SWIMMING

Swim• The aquatic sport of swimming involves

competition amongst participants to be the fastest over a given distance under self propulsion. The order of the individual medley is butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle. Swimming has been part of the modern Olympic Games since inception in 1896.

Freestyle

•Freestyle is an unregulated

swimming style used in swimming

competitions according to the rules of

FINA. The front crawl stroke is

almost universally used during a

freestyle race, as this style is

generally the fastest. As such the

term freestyle is often used as a

synonym for the front crawl

Backstroke

The backstroke, also sometimes called the back crawl, is one of the four swimming styles regulated by FINA, and the only regulated style swum on the back. This has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disadvantage of swimmers not being able to see where they are going. It is also the only competition swimming style that starts in the water.

Butterfly

The butterfly, (fly for short) is a swimming

stroke swum on the breast, with both arms

moving simultaneously. While other styles

like the breaststroke, front crawl, or

backstroke can be swum easily even by

beginners, the butterfly requires very good

technique to be feasible. Many students

consider it the most difficult style of

swimming. It is the newest swimming style

swum in competition, first swum in 1933

Breaststroke

The breaststroke is a swimming style in which the swimmer is on their chest and the torso does not rotate. It is the most popular recreational style due to its stability and the ability to keep the head out of the water a large portion of the time. In most swimming classes, beginners learn either the breaststroke or the front crawl first

SWIMMING RECORDS

FINA• Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA)

is the International Federation (IF) recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC)[1] for administering international competition in the aquatic sports (its name translated from French is "International Swimming Federation"). It is one of several IFs which administers a given sport/discipline for the IOC and/or international community. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland.

• FINA currently oversees competition in five aquatic sports: swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo and open water swimming.