History of Swimming
Swimming first appeared in the modern Olympics in this year.
What is 1869?
This former swimmer holds the record for the most Olympic medals ever won (28), and the most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games (8).
Who is Michael Phelps
This team event combines the four strokes, each swam by a different swimmer.
What is the medley relay?
The abbreviation IM stands for this event.
What is individual medley?
This is Bryce's best competitive stroke.
What is freestyle?
In the 19th century, this country's National Swimming Society established competitive swimming pools and organized numerous swimming competitions, leading to the popularization of swimming.
What is Great Britain?
He holds the world record for the men's 50m Freestyle LCM.
Who is Caeleb Dressel?
This is the longest individual swimming event in the Olympic pool.
What is the 1500m freestyle?
The slowest of the four competitive strokes.
What is breaststroke?
Bryce started swimming with CCA in this year.
What is 2021?
The first women's Olympic swimming events were held in this year.
What is 1912?
This Canadian swimmer currently holds three world records at the age of just 18.
Who is Summer McIntosh
This is the standard number of lanes for an Olympic pool.
10 lanes.
The underwater portions of races are limited to this many meters from the wall.
What is 15 meters?
Bryce competed at this high level meet at Boise in the spring of 2025.
What is the Speedo Sectionals?
Before the invention of the other strokes, this stroke was the first to be used in competitive swimming.
What is breaststroke?
This former Wyoming swimmer and 5-Time Big 12 Champion competed for Team USA at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships and was a bronze medalist in the 4x100m free relay.
Who is Jonny Kulow?
The FINA World Championships are held this often.
What is every two years?
The first competitive version of butterfly used this stroke's kick before adopting the dolphin kick.
What is the breaststroke kick?
This is Bryce's favorite post-race snack.
What are oranges.
The earliest known depiction of swimming comes from this ancient civilization.
What is Ancient Egypt?
This American swimmer won 7 gold medals in the 1972 Olympics.
Who is Mark Spitz?
The first Summer Olympics to feature swimming were hosted in this city.
What is Athens?
An early version of this stroke was first swum competitively in 1844 by two Native American swimmers.
What is front crawl / freestyle?
This is Bryce's best 500 free time.
What is 5:05.89?