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The remaining strokes are sorted according to the speed, with breaststroke being the slowest, butterfly in the middle, and freestyle being the fastest stroke. The order of the strokes for medley relay is as follows: [5] Backstroke; Breaststroke; Butterfly; Freestyle: It can be any stroke except butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke. [2]
Roos Vanotterdijk (born 7 January 2005) is a Belgian competitive swimmer.She is the Belgian record holder in the long course 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 50 metre backstroke, 100 metre backstroke, and 100 metre butterfly, as well as the short course 50 metre backstroke and 100 metre individual medley.
Technical-suited Amaury Leveaux set world records of 44.94 seconds in the 100 m freestyle, 20.48 seconds in the 50 m freestyle and 22.18 in the 50 m butterfly, spending more than half of each race submerged, more than any of his competitors. [14] Subsequently, FINA made a rule that swimmers may not go farther than 15 metres underwater. [15]
He noted that "the butterfly feels a lot better than freestyle right now." [25] He went on to win gold in the 100 m butterfly final, his first individual gold at a major championship. [26] On the final day of the swimming competitions, he won a bronze medal in the 50 m freestyle, his fourth medal of the Games. Liendo admitted afterward that ...
The women's 100 metre butterfly event at the 2024 Summer Olympics was held from 27 to 28 July 2024 at the Olympic Aquatics Centre at Paris La Défense Arena. [ 1 ] Going into the competition, Gretchen Walsh of the USA was the favourite, having set the event's world record at the Olympic Trials .
Download QR code; Print/export ... That is 0.22 seconds faster than the previous mark of 55.68 set by ... 200 m butterfly: 2:03.31 2009 100 m freestyle: 52.76 2009 ...
Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters (55 yards) and reaching 1,500 meters (1,600 yards), [2] also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', [3] as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. [4]
Note: in some cases, there were existing world records (e.g. Katie Ledecky's 400, 800 and 1500 m freestyle, Rūta Meilutytė's 100 m breaststroke) that were not considered for these records (but were faster). Likewise more historical times by juniors were also not considered (e.g. Mary T. Meagher's 2:05.96 in the 200 m butterfly).