Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming
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- 2010
Summary
Swimming has been an Olympic sport since the inception of the Games, with the 100, 400, and 1500 freestyles being the original events along with the 100 freestyle for sailors. While the spirit of the sport remains the same, the technology and the competitive formats have advanced tremendously through the years. The number of events contested in competition has increased to the point where the program for a typical international meet, such as the World Championships or Olympics, produces a true reflection of the best swimmers over various distances and in different strokes.
The Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming examines the sport of swimming since its inception as a competitive athletic event. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and appendixes that detail Olympic and World Championships medal winners. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced dictionary entries on individuals, major competitions, and there are also entries for each of the competitive strokes and countries that have enjoyed significant success in the sport.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2010
- ISBN-Print
- 978-0-8108-6775-8
- ISBN-Online
- 978-0-8108-7495-4
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 300
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Table of contents
- Contents No access
- Editor’s Foreword No access
- Acknowledgments No access
- Acronyms and Abbreviations No access
- Chronology of Swimming No access
- CHRONOLOGY OF THE FINA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS No access
- CHRONOLOGY OF MICHAEL PHELPS’ CAREER No access
- Introduction No access
- Photos No access
- The Dictionary No access Pages 1 - 178
- Appendix A. Fédération Internationalede Natation (FINA) Presidents No access Pages 179 - 179
- Appendix B. The World Championships: Sites, Dates, Nations, Athletes, and Attendance No access Pages 180 - 181
- Appendix C. The World Short Course Championships: Sites,Dates, Nations, Athletes, and Attendance No access Pages 182 - 183
- Appendix D. World Championships:Most Gold Medals (Career) No access Pages 184 - 184
- Appendix E. World Championships: Most Medals (Career) No access Pages 185 - 185
- Appendix F. World Championships: Men’s Medal Winners No access Pages 186 - 200
- Appendix G. World Championships: Women’s Medal Winners No access Pages 201 - 215
- Appendix H. World Short Course Championships: Most Gold Medals (Career) No access Pages 216 - 216
- Appendix I. World Short Course Championships:Most Medals (Career) No access Pages 217 - 217
- Appendix J. World Short Course Championships:Men’s Medal Winners No access Pages 218 - 230
- Appendix K. World Short Course Championships: Women’s Medal Winners No access Pages 231 - 243
- Appendix L. Olympic Games: Years, Sites, and Dates No access Pages 244 - 244
- Appendix M. Olympic Games: Most Overall Medals (Country) No access Pages 245 - 245
- Appendix N. Olympic Games: Most Gold Medals (Career) No access Pages 246 - 246
- Appendix O. Olympic Games: Most Medals (Career) No access Pages 247 - 247
- Appendix P. Olympic Games: MostGold Medals (Single Olympiad) No access Pages 248 - 248
- Appendix Q. Olympic Games: Most Medals (Single Olympiad) No access Pages 249 - 249
- Appendix R. Olympic Games: Men’s Medal Winners No access Pages 250 - 265
- Appendix S. Olympic Games: Women’s Medal Winners No access Pages 266 - 279
- Appendix T. Olympic Games: Men’s Diving Medal Winners No access Pages 280 - 284
- Appendix U. Olympic Games:Women’s Diving Medal Winners No access Pages 285 - 289
- Appendix V. Michael Phelps’ Individual World Records No access Pages 290 - 292
- Bibliography No access Pages 293 - 298
- About the Author No access Pages 299 - 300
