How much do you know about the Olympic swimming events? Take this quiz!

Swimming is one of the coolest sports in the Olympic Games. Test your knowledge and see how much you know!

• When was the year that swimming became a part of the modern Olympic?

  • 1876

  • 1886

  • 1896

  • 1906

• Who has won the most swimming medals in the Olympics?

  • Matt Biondi

  • Mark Spitz

  • Michael Phelps

  • Ryan Lochte

• The Olympic pool is a specific size; what are its dimensions?

  • 25m x25m

  • 50m x25m

  • 75m x 25m

  • 100m x 50m

• In an Olympic pool, how high does the highest diving board go?

  • 5m

  • 7.5m

  • 10m

  • 12.5m

• A question about Olympic swimming pools: what is the appropriate water temperature?

  • Between 22–25 °C

  • Between 25–28 °C

  • Between 28–32 °C

  • Between 30–35 °C

• Do you know how many mixed (men's and women's) swimming events there will be at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?

  • 0

  • 1

  • 2

  • 3

• Is it true or false that artistic swimming is one of just two events reserved for women?

  • True

  • False

• When did women gain access to the Olympic swimming competition?

  • 1898

  • 1906

  • 1912

  • 1924

• Do you know what the minimum depth of the Olympic diving pool needs to be?

  • 1m

  • 3m

  • 5m

  • 10m

• What was the name of the British swimmer who won a medal in the backstroke in 1908?

  • Herbert Haresnape

  • Percy Piggs

  • Jeremy Johnson

  • Hilary Hunting

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