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Question: Do you think it's important to add that US Swimming competes in yards? All US colleges and age group swimmers compete in short course yards throughout the Fall, Winter, and Spring months.

The following portion strikes me as weird:

There are three common distances swum in competitive backstroke swimming, [...]

• 50m Breaststroke
• 100m Breaststroke
• 200m Breaststroke

It looks as a bad copy-paste from another page...

Yes, I copied that from the Breaststroke article, which I also wrote. Thanks for spotting that. Chris 73 | Talk 14:26, 15 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Women's 50 LC Back World Record (as of 3/29)

In one of the weirder situations I have ever seen, Leila Vaziri tied her own world record in the 50 LCM Backstroke (28.16). The catch is that her first world record was during semifinals at world champs (3/28) and the tie of it came the next day during finals (3/29)! I noted the second attempt with (finals) as in this case, I think the disambiguation is necessary (even though the presumption is that all records are set in finals or timed finals unless otherwise noted) as it is the same swimmer at the same competition. Please don't change the record (unless you have a better way to show the tie) until it gets broken. –Pakman044 13:42, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Nearly forgot, the finals results and the semifinals results from omegatiming.com. –Pakman044 13:44, 29 March 2007 (UTC)

Speed and Ergonomics

I have somewhat of a problem with this section in the article. I read the sentence "Backstroke is the second slowest stroke after breaststroke." This troubles me. Is this in reference to only the Olympic events (ie- 50m, 100m, and 200m), or in terms of maximum speed? I happen to think that as distance increases, backstroke tends to slowly over take the butterfly in terms of speed and time. I have nothing as of now to support my claim, however I think that this section could still be more clear.

Furthermore, I think that the sentence "Due to its position on the back, backstroke uses different muscles in the upper body than other styles." should be elaborated on as it seems to leave the sense of an incomplete thought.

I'd like to hear what others think about this. Master Shake 9 17:07, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 18:51, 13 February 2008 (UTC)

backstroke is a backstroke

      by: the most famous author  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.190.216.153 (talk) 12:28, 9 November 2010 (UTC)

15yd or 15 meter Underwater Rule History

abby me tae —Preceding unsigned comment added by 180.190.216.153 (talk) 12:31, 9 November 2010 (UTC) Does someone know the historical origin of the 15yd/15meter underwater limitation for backstroke? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.92.163.147 (talk) 20:24, 27 March 2008 (UTC)

I do happen to know the story of the 15m under rule, remembering a bit of what my coach told me. Once upon a time a man swam the dolphin kick underwater for the entire length of the race. He was in complete streamline and cut through the water much quicker than the swimmers actually doing backstroke. Needless to say, he won. There was no rule that he couldn't swim as he did at the time, so they changed it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.24.33.125 (talk) 21:12, 6 July 2009 (UTC)

4 strokes

There are only threee strokes regulated by FINA: Breast stroke, back stroke, and butterfly. "Unlike the backstroke, the butterfly stroke, and the breaststroke, the front crawl is not regulated by the FINA, but it is nearly universally swum in freestyle swimming competitions."

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MichaelCYoung (talk) 03:43, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_crawl

4 strokes

There are only threee strokes regulated by FINA: Breast stroke, back stroke, and butterfly. Forward Crawl is usually used in freestyle, but any stroke is allowed there. ". Unlike the backstroke, the butterfly stroke, and the breaststroke, the front crawl is not regulated by the FINA, but it is nearly universally swum in freestyle swimming competitions."

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MichaelCYoung (talk) 03:49, 18 August 2010 (UTC)

References

1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Front_crawl

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Promotion to Top importance

This article is one of the four competitive strokes. It is seen in every major swimming competition, linked in 100s if not 1000s of pages on wikipedia and external sites. Therefore, I have upgraded it's importance to Top. It is a wonderful world (talk) 22:51, 17 December 2023 (UTC)