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Thus, USA Swimming was born. [12] From 1978 to 1980, the official responsibilities of governing the sport were transferred from the AAU Swimming Committee to the new United States Swimming. Bill Lippman, the last head of the Swimming Committee, and Ross Wales, the first president of United States Swimming, worked together to ease the transition.
USA Swimming is the national governing body for competitive swimming in the United States. It is charged with selecting the United States Olympic Swimming team and any other teams that officially represent the United States, as well as the overall organization and operation of the sport within the country, in accordance with the Olympic and Amateur Sports Act.
In 1908, the world swimming association Fédération Internationale de Natation Amateur (FINA) was formed. Women were first allowed to swim in the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, competing in freestyle races. In the 1912 games, Harry Hebner of the United States won the 100 m backstroke.
In the 1920s, schools began building indoor swimming pools for purposes of physical fitness and swimming instruction. [85] In 1900, there were only 67 public pools in the United States; by 1929 there were more than 5,000. [1] Due to hot weather, the Englewood High pool in New Jersey was open to the public one day per week in July 1926.
Access to swimming pools has long been hotly contested in America. Giant municipal pools were built in the first half of the twentieth century, and desegregating public pools was a key target of ...
U.S. Open record: the fastest time within the United States. Note: The American records should not be confused with the Americas records, which are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing any country of the Americas. An asterisk (*) indicates that this record has been achieved since the latest USA Swimming records publication.
“Swimming has given me a sense of purpose, a sense of drive,” Lamonier, 32, said. ... A Social History of Swimming Pools in America,” described as having been hardest hit by the segregation ...
United States: 1:03.4 set WR in semifinal: Cecil Healy Australasia: 1:04.6 Ken Huszagh United States: 1:05.6 1920 Antwerp details: Duke Kahanamoku United States: 1:01.4 set WR in the final before it was re-run due to protest: Pua Kealoha United States: 1:02.6 Bill Harris United States: 1:03.0 1924 Paris details: Johnny Weissmuller United States ...