Olympic Synchronised Swimming: December 2011

Olympic Synchronized Swimming - Medals Award

Synchronized Swimming is a women's only sport at the Olympic level. Swimming is a technique used to move through water using only movements of the body. Swimming is a method for survival in water. Synchronized swimmers are incredible athletes. They hold their breath for long periods of time while performing intricate, coordinated dance movements in the swimming pool. Synchronized Swimming is a woman’s only sport at the Olympic level, was an exhibition sport at the Olympic Games from 1948 to 1968, then became a full-fledged Summer Olympic sport in 1984. At the 1984, 1988, and 1992 games there were solo and duet events. In 1996, only a team event was held. Since 2000, a team event and a duet event have been held. The new swimming marathon 10 kilometer events has been held in 2008 Olympic.

In Synchronized Swimming technical routine requires the swimmers to perform specific movements in a specific order. The Olympic medals are awarded based on total points earned by the swimmers. Two 5-judge panels watch the routines and award points on a scale of 0-10. One panel scores technical merit and the other scores artistic impression. All of the judges are watching the difficulty for each movement, how well the routine is executed and synchronized, and how easy the swimmers make it look. The highest score wins gold, second wins silver, and third win bronze. There could be ties in scoring, in which case both earn that medal.

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Olympic Synchronized Swimming - Equipment

Synchronized Swimming is a women's only sport at the Olympic level. Swimming is a technique used to move through water using only movements of the body. Swimming is a method for survival in water. Synchronized swimmers are incredible athletes. They have strength, endurance, grace and rhythm. They hold their breath for long periods of time while performing intricate, coordinated dance movements in the swimming pool. Synchronized Swimming is a woman’s only sport at the Olympic level, was an exhibition sport at the Olympic Games from 1948 to 1968, then became a full-fledged Summer Olympic sport in 1984. At the 1984, 1988, and 1992 games there were solo and duet events. In 1996, only a team event was held. Since 2000, a team event and a duet event have been held. The new swimming marathon 10 kilometer events has been held in 2008 Olympic.

The technical routine requires the swimmers to perform specific movements in a specific order. The free routine is free of requirements - the swimmers may perform any moves in any order, choreographed any way they choose.

Equipment

Olympic synchronized swimming is held in a 26C/79F (+/- 1 degree) pool that is at least 20-meters wide by 30-meters long, and the swimming pool must have a 12-meter by 12-meter area that is at least 3-meters deep. The pool must also have underwater speakers to help the swimmers keep up with the music synchronized.

The swimmers wear customized suits that are pre-approved by the international governing body for aquatic sports FINA. The suits must not be too revealing. The swimmers wear make-up, put gelatin in their hair, and wear nose clips to hold their breath. Synchronized swimmers are not allowed to wear goggles in competition.

Synchronised Swimming Suits

The Olympic medals are awarded based on total points earned by the swimmers. The highest score wins gold, second wins silver, and third win bronze. There could be ties in scoring, in which case both earn that medal.

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Olympic Synchronized Swimming - Events

Olympic Synchronized Swimming is a woman’s only sport at the Olympic level, was an exhibition sport at the Olympic Games from 1948 to 1968, then became a full-fledged Summer Olympic sport in 1984. At the 1984, 1988, and 1992 games there were solo and duet events. In 1996, only a team event was held. Since 2000, a team event and a duet event have been held. The new swimming marathon 10 kilometer events has been held in 2008 Olympic.

Olympic Synchronized Swimming events are as below:

- Freestyle: 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m.

- Backstroke: 100m & 200m.

- Breaststroke: 100m & 200m.

- Butterfly: 100m & 200m.

- Individual medley or "IM": 200m and 400m. In the individual medley events, the competitor swims one leg each of four types of stroke, in order to butterfly, backstroke, and breaststroke and freestyle.

- Relay: 4x100m free, 4x200m free & 4x100m medley. In the medley relay a different swimmer swims each leg using a particular stoke, but in a different order than the one used in the individual medley; backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle.

- 10-kilometer open water race (for the Beijing Olympics, this event will be held in the Olympic rowing basin.

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Olympic Swimming - Styles

Olympic Swimming is one of the most followed part of the Summer Olympics Games. Olympic swimming is one of the most watched Summer Olympic sports. Olympic swimming is also one of the oldest Olympic events. While the number of events swam at the Olympic games is less than those raced at the world championships, the Olympic Swimming are still considered the most important swimming championships at the world level.

Olympic Swimmers will compete for the Olympic gold, silver, and bronze medals in a variety of Olympic swimming events. Olympic swimmers must use one of four different swimming styles or techniques to swim a certain distance. The fastest swims in the finals earn the gold, silver, and bronze medals.

Four different Swimming Styles are given below:

Freestyle Swimming

Freestyle is not really a specific stroke. Swimmers can use whatever stroke they choose, but the since the fastest stroke for most swimmers is the front crawl, that has become the default style used in freestyle events. Swimmers could use any style in a freestyle event, even one they make up themselves. In the medley events, when the freestyle leg comes, swimmers may not use a stroke that has been previously used, so they must do something other than butterfly, backstroke, or breaststroke. Freestylers can swim up to 15 meters underwater from the start and after each turn, but they usually surface earlier.

Freestyle Swimming

Backstroke Swimming

Backstroke is sort of an upside down freestyle stroke. Competitors must swim on their backs with their eyes up. They are allowed to rotate their body to some degree as they swim. This is the only race where competitors start in the water although they can still spend 15 meters underwater from the start and after each turn; backstrokers often do butterfly kicks during this underwater portion of the race.

Backstroke Swimming

Breaststroke Swimming

Breaststroke is probably the oldest formalized stroke, and it often reminds people of a frog. Nowadays it looks more like a hyper-active frog! Swimmers must swim face down, moving their arms and legs together in a horizontal direction. Their head can be immersed completely, but it must break the surface of the water at least once during every stroke. While underwater at the start and the turns, swimmers are only allowed to make one arm stroke and one leg kick; there is no specific distance limit. A recent rule change allows breaststrokers to take one butterfly kick during the underwater pull during the start and turns.

Breaststroke Swimming

Butterfly Swimming

The most physically demanding of all the strokes, butterfly evolved from the breaststroke, and was invented by a swimmer from Iowa. It differs from breaststroke in that the arms and legs, which must move together during a stroke, move vertically rather than horizontally. The arms recover above the water and the legs kick as if they were a fish tail, with the toes turned in-wards, sort of pigeon-toed. Butterflyers can swim up to 15 meters underwater from the start and after each turn using a butterfly kick.

Butterfly Swimming

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Olympic Swimming

Olympic Swimming in the Olympic games is one of the most followed part of the Summer Olympics. Olympic swimming is one of the most watched Summer Olympic sports. Olympic swimming is also one of the oldest Olympic events. While the number of events swam at the Olympic games is less than those raced at the world championships, the Olympic games are still considered the most important swimming championships at the world level. Swimmers will compete for the Olympic gold, silver, and bronze medals in a variety of Olympic swimming events, from 50-meter freestyle races to the 10-kilometer open water race.

Olympic swimmers must use one of four different swimming styles or techniques to swim a certain distance. The fastest swims in the finals earn the gold, silver, and bronze medals. Finish times are taken to the hundredth. Because of this, ties could occur if multiple swimmers finish a race with identical times.

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