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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › SwimmingSwimming - Wikipedia

    For other uses, see Swimming (disambiguation) and Swimmer (disambiguation). A competitive swimmer performing the breaststroke. Swimming is the self- propulsion of a person through water, or other liquid, usually for recreation, sport, exercise, or survival.

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  2. 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, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and ...

  3. There are seven categories: World Swimmer, American Swimmer, European Swimmer, Pacific Rim Swimmer, World Disabled Swimmer, African Swimmer, and Open Water Swimmer of year. An award for male and female is made for each category. The award was inaugurated in 1964, when Swimming World named Don Schollander as its World

    Year [1]
    Female Winner
    Nationality
    Male Winner
    2023
    2022
    2021
    2020
    Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
    Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
    Not awarded due to COVID-19 pandemic
  4. List of world records in swimming. Caeleb Dressel. Sarah Sjöström holds the most individual world records in women's swimming with four. She is tied with Katie Ledecky and Kaylee McKeown. The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international governing body of swimming.

  5. History of swimming. Leander swimming across the Hellespont. Detail from a painting by Bernard Picart. Swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 7,000 years ago. In 1578, Nikolaus Wynmann, a German professor of languages, wrote the first swimming book.

  6. 17 de abr. de 2024 · crawl. fishtail kick. 100-metre backstroke race. swimming, in recreation and sports, the propulsion of the body through water by combined arm and leg motions and the natural flotation of the body.

  7. As time has progressed, more events – and swimming techniques – have been added to the Olympic swimming programme. At the 1956 Melbourne Games, the butterfly stroke made its debut. In 1968 in Mexico City, there was an almighty leap – the biggest jump in new events between Games – when the number of swimming events grew from eight to 14 for women, and 10 to 15 for men.