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The swimming events at the 1896 Olympic Games were held in a bay in the Aegean Sea with swimmers being required to swim to the shore—Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós won two gold medals that year, saying "My will to live completely overcame my desire to win."
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course metres: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]
Time Name Nationality Date Meet Location Ref 1 54.66 Josef Hladky Germany: 16 Mar 1991: World Cup Bonn, Germany [1] 2 53.78 Jani Sievinen Finland: 21 Nov 1992: European Championships Espoo, Finland [2] 2 53.78 = Jani Sievinen Finland: 24 Jan 1996: World Cup Sheffield, United Kingdom [3] 3 53.10 Jani Sievinen Finland: 30 Jan 1996: World Cup ...
The first world record in the 200 metres individual medley in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1956, followed by the women a year later. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991.
Loyola’s Rex Maurer raises his fist as he receives a medal for finishing first in the 500 freestyle at the CIF swimming and diving state championships on Saturday, May 13, 2023 in Fresno. Maurer ...
The qualifying time standards must be obtained in World Championships, Continental Championships, Continental Qualification Events, National Championships and Trials, or International Competitions approved by FINA in the period between 1 March 2019 to 27 June 2021. [2] The initial FINA qualifying standards, still to be ratified, are as follows ...
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Olympic Games, pool since 1896, open water since 2008, for example swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics [1] [2] [3]; Youth Olympic Games, since 2010, for example swimming at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics