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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 ...
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
List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (men) List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women) List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the ...
Katie Ledecky just won another gold medal at the Paris Olympics, breaking the record for most golds by any American female swimmer. The 27-year-old had a historic 800-meter freestyle swim on Aug ...
This is an overview of the women's swimming champions in individual events at the Olympics and the World Aquatics Championships. These tournaments are the only global long course (50 meter pool) swimming championships organized by world swimming federation FINA. This list gives an overview of the dominant swimmers throughout the history of ...
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA - JUNE 19: Gretchen Walsh of the United States looks on before the Women's 100m freestyle final on Day Five of the 2024 U.S. Olympic Team Swimming Trials at Lucas Oil Stadium ...
The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming. 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 ...
She has a chance to become the most decorated female swimmer in Olympic history Thursday if she competes in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay. She’ll also swim Saturday in the 800-meter freestyle ...