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There are only 4 'real' strokes

-freestyle

-backstroke

-butterfly

-breaststroke

These are the only 4 swam at the Olympics.

There are also stroke called 'survival stokes'. These include:

-survival backstroke

-survival breaststroke

-side stroke

These strokes are usually swam in open waters, like rivers, dams, and ocean.

But they aren't really stokes, just actions to keep your head above the water.

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The main strokes for competitive swimming are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and the butterfly.

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freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, and butterfly

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The medley is swum with four sifferent strokes: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and finally, freestyle.

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There are 4 different strokes, these are backcrawl, breaststroke, butterfly and frontcrawl.

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2, forehand and backhand. There are other shots though too like volleys, serves, overhead, and dropshots.

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4 types..

1) freestyle

2) breast stroke

3) butterfly stroke

4) back stroke

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