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SPORT PŁYWANIE- SWIMMING

Swimming - a method of movement in the water used by humans, animals and machines .

Is a popular recreational activity , particularly in countries with warmer climates and natural bodies of water .

Swimming is a sport.

SWIMMING

HISTORY ABOUT SWIMMING

Man swimming skills used in ancient times , as evidenced by the drawings four thousand year old from Assyria , Libya and Egypt. The fi rst swimming technique , used in antiquity and the Middle Ages , now called the dog , was to lie down on your stomach .

The head was lifted above the water and worked naprzemianstronnie arms below the surface.

The ancient skill of swimming were on an equal footing with the ability to write and read.

The fi rst offi cial swimming competition held in Japan in 35 BC

In 1796 was the fi rst swimming club Upsala Simsällskap in Uppsala, Sweden. The club exists to this day and boasts the title of the oldest club in the world

In 1869. Was founded in London, the company hosted the fi rst swimming and games. Swimming is the program of the Olympic Games from the very beginning. For the Olympics in 1908. Olympians swam in open waters - from then began to organize competitions in swimming-pool. At the Olympic Games in Athens event was held at the swimming pool open - without a roof, because the organizers did not have time to build it on time. In 1973, began to organize the world championships in swimming. Swimming competition include: swimming in the pool, swimming with fi ns, long-distance swimming, played on open water, synchronized swimming grown by women, jumping into the water, which are divided into jumping on a trampoline, and from the tower, in which contestants perform bulleted fi gures during the fl ight and water polo.

SWIMMING AS A SPORT

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There are many diff erent styles of swimming :

Style butterfly ( butterfly , butterfly, dolphin ), Backstroke ( ridge ), Classic style ( frog ), Freestyle, MEDLEY, crawl,

SWIMMING STYLE

In the swimming world was a prominent fi gure of Johnny Weissmuller (USA ) , winner of four gold medals at the Olympic Games in 1924 and 1928 . That fi rst swam 100 meters in less than Minutes . Jumping from the Railways Water Stars weights do the 70s and 80s in . They were Italian Klaus Dibiasi and American Greg Louganis . American Mark Spitz at the Olympics in Munich won 7 gold medals UP . ITS VERY Close to beat the record was another American Michael Phelps , Who won at the Olympics in 2004 . Six golds , four years later in Beijing won 8 gold medals and broke the record section Spitz . Olympic champion eight times in the 80s and 90s was the other American - Matt Biondi . In the 90s, the world swimming great star sprinter was Russian , Alexander Popov , sour cream called Ian Thorpe swimming And Australian .

SWIMMING IN THE WORLD

Gold medal.svg Otylia Jędrzejczak, Ateny 2004, 200 m mot., 2:06.05

Silver medal.svg Rafał Szukała, Barcelona 1992, 100 m mot., 53.35

Silver medal.svg Otylia Jędrzejczak, Ateny 2004, 100 m mot., 57.84

Silver medal.svg Otylia Jędrzejczak, Ateny 2004, 400 m dow., 4:05.84

Bronze medal.svg Agnieszka Czopek, Moskwa 1980, 400 m zm., 4:48.17

Bronze medal.svg Artur Wojdat, Seul 1988, 400 m dow., 3:47.34

OLYMPIC MEDALISTS

SWIMMING POOL

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