Swimming at the Aquatics FINA World Championships 2017

[heywoodu 15,174]

50 - 100 - 200 - 400 - 800 - 1500 - 4x100 - 4x100 mixed - 4x200 is a ridiculous list of freestyle events, let's be honest.

[dareza 911]

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

50 - 100 - 200 - 400 - 800 - 1500 - 4x100 - 4x100 mixed - 4x200 is a ridiculous list of freestyle events, let's be honest.

 

I agree. Too much.

[heywoodu 15,174]

Just now, dareza said:

 

I agree. Too much.

I'd go for 50 - 100 - 400 - 1500 - 4x100 (NOT MIXED  )

 

Then you've got a true sprint, an 'endurance sprint', a middle distance and a mostly endurance event. 

[dcro 10,210]

10 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

50 - 100 - 200 - 400 - 800 - 1500 - 4x100 - 4x100 mixed - 4x200 is a ridiculous list of freestyle events, let's be honest.

 

Well, they really didn't want to get rid of Olympic tradition of women's 800/men's 1500...

[Mkbw50 438]

Yeah, I would slim it down to

25m

33.3333333333...m

51.25m

130m

0.6km

πkm

And the 4x100m Mixed Transgender Freestyle Relay

[heywoodu 15,174]

Just now, dcro said:

 

Well, they really didn't want to get rid of Olympic tradition of women's 800/men's 1500...

Until they did  

[dcro 10,210]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Until they did  

 

No. they didn't want to remove any of them. And yet IOC is pushing the equality, so there was only one option really...

 

I'd definitely keep 200 and 4x200, one of the best events.

[Mkbw50 438]

Paltineri (), Wojdak, () Christiansen (), Aubock (), Sun (), Detti (), Wellbrock () and Grothe () qualify for Men's 800m Freestyle

[Mkbw50 438]

Stevens () wins the Men's 50m Breaststroke swim-off and qualifies

[dcro 10,210]

How cool would it be to have a swim-off after swim-off?