PE Flashcards
-french author
-wrote a book ( The Art of Swimming in 1696), highlighted an early version of the breastroke
Melchisedech Thevenot
-wrote a book in German
-English translated(Small Study Book of the Art of Swimming for Self-Study), became a standard teaching device
GutsMuths(1798)
-signs of swimming as a competitive sport, shown in England.
Early 1800’s
-opened as the first public swimming pool in 1828
St.George Baths
- hold consistent swimming competitions around London.
National Swimming Society
-International swimming competition was held
- two Native Americans entered as participants, named; Flying Gull
1844
-defeated the British competitor
-he used a Front Crawl Stroke, faster than British traditional breastroke
Flying Gull
-first person to succesfully swim the English Channel betw. France and England
- He used breastroke
- he completed almost 22 miles in less than 22 hours.
Captain Matthew Webb
-Germany, France, and Hungary founded national swimming federations
-Scotland, held its first women’s swimming competition in 1892.
Late 1800’s
held its first women’s swimming competition in 1892.
Scotland
founded national swimming federations
Germany, France, and Hungary
-made women’s swimming a legitimate sport
Nancy Edberg
signs of swimming as a competitive sport, shown in
England
- first Olympic swimming competition was held in Athens
- 4 swimming events took place; 100m, 500m, 1200m freestyle, 100m for sailors
- Hungarian, took the first gold medal
- Austrian, won the next.
1896
Olympic sized swimming pool
Dimensions
50 meters or 164 feet in LENGTH
25 meters or 82 feet in WIDTH
2 meters of 6 ft in DEPTH
LENGTH size in pool
50 meters or 164 feet