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Swimming emerged as a competitive sport in the early 1800s in England. In 1828, the first indoor swimming pool, St George's Baths, was opened to the public. By 1837, the National Swimming Society was holding regular swimming competitions in six artificial swimming pools, built around London . The sport grew in popularity and by 1880, when the first national governing body, the Amateur Swimming Association , was formed, there were already over 300 regional clubs in operation across the country. In 1844 a swimming competition was held in London with the participation of two Native Americans . The British competitor used the traditional breaststroke, while the Native Americans swam a variant of the front crawl, which had been used by people in the Americas for generations, but was not known to the British. The winning medal went to 'Flying Gull' who swam the 130-foot length in 30 seconds – the Native American swimming method proved to be a much faster style than the ...

Since swimming was done in a state of undress, it became less popular as society became more conservative in the early Modern period. Leonardo da Vinci made early sketches of lifebelts . In 1538, Nikolaus Wynmann, a Swiss–German professor of languages, wrote the earliest known complete book about swimming, Colymbetes, sive de arte natandi dialogus et festivus et iucundus lectu ( The Swimmer, or A Dialogue on the Art of Swimming and Joyful and Pleasant to Read ).  His purpose was to reduce the dangers of drowning . The book contained a good methodical approach to learning breaststroke, and mentioned swimming aids such as air filled cow bladders , reed bundles, and cork belts. In 1587, Everard Digby also wrote a swimming book, claiming that humans could swim better than fish. Digby was a Senior Fellow at St. John's College, Cambridge and was interested in the scientific method. His short treatise, De arte natandi , was written in Latin and contained over 40 woodcu...

10,000-year-old rock paintings of people swimming were found in the Cave of Swimmers near Wadi Sura in southwestern Egypt . These pictures seem to show breaststroke or doggy paddle , although it is also possible that the movements have a ritual meaning unrelated to swimming. An Egyptian clay seal dated between 9000 BC and 4000 BC shows four people who are believed to be swimming a variant of the front crawl. More references to swimming are found in the Babylonian and Assyrian wall drawings, depicting a variant of the breaststroke. The most famous drawings were found in the Kebir desert and are estimated to be from around 4000 BC. The Nagoda bas-relief also shows swimmers inside of men dating back from 3000 BC . The Indian palace Mohenjo Daro from 2800 BC contains a swimming pool sized 12 m by 7 m. The Minoan palace of Knossos in Crete also featured baths. An Egyptian tomb from 2000 BC shows a variant of front crawl. Depictions of swimmers have also ...

The better swimer was won 28 gold medals by Michael Phelps. Australian was won 5 gold medals  by Ian Thorpe. Rusian was won 9 medals by Alexander Popov. Was won 7 gold medals in 1972 by Mark Spitz. The fast test was won 12 medals by Jenny Thompson. Irish was won 8 medals by Inge de Bruijin. Irish was won trith times by Peter Van de Hoogenband.

Was won the gold medal in 200 meters In 1968, the silver medal in 200 meters pecho and the bronze medal in 200 meters combined in 1971 by Felipe “El Tibio” Muñóz. Was won the bronze medal in 800 meters in 1968, the eigth gold medals in 1970 by María Teresa Ramírez. Was won mundial record on 1500 meters in 1968, was gotten sext place on 1500 meters in 1968 by Guillermo Echeverría Pérez. Was gotten forth place in 100 meters in 1948, Was won bronze medal in 3x100 combined in 1951 by Clemente Mejía Ávila. Was gotten sexth place in 200 meters in 1956, was won for medals in 1959 by Eulalio Ríos Alemán. Was gotten finalist in 1968, was represented in 1968 and 1972 by Laura Vaca Hernández. Was gotten septh place in 1500 meters in 1968, was represented in 1964 and 1968 by Juan Alanís Guerrero. American was won 5 gold medals by Johnny Weissmuller. From Zimbague was won 7 olimpic medals by  Kirsty Conventry. French was won french 3 medals in 2000 by Laure Manaud...