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Johnny Weissmuller started the golden age of swimming, winning five Olympic medals and 36 national championships and never losing a race in his ten-year career, until he retired from swimming and started his second career starring as Tarzan in film. His record of 51 seconds in 100-yard (91 m) freestyle stood for over 17 years.
Competitive swimming in Europe started around 1800, mostly using the breaststroke, which started as the current breaststroke arms and the legs of the butterfly stroke. In 1873, John Arthur Trudgen introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions.
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 ...
Swimming caps were used since the early 1900s, when they were made of cotton, silk, or rubberized fabrics and often featured an "aviator-style" chin strap to hold the cap in place. [29] Stretchable and water-tight latex caps became widely available in the 1920s [1] and more durable and smooth silicone caps in the 1970s. Further efforts to ...
Based on her GPS data released by her team, how did she manage to swim nearly 53 hours, crossing 110 miles, given that her average speed was 1.7 miles per hour at the start and end of the swim?
1934 (): Though full-body swimming attire is mandatory, men begin to appear bare-chested on crowded public beaches despite the threat of arrest, Long Island, New York. [ 28 ] 1936 ( 1936 ) : Male bare-chestedness is legalized , United States.
Swimmers occasionally did, cooling off in the “unsanctioned” swimming area. In 1994, there was talk again of charging a fee to restore lifeguard services, but nothing apparently came of that.
The new book 'Swimming Pretty' traces an art form and a sport to its inception, back when women were discouraged from swimming for modesty's sake. Synchronized swimming is even more impressive ...