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Butterfly stroke Overhead shot of a swimmer performing the butterfly stroke Butterfly stroke, shortly before entering the water again; view from behind. The butterfly (shortened to fly [1]) is a swimming stroke swum on the chest, with both arms moving symmetrically, accompanied by the butterfly kick (also known as the "dolphin kick") along with the movement of the hips and chest.
Butterfly stroke: performed face down in the water. The legs perform a dolphin kick while the arms move in a forward circle at the same time. Slow butterfly (also known as "moth stroke"): Similar to butterfly, but with an extended gliding phase, Breathing during the pull/push phase, return head into the water during recovery.
100 m breaststroke: 1:04.82 Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa (RSA) 2020 Tokyo: 25 July 2021 [29] 200 m breaststroke: 2:18.95 Tatjana Schoenmaker South Africa (RSA) 2020 Tokyo: 30 July 2021 [30] 100 m butterfly: 55.38 Gretchen Walsh United States (USA) 2024 Paris: 27 July 2024 [31] 200 m butterfly: 2:03.03 Summer McIntosh Canada (CAN) 2024 Paris
[f] ^ For the SCM women's 200 free American Record, Allison Schmitt swam a faster time at the 2009 Duel in the Pool (1:51.67); however, the time has not been recognized as a record by USA Swimming. [g] ^ For the SCM women's 400 IM American Record , Julia Smit at the 2009 Duel in the Pool set a then-World Record of 4:21.04; however, this time ...
Breaststroke is the slowest of the four official styles in competitive swimming.The fastest breaststrokers can swim about 1.70 meters (~5.6 feet) per second. It is sometimes the hardest to teach to rising swimmers after butterfly due to the importance of timing and the coordination required to move the legs properly.
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]
Time Name Nationality Date Meet Location Ref 1 54.66 Josef Hladky Germany: 16 Mar 1991: World Cup Bonn, Germany [1] 2 53.78 Jani Sievinen Finland: 21 Nov 1992: European Championships Espoo, Finland [2] 2 53.78 = Jani Sievinen Finland: 24 Jan 1996: World Cup Sheffield, United Kingdom [3] 3 53.10 Jani Sievinen Finland: 30 Jan 1996: World Cup ...
In the mid-1930s, many breaststroke swimmers began practicing an early variant of the butterfly stroke that involved recovering the arms above the water in an effort to reduce drag. This technique was disallowed when the butterfly stroke was established as a distinct stroke with its own rules in 1953, and world records set using the technique ...