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Event Date Venue Vacancies Qualified Host nation--1 China European Synchronized Swimming Cup: May 30 - June 2, 2007: Rome: 1 Russia 2007 Pan American Games: July 13–29, 2007
A great cormorant swimming. Aquatic locomotion or swimming is biologically propelled motion through a liquid medium. The simplest propulsive systems are composed of cilia and flagella. Swimming has evolved a number of times in a range of organisms including arthropods, fish, molluscs, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
Artistic swimming (known as synchronised swimming until 2017) has been an event at the Summer Olympics since the 1984 Games. The current Olympic program consists of a Women's Duet event and a Mixed Team event. In the Women's Duet, pairs complete two routines, the Duet Technical routine and Duet Free routine, with medals awarded on cumulative ...
Synchronized swimming (in British English, synchronised swimming), also known as artistic swimming, is a sport where swimmers perform a synchronized choreographed routine, accompanied by music. The sport is governed internationally by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA). [ 1 ]
The jaw-thrust maneuver is a first aid and medical procedure used to prevent the tongue from obstructing the upper airways. This maneuver and the head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver are two of the main tools of basic airway management , and they are often used in conjunction with other basic airway techniques including bag-valve-mask ventilation.
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.
Event Gold Silver Bronze 100 m freestyle details: Sachiko Yamazaki Japan 1:00.30 GR: Shiho Sakanishi Japan 1:00.84 Ratchaneewan Bulakul Thailand 1:01.41 200 m freestyle
In the first four editions from 1951 to 1963 the swimming program only featured men's events. The program was expanded to include women for the 1967 edition, with only three events initially available to them (100 m freestyle, 100 m backstroke, 100 m breaststroke).