Swimming is a variety of styles and distances. In theory, one athlete can win several awards during one tournament. Especially if he has good physical training and is good at different styles, which happens extremely rarely. This is an important aspect that sports bettors should be aware of in the first place.

Styles and distances

Free
The most dynamic type, which in English-speaking countries is also called “freestyle” (Free Style). It is allowed to use any comfortable styles in the swim. At the same time, athletes show the least fatigue, compared with other styles. Here you can not relax, one moment and the wrong move can decide the fate of the awards. The rules prohibit a swimmer from completely submerging under water in turns and for a distance of more than 15 meters after the starting jump from the bridge. Awards in world freestyle swimming are played at distances of 50, 100, 200, 400, 800 and 1500 meters, relay races – 100 and 200 meters.
On the back (crawl)
The simplest style with which the training of young athletes begins in each specialized youth sports school. The intensity here is low. This allows you to relax for a few moments if the distance is long, in order to gain strength before the final dash. The main difference from other styles is the start with your back to the water. Distances – 100 and 200 meters.
Breaststroke
The slowest discipline, which also allows you to change the intensity of movements in individual segments before the finish spurt. Strokes are performed with movements symmetrical from the chest. Whereas it is necessary to “push off” with the legs.In a technical aspect, it is “breaststroke” that is considered the heaviest of all existing styles. Swims are held at distances of 100 and 200 m.
Butterfly
It is known to many swimmers as the “dolphin”. The physical training of the athlete comes to the fore here. After all, you have to lift the body out of the water, making powerful strokes with your hands. Similar to backstroke and breaststroke, there are two distances in butterfly – 100 and 200 meters.
Complex
Many swimmers call the “complex” view the most interesting and exciting. Swims are held at 200- and 400-meter distances, in which the athlete must swim 50 and 100 meters, respectively, in each of the four styles. First, a butterfly is used, then the swimmer “turns over” on his back, then breaststroke and the final part of the path is overcome by freestyle.
In relay races, the sequence of styles changes – backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle. Each athlete swims “his” discipline, passing the baton by touching the hand with the side. Such types of programs in swimming are held at distances of 200 and 400 m.

Most prestigious competition

Olympic Games. They are held once every four years, athletes who have fulfilled special standards over the past 1-2 years on the eve of the Games participate.
World Championship. It is held the next year after the Olympics and on the eve of the next Games (in odd years), the teams of America and Australia are considered the most titled in recent times.
European Aquatics Championship. Dates – every two years (even).There is a general standings for all disciplines (swimming, diving, synchronized swimming, water polo) and a separate one for each sport. Specifically, in swimming, representatives of Great Britain and the Netherlands and Italy achieve great success.
It is these tournaments that are more often covered by the media – accordingly, the bookmakers pay attention to them. There are other competitions that fall into the lineup of the leading bookmakers, but usually these are commercial tournaments, equivalent in status to friendly matches in football, not counting the Grand Prix stages, where the strongest athletes do not always compete.