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The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
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. [1] [2]
not included in the Olympic program: 1908 London details: Charles Daniels United States: 1:05.6 WR: Zoltán Halmay Hungary: 1:06.2 Harald Julin Sweden: 1:08.0 1912 Stockholm details: Duke Kahanamoku 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 ...
Australia’s Ariarne Titmus rolled over American star Katie Ledecky in the first high-profile swimming showdown of the 2024 Games. Titmus won the gold medal in the women’s 400-meter freestyle ...
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [ 16 ]
This is the top 15 male Olympic swimming gold medals. Name Gold Silver Bronze Total 1. Michael Phelps: 23: 3: 2: 28 2. ... This page was last edited on 4 August 2024, ...
International Olympic Committee results database; Wallechinsky, David (2000). The complete book of the Summer Olympics – Sydney 2000 edition. New York: Overlook Press. ISBN 1-58567-033-2. HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At Olympic Games, January 31, 2015
The 1904 Olympics' races were the only ones ever measured in yards, instead of the usual metres. A 100-metre pool was built for the 1908 Olympics and was located in the centre of the main stadium's track and field oval. The 1912 Olympics, held in the Stockholm harbor, marked the beginning of electrical timing.