Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is one of the official swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. However, it is technically not a style, as there are very few regulations about the way freestyle has to be swum. Most swimmers choose to swim front crawl during freestyle, as this style provides the fastest speed.

Competitions

There are eight common competitions swum in freestyle swimming, both over either a long course (50m pool) or a short course (25m pool). Of course, other distances are also swum on occasions.

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• 50 m Freestyle
• 100 m Freestyle
• 200 m Freestyle
• 400 m Freestyle
• 800 m Freestyle
• 1500 m Freestyle
• 4*100 m Freestyle Relay
• 4*200 m Freestyle Relay

Freestyle is also part of the medley over the following distances:

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• 100 m Individual Medley (short 25 m pool only)
• 200 m Individual Medley
• 400 m Individual Medley
• 4*100 m Medley Relay