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Graeme Smith (swimmer)
Graeme Smith (born 31 March 1976 in Falkirk, Scotland, UK) is a former British freestyle swimmer. Swimming career He swam for Great Britain at the 1996, 2000 and 2004 Olympics. At the 1996 Olympics, he garnered the bronze medal in the 1500m Freestyle. He swam for Great Britain (or Scotland as noted) at the: *Olympics: 1996, 2000, 2004 *World Championships: 1998, 2001, 2003 *Commonwealth Games (Scotland): 1994, 1998, 2002 *European Championships: 1995, 1997 *Short Course Worlds: 1993, 1997, 1999 *Short Course Europeans: 1998, 2003 He won the 1997 ASA British National 400 metres freestyle title and the seven ASA British National 1500 metres freestyle titles. See also * List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men) * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming. Men's events 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 1500 met ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freestyle Swimming
Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to a few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters (50 yards) and reaching 1500 meters (1650 yards), also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest surface swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions. The first Olympics held open water swimming events, but after a few Olympics, closed water swimming was introduced. The front crawl or freestyle was the first event that was introduced. Technique Freestyle swimming implies the use of legs and arms for competitive swimming, except in the case of the individual medley or medley relay events. The front crawl is most commonly chosen by swimmers, as th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1995 European Aquatics Championships
The European LC Championships 1995 in aquatics were staged in Vienna, Austria from 22–27 August. The competition, organised by the LEN, was held in a temporary pool in the Prater Stadium. The aquatics championships featured contests in swimming, open water swimming, diving, synchronized swimming (women only) and water polo. It was the third time the European Aquatics Championships were held in Vienna, after 1950 and 1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; f .... Medal table Swimming Men's events Women's events Open water swimming Men's events Women's events Diving Men's events Women's events Synchronized swimming Water polo Men's team event Women's team event External links EUROPEAN SWIMMING CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN)(1987- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Great Britain At The 1996 Summer Olympics
Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. British athletes have competed in every single Summer Olympic Games. 300 competitors, 184 men and 116 women, took part in 175 events in 22 sports. The Atlanta games saw Great Britain's worst performance at a Summer Olympics since 1952, finishing in 36th position - below nations such as Belgium, Algeria and Kazakhstan - winning a single gold medal, and 15 medals overall. The poor British performance at the Atlanta Olympics led to the creation of UK Sport, a public body which distributes National Lottery funding for elite sports, which started the following year. Previously, due to a lack of funding, cyclist Chris Boardman had acclimatised to the humidity of Atlanta by practicing in his home bathroom with the shower turned on, and divers Bob Morgan and Tony Ally sold their Olympic kits while in Atlanta in order to raise funds. Nevertheless, the sin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic sports, with varied distance events in butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle, and individual medley. In addition to these individual events, four swimmers can take part in either a freestyle or medley relay. A medley relay consists of four swimmers who will each swim a different stroke, ordered as backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Swimming each stroke requires a set of specific techniques; in competition, there are distinct regulations concerning the acceptable form for each individual stroke. There are also regulations on what types of swimsuits, caps, jewelry and injury tape that are allowed at competitions. Although it is possible for competitive swimmers to incur several injuries from the sport, such as tend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 Metre Freestyle
The men's 400 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XVII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Manchester 2002 were held in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August, 2002. The 2002 Games were to be hosted in the United Kingdom to coin ... took place 30 July. Both the heats and final were held on 30 July. Records Prior to this competition, the existing records were as follows; The following records were established during the competition: Results Final Key: WR = World record Preliminaries References Retrieved 2010-01-21 {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming At The 2002 Commonwealth Games - Men's 400 Metres Freestyle [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2002 Commonwealth Games – Men's 1500 Metre Freestyle ...
The men's 1500 metre freestyle event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 3 and 4 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England. Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Commonwealth Games records were as follows. Results Heats Final References External links {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games - Men's 1500 metre freestyle Men's 1500 metre freestyle Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Swimming At The 2002 Commonwealth Games
The ''Aquatics events at the 2002 Commonwealth Games were held at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England. The sports featured 54 events in three disciplines: *Diving (6) *Swimming (42) *Synchronized Swimming (2) Diving Men Women Swimming Men : Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals. Women Synchronised swimming See also *List of Commonwealth Games records in swimming References2002 Commonwealth Game Results {{Sports at the 2002 Commonwealth Games 2002 File:2002 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 2002 Winter Olympics are held in Salt Lake City; Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother and her daughter Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon die; East Timor gains East Timor independence, indepe ... 2002 in water sports 2002 Commonwealth Games events Swimming at the 2002 Commonwealth Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 (cancelled due to World War II), have successively run every four years since. The Games were called the British Empire Games from 1930 to 1950, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954 to 1966, and British Commonwealth Games from 1970 to 1974. Athletes with a disability are included as full members of their national teams since 2002, making the Commonwealth Games the first fully inclusive international multi-sport event. In 2018, the Games became the first global multi-sport event to feature an equal number of men's and women's medal events and four years later they are the first global multi-sport event to have more events for women than men. Inspired by the Inter-Empire Championships, part of the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 Metre Freestyle
3 (three) is a number, numeral and digit. It is the natural number following 2 and preceding 4, and is the smallest odd prime number and the only prime preceding a square number. It has religious or cultural significance in many societies. Evolution of the Arabic digit The use of three lines to denote the number 3 occurred in many writing systems, including some (like Roman and Chinese numerals) that are still in use. That was also the original representation of 3 in the Brahmic (Indian) numerical notation, its earliest forms aligned vertically. However, during the Gupta Empire the sign was modified by the addition of a curve on each line. The Nāgarī script rotated the lines clockwise, so they appeared horizontally, and ended each line with a short downward stroke on the right. In cursive script, the three strokes were eventually connected to form a glyph resembling a with an additional stroke at the bottom: ३. The Indian digits spread to the Caliphate in the 9th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 European Short Course Swimming Championships
The European SC (Short Course) Swimming Championships 2003 were held in the National Aquatic Centre in Blanchardstown, Fingal between 11 and 14 December. Medal table Men's events Final 50 m freestyle Final 100 m freestyle Final 200 m freestyle Final 400 m freestyle Final 1500 m freestyle Final 50 m backstroke Final 100 m backstroke Final 200 m backstroke Final 50 m breaststroke Final 100 m breaststroke Final 200 m breaststroke Final 50 m butterfly Final 100 m butterfly Final 200 m butterfly Final 100 m individual medley Final 200 m individual medley Final 400 m individual medley Final 4×50 m freestyle relay Final 4×50 m medley relay Women's events Final 50 m freestyle Final 100 m freestyle Final 200 m freestyle Final 400 m freestyle Final 800 m freestyle Final 50 m backstroke Final 100 m backstroke Final 200 m backstroke Final 50 m breaststroke Final 100 m breaststroke Final 200 m breaststroke Final 50 m butterfly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 European Short Course Swimming Championships – Men's 1500 Metre Freestyle
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up to 4, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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