Swimming events at Summer Olympics

Paris 2024 are finally here and fans couldn’t be more excited about it.While there are countless events at theOlympics, not many draw so much attention as theswimming competitions. This year, the swimming program will run for nine days, from July 27 to August 4.

Swimming has been part of theOlympic schedule since 1896, but womenstarted to participate in 1912. Swimmers try to cover a designated distance in the fastest time possible using a specific stroke.

There are individual eventsand teams events (relay).Just like atTokyo 2020, there will be 35 swimming events in thisyear’sSummer Olympic Games.

What are the Olympics swimming events?

In the Olympic Games, there are events with four strokes: freestyle, backstroke, breaststroke andbutterfly. While in the freestyle there isn’t a designated stroke, most swimmers use the crawl, which isthe fastest one. Also, the competitions are divided between men and women, but there’s alsoa mixed event, where men and women may swim against each other at the same time.

A General view of the backstroke flags at the competition pool in Paris La Defense Arena ahead of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 22, 2024 in Paris, France. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

In the individual medley competition, a swimmer uses all four strokes in this order: butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle. On the other hand, in the medley relay a team of four swimmers complete the event. Each swimmer will use a stroke, in this order: backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Here are all the swimming events at Paris 2024:

• Women’s 50m Freestyle
• Women’s 100m Freestyle
• Women’s 200m Freestyle
• Women’s 400m Freestyle
• Women’s 800m Freestyle
• Women’s 1500m Freestyle
• Women’s 100m Backstroke
• Women’s 200m Backstroke
• Women’s 100m Breaststroke
• Women’s 200m Breaststroke
• Women’s 100m Butterfly
• Women’s 200m Butterfly
• Women’s 200m Individual Medley
• Women’s 400m Individual Medley
• Women’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
• Women’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
• Women’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay
• Men’s 50m Freestyle
• Men’s 100m Freestyle
• Men’s 200m Freestyle
• Men’s 400m Freestyle
• Men’s 800m Freestyle
• Men’s 1500m Freestyle
• Men’s 100m Backstroke
• Men’s 200m Backstroke
• Men’s 100m Breaststroke
• Men’s 200m Breaststroke
• Men’s 100m Butterfly
• Men’s 200m Butterfly
• Men’s 200m Individual Medley
• Men’s 400m Individual Medley
• Men’s 4 x 100m Freestyle Relay
• Men’s 4 x 200m Freestyle Relay
• Men’s 4 x 100m Medley Relay
• Mixed 4 x 100m Medley Relay