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Graphic data for World Record Progression in Men and Women Swimming 50m-100m-200m Long and Short Course Butterfly-Backstroke-Breaststroke-Freestyle. The first world record in the 100 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1905. [1]
Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters (55 yards) and reaching 1,500 meters (1,600 yards), [2] also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', [3] as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. [4]
The International Olympic Committee recognises the fastest performances in pool-based swimming events at the Olympic Games. Men's swimming has been part of the official program of the Summer Olympics since the Games' modern inception in 1896; it was not until 1912 that women's events were held.
This is a history of the progression of the world record for the 200 metres freestyle swimming event. It is a listing of the fastest-times-ever swum in the event, in both long course (50m) and short course (25m) swimming pools. These records are maintained and recognized by FINA, which oversees international competitive swimming and Aquatics.
The front crawl or forward crawl, also known as the Australian crawl [1] or American crawl, [2] is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. [3] As such, the front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle swimming competition, and hence freestyle is used metonymically for the front crawl.
In the morning heats, he timed 20.08 seconds, breaking the all-time best held by Caeleb Dressels by .08s. Crooks is the first to swim sub-20 seconds in 50 freestyle at short course worlds Skip to ...
The kick is sometimes cited as the fastest way to swim. [2] [3] [4] An article published by Slate described it as the "fastest way for a human to swim" when executed properly. [4] An article in the International Journal of Performance Analysis in Sport noted that the kick provides "an incontestable advantage from a hydrodynamic point of view".
400m freestyle: 3:44.31 Petar Mitsin Bulgaria 9 July 2023: European Junior Championships: Belgrade, Serbia [7] 400m freestyle: 3:40.59 not ratified, fastest all-time junior: Ian Thorpe Australia 16 September 2000: Olympic Games: Sydney, Australia: 800m freestyle: 7:43.37 Lorenzo Galossi Italy 13 August 2022: European Championships: Rome, Italy ...