My hobby is swimming. I will include five countries, starting in Greece , then USA, followed by London and Chile and finally China in my map.
Swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 7,000 years ago. Swimming was derived from the necessity to survive immersion in water that is to deep to stand in.
It became an official olympic sport in 1896, in Athens,Greece but it was a man only competition. For events were contested for swimming, 100m,500m,1200 m freestyle and 100m for sailors. The first gold medal was won my Alfred Hajos from Hungary in the 100m freestyle and 1200m event. The 500m event was won by Austrian Paul Neumann.
In 1912 swimming olympic was opened to women in Stockholm.
In 1583, Nikcolaus wymann, german professor of languages,wrote the first swimming book , 'The swimmer dialogue on the art of swimming'.
Swimming has been recorded since prehistoric times; the earliest recording of swimming dates back to Stone Age paintings from around 7,000 years ago. Swimming was derived from the necessity to survive immersion in water that is to deep to stand in.
It became an official olympic sport in 1896, in Athens,Greece but it was a man only competition. For events were contested for swimming, 100m,500m,1200 m freestyle and 100m for sailors. The first gold medal was won my Alfred Hajos from Hungary in the 100m freestyle and 1200m event. The 500m event was won by Austrian Paul Neumann.
In 1912 swimming olympic was opened to women in Stockholm.
In 1583, Nikcolaus wymann, german professor of languages,wrote the first swimming book , 'The swimmer dialogue on the art of swimming'.
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