Talk:Freestyle swimming

Free style
XD I'm writing about the free style I guess... This is part of my paper:

There are six major distances while swimming. There are the 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m but 1500m is only possible if you are in the age scale from twenty-thirty years old.

Triva
Has any swimmer not done the front crawl in a olympic race? Feedyourfeet 08:20, 9 July 2006 (UTC)


 * I recall seeing a swimmer doing butterfly for about half a lap in the 50m free last summer olympics. BMWman 00:31, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

New world records
This is going to be a running area for new world records as they come out. If a world record is announced, add a listing below for the new record and a link to the results page of the time (if you don't know what I mean, someone will find it for you!) –Pakman044 23:03, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

LCM=Long Course Meters SCM=Short Course Meters


 * Women's 4x100 LCM Freestyle Relay - July 31, European Championships (3:35.22)
 * Proof of time: Event results page, as visited August 1 [ Pakman044 23:03, 1 August 2006 (UTC) ]
 * Women's 100 LCM Freestyle - August 2, European Championships (53.30)
 * Proof of time: Event results page, as visited August 2 [ Pakman044 20:14, 2 August 2006 (UTC) ]
 * Women's 4x200 LCM Freestyle Relay - August 3, European Championships (7:50.82)
 * Proof of time: Event results page, as visited August 3 [ 152.7.54.131 16:33, 3 August 2006 (UTC) ]
 * Women's 400 LCM Freestyle - August 6, European Championships (4:02.13)
 * Proof of time: Event results page, as visited August 6 [ Pakman044 19:25, 6 August 2006 (UTC) ]
 * Men's 50 SCM Freestyle - August 12, Deutscher Ring Aquatics International Swimming Championships (20.98) (semifinals)
 * Proof of time: Meet results page, as visited August 17 [ Pakman044 00:56, 18 August 2006 (UTC) ]
 * USA Swimming update: not yet
 * FINA update: not yet

Pool length
The section on pool length in competitions talks about lengths in yards. This may be the case in the United States, however the rest of the world uses metres exclusively for swimming.

I have redone this section and I have guessed what the case is in the US. Please correct if this is wrong.
 * An anon user has changed everything from meter to yards in the edit previous to yours. I rolled back everything to the state prior to his edit. Hope this is OK -- Chris 73 | Talk 11:05, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes - I didn't realise it was such a recent edit. The original is fine. I should have checked.


 * It's odd in the United States the way the yards vs. meters is set up. About 90% of the pools of a "25" length, so to speak, are yards. I never have seen a 50 yard pool, however, just 50 meters. BMWman 00:33, 24 January 2007 (UTC)


 * I have seen an old 50 yard pool (it was a weird setup). Per USA Swimming rules, long course is 50 meters or 55 yards, although that's definitely not according to FINA for yards! –Pakman044 05:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Records
I've removed the world records from this page and added a link to World records in swimming. There isn't much point in keeping track of the records on multiple pages, especially when they can get out of sync. –Pakman044 15:10, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

Merge with Front Crawl?
Hello. Should this article be merged with front crawl? They are similar strokes. --Mayfare 19:15, 10 August 2007 (UTC)
 * No. Please read the article. Front crawl is usually swum if freestyle is required, but they are not the same. Front crawl is a stroke, and freestyle is any stroke you can think of (limited only for medley) -- Chris 73 | Talk 07:24, 12 August 2007 (UTC)

Does anyone not swim front crawl during a freestyle event?
This article states "most swimmers choose to swim front crawl during freestyle" and front crawl states "the front crawl...is nearly universally swum in freestyle competitions". So are there any actual (competitive) swimmers who do not swim front crawl during a freestyle event? Do they ever win? Ewlyahoocom 06:10, 6 September 2007 (UTC)

When a topswimmer doesn't choose to swim with the crawl then he will choose for the butterfly. Why? Because some people swim faster with the butterfly than with the crawl. I don't think that any topswimmer would choose for the breaststroke since this should be slower than the crawl for any trained swimmer. The difference in world record times between breaststroke and crawl is much larger than the difference in word record times between the crawl and the butterfly. 193.190.253.148 23:49, 4 November 2007 (UTC)


 * Some swimmers in my swimming club will swim butterfly in freestyle. They are good enough to be called "competitive", but not national level. Thue | talk 18:42, 18 December 2011 (UTC)

section: Well known freestyle swimmers
hello,

is the roster in any particular order? to me it appears random. alpha (by swimmer) would seem simplest.

regards. 68.173.14.215 (talk) 04:41, 12 August 2008 (UTC)

articles
Shouldn't each distance have an article? 70.51.11.210 (talk) 06:40, 17 August 2008 (UTC)


 * Theoretically each could but would there be real value in doing that? In other words, if you are going to have separate articles for each then there should be enough unique content for each to justify the distinction (i.e. if 99% of the content between each is the same then they should not be separate articles). Mostly the only kids of unique information that you put in each would be very specific details such as world records for each sub-category, famous winners in each, etc. The only people that would be interested in such specific details would be, primarily, swimming devotees. On principle I would argue that if an article only appeals to people directly involved with the topic and has no broader interest then it does not belong in an encyclopedia. Rather it belongs in a book about that topic specifically.
 * So I would say this article (and the front crawl, dog paddle, etc. articles) is specific enough. Spinning out more articles is getting way too specific.
 * --Mcorazao (talk) 19:04, 21 August 2008 (UTC)

Hi, the freestyle article mentions a Richard Cavill, but on the linked wiki page of the Cavill family there's no mention of a Richard.... 217.111.230.115 (talk) 07:41, 6 September 2013 (UTC)

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