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| A pool measuring 50m long, 21m wide and 1.8m deep is normally used. This is divided into eight lanes.The designated styles consist of freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, backstroke and medley, which is a combination of the previous four styles.Freestyle races cover 50, 100, 200, 400, 800, 1,500, 10,000 metres. The 800m is for women only, the 1,500m for men only. The butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke races each cover 100 and 200 metres. All four strokes are used in the 200m and 400m individual medley events.The 4 x 100m freestyle, 4 x 200m freestyle and 4 x 100m medley relays complete the programme.In syncronised swimming, the aim is to obtain as many points as possible from the 10 judges by executing certain synchronised artistic shapes and movements in the water. In the technical programme, competitors must execute a range of specific moves in a given order. In the free programme, music, movements and their order of execution are not restricted. More |
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