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You change strokes in the IM, Individual Medley, but it's in a certain order. First you do Butterfly, Then Backstroke, then Breaststroke, and then freestyle. In the IM you have to do the crawl for freestyle but in a freestyle event you can do a different stroke for the whole event, but it's not advised unless you're much faster in another stroke then the crawl.
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What is the team for swimming?
A swim team is a group of competitive swimmers that swim ___ laps depending on the age of the swimmer. They have different heats if there are a lot of swimmers in the same event. 4 strokes are swam, Freestyle, Backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly. There are also relays with 4 swimmers, and a IM (individual medley) which is all 4 strokes in one race. If you want to see a very competitive level of kid swimming then search USA swimming.
Which indoor swimming event do the swimmers start in the water?
Backstroke
Why don't swimmers use the butterfly stroke in a freestyle event?
Swimmers don't use the butterfly because they can generally swim front crawl faster. The butterfly stroke is generally the second fastest of the four competitive strikes, but is not as efficient as front crawl or freestyle which is generally considered the fastest stroke. Also in a medley relay each swimmer is required to swim one of four different strokes (back, breast, fly and free), so two swimmers swimming butterfly would result in a disqualification. This would not apply to a freestyle relay.
What are swimmers seeds?
Swimmers seeds refers to a swimmers seed time. Seed times are the times that you are placed in an event with, they are the starting times.
Who is dawn fraser?
Dawn Fraser is an Australian Swimming Legend. She is one of only three swimmers to win the same Olympic event three times - in her case the 100 metres freestyle.
Is swimming an Olympic event?
yes swimming is an olympic event
What swimming event did Stephanie rice do in the olympic?
Stephanie rice's event is Swimming 200m
What is heats in swimming?
A heat in swimming is like a group of swimmers swimming the same event. Since only a certain number of swimmers can swim at a time (depending on the number of lanes, usually 8) they have to have swim at different times and usually they place heats on how fast they swim. So, if you have the fastest time going into the race then you'd be in the last heat and if you have the slowest time going into the race then you'd be in the first heat. Also they place you in lanes from slowest to fastest (if you have the fastest time you go in the 4th lane and slowest goes in the outer lanes). Hope this helps. Source: Many years of competitive swimming
Where can you find salt water pools that are used for competitive swimming?
There aren't any. Salt water is bad for swimming competitively because the salt in the water burns the swimmers skin after a while in the water and they because dehydrated and they become thirsty. But if you were to conduct a event where there was a need for a salt water pool then you could probably make the event in a shark-free part of the ocean.
When was swimming first a event?
When was swimming first an event? well it was in 1896 there was 100, 500, and 1200meters.
What year did the US win every olympic event for swimming?
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that has not happened although they came close on a couple of occasions. At the 1920 Games in Antwerp, U.S. swimmers won gold in 8 of 10 events. At the 1924 Games in Paris, U.S. swimmers won gold in 9 of 11 events.
What are the rules of swimming?
there are rules it just depends on what event you are swimming
