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Replaced by the Cardiff International Pool. White City Stadium swimming pool. Venue for the 1908 Summer Olympics; site demolished in 1985. Wigan International Pool, Wigan – 50 metres, 8 lanes. [61] Closed 21 September 2008, and subsequently demolished. Replaced by a 25 × 21 m pool at the Wigan Life Centre. [62]
Born in Southport, Merseyside, England, started Wigan Wasps Swimming Team and coached at the Wigan International Swimming Pool. [5] Hayden taught many of the national champions and international swimmers from the 1990s how to swim and is still very much involved in the sport of swimming.
Leeds International Pool: 1978 26–29 May Derby Baths, Blackpool 1979 1980 23–27 May Derby Baths, Blackpool 1981 5–8 August Leeds International Pool: 1982 19–22 August Crystal Palace National Sports Centre: 1983 21–24 July Coventry 1984 15–18 August Derby Baths, Blackpool 1985 22–27 August Leeds International Pool: 1986 31 May ...
Wigan's international-standard swimming pool was demolished in 2008. A new 25-metre (82 ft) pool opened in September 2011 in the Wigan Life Centre development. [117] The original 50-metre (160 ft) pool was built in 1966 at a cost of £692,000 (£16.3 million as of 2025), [118] Wigan BEST, named Wigan Wasps until 2004, is the town's swimming club.
Duel in the Pool between USA and Australia, European All-stars, 2003 to 2022, for example 2009 Duel in the Pool; International Swimming League, since 2019, for example 2021 International Swimming League [14] [15] José Finkel Trophy, since 1972
The championships are staged in a 25m pool, referred to as short course format, and traditionally have been held biennially in alternate years to the World Aquatics Championships. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] Unlike the World Aquatics Championships , only swimming events are staged at these championships (being one of the six disciplines that form part of the ...
This is a list of the best results achieved by athletes from different nations at four major competitions where swimming events are (or were) competed. [1] Results are based on major competitions according to FINA's historical records: the swimming and open water swimming events at the Olympic Games, the swimming and open water swimming events at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, the FINA ...
The fastest times swum in events at the Universiades (World University Games) are listed by International University Sports Federation (FISU) as a list of Universiade records in swimming. Swimming has been part of every Universiade, and the events are always held in a long course (50 m) pool. The last Universiade was held in Chengdu, China in 2023.