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Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle
Swimming A "medley" is an event in competitive swimming in which backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, and freestyle are swum in equal distances by an individual or as divisions of a relay race.
The 400 meter individual medley is the longest medley in the Olympics.
Hannah Louise Miley (born 8 August 1989) is a British and Scottish individual medley swimmer and represented Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the 400m individual medley, attaining 5th place.
It means individual medley but no idea what it means !
SHIWEN YE From peoples Republic of China at 2012 olympics in the 400 individual medley
Individual Medley (abbreviated to Medley or IM) is when a swimmmer swims butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke and freestyle (in that order) in the same race. So 100m medley in a 25m pool would be one length on each stroke. Official medley events incllude 100m (25m on each storke) 200m (50m on each stroke) , and 400m (100m on each stroke)individual medley (200m and 400m olympic events). 600 medley is not an event that officially exists but it would comprise of: 150m butterfly, 150m backstroke, 150m breaststroke and 150m freestly (in that order) continuosly.
Individual Medley. That is when the swimmer swims butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle in that order in a certain amount depending on the event.
both of the events include the strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breastroke, and freestyle. thought the order of the strokes is different in the individual medley the order of the strokes is: fly, back, breast, free in the medley relay the order of the strokes is: back, breast, fly, free
200 freestyle, 100 butterfly, 200 butterfly, 200 individual medley, 400 individual medley, 4x100 freestyle relay, 4x200 freestyle relay, and 4x100 medley relay.
It stands for individual medley because it has all four strokes. There for its a medley
World Record 400m Individual Medley Michael Phelps (USA) August 9, 2008 Time: 4:03.84