Swimming

Swimming

Swimming is a competitive and recreational water sport competed in individually or on a relay, however points can be scored for a team. Competitive swimming is seperated into several categories some in open water, others in a competition pool which can take place in a 25-yard 25-meter or 50-meter long pool. There are four competitive swimming strokes, freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly.

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Finish judge

Sports; Swimming

The finishing judge reports on the position (1,2,3 etc.) that the swimmers finish in.

Flip turn

Sports; Swimming

When the swimmer gets near the wall and needs to turn around to start swimming back down the lane, they do a somersault, so there legs will be pointing toward the wall and they can get a powerful ...

Lane markers

Sports; Swimming

Lane Markers are used to separate each lane in a pool. Lane Markers are made of individual discs that are strung on a cable. The discs spin on the cable when they are hit by a wave. The last 5 metres ...

Lane

Sports; Swimming

The 50-meter long and 2.5 metre wide path that each swimmer must stay in during a race.

Gutter

Sports; Swimming

Gutters are installed around the edge of the pool to catch water that has been splashed out of the pool during a race. The water is then re-circulated back into the pool.

Heats

Sports; Swimming

The number of races a swimmer will have to swim to complete the event. This might consist of a preliminary around to eliminate some swimmers and then a final round for the top qualifiers in that ...