2024年12月9日 · swimming, in recreation and sports, the propulsion of the body through water by combined arm and leg motions and the natural flotation of the body. Swimming as an exercise is popular as an all-around body developer and is particularly useful in therapy and as exercise for physically handicapped persons.

swimming, In recreation and sports, the propulsion of the body through water by combined arm and leg motions. Swimming is popular as an all-around fitness routine and as a competitive sport. It has been included in the modern Olympic Games since their inception in 1896.

Swimming is a popular exercise and sport. As exercise, swimming provides all-around conditioning for both young and old. As a sport, swimming includes races that are held at athletic clubs, schools, and national and international competitions.

2024年12月9日 · Any swimming competition longer than 1,500 meters (1,640 yards) is considered distance swimming. Most long-distance races are in the 24- to 59-km (15- to 37-mile) range, though some, such as the Lake George marathon (67 km [41.5 miles]) and the Lake Michigan Endurance Swim (80 km [50 miles]), both in the United States, have been longer.

Artistic swimming is a type of exhibition swimming in which the movements of one or more swimmers are synchronized with musical accompaniment. The sport developed in the United States in the 1930s.

2025年1月7日 · It became a part of the swimming program of the Olympic Games in 1904 and developed rapidly through the first half of the 20th century. Synchronized diving, a competition in which two divers simultaneously perform a dive, emerged and became part of the Olympic program in 2000.

2024年12月9日 · Swimming - Records, Events, Races: Winners of the men’s swimming world championships are provided in the table.

2024年12月2日 · Water polo, sport played in a swimming pool by teams of seven with a buoyant ball resembling an association football (soccer ball). The game was originally called “football-in-the-water,” and indeed it is more like association football and basketball than polo, the name of the sport coming from an

Modern soldiers, the event suggests, should have sword fighting skills, the ability to swim quickly, the ability to ride a horse that is unknown to the rider, accurate marksmanship with a pistol, and great agility.

Underwater diving, swimming done underwater either with a minimum of equipment, as in skin diving (free diving), or with a scuba (abbreviation of self-contained underwater-breathing apparatus) or an Aqua-Lung. Competitive underwater diving sports include spearfishing and underwater hockey,