Swimming Introduction

Swimming is both a fundamental life skill and a highly competitive sport, spanning pool racing and open water events. Competitive swimming features four main strokes - freestyle (front crawl), backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly - across distances from 50 to 1,500 metres in pools, and up to 10 kilometres in open water. The sport has been part of the modern Olympics since 1896. Michael Phelps, with 23 Olympic gold medals, is the most decorated Olympian of all time. Katie Ledecky dominates distance freestyle. World Aquatics (formerly FINA) governs the sport internationally. This sub-category tests knowledge of competitive swimming - strokes, rules, major events, record holders, famous swimmers, and the technical aspects of a sport that combines power, technique, and endurance.

This topic is part of Sports - use the arena and sports tools below, then practice with flashcards and quizzes.