swimming

• Swimming as a practice dates back as early as

  2500 BC
• Ancient Egyptians


  • Swam in the Nile for pleasure
• Greeks and Romans


  • Used swimming as a means of training prospective soldiers
• Swimming was considered as sports

  Mid-19th century
• The world's first swimming organization was formed in London


  1837
• The first swimming championship was held in Australia

  1846
• Swimming has been part of the Olympic schedule since the very first modern Olympic Games

  1896
• Before only male swimming events are played, but in 1912 women's swimming division were introduced
• Swimming is held in open water, but since the 1908 Games in London the events have taken place in a pool
• Freestyle events

  • 50m
  • 100m
  • 200m
  • 400m
  • 800m
  • 1500m
• Backstroke events

  • 100m
  • 200m
• Breaststroke events

  • 100m
  • 200m
• Butterfly events

  • 100m
  • 200m
• Medley events

  • 200m
  • 400m
• Freestyle relay events

  • 4 x 100m
  • 4 x 200m
• Medley relay events

  • 4 x 100m (men, women, mixed)
• Open water events

  • 10km
• Federation Internationale De Natation (FINA) was founded

  1908
• FINA's five disciplines

  • Open Water Swimming
  • Diving
  • Water Polo
  • Synchronized Swimming
• FINA's five disciplines are all included in the Olympic program
• FINA counts 208 affiliated National Federations on the five continents
• Freestyle


  The freestyle stroke is swum in a horizontal position with the body facing down. The body rolls from one side to the other, always turning to the side of the arm that is currently pulling in the water. To enable breathing, the body rolls a little further to the side during the arm recovery, and the head also turns to the side until the mouth is above the water surface. The arms execute alternating movements. While your feet is performing flutter kicks.
• Backstroke


  The backstroke is, as the name suggests, the only one of the four competitive swimming strokes swum on the back. One arm pulls backward in the water, from an extended forward position to outside the shoulder and then to the hip, performing an S-shaped movement and providing propulsion. Breathing is not restricted when swimming backstroke, because you are on your back and your face is above the water. You do the flutter kicks
• Breaststroke


  The arms perform semicircular movements, and the legs perform a frog kick. The body returns to a horizontal position when the arms are extended forward during the arm recovery and subsequent glide phase. Breathing begins as soon as the head is above water at the end of the arm pull.
• Butterfly

  Face downward in the water, with your arms outstretched ahead of you about shoulder-distance apart. Your legs should be behind you with your knees slightly bent. From a starting position, pull your hands back towards your body. Keep your palms facing out and your elbows higher than your hands. Then push your hands down and back through the water, past your hips. You do dolphin kicks, move your legs together in an upward, then downward motion.