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A 100-metre pool was built for the 1908 Olympics and was located in the centre of the main stadium's track and field oval. The 1912 Olympics, held in the Stockholm harbor, marked the beginning of electrical timing. Male swimmers wore full body swimsuits up until the 1940s, which caused more drag in the water than their modern swim-wear ...
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.
The second Olympic games in Paris in 1900 featured 200 m, 1000 m, and 4000 m freestyle, 200 m backstroke, and a 200 m team race (see also Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics). There were two additional unusual swimming events (although common at the time): an obstacle swimming course in the Seine river (swimming with the current), and an ...
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 ...
Games Gold Silver Bronze 1900 Paris details: Frederick Lane Australia 2:25.2 Zoltán Halmay Hungary 2:31.4 Karl Ruberl Austria 2:32.0 set OR in semifinal: 1904–1964: not included in the Olympic program
National Gymnasium in Tokyo hosted the 1964 Summer Olympic swimming competitions. Georgia Tech Aquatic (now Campus Recreation) Center hosted the swimming competitions when the 1996 Summer Olympics were in Atlanta. For the Summer Olympics there are 31 venues that have been or will be used for swimming.
Artistic swimming (known as synchronised swimming until 2017) has been an event at the Summer Olympics since the 1984 Games. The current Olympic program consists of a Women's Duet event and a Mixed Team event. In the Women's Duet, pairs complete two routines, the Duet Technical routine and Duet Free routine, with medals awarded on cumulative ...
The event is overseen by the United States Olympic Committee and run by USA Swimming. The first Olympic trials were held in 1920 in Alameda, California, [1] to select swimmers for the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. The men's and women's trials have been held separately six times. [2]