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Swimming the other three legs of the medley relay cannot qualify as world records as FINA criteria require a "static start" for world record recognition – swimming relay exchanges are characterized as "dynamic". The first Olympics at which the 4×100 metres medley relay event was contested was the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
The 4×50 metres medley relay is a medley race in which each of four swimmers on a team swims a 50-metre leg of the relay, each swimming a different stroke, in the following sequence: Backstroke (this can only be the first stroke, due to the necessity of starting this leg in the pool rather than by diving in); Breaststroke; Butterfly; and
The 4×200 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which each of four swimmers on a team swims a 200-metre freestyle leg in sequence. The world records are recognized by and maintained by FINA ("Fédération Internationale de Natation"), the international competitive swimming and aquatics federation that oversees the sport in international ...
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course metres: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]
The 4×50 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which each of four swimmers on a team swims a 50-metre freestyle leg in sequence. The world records are recognized by and maintained by FINA ("Fédération Internationale de Natation"), the international competitive swimming and aquatics federation that overseas the sport in international ...
Time Name Nationality Date Meet Location Ref 50 m freestyle: 21.04 +0.13: Caeleb Dressel United States: 27 July 2019: World Championships: Gwangju, South Korea [1] 200 m freestyle: 1:42.97 +0.97: David Popovici Romania: 15 August 2022: European Championships: Rome, Italy [2] 400 m freestyle: 3:40.08 +0.01: Ian Thorpe Australia: 30 July 2002 ...
Medley swimming is a combination of four different swimming strokes (freestyle (usually front crawl), backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly) into one race. This race is either swum by one swimmer as individual medley (IM) or by four swimmers as a medley relay.
Time Name Nationality Date Meet Location Ref 50m freestyle: 20.91 WR: César Cielo Brazil: 18 December 2009: Brazilian Championships São Paulo, Brazil [1] [2] 100m freestyle: 46.91 César Cielo Brazil: 30 July 2009: World Championships: Rome, Italy [3] [4] 200m freestyle: 1:42.96 Michael Phelps United States: 12 August 2008: Olympic Games ...