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Men's swimming has been part of the official program of the Summer Olympics since the Games' modern inception in 1896; it was not until 1912 that women's events were held. The swimming events at the 1896 Olympic Games were held in a bay in the Aegean Sea with swimmers being required to swim to the shore—Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós won ...
Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools. World Aquatics recognizes world records in the following events for both men and women, [1] [2] except for the mixed relays, where teams consist of two men and two women, in any order. Freestyle: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m; Backstroke: 50m, 100m, 200m
Ledecky's split was the fastest of all swimmers in the relay finals. [138] Ledecky won her second gold medal of the Olympics and her seventh of all time in the 800-meter freestyle. Her six individual gold medals are the most of any female Olympic swimmer and female US Olympian, and the second-most of all Olympic swimmers behind Michael Phelps ...
With 250 meters to go, she was a full lap ahead of Germany’s Leonie Maertens, one of the eight best 1,500-meter swimmers in the world, and she finished nearly 20 meters ahead of silver medalist ...
A British endurance swimmer is believed to have broken a world record for the fastest female to swim across Lake Geneva. Sam Farrow, 31, from Wigan in Greater Manchester, continuously swam the ...
In every single swimming event, from the men’s 50-meter free to the women’s 400-meter IM, humans have shaved second after second off world-best times throughout and since the 20th century. The ...
New world record, longest unassisted ocean swim.) 2014 CSA Sotirake trophy for the fastest swim by a lady 9 hours 12 minutes; 2012 CSA Gold medal for fastest swim of the year 9 hours 30 minutes; 2012 CSA Sotirake trophy for the fastest swim by a lady 9 hours 30 minutes; 2012 CSA Mark Rickhuss trophy for the fastest two-way swim 19 hours 20 minutes
The Junior World Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a "junior" swimmer, with junior defined as the following ages (age as of December 31 of the year of the swim): girls - 18 years old or younger; boys - 18 years old or younger