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The women's 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay race was added in 1996—a men's relay race at that distance had been held since 1912; interestingly, the winning time for the women's 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay in 1996 was more than two minutes faster than the men's 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay of 1912. At six Games, the men had two ...
The final night of swimming at the Paris Olympics stirred a wide range of emotions for an American team that no longer rules the world. Finally, another world record for the women's 4x100-meter ...
The last night of swim racing in La Defense Arena was one of ups and downs for the team. Gretchen Walsh missed a medal after touching just 0.01 of a second off the podium in the women’s 50-m ...
Athletes dive into the Seine river as they take part in the women's marathon swimming final at the Paris Summer Olympics at Pont Alexandre III bridge on Aug. 8, 2024. Credit - Martin Bureau ...
Swimming at the 2020 Olympics featured a total of 37 events (18 each for men and women and 1 mixed event), including two 10 km open-water marathons. This was a slight increase from the 34 events contested in the previous Olympic Games.
The swimming competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris were held from 27 July to 9 August 2024. Pool events (27 July to 4 August) took place at the Paris La Défense Arena, with the two-day marathon swimming (8 to 9 August) staged at Pont Alexandre III through the Seine River.
The Nashville native and Harpeth Hall graduate finished fourth in 24.21 seconds in her second-to-last race at this year's Games — just 0.01 seconds behind the third-place finisher Zhang Yufei of ...
The women's 100 metre backstroke event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 29 to 30 July 2024 at Paris La Défense Arena, which was converted to a swimming pool for the swimming events. [1] Since an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.