What is the slowest of the four Olympic swimming strokes?
Medley swimming Some form of front crawl is typically used. Medley relay consists of four different swimmers in one relay race, each swimming one of the four strokes. Medley relay is swum by four different swimmers, each swimming one of the four strokes. Backstroke is the first event as backstroke is started from the water. If backstroke were not the first event, the starting backstroke swimmer and the finishing previous swimmer could block each other. The remaining strokes are sorted according to the speed, with breaststroke being the slowest and freestyle being the fastest stroke. The order of the strokes is as
Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Swimming at the 2016 Summer Paralympics Swimming at the 2016 Paralympic Games was held from 8 to 17 September 2016 at Rio Olympic Aquatics Stadium. The competition consisted of 152 events, across multiple classifications, and all swum in a long course (50-metre) pool. Up to 600 swimmers (340 males, 260 females) competed in the Games. With 152 events, swimming came second only to athletics as the largest sport at the 2016 Games. 152 events over two genders (with one mixed relay), across 14 classification and four strokes were be contested during the Games. Below is a summary of the events