It was held at the first Modern Olympic Games in Athens, Greece in 1896.
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∙ 2009-03-08 21:37:50They are held as a competition to see who is the best
The first swimming events held for women at the Summer Olympic Games were held in 1912 - competitions in the 100 metre freestyle, and the 4x100 metre freestyle relay.
Athens held the first olympic games
these were the events which were held in ancient olympics such as swimming,shooting etc.
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They are held as a competition to see who is the best
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The first swimming events held for women at the Summer Olympic Games were held in 1912 - competitions in the 100 metre freestyle, and the 4x100 metre freestyle relay.
Gymnastic and swimming.
Swimming has been held at every Olympic games since 1896. Open water swimming was added in the 2008 Olympics.
The first ever swimming event held in the modern Olympic Games was the 100 meter freestyle on April 11, 1896. The winner was Alfred Hajos of Hungary in a time of 1:22.2.
Munich, West Germany.
Athens held the first olympic games
Size of an Olympic swimming pool is very huge. It is used to held different swimming sports. Roughly it is the size of 88,000 cubic meter.
Athletics, tennis, cycling, wrestling, weightlifting, gymnastics, fencing, swimming, and shooting.
The first Winter Olympic games were held in 1924 in Chamonix, France.
The first competition was held by the Americans in the 1924 Paris Summer Olympics as a demonstration of how Volleyball is played and works, the competition was successful. The Olympic Committee liked it so much that they made it an official sport in 1964. The first Volleyball competition was actually an demonstration.