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Leander swimming across the Hellespont. Detail from a painting by Bernard Picart. Swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 7,000 years ago. In 1578, Nikolaus Wynmann, a German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 13 February 2025. Self-propulsion through water This article is about standard human swimming. For competitive swimming, see Swimming (sport). For animal swimming, see Aquatic locomotion. For other uses, see Swimming (disambiguation) and Swimmer (disambiguation). A competitive swimmer performing the ...
The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests and serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around the world.
Films set in ancient Greece (5 C, 60 P) H. Biographical films about Hellenistic royalty (2 C) R. ... This page was last edited on 7 September 2021, at 06:20 (UTC).
In 1925, the Women's Swimming Association sponsored Helen Wainwright and Ederle for an attempt at swimming across the English Channel. Helen Wainwright cancelled due to an injury, so Ederle decided to go to France on her own. She trained with Jabez Wolffe, a swimmer who had attempted to swim the English Channel 22 times. [12]
Members of the Brighton Swimming Club, in their top hats and swim trunks, 1863 1870s American bathing suit for women, made of wool and covering arms and legs Bathing women, circa 1870 Man and woman in swimsuits, c. 1910; she is exiting a bathing machine. The English practice of men swimming in the nude was banned in the United Kingdom in 1860.
Pages in category "Swimming films" The following 43 pages are in this category, out of 43 total. ... This page was last edited on 5 March 2022, at 16:11 (UTC).
An Ancient Tale: When the Sun Was a God: 2003: 800: Poland: The death of Popiel and the rise of Piast the Wheelwright: The Gaelic King: 2017: 800: Scotland: Tells the story of warrior-king Alpin. When his young brother is captured, Alpin must hunt the kidnappers though a dark forest that hides an ancient evil. Attack of the Normans: 1962: early ...