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In the pool.
1,500 metres for men and 800 metres for women (freestyle)
200 metres in all the other strokes (Back, breast and fly)
400 metres In the IM (Individual medley, 100m each of fly,back,breast and free in that order)
Open water
10 kilometres ( the swimming equivalent of running a marathon )
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 11y agoThe longest swimmign race for men is the 1500 metres and the longest for women is the 800m that is in the pool.
The longest swimming race for men and for women is 10 kilometres in open water.
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