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Competitive Swimming Starts in Europe, 1800's
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First Time Swimming is Competed in the Olympics
The very first events were the freestyle stroke and the breastroke stroke. They swam in the Meditteranian sea. -
Competitive Swimming Starts to become Popular, 19th century
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The Stroke Backstroke added to the Olympics
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The Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)
Fina administers aquatic competition throughout the world. It oversees five different aquatic sports currently (swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming.) -
Womens Swimming added to the Olympics
First Olympics that the women swam in was the Stockholm olympics. It has been in every olympics since. It has pretty much the same events as the men exceot for one. The women swim the 800 and then men swim the 1,500 -
Electronic Timing Starts
Electronic timing first started being used. This made the times swimmers got more accurate. -
Johnny Weissmuller the first person to go under One minute in 100m Freestyle
Used a six kick per pull stroke method -
Swimming became an NCAA Sport
The first meet was held March 24th, 1924. 100 athletes competed in five swimming events and one diving event. 14 school were represented. National championship added in 1937. -
50m Pools with lanes first used in the Olympics
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The Stroke Butterfly was Developed, 1930's
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First topless swimsuits
The US men first wore swimsuits that did not include a top portion in 1935 -
Butterfly was first swam in the Olympics
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Mark Spitz 1972 Olympics
Mark Spitz came to the 1972 olympics to win 6 medals. But he ended up winning a whooping 7. He wont every event he swam. He also set a world record in all of them. He won the 100 and 200 freestyle, the 100 and 200 butterfly, and then 2 relays. His record of 7 gold medals in a single games was not broken until 2008. -
Goggles first used
Goggles were first used in the 1976 Olympics. Goggles are used to preotect the swimmers eyes from the chlorine in the pool. -
Swimming a Womens NCAA sport
Swimming was one of the 12 sports added for women in the 1981-1982 season -
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Doping in China
Between 1990 and 1998, 28 Chinese swimmers were tested posotive for preformance inhancing drugs. -
SCM Records
In 1991 FINA started to recognize world records for SCM. SCM stands for short course meters. It is the short way you swim in the pool. -
Natalie Coughlin Feat
Natalie Coughlin, 10 days before her 20th birthday, became the first woman to swim the 100m backstroke (LCM) in under one minute. -
Michael Phelps 2008 Olympics
At the 2008 Olympics Michael Phelps made history. He won a total of 8 gold medals, breaking swimmer Mark Spitz's previous record of 7. He won gold medals in the 100 and 200 butterfly, 200 freestyle, 200 and 400 individual medley and won them in 3 relays. -
Suits banned
Swimmers had been wearing bodysuits that were made out of polyurethane or/and other non-textile materials. They were very useful for swimmers withlarger physiques. But the suit improved some swimmers other than other, depending on physique, so they were banned.
