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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 ...
There is a long tradition of swimming lessons in the Netherlands and Belgium, ... This page was last edited on 13 December 2024, at 02:41 (UTC).
2 Long-course swimming. Toggle Long-course swimming subsection. 2.1 Men's events. 2.2 Women's events. ... This page was last edited on 17 December 2024, at 17:06 (UTC).
First Tunisian to swim the channel, namesake of a trophy for swimming the channel at the highest tide. [43] England to France Norway Bharat Shukla 2000 13:52 First Norwegian to swim the English Channel England to France China Zhang Jian 2001 11:56 First person from China to swim the English Channel. [44] [45] [46] England to France Barbados
In 1991 open water swimming was added to the championships as a fifth discipline. [3] ... This page was last edited on 12 December 2024, at 15:15 (UTC).
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 NCAA Division I Men's Swimming and Diving Championships are annual college championship events in the United States. The meets take place in a 25-yard pool, except for the Division I meets in 2000 and 2004 which were swum in a 25-meter competition course.
Long course events have been competed since the inaugural edition of the championships in 1973. The youngest male swimmer to participate in the World Swimming Championships was Ahnt Khaung Htut [1] from Myanmar, who was 12 years old in 2015. He took part at the 100m backstroke and 100m breaststroke events.