Suggestion for new olympic swimming disciplines

[rjovica 0]

New Swimming disciplines

 

50m, buterfly, backstroke, breaststroke

800m men

1500m women

 

4x100m freestyle mixed

4x100m medley mixed

 

4x200m freestyle mixed

 

4x200m medley

4x200m medley mixed

 

team swimming (three or more swimmers) For example three backstroke swimmers, swim 3 races

 

open water swimming 5k, 10k (exist on olympics), 25k, team (men, women, mixed)

 

swimming in large pools (100m pool, 200m pool, 400m pool or 1000m pool)

 

swimming in rowing canoeing lakes 200m, 500m, 1000m, 2000m

[heywoodu 16,004]

150m freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke

250m freestyle, butterfly, backstroke and breaststroke

765m freestyle

444m single mixed individual medley relay

[dcro 10,210]

7.54 m + 12.11 m mixed super sprint backstroke/breaststroke

[mrv86 3,240]

I think we're being unfair; this is an oportunity for diversity in this sport

 

What about we give a chance to other styles like "dog-paddle" or "water-park paddle board sliding"

[dcro 10,210]

Swimming in white water (canoe slalom course). More use for the expensive venue.

[Olympian1010 8,230]

17 minutes ago, dcro said:

Swimming in white water (canoe slalom course). More use for the expensive venue.

I’d watch (but only if it was mixed)

[Olympian1010 8,230]

I would actually love to see a 400m backstroke 

[heywoodu 16,004]

1 minute ago, Olympian1010 said:

I would actually love to see a 400m backstroke 

If it's the only backstroke distance, or it replaces the 200, sure.

[heywoodu 16,004]

54 minutes ago, mrv86 said:

I think we're being unfair

On a more serious note, I think so too: making a bit of fun in a new user's first topic

 

Apologies to @rjovica, it's because on here we've had quite a lot of discussions about how swimming already has so many events and which events we could lose instead of add  

[JoshMartini007 2,765]

Drop the 800m and add a 2500m Freestyle

 

800m Freestyle is like a 3000m race in athletics.