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The front crawl or forward crawl, also known as the Australian crawl [1] or American crawl, [2] is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. [3] As such, the front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, and hence freestyle is used metonymically for the front crawl.
Charles Meldrum Daniels (March 24, 1885 – August 9, 1973) [1] was an American competition swimmer, eight-time Olympic medalist, and world record-holder in two freestyle swimming events. Daniels was an innovator of the front crawl swimming style, helping to develop the "American crawl". [2]
The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', [3] as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. [4] It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. [5] The first Olympics held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympic Games, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl ...
Dolphin crawl: Similar to front crawl, but with a dolphin kick. One kick per arm or two kicks per cycle. This style is often used in training. Catch up stroke: A variation of the front crawl where one arm always rests at the front while the other arm performs one cycle. This can also be used as a drill when training in competitive swimming.
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American Record (25 yd) U.S. Open Record (25 yd) 100 fly: 47.35 Gretchen Walsh 2024 Tennessee Invitational November 21, 2024 / Knoxville, Tennessee same: 200 fly: 1:48.33 Regan Smith (Arizona State) Dual Meet Arizona State vs. NC State October 21, 2023 / Tempe, Arizona same: individual medley: American Record (25 yd) U.S. Open Record (25 yd)
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I don't think that any topswimmer would choose for the breaststroke since this should be slower than the crawl for any trained swimmer. The difference in world record times between breaststroke and crawl is much larger than the difference in word record times between the crawl and the butterfly. 193.190.253.148 23:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)