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  2. History of swimming - Wikipedia

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    Nancy Edberg popularized women's swimming in Stockholm from 1847. She made swimming lessons accessible for both sexes and later introduced swimming lessons for women in Denmark and Norway. [17] Her public swimming exhibitions from 1856 with her students were likely among the first public exhibitions of women swimming in Europe [17]

  3. Swimming (sport) - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  4. List of world records in swimming - Wikipedia

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    Records can be set in long course (50 metres) or short course (25 metres) swimming pools. World Aquatics recognizes world records in the following events for both men and women, [1] [2] except for the mixed relays, where teams consist of two men and two women, in any order. Freestyle: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m; Backstroke: 50m, 100m, 200m

  5. Category:Women's swimming by year - Wikipedia

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    View history; Tools. Tools. move to sidebar hide. Actions Read; ... Download as PDF; Printable version; ... 2021 in women's swimming (111 P) 2022 in women's swimming ...

  6. World record progression 100 metres freestyle - Wikipedia

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    National AAU women's swimming meet Honolulu, Hawaii [68] 14 1:09.4 Albina Osipowich United States: 25 Aug 1929 – San Francisco, United States: 15 1:08.0 Helene Madison United States: 14 Mar 1930: National AAU Women's Indoor Swimming and Diving Championships Miami Beach, United States [69] 16 1:06.6 Helene Madison United States: 20 Apr 1931 –

  7. Women's swimming in Australia - Wikipedia

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    The study found that 183 participated in sport. The fourth most popular sport that these women participated in was swimming, with 25 having participated in the sport. [21] Swimming is one of Australia's sports with the highest rates of participation by women. A total of 11.8% of Australian women regularly swim. This is behind only walking and ...

  8. Charlotte Epstein - Wikipedia

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    Charlotte "Eppy" Epstein (1884–1938), managed the United States Women's Olympic Swimming Team in the 1920s, and founded the National Women's Life Saving League in 1914, and the New York's Women's Swimming Association (WSA), which she led from 1917-1939. Known as "Mother of Women's Swimming in America", she helped enable women to become ...

  9. List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) - Wikipedia

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    List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women) List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships; List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming; Swimming at the Summer Olympics; List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women)