Olympics Swimming

swimming has appeared at every modern Olympics, which started in 1896. Womens swimming was introduced to the Olympics in 1912.

If you did not watch the 2008 Olympics, you would not know that the current world-record holder in some butterfly events is Michael Phelps. However, this can change everyday, considering that athletes can only get better.

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It depends on what sport you're better in.

I personally think swimming is alot harder it takes more skill and talent to become good in in it is also quite diffucult to do it competitvely. Football jst about anyone can do.

The answer is 10 feet, about 3 feet deeper than most Olympic Pools.

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when he warms up for an Olympic swim he does a set of 100m. freestyles on 1 minute. That is a moderate speed for him. His World records for his 100's are as follows: 100m. butterfly 50.58 100m. freestyle 47.51 100 backstroke 45.50 100 breaststroke

16 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze

Michael Phelps is an American swimmer that has the record for most Olympic medals won by a single athlete ever. He attended the University of Michigan, where he earned a degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Here's an approach based on mathematics, using travel/tournament baseball teams in New Jersey as a proxy. These youth leagues - AAU, Babe Ruth, American Legion, etc. - contain the elite players and serve as feeders to scholarships and minor league contracts.

Let's assume NJ is an average state as regards major league representation. This is reasonable given climate considerations. Florida and California probably have more since they play year 'round, while states with harsher climates than those of NJ probably see less participation in elite youth leagues.

Presently there are 20 MLB players who were born in New Jersey. The average baseball career is about five years per statistical studies. That means each year, four players born in New Jersey make the MLB. (It's rough, but it's a reasonable proxy. Work with me.)

In our NJ township we have 100,000 people as our population, and for each age group defined as year of birth, 50 kids play travel/tournament baseball. The population of NJ is about 8 million. Do the math and that yields a defensible estimate that 4,000 kids born in a given year are playing travel/tournament baseball in New Jersey.

So, for each year of birth, 4000 kids playing in these elite leagues will ultimately compete for the average of four MLB spots that will open up each year for New Jersey candidates.

So, sports fans, that means that if you achieve a spot on a travel/tournament baseball team - which is no easy task - your odds of making the MLB are...drum roll...1 in 1000.

That's depressing given that a recent survey showed that 10% of parents who have a kid playing on one those teams expects their son to make the MLB.

An Olympic Length pool is 50 meters. To convert any meter to feet, you multiply by 3.28084, so an Olympic Length pool should be 164.02 feet or 54.68 yards.

addendum: for extra trivia - an Olympic pool is 25 meters wide and 2 meters deep. Use the same conversion factor as mentioned above.

For an Olympic 'career', before Phelps the record was 9 gold medals won by gymnast Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union, runner Paavo Nurmi of Finland, swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States, and track and field's Carl Lewis of the United States.

Michael Phelps has been to four Olympic Games: 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, and 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

For the long course the world record is 23.97 seconds by Libby Trickett of Australia set on March 29, 2008. For the short course the record is 23.25 seconds by Marleen Veldhuis of The Netherlands set on April 13, 2008.

Um the champion swimmer would be Micheal Phelps from the united states.

from Canada this year ( 2008 ) in the Olympics it was Ryan Cochrane. He was the only swimmer to get Canada a medal in swimming.

also great swimmer would be

Natalie Coughlin is a great female swimmer from the u.s

Ryan Lochte is also a great swimmer from the u.s.

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ian thorp is one of the worlds best

but right now the worlds best swimmer is Micheal Phelps from the u.s. he got 8 gold medals and 7 world records at the Beijing 2008 Olympics! it was amazing!

in swimming just like other sports the object is to win. You receive points or a "score" depending on the place you receive generally 1st gets 20 point and then the points gradually go down in value until you reach the person in 8th place who generally gets 1 point

Swimming has been part of the Modern Olympics since they began in 1896. There were four events in 1896, the 100 meter freestyle, 500 meter freestyle, 1200 meter freestyle, and Sailors 100 meter freestyle (this event was open only to sailors in the Greek Royal Navy).

No. You do not get a common cold by being cold or in the cold or cold water, that is an old belief from before viruses were known to be the cause of a cold. See the related questions below for more information about this myth.

Lisbeth "Libby" Constance Trickett (née Lenton) OAM (born 28 January 1985, in Townsville, Queensland, Australia) is a World Record Holding and Olympic Gold Medalist swimmer from Australia. She has won 5 olympic medals (2 gold, 1 silver & 2 bronze) and 7 Commonwealth medals (5 gold & 2 silver). In addition she currently holds 4 world records, 1 olympic games record and 2 commonwealth games records

Michael Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is a swimmer, a US Olympic athlete who won a record 8 gold medals at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He has a total of 14 gold medals and holds 6 world records in swimming.

In 2009, he was subject to extensive (and some feel undue) media coverage for a video showing him smoking marijuana.

While preparing for competition, he is said to eat up to 12000 calories a day. An impressive total, but much of this is consumed by his long hours of swimming.

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Last pool I dived into from a ten meter Olympic board was 16 feet deep.

According to FINA (the international swimming regulatory body), the minimum depth for pool which allows 10m platform diving is 5m.

Refer to the link below for the minimum dimensions (including depths) of pools which may be used for the various Olympic diving events.

The Olympic record for the 100 meter freestyle is 47.84 posted by Pieter van den Hoogenband, of the Netherlands at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Being a competent swimmer will give people the ability to stay afloat and rescue themselves if they happen to fall into water.

There is a big difference in being able to stay afloat when wearing a swimming costume in the swimming baths than compared to staying afloat fully clothed in potentially running water (i.e. a river) therefore to achieve the full potential of the water safety value of swimming you would need to be a good swimmer in the swimming pool enviironment