Yes there was, they had invented swimming pools by then.
1950 this was the year mexicans invented swimming to cross the rio grande
The ancient Greeks invented it.
In water !
Andy Moore
in 1980
1998
Cross country and swimming. Swimming builds upper body. Cross country builds leg muscle
in the early 1900
Benjamin Franklin might have invented swimming paddles as a young kid to allow people to swim faster.
i don't think there really is a country of origin for swimming. As long as humans have been in existence people have been enjoying the water. Every country has lakes and oceans, etc. even if they didnt actually have swimming pools until the last century, they swam outdoors in natural settings.
Ben Franklin invented the fins in 1717. He used them for his hands due to his love of swimming. Unfortunately, how he invented them is unknown.