 to 4 August 2024 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre at Paris La Défense Arena. [1]Sweden's Sarah Sjöström was the favourite going into the event, and set a new Olympic record of 23.66 seconds in the semifinal to qualify as top seed.
The women's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 30 and 31 July 2024 at the Paris La Défense Arena. [1] This was the event's second consecutive appearance, first appearing in 2020.
U.S. distance legend Katie Ledecky won gold in the inaugural Olympic women's 1500-meter freestyle, only an hour and 13 minutes after competing in the 200 m freestyle. The world-record holder in the event, Ledecky led from the start to finish in 15:37.34, almost two seconds off her Olympic record in the heats.
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course metres: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]