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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 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Description & HistoryRulesStyleCompetitionsChampions
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
Description Individual sport & Team sport (sometimes) Indoor & Outdoor 25 m or 50 m swimming pool Swimmers = Hard trainers
Rules Technical code Table of quotation
Objective : swim fast without being disqualified
Styles
Four Styles Butterfly Backstroke Breaststroke Freestyle
Competitions
France : FFN 18 individual races A lot of relay races
Olympic Games 13 individual races 3 relay races
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
