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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.
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 ...
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):
Upcoming diving, swimming competitions at the 2024 Paris Games. Tuesday's slate of swimming competitions includes the women's 400m final, featuring American swimmers Katie Grimes and Emma Weyant ...
Multiple Olympic records had been broken at these Games, but the world records had remained intact. Pan of China reacts after setting a new world record - first swimming world mark of the Paris Games.
The sport was known for a long time as synchronized swimming but the name was changed in 2017 to artistic swimming to give it a wider appeal. The name hasn’t completely caught on yet, and ...
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
Here are six interesting facts about the Olympics as the 2024 Paris Games kick off on July 26.