History of Swimming

England is recognized as the first country to participate in swimming as a recreation and competitive sport. In 1837, competitions were held in man-made pools in London.
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The very first indoor pool in the history of swimming was constructed in 1862 in England.
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Swimming joined the Olympics in 1896 as a men’s sport. They competed in the categories of 100-meter and 1500-meter Freestyle. These were held in open water. More Olympic events were soon added during the history of swimming, including breaststroke, backstroke, butterfly, and individual medley. The first few Olympic Games that featured swimming did not include women.
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It was not until 1912 that women’s swimming made its debut. There are now 16 races held for men and women, totaling 32 altogether, in each Summer Olympic Games. The Special Olympics also has 22 swimming categories for men and women, totaling 44 altogether.
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Modifications in swimming techniques occurred through this point in the history of swimming as different counties changed the way they accomplished the backstroke and breaststroke. This occurred between 1935 and 1945 and into the 1950s, creating controversy at the Olympics.
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War shortages demanded a reduction in fabric for making swimming suits.
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The first two-piece swimming suits were invented in 1943.
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Techniques for winning Olympic gold medals changed [1943] as swimmers spent more time under water to gain an advantage of speed. It is a technique that is still used today.
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World records are often broken, but at the end of the 2008 Olympics Phelps held 7 world records and 1 Olympic record. World Records: 400 m individual medley 4:03.84.
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I, myself, have been swimming for several years now. But that is not the main point here. My little brother started little under a month ago, and here's what happened.
My little brother was never very active, or sporty. He played piano, while the rest of my family enjoyed our activities. This lead to him being a little... pudgy.... He was unhappy with his weight so he wanted to find something to help. Since I would be doing swimming this summer my family signed him up too. We swim on a team together, the Stingrays, where he has been working on speed and man strokes. Since joining the team he has lost some weight and just a few days ago he commented on it an seemed very excited. I can not express how happy i was for him to be excited about the sport as well as the side-effect of working hard almost every day.
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