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There were two additional unusual swimming events (although common at the time): an obstacle swimming course in the Seine river (swimming with the current), and an underwater swimming race. The 4000 m freestyle was won by John Arthur Jarvis in under one hour, the longest Olympic swimming race until the 10k marathon swim was introduced in 2008.
The Nigerian Records in Swimming are the fastest times ever swum by a swimmer representing Nigeria. These records are kept/maintained by the Nigeria Aquatics Federation (NAqF). Records are recognized for the following long course (50m) events:
The Nigeria Aquatic Federation hosted the 2nd Africa Junior Swimming Championships held between October 27 to October 29 in 2017. [4]In 2019, All Schools National Swimming Competition (ASNSC) was organized by the Nigerian Aquatic federation in collaboration with RealWorth Consult, a national swimming competition across the 36 states of Nigeria.
The Nigerien records in swimming are the best performances of swimmers from Niger, recognised and ratified by the Federation Nigerienne des Sports Nautiques. All records were set in finals unless noted otherwise.
In 1909, Albert Samama Chikly took the first underwater shot. [1] In 1910, he filmed Tuna fishing in Tunisia under the patronage of Albert I, Prince of Monaco. [2] In 1940 Hans Hass completed Pirsch unter Wasser (i.e. Stalking under Water) which was published by the Universum Film AG, lasted originally only 16 minutes and was shown in theatres before the main movie, but would eventually be ...
The history of breath-hold diving goes back at least to classical times, and there is evidence of prehistoric hunting and gathering of seafoods that may have involved underwater swimming. Technical advances allowing the provision of breathing gas to a diver underwater at ambient pressure are recent, and self-contained breathing systems ...
The timeline of underwater diving technology is a chronological list of notable events in the history of the development of underwater diving equipment.With the partial exception of breath-hold diving, the development of underwater diving capacity, scope, and popularity, has been closely linked to available technology, and the physiological constraints of the underwater environment.
Underwater swimming can refer to: Unequipped swimming beneath the water surface, such as the streamline style; Scuba diving, snorkeling, or free-diving; Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's underwater swimming