Swimming

Swimming in butterfly event during a swimming competition.
SWM

Swimming

Villa Deportiva Nacional - Videna
AV. DEL AIRE S/N - SAN LUIS
 
MEN EVENTS
WOMEN EVENTS
mixed relays
50 m freestyle 50 m freestyle 4x100 medley relay
100 m freestyle 100 m freestyle 4x100 freestyle relay
200 m freestyle 200 m freestyle  
400 m freestyle 400 m freestyle  
800 m freestyle 800 m freestyle  
1500 m freestyle 1500 m freestyle  
100 m backstroke 100 m backstroke  
200 m backstroke 200 m backstroke  
100 m breaststroke 100 m breaststroke  
200 m breaststroke 200 m breaststroke  
100 m butterfly 100 m butterfly  
200 m butterfly 200 m butterfly  
200 m individual medley 200 m individual medley  
400 m individual medley 400 m individual medley  
RELAY RELAY  
4x100 m freestyle relay 4x100 m freestyle relay  
4x200 m freestyle relay 4x200 m freestyle relay  
4x100 m medley relay 4x100 m medley relay  

 

men events
 
50 m freestyle  
100 m freestyle  
200 m freestyle  
400 m freestyle  
800 m freestyle  
1500 m freestyle  
100 m backstroke  
200 m backstroke  
100 m breaststroke  
200 m breaststroke  
100 m butterfly  
200 m butterfly  
200 m individual medley  
400 m individual medley  
RELAY  
4x100 m freestyle relay  
4x200 m freestyle relay  
4x100 m medley relay  
   
female events
 
50 m freestyle  
100 m freestyle  
200 m freestyle  
400 m freestyle  
800 m freestyle  
1500 m freestyle  
100 m backstroke  
200 m backstroke  
100 m breaststroke  
200 m breaststroke  
100 m butterfly  
200 m butterfly  
200 m individual medley  
400 m individual medley  
RELAY  
4x100 m freestyle relay  
4x200 m freestyle relay  
4x100 m medley relay  
mixed relays  
4x100 medley relay  
4x100 freestyle relay  
   

 

Athletes jump into the pool in a swimming competition.
Sport review

Swimming is a timed sport that requires both endurance and speed, as it incorporates techniques from styles such as breaststroke, butterfly stroke, backstroke, freestyle and synchronized swimming, in specific 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500 m pools. Competitions can be individual or by teams, where the athlete or team aim for victory by touching a plate after their last round.

The Lima 2019 Games were the first Games to line up with the Olympic program, with both male and female team relay competitions and 36 medal events: 17 men's, 17 women's, and 2 mixed.  The competition is carried out in eight lanes, with heats for all events except for 800 m and 1500 m freestyle and relay events.

The first two were carried out in heats with final times, with the fastes eight seeded swimmers competing in the evening final sessions. Relay events featured preliminary heats as well as finals. The US was the absolute favorite in this sport before Lima 2019, with 703 medals (323 of which are gold), followed by Canada and Brazil with 52 gold medals each. This sport was held at the new the Aquatic Center of the National Sports Village (Videna).
 

Keywords
Flip turn: A type of turn in the water where swimmers use their feet to push off from the wall.
Heat: Event carried out in order to cut the number of participants.
Medley: When the swimmer or team swim legs of butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle.
Qualifying time: Time that an athlete must achieve in order to enter a competitive event.
Touch: The finishing point of a race.

History

Records show signs of this sport from the Stone Age (7500 years ago) and also in more recent times in Egypt, Japan and Greece. At the beginning of the 19th century, swimming was established as a sport in Great Britain with the foundation of the National Swimming Society in 1837. It was part of the first modern Olympic Games in Athens 1896, in men’s category. Women’s category started in 1912. It has been part of all the Pan American Games since its first edition and is one of the most popular sports.

Athletes jump into the pool in a swimming competition.

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Villa Deportiva Nacional - Videna
AV. DEL AIRE S/N - SAN LUIS
Capacity 5600
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