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Medley swimming is a combination of four different swimming strokes (freestyle (front crawl), backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley ( IM ) or by four swimmers as a medley relay .
Breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to the swimmer's head being out of the water a large portion of the time, and that it can be swum comfortably at slow speeds. In most swimming classes, beginners learn either the breaststroke or ...
In high school, collegiate, and Olympic swimming, there are two undulating strokes (breaststroke and butterfly stroke) and two alternating strokes (front crawl and backstroke). Most strokes involve rhythmic and coordinated movements of all major body parts — torso, arms, legs, hands, feet, and head. Breathing typically must be synchronized ...
This is a listing of the history of the World Record in the 100 breaststroke swimming event.. The first world record in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognized by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1961, while the women's world record times were officially acknowledged in 1958.
FINA now recognizes and lists on their website Herbert Klein 's long course world record of 2:34.4 for the 200-meter breaststroke set on August 13, 1950, in Göppingen, Germany rather than his world record of 2:27.3 set in a short course pool. John Davies tied Herbert Klein 's long course world record of 2:34.4 for the 200-meter breaststroke at ...
Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle. World records in the 50-metre breaststroke competitive swimming event are recorded for men and women in 50-metre pools (long course) and 25-metre pools (short course).
200 m breaststroke. World Junior Championships. 2017 Indianapolis. 200 m breaststroke. 2017 Indianapolis. 4×100 m medley. Izaac Keith Stubblety-Cook OAM [2] (/ ˈstʌblɛti -/ STUB-let-ee-; [3] born 4 January 1999) is an Australian swimmer. [4] He is a former world record holder in the long course 200 metre breaststroke. [5]
Kosuke Kitajima (北島 康介, Kitajima Kōsuke, born September 22, 1982) is a Japanese retired breaststroke swimmer.He won gold medals at the men's 100 m and 200 m breaststroke events at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and the 2008 Summer Olympics – becoming the first and only swimmer to sweep the breaststroke events at consecutive Olympic games.