Swimming History The art of swimming, so it says, was invented before recorded history. Humans discovered how to swim by accident. A person probably fell into the water and stuggled to shore using a dog-paddle stroke. There was an Egyptian Hieroglyph for swimming dating back from 2500 BC. The ancient Greeks and Romans made swimming an important part of their military training programs. There have been known swimming contests that were organized in Japan as early …showed first 75 words of 262 total…

…showed last 75 words of 262 total…paddle ). The British still swam with the head above the water, sort of a rememberance from the days when people believed that the water was contaminated. An overhand stroke was introduced to England in 1873 by J. Arthur Trudgen, who had seen South American Indians using this method to swim really fast. When the flutter kick was introduced, the modern overhand stroke was born, which became the most common and most important swimming stroke. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**