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At six Games, the men had two freestyle relay races, while the women had one. Starting with 1996, both genders have two. The medley relay races (4 × 100 metres) were not held for men or for women until 1960, but they have continued in every Games since then. Starting in 2008, both men and women compete in 10 km open water marathon swim events.
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.
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 ...
Olympic Games, pool since 1896, open water since 2008, for example swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics [1] [2] [3] Youth Olympic Games, since 2010, for example swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics; African Games, since 1965, co-organized with the African Union and Association of African Sports Confederations
U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials results. Results from Tuesday, June 18, 2024; the top 2 usually earn Olympic spots. ∎ Women's 100-meter backstroke. Regan Smith, 57.13 seconds (world record)
Olympic swimming will move back to the second week of competition to accommodate the change in venue to SoFi Stadium. 2028 Los Angeles Olympics: Swimming to move to SoFi Stadium, softball in ...
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):
PARIS (Reuters) -Already rated one of swimming's all-time greats coming into the Paris Olympics, Katie Ledecky made it official on Saturday by storming to victory in her signature event, the 800 ...