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SWIMMING

SWIMMING. INDEX. Description & History Rules Style Competitions Champions. History of swimming. 1538 : Nicolas Wynman wrote the first swimming book 1800 : first competition in Europe 1873 : « front crawl » apparition 1896 : first modern Olympic Games 1908 : FINA

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SWIMMING

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  1. SWIMMING

  2. INDEX • Description & History • Rules • Style • Competitions • Champions

  3. History of swimming • 1538 : Nicolas Wynman wrote the first swimming book • 1800 : first competition in Europe • 1873 : « front crawl » apparition • 1896 : first modern Olympic Games • 1908 : FINA • 1952 : butterfly apparition • 1973 : first World Championship

  4. Description • Individual sport & Team sport (sometimes) • Indoor & Outdoor • 25 m or 50 m swimming pool • Swimmers = Hard trainers

  5. Rules • Technical code • Table of quotation • Objective : swim fast without being disqualified

  6. Styles • Four Styles • Butterfly • Backstroke • Breaststroke • Freestyle

  7. Competitions • France : FFN • 18 individual races • A lot of relay races • Olympic Games • 13 individual races • 3 relay races

  8. Champions • Johnny Weissmuller • First swimmer under one minute on 100 freestyle • Mark Spitz • 7 gold medals in 1972 • Micheal Phelps • Faster swimmer ever • Laure Manaudou • The French star

  9. SWIMMING

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