Aquatic Game: Swimming

Another spectacular Aquatic game is Swimming. Every other Olympic game, many proud swimmers from different countries face their moment and show what they've got. Way back to its origin, swimming was learned by the prehistoric people in Egypt in order to cross the lake or river. These are depicting by some cave painting found by the scientist. Until now, many countries organized swimming society in order to develop potential future swimmers and learn the standard, style, stroke, discipline and rules.

These are the rules and things that must be observed about this sports
Traditional Swimming races take place over distances ranging from 50m to 1500m. Unless it is a Freestyle event, competitors have to use a particular swimming stroke: Breaststroke, Butterfly or Backstroke. There are also Medley events which combine all four strokes.

Olympic races take place in a 50m long pool divided into 10 lanes, with only the middle eight lanes used by swimmers. The swimmer who touches the pool wall first at the end of the race is the winner. The Olympic programme includes both individual and team men’s and women’s events.

The Marathon Swimming races are swum outside in areas of open water such as the sea, a lake or a river, and competitors usually swim circuits around buoys positioned in the water.