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Competitive swimming

Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In…

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History

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Records

FINA50 m100 m200 m400 m
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Competitive swimming

TaperingSummer Olympic GamesEventsInternational Olympic CommitteeOpen water swimming
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Swimwear and equipment

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Contact
No
Country or region
Worldwide
First competition
1846
Highest governing body
World Aquatics
Mixed-sex
Yes
Olympic
1896

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Overview

History

Competitive swimming

Competition pools

Seasons

Officials

Swimwear and equipment

Elite and international swimming

Open-water swimming

Changes to the sport

Records

  • FINA
  • 50 m World record progression 50 metres freestyle
  • 100 m World record progression 100 metres freestyle
  • 200 m World record progression 200 metres freestyle
  • 400 m World record progression 400 metres freestyle
  • 800 m World record progression 800 metres freestyle
  • 1500 m World record progression 1500 metres freestyle
  • 50 m World record progression 50 metres backstroke
  • 100 m World record progression 100 metres backstroke
  • 200 m World record progression 200 metres backstroke
  • 50 m World record progression 50 metres breaststroke
  • 100 m World record progression 100 metres breaststroke
  • 200 m World record progression 200 metres breaststroke
  • 50 m World record progression 50 metres butterfly
  • 100 m World record progression 100 metres butterfly
  • 200 m World record progression 200 metres butterfly
  • 100 m World record progression 100 metres medley
  • 200 m World record progression 200 metres medley
  • 400 m World record progression 400 metres medley
  • 4×50 m mixed freestyle World record progression 4 × 50 metres freestyle relay
  • 4×100 m mixed freestyle World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
  • 4×200 m freestyle World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
  • 4×50 m mixed medley World record progression 4 × 50 metres medley relay
  • 4×100 m mixed medley World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

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Competitive swimming

Nodes119
Edges118
Triples53
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016807
Components1

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Competitive swimming

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related to Seasons · 9
Competitive swimming → August, Competitive, December, Europe, In, January, North America, September, These
related to Competitive swimming · 8
Competitive swimming → Additionally, Competitive, However, Swimming, Tapering, The, This, Typically
related to Swim styles · 4
Competitive swimming → ButterflyBackstrokeBreaststrokeFreestyle, In, These, They
Venue · 2
Competitive swimming → Natatorium, open-water
Contact · 1
Competitive swimming → No
Country or region · 1
Competitive swimming → Worldwide
First competition · 1
Competitive swimming → 1846
Highest governing body · 1
Competitive swimming → World Aquatics
Mixed-sex · 1
Competitive swimming → Yes
Olympic · 1
Competitive swimming → 1896

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swimming swimmers world events water breaststroke freestyle competition also pool backstroke first swimmer course butterfly records olympic referee short stroke

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Competitive swimmingContactNo1.00infobox
Competitive swimmingCountry or regionWorldwide1.00infobox
Competitive swimmingFirst competition18461.00infobox
Competitive swimmingHighest governing bodyWorld Aquatics1.00infobox
Competitive swimmingMixed-sexYes1.00infobox
Competitive swimmingOlympic18961.00infobox
Competitive swimmingParalympic19601.00infobox
Competitive swimmingTeam membersTeam or individuals1.00infobox
Competitive swimmingVenueNatatorium1.00infobox
Competitive swimmingVenueopen-water1.00infobox
Competitive swimmingWorld Championships19731.00infobox
tendinopathy in the shoulders or kneesinstance ofbut it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur injuries0.80text

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