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It's not position four it's lane 4 reserved for the fastest swimmer in the race.
The swimmer leading in lane four is Sarah.
The first Australian to win gold was swimmer Frederick Lane who won the 200 meter freestyle and 200 meter obstacle events at the 1900 Games in Paris. Lane was from Manly, New South Wales.
The lane with the fastest swimmer in it! Organizers typically try to put the fastest swimmers in the center lanes, but it doesn't always work out that way.
S=Stroke L=Legs 5=lap/length L=Wrong lane So I would interpret this as on the 5th lap, the swimmer kicked into an adjoining (wrong) lane therefore disrupting the neighbouring swimmer. Stroke indicates it was an offence whilst performing a recognised stroke, rather than other types of violations such as false start, not touching wall at end of each lap etc.
By the swimmer's seed times coming into the race. The middle lanes are the fastest, and the outer lanes are progressively slower (that's why the swimmers often seem to be in a V shape) To be specific, the swimmer with the fastest time swims in lane 4, 2nd fastest in lane 5, third fastest in lane 3 fourth fastest in lane 6 fifth fastest in lane 2 sixth fastest in lane 7 seventh fastest in lane 1 eighth fastest in lane in lane 8.
S=Stroke L=Legs 5=lap/length L=Wrong lane So I would interpret this as on the 5th lap, the swimmer kicked into an adjoining (wrong) lane therefore disrupting the neighbouring swimmer. Stroke indicates it was an offence whilst performing a recognised stroke, rather than other types of violations such as false start, not touching wall at end of each lap etc.
Pudding Lane
A staggered start.
The "T" at each end of the lane in a competetive pool is to warn the swimmer of the aproach of the turn.
The Great Fire of London did start in Puddings Lane.
It is referred to as a false start.