Swimming in Olympic Games

Swimming at the Olympic GamesLuis Rocholl

I am going to talk about the swimming as a sport at the Olympic Games.

As i just have 10 or 15 minutes, I will be very brief.

I did some research about swimming at the olympics and I will be presenting to you now.1Agenda A little about Olympic Games Swimming at the Olympics Swimming events at Olympics Olympics records in Swimming Top Swimmers Paraguayan Swimmers Swimming Trivia

This is our agenda , we got 7 slides and we are gonna talk a little bit about each one2A Little About Olympic Games Ancient Olympic Games were a series of athletic competitions from ancient greece

It included athletic and combat events

The most accepted date for the inception of the Ancient Olympics is 776BC

During the Olympic games all struggles against the participating city-states were postponed until the games were finished.

According to legend, it was Heracles who first called the Games "Olympic" and established the custom of holding them every four years.

The five rings represent the five continents involved in the olympics3Swimming at the Olympics Swimming has been a sport at every modern Olympics, since 1896 for men and 1912 for women

Along with track & field athletics and gymnastics it is one of the most popular sports at the Olympics with the largest number of events

Events 34(men: 17; women: 17)4Swimming Events at Olympics Swimming has many events for Men and Women Main events are: - 100 meter freestyle - 100 meterbackstroke - 100 meter breaststroke - 100 meterbutterfly

Olympic Medals in Swimming USA holds the record in medals, with 489 total

Olympic Records in Swimming US holds the most of the records, with Michael Phelps

Men's records

TheInternational Olympic Committeerecognises the fastest performances in pool-basedswimming eventsat theOlympic Games.

Races are held in fourswimming strokes:freestyle,backstroke,breaststrokeandbutterfly, over varying distances and in either individual orrelay raceevents7Top Swimmers of all time Mark Spitz (USA) / 11 Olympic medals Matthew Nicholas Biondi (USA) 11 Medals Ian James Thorpe (Australia) 9 medals Michael Fred Phelps II (USA) 8 medals

Spitzis the greatest swimmer in the history of swimming. With his 11 Olympic medals, he became the fourth highest medalist in the Olympic history and jointly the highest in Mens Swimming

Biondiis another great swimmer in the swimming history winning 11 Olympic medals including 8 gold. Appearing in three Olympics Games, he could prove his skill and potential in swimming. His best Olympic performance was 1988 inSeoulwhere he bagged 7 medals including 5 gold

Nicknamed Thorpedo he is one of the most popular swimmers in the present world. Having participated in two Olympic Games,Thorpebagged nine medals including five gold. This Australian is stepping down the way of being in the same row of the greatest swimmers.

Phelpsis another passionate American swimmer in the present world. He has showed his talent and skill to be accepted as a legend in the swimming history. in the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he proved his talent and let the world realize that another great is coming. He ended the competition with 8 medals including 6 gold. He holds 4 world records now. His best events are Freestyle and Individual Medley.

8Paraguayan Swimmers Sergio Moises Cabrera Diaz - Competed at the 2004 summer olympics

Benjamn Hockin Brusquetti - Qualified for London 2012

Sergio Moises Cabrera Diaz(born February 17, 1985) is a male swimmerfrom Paraguay. He was the nation's only swimming competitor at the2004 Summer OlympicsinAthens, Greece, where he ended up in 35th place in the men's 200 metres butterfly event.

Benjamn Hockin made history this week by becoming the first Paraguayan to achieve category Aqualification for swimming at the Olympic Games. Hockin, 25, who won the gold medal in the 200m freestyle at the Spanish Swimming Open on Friday, will be attending the games this summer in London.

9Swimming Trivia In the 1948 Olympics, the U.S. won every event in the swimming competition

Elephants are capable of swimming twenty miles a day, using their trunks as natural snorkels

Some hotels in Las Vegas have gambling tables floating in their swimming pools.

. Have fun making trivia questions about swimming and swimmers.10