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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]
List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women) 10 languages ... View history; Tools. Tools. ... This is the complete list of women's World ...
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
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 ...
Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Pages in category "History of swimming" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. ...
Men's swimming has been part of the official program of the Summer Olympics since the Games' modern inception in 1896; it was not until 1912 that women's events were held. The swimming events at the 1896 Olympic Games were held in a bay in the Aegean Sea with swimmers being required to swim to the shore—Hungarian swimmer Alfréd Hajós won ...
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)
The Hall of Fame's mission is to collaborate with aquatic organizations worldwide to preserve, educate and celebrate the history of aquatic sports while promoting Every Child A Swimmer (Tackling the national epidemic of childhood drowning head on, the International Swimming Hall of Fame is a driving force behind nationwide legislation to require swim lessons for all children before they are ...