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When a given swim calls more on endurance than on outright speed, it is the more likely to be considered a long-distance swim. Long-distance swims, however, may take place in pools, such as the 1st official 24 hours World Championship in 1976 won by Peppo Biscarini with a record of 83.7 km (24 hour swims in a 50 m-long pool) or the current 25 ...
Captain Matthew Webb was the first man to swim the English Channel (between England and France), in 1875. He used breaststroke, swimming 21.26 miles (34.21 km) in 21 hours and 45 minutes. The 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri, were the first Olympics to feature a separate breaststroke competition, over a distance of 440 yards (402 m ...
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Marathon swimming is a class of open water swimming defined by long distances, with 10 kilometers (6.21 miles) being the unofficially held minimum distance. Routes are typically geographically based or buoy based.
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White Rock Wave Swim Club 99 years, 176 days 20 January 2024 Victoria Masters Swim Club Meet Saanich, Canada [89] Women's 100m breaststroke: 25-29 1:10.56 Megan Jendrick (USA) Pacific Northwest Aquatics 26 years, 176 days 10 June 2010 30-34 35-39 1:12.34 Katie Glenn (USA) 37 8 June 2013 USA Masters Championships Mission Viejo, California [34]
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