Care to test your swimming knowledge against the biggest swim geeks out there? Then you are in the right place: Swimming World Trivia.<\/p>\n
Below, you will find seven\u00a0trivia questions\u00a0(20\u00a0total points)\u00a0about the history of swimming. Post your answers in the comments section below. We will let you know if you are hot or cold before the big reveal of the answers Monday morning.<\/p>\n
Good luck, and may the best swim geek win.<\/p>\n
1) Michael Phelps is the only male swimmer to win three or more Olympic gold medals in the same event. Who are the three other male swimmers to win Olympic gold medals in the same event at least eight years apart, and in what events?<\/strong> 2) Phelps is also the only man to win five World titles in one event over the course of his career. Name the other three men with four career World titles in one event.<\/strong> 3) Simone Manuel and Penny Oleksiak tied for gold in the women\u2019s 100 free in Rio. Before that, there had been two previous ties for Olympic gold, one women\u2019s race and one men\u2019s. Who tied, in what event, and when?<\/strong> 4) Excluding the 10k open water swim, what are the newest women\u2019s and men\u2019s events to be added to the Olympic swimming program, and when were they added?<\/strong> 5) In 1981, Mary T. Meagher set a world record in the women\u2019s 200 fly (2:05.96) that would survive 19 years. The time remains the U.S. Open record, but four Americans have beaten the time while competing outside the country. Who are they?<\/strong> 6) FINA started keeping World Junior Records (women aged 14-17, men aged 15-18) in early 2014. Times recorded in 2013 or earlier were never considered for that list. If those times had been considered, which NOTE: an earlier version of this story indicated there were three such answers to no. 6 when in fact there are four.<\/em><\/p>\n 7) Who is the only man to swim under 1:00 for the 100-meter long course event in each stroke?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Care to test your swimming knowledge against the biggest swim geeks out there? Then you are in the right place: Swimming World Trivia. Below, you will find seven\u00a0trivia questions\u00a0(20\u00a0total points)\u00a0about<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":216708,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[951,6302,53577,25400,59114],"class_list":["post-226020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-world","tag-mary-t-meagher","tag-michael-phelps","tag-penny-oleksiak","tag-simone-manuel","tag-trivia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nOne point for each correct answer.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nOne point for each correct answer.<\/em><\/p>\nthree<\/del>\u00a0four\u00a0world records set prior to 2014 would double as World Junior Records?<\/strong>
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