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In the first four Olympics, competitions were not held in pools, but rather in open water (1896, the Mediterranean Sea; 1900, the Seine; 1904, an artificial lake; 1906, the Mediterranean). The 1904 Olympics ' races were the only ones ever measured in yards, instead of the usual metres.
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 ...
Australian Swimming Championships, included as part of the swimming program as multi-class events, for example 2019 Australian Swimming Championships; Telkom SA National Aquatic Championships, included as part of the swimming program as multi-class events, open to international competition
Canadian swimming prodigy Summer McIntosh tells CNN’s Amanda Davies what the secrets and keys are to the success which has seen her win three Olympic golds in Paris.
Four years later, the events took place on the River Seine. [2] They were part of events that were on the same venue as the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition. [3] By the 1908 Games, the first venue for swimming that was not in a lake or a river took place. [4] It was not until 1920 Games that a separate venue was created for the aquatic events ...
The Olympics have been here before, of course. Eight years ago in Rio de Janeiro, the open-water swimming events were held in Copacabana, near where a mutilated body washed up five weeks earlier ...
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, [1] with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual ...
Paris launched massive infrastructure improvements costing 1.4 billion euros ($1.5 billion) to ensure the Olympic triathlon and marathon swimming events could be held in the Seine.