1. Swimming

2. Facts about swimming
~ The size of an Olympic pool is 50m but they swim 100m
~ The four strokes Olympians compete in are freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and Medley which is all four
~ Swimming strengthens you heart and lungs and works out all of the bodies major muscles
~Swimming started in the 1st century

3. Swimming Equipment
Swimmers use all different swimming equipment to train.
FLIPPERS – Flippers are used to improve kick strength, ankle flexibility, body position and to go faster during swim practice.
PULL BUOY – Pool buoys are used to place between your legs to provide support to the body without kicking the legs; this allows the swimmer to just focus on their arms.
KICK BOARD - Kick boards are used to be held by the swimmers hands while they focus on their legs.
SWIMMING CAPS – Swimming caps are used because hair can create drag and slow you down. Some Olympic level swimmers wear two caps.
GOGGLES – Goggles are worn so swimmers can see where they are going and for comfort as chlorine can make your eyes uncomfortable.

4. FLIPPERS
KICKBOARD
PULL BUOY
SWIMMING CAP
RACING GOGGLES

5. STROKES

6. WORLD RECORDS NAME GENDER NATION DISTANCE STROKE TIME DATE
Libby Trickett
Female
AUSTRALIA
100m
Freestyle
51.01sec
13 April 2008
Amaury Leveaux
Male
FRANCE
44.94sec
13 December 2008
Shiho Sakai
JAPAN
Backstroke
55.23sec
19 December 2009
Nick Thoman
USA
48.94sec
18 December 2009
Rebecca Soni
Breaststroke
1:02.70min
Cameron van der Burgh
RUSSIA
55.61sec
15 November 2009
Diane Bui Duyet
Butterfly
55.05sec
12 December 2009
Evgency Korotyshkin
RUSSUA
48.48sec
Julia Smit
200m
IM (all four)
2:04.60min
Ryan Lochte
1:49.63min
14 December 2012

7. Refrences