Knowra Olympic swimming Olympic swimming Olympic swimming comprises pool races and marathon open-water races contested at the Summer Olympic Games. Pool events use four strokes, individual medleys, and relays.
Freestyle swimming : A swimming race in which competitors may use any stroke, though front crawl is fastest. Most Olympic pool races are freestyle events, from short sprints to the 1,500 metres.
Swimming at the 1896 Summer Olympics : The swimming events held at the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. These races began the Olympic swimming program in open water, before standardized competition pools.
Swimming world record : The fastest officially recognized performance in a swimming event under specified rules and conditions. Olympic races are a major setting for world records, though records can also be set elsewhere.
Michael Phelps : An American swimmer who won 23 Olympic gold medals, more than any other athlete. His record medal haul became an extraordinary benchmark in Olympic swimming.
Short course swimming : Competitive swimming in a 25-metre pool, where frequent turns distinguish it from long-course racing. Olympic pool races use 50-metre pools rather than the short-course format.
Backstroke : A swimming stroke performed on the back, with alternating arm movements and a flutter kick. Backstroke is one of the four strokes contested in Olympic individual races and medleys.
Swimming at the 1912 Summer Olympics : The swimming events held at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm. Stockholm introduced women's Olympic swimming, a major expansion of the competition.
Swimming at the Summer Olympics : The complete history and program of swimming events at the Summer Olympic Games. This broader topic includes every era, event, and competition format in Olympic swimming.
Katie Ledecky : An American distance freestyle swimmer and multiple-time Olympic champion. Her dominance in distance freestyle has defined a generation of Olympic pool racing.
Open water swimming : Competitive swimming in natural bodies of water rather than enclosed pools. Olympic marathon swimming belongs to this broader discipline, with changing environmental conditions.
Show all 26