I don't know if you are asking were or are....
but some swimming events now would be:
FREESTYLE:
50 free
100 free
200 free
500 free
1000 free
1650 (mile) free
BUTTERFLY:
100 fly
200 fly
BREASTSTROKE:
100 breast
200 breast
BACKSTROKE:
100 back
200 back
NOTE: all of these events are for short course season. (25 yard pool length)
and all of these events are for 13 and over (as of age.)
some events are swimming, running, high jump
There are no swimming events that allow the use of fins and flippers.
freestyle,backstroke,breaststroke,and butterfly
There are 34 swimming events out of the 46 in Aquatics. There are also 8 Diving events and 2 events each for Synchronized swimming and Water polo
There are 17 Men'a events and 17 Women's events for Swimming
The International Olympic Committee defines aquatic events as swimming, synchronized swimming, diving, and water polo.
Some Olympic events include basketball, baseball, hockey, and swimming. Other invents include skiing, skating, track and field events, and bobsledding.
Some of them are Athletics, swimming, diving, shooting, show jumping , football etc..
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First of all, in swimming, there are no routines. There and practice drills and events. The practice drills are in practice. Some are, Double Arm Backstroke, Y Stop Breastsrke, Biolateral Breathing Freestyle, and One Arm Butterfly. The events are in swimming meets. Some are, The 100 Yard IM, 50 Yard Backstroke, 200 Yard Freestyle, and 25 Yard Breastroke. There are TONS more events and drills that I could list.
There were 19 NOC that medaled in swimming events. 166 of the 204 NOCs had athletes in the 34 swimming events see related link
ian thorpe was a wold class swimming champion who was in the mens relay team and is gold medalist in some olympic events