Category: History
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Top 5 Smallest Countries to Win Gold at the Olympics | Top Moments
Having a small population does not exclude a country from taking part and even winning gold medals at the Olympic Games. We bring you the top 5 smallest countries to win gold at the Olympics – from Helsinki 1952 over Seoul 1988 to London 2012 – from Anthony Nesty over Hanni Nestel to Kirani James,…
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Most Black Kids Can’t Swim. It’s Not Just A Stereotype, It’s History.
In 2014, the CDC found that an 11-year-old black child is 10 times more likely to drown than a white child the same age. The idea that “Black people can’t swim†may sound like a stereotype, but this disparity is rooted in a history of discriminatory access to swimming pools. This summer has produced three…
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The first underwater film is stranger than fiction: “The Terrors of the Deep”
PopSci found the lost and forgotten first underwater film. It’s a story too strange and horrifying to be fiction (and, yes, it involves a shark and a horse). Also, it’s the first footage of a shark ever recorded.
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Nesty swims to an epic Gold Win in Seoul 1988 | The Olympics On The Record
Anthony Nesty becomes a Suriname hero as he shocks the American favorite to win swimming gold at the Olympic Games in 1988.
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Innovative Japanese Dominate Swimming History | The Olympics On The Record
A look at the era in Olympic history when the swimming pool was dominated by the pioneering Japanese. Starting off with a gold in 1928.
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Michael Phelps Wins Eight Gold Medals In Beijing | Gold Medal Moments Presented By HERSHEY’S
In 2008, Michael Phelps set a record when he took home eight gold medals in a single Olympic Games. Phelps achieved gold in every race he participated to break Mark Spitz’s record of seven gold medals in a Games.
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How Racism Kept The World’s Fastest Swim Stroke Out Of The Pool
On April 20, 1844, two men from North America jumped into the Bath in High Holborn, a 130-foot pool in London. They were there to show how fast they could go. The British Swimming Society had invited the two men, Wenishkaweabee and Sahma, Ojibwe people from Canada, to compete against each other for a silver…
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The Master’s Diary with Mark Spitz
U.S swimming legend Mark Spitz won seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich – a record haul that stood for 36 years. Spitz – who is a three-time World Swimmer of the Year – reflects on how Michael Phelps’ eight-medal haul at the 2008 Beijing Olympics liberated both swimmers.
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History Of Swimming (Infographic)
Courtesy of Reviews for Product History Of Swimming In October 1933, about 10,000 years old cave and Rock swimming art were originated by Hungarian explorer ‘Laszloalmasy’. It is named due to portraits of people with bent limbs and contains painted rocks pictures. In Mehenjo Daro Pakistan, ‘Great Bath’ was the first swimming pool since 2800.…