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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.
t. e. 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]
Chris Guiliano. Australia (AUS) Maximillian Giuliani. Flynn Southam. Elijah Winnington. Thomas Neill. Kai Taylor. Zac Incerti. Note: since 1984, swimmers who competed only in preliminary rounds also received medals.
Women's high jump medallists at the 2024 games. From left to right: Iryna Herashchenko (Ukraine, bronze), Eleanor Patterson (Australia, bronze), Yaroslava Mahuchikh (Ukraine, gold), and Nicola Olyslagers (Australia, silver). The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC ...
All told, Phelps' 23 gold medals account for an astounding 82.1% of his all-time Olympic medal count. Perhaps more impressively, Phelps won at least four gold medals in four straight Olympics ...
In the freestyle, swimmers originally dove from the pool walls, but diving blocks were first incorporated at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The flip-turn was developed by the 1950s. Swimming goggles were first allowed in 1976. The butterfly stroke events were not held until 1956. Previous rules permitted the butterfly stroke in breaststroke races.
Of the 35 pool-based events, swimmers from the United States hold fifteen records, Australia five, France four, China, Canada and South Africa two each, and one each to Ireland, Great Britain, Russian Olympic Committee, Hungary, and Sweden. Nineteen of the current Olympic records were set at the 2024 Summer Olympics, seven in 2020, five in 2016 ...
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, ...