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2. Swimming at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre ...

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   The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place between August 31 and September 1. [1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke . Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

3. Butterfly stroke - Wikipedia

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   Butterfly stroke Overhead shot of a swimmer performing the butterfly stroke Butterfly stroke, shortly before entering the water again; view from behind. The butterfly (shortened to fly [1]) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the "dolphin kick") along with the movement of the hips and chest.

4. Jiro Nagasawa - Wikipedia

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   Because of his knee problems, he changed from the frog kick to the dolphin kick in 1954, and by 1956 set five world records in the 200 m and 220 yd butterfly. In 1956 he won the USA Swimming Prize and in 1954 the Japan Sport Award. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1993 and later in life became an Olympic National ...

5. How Gretchen Walsh, once ‘just a bathtub swimmer ... - AOL

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   Gretchen Walsh swam the two fastest times in history in the 100-meter butterfly to qualify for her first Olympics. How Gretchen Walsh, once ‘just a bathtub swimmer,’ became a breakout Olympic ...

6. Swimming stroke - Wikipedia

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   Butterfly stroke: performed face down in the water. The legs perform a dolphin kick while the arms move in a forward circle at the same time. Slow butterfly (also known as "moth stroke"): Similar to butterfly, but with an extended gliding phase, Breathing during the pull/push phase, return head into the water during recovery.

7. Turn (swimming) - Wikipedia

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   Butterfly and breaststroke swimmers must touch with two hands, [1] then one arm is typically dropped into the water to begin the turn while the other comes past the head to complete the turnaround from the wall and then the swimmer will push off into a streamline. See also Butterfly stroke#Turn and finish. [2]

8. Swimming at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre ...

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   The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on August 29 and August 30. [1] This swimming event used the butterfly stroke . Because an Olympic size swimming pool is 50 metres long, this race consisted of two lengths of the pool.

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