Swimming is the use of the body, sometimes with aids such as flippers or boards, to propel the body through the water. It is a popular leisure activity for most of the world, and also a major competition sport in many countries. Several other sports have also developed from specific aspects of swimming - e.g. diving, synvhronised swimming - and in others it is a large aspect of that sport, e.g. water polo.
The goal of competitive swimming is usually to have the fastest time to complete a given distance. Competitive swimming became popular in the nineteenth century.
Swimming is an event at the Summer Olympic Games, where male and female athletes compete in 13 of the recognized events each. Olympic events are held in a 50 meter pool (long course). There are 36 officially recognized individual swimming events – 18 male events and 18 female events, however the International Olympic Committee only recognizes 34 of them – 17 male and 17 female. The international governing body for competitive swimming is the Federation Internationale de Notation ("International Swimming Federation") better known as FINA.
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