Grab your Speedos, don your swim caps, get on the blocks because it’s time for Swimming Trivia. For our second bonus episode of Olympics Trivia, I have swimming trivia.
These are my personal favorite events during the games, so I’m excited to dive into these.
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Episode Introduction
Grab your Speedos, don your swim caps, get on the blocks because it’s time for Swimming Trivia. For our second bonus episode of Olympics Trivia, I have swimming trivia.
These are my personal favorite events during the games, so I’m excited to dive into these.
Swimming Trivia Questions
- Which American swimmer has won the most Olympic medals, to date?
a. Michael Phelps. Now retired, he has a stash of 28 Olympic medals. 23 of which are gold. - How long is an Olympic swimming pool?
a. 50 meters. The shortest race is just one length of the pool. - What is the longest swimming event in the Olympics?
a. The 1,500 meters. It’s 30 laps of the pool. - Freestyle isn’t actually a stroke but a category. What stroke is commonly used during Freestyle?
a. The front crawl (sometimes called the forward crawl) - Which swimming stroke is used first in the Individual Medley?
a. Butterfly. - Which swimming stroke is used first in the Medley Relay?
a. Backstroke, since it starts in the water. - Men’s swimming dates all the way back to the first modern Olympics in 1896. When did women get to swim in the Olympics?
a. 1912, in the Stockholm games. - How many swimmers make up a relay race in swimming?
a. All the relay races, regardless of stroke or distance, use four swimmers. - In the final round of an Olympic swimming event, how many swimmers compete?
a. Eight. While a pool may have more lanes, the finals are limited to just the middle eight lanes. - Who holds the record for most swimming medals for women?
a. Jenny Thompson, with twelve medals. Katie Ledecky has 10 and is competing in this year’s games.
Episode Conclusion
And that’s it for Swimming Trivia. How did you do? Don’t get comfortable, another 10 Olympics Trivia questions will drop tomorrow. Good luck.
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