| Women's 200 metre freestyle at the V Pan American Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Pan Am Pool | |||||||||
| Dates | July 26 (preliminaries and finals) | |||||||||
| Competitors | - from - nations | |||||||||
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«1963 1971» | ||||||||||
The women's 200 metre freestyle competition of the swimming events at the 1967 Pan American Games took place on 26 July at the Pan Am Pool. [1] [2] The last Pan American Games champion was Robyn Johnson of US. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
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. 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 tendinitis in the shoulders or knees, there are also multiple health benefits associated with the sport.
The fifth Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967.
The Pan Am Pool is an indoor swimming facility in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada built for the 1967 Pan American Games. It is located in southwest Winnipeg and consists of three pools, two of them used for competitive swimming, and one is a children's "kiddie pool".
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This race consisted of four lengths of the pool, all in freestyle. [9]
Freestyle is a category of swimming competition, defined by the rules of the International Swimming Federation (FINA), in which competitors are subject to few limited restrictions on their swimming stroke. Freestyle races are the most common of all swimming competitions, with distances beginning with 50 meters and reaching 1500 meters, also known as the mile. The term 'freestyle stroke' is sometimes used as a synonym for 'front crawl', as front crawl is the fastest swimming stroke. It is now the most common stroke used in freestyle competitions.
