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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 following events were contested (all pool events are long course, and distances are in meters unless stated):
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.
Nashville native Gretchen Walsh set an Olympic record Saturday while swimming for Team USA at the Paris Summer Games.. Walsh, a 21-year-old Harpeth Hall graduate, swam the women's 100-meter ...
One of the most premier swimming nights of these Olympics is in the books after Wednesday night’s record-setting races.
China's Yang Junxuan led off the Chinese quartet in a national record of 1:54.37, holding off Australia's 200 freestyle Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus (1:54.51). Though continuing to trade the lead with Australia in the next two legs, Tang Muhan (1:55.00), Zhang Yufei (1:55.66) and Li Bingjie (1:55.30) ultimately combined to register a gold ...
INDIANAPOLIS — Gretchen Walsh announced herself as the breakout swimming star of the 2024 Olympics before she even qualified for them. Walsh smashed the world record in the women’s 100-meter ...
The men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held on 27 and 28 July 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [1] It was the event's twenty-sixth consecutive appearance, having been held at every edition since 1908.
The 2024 Paris Olympics start this week, and 592 athletes will be competing for the United States. Here's how you can watch and stream any of 329 events.