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The U.S. Open Swimming Championships, or U.S. Open, is a championship meet organized by USA Swimming which is open to international teams/swimmers. It was first held in 1985, and was held annually in December through 2006. [1] Beginning in 2007, the meet's first-weekend-of-December timing was given over to the resurrected USA Short Course ...
FINA World Junior Records in 25m pool are recognised starting on January 1, 2015. Records are recognized for long course (50 m pool) and short course (25 m pool) in the following events: relays: 4×50 free (short course only), 4×100 free, 4×200 free, 4×50 medley (short course only) and 4×100 medley. Also recognized are mixed relay records ...
There are two different kinds of swimming records in the United States and certified by USA Swimming: . American record: the fastest time by an American swimmer.; U.S. Open record: the fastest time within the United States.
With temperatures heating up and swimming season on the horizon, parents have justifiable cause for concern. May is National Water Safety Month, and it's a great time to think about summer ...
Katie Ledecky. Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky ( / ləˈdɛki / lə-DEK-ee; born March 17, 1997) [ 6] is an American competitive swimmer. She has won nine Olympic gold medals and 21 world championship gold medals, the most in history for a female swimmer. With 14 medals and 9 gold medals, she is also the most decorated American woman, most decorated ...
List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (men) 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; European Aquatics Championships – Multiple ...
List of world records in swimming. Caeleb Dressel holds the most world swimming records in men's swimming with six (four individual and two relays). Katie Ledecky holds the most individual world records in women's swimming with four. The world records in swimming are ratified by World Aquatics (formerly known as FINA), the international ...
In the freestyle, swimmers originally dove from the pool walls, but diving blocks were first incorporated at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The flip-turn was developed by the 1950s. Swimming goggles were first allowed in 1976 . The butterfly stroke events were not held until 1956. Previous rules permitted the butterfly stroke in breaststroke races.