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This American distance star won her first Olympic gold at age 15 in 2012 and now holds multiple world records in distance freestyle.

Who is Katie Ledecky?

100

This country has won the most Olympic swimming medals of all time.

What is the United States?

100

The sleek “dome cap” style, introduced in the 2010s, is made from this material for reduced drag.

What is silicone?

100

This is the amount of times that the HOD meet per year.

What is 2 times?

100

This person is arguably the most famous announcer in swimming history.

Rowdy Gaines

200

This U.S. butterfly specialist won 12 Olympic medals across four Games and often raced alongside Michael Phelps as a relay teammate.

Who is Ryan Lochte?

200

This stroke was the last to be added as a separate event at the Olympic Games.

What is butterfly?

200

The LZR Racer, one of the most famous tech suits, was developed in collaboration with this aerospace company.

What is NASA?

200

This is the type of official you can be as a Junior Official.

What is stroke and turn?

200
These two Olympians are the main hosts of the Unfiltered Waters podcast.

What is Katie Hoff Anderson and Missy Franklin?

300

At the 1972 Munich Olympics, this U.S. swimmer broke records by winning seven gold medals, a feat that stood until Phelps surpassed it in 2008.

Who is Mark Spitz?

300

The U.S. men’s 4x100m freestyle relay team pulled off one of the most dramatic comebacks in Olympic history at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, when this swimmer anchored to out-touch France.

Who is Jason Lezak?

300

In 2009, so many world records were broken due to high-tech polyurethane suits that FINA (World Aquatics) banned them starting in this year.

What is 2010?

300

This committee in CT Swimming works to make the sport welcoming and accessible to all athletes, regardless of their background.

What is Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion?

300

This documentary follows the journey of Olympic swimmers Missy Franklin and Kara Lynn Joyce as they prepare for and compete in the 2012 London Olympic Games.

What is "Touch the Wall?"

400

This American backstroker won five gold medals across three Olympics (2004, 2008, 2012) and he is considered one of the best backstrokers in history.

Who is Aaron Peirsol?

400

Women were first allowed to compete in Olympic swimming at these Games, held in 1912.

What are the Stockholm Olympics?

400

The first high-tech “fastskin” suits debuted at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, developed by this company.

What is Speedo?

400

This is what LSC stands for.

What is Local Swimming Committee?

400

This is the author of the book No Limits: The Will To Succeed.

What is Michael Phelps?

500

In 1968, this U.S. teenager became the first swimmer ever to win three individual gold medals in a single Olympics (200m, 400m, and 800m freestyle).

Who is Debbie Meyer?

500

The very first Olympic swimming events in 1896 were not held in a pool, but instead in this body of water.

What is the Mediterranean Sea (Bay of Zea in the Aegean near Athens)?

500

The wedge at the back of modern starting blocks was first introduced during this year at the Olympics.

What is 2008?

500

This is the number of Olympics that CT Swim has had swimmers compete in/coaches on the coaching staff.

What is 17?

500

This is the year that after Synchronized Swimming's Olympic inclusion, the sport was parodied in a SNL sketch featuring male actors who could barely swim, highlighting the media's lack of understanding of the sport's difficulty.

What is 1984?