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50 metres, or 50-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field. It is a relatively uncommon non-championship event for indoor track and field, normally dominated by the best outdoor 100 metres runners. At outdoor athletics competitions it is used in the Special Olympics and a rare distance, at least for senior athletes.
v. t. e. The men's 50 metre freestyle event at the 2020 Summer Olympics was held from 30 July to 1 August 2021 at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. [ 1] It was the event's tenth appearance, first held in 1904 (as 50 yards) and then at every edition since 1988. The event is nicknamed the "splash and dash" event. [ 2]
On 25 July 2013, FINA Technical Swimming Congress voted to allow world records in the long course mixed 400 free relay and mixed 400 medley relay, as well as in six events in short course meters: the mixed 200 medley and 200 free relays, as well as the men's and women's 200 free relays and the men's and women's 200 medley relays. [6]
Paul Skrbina, Nashville Tennessean. August 4, 2024 at 12:50 PM. Two silvers and a gold already to her name, Gretchen Walsh took her mark, got set and went Sunday in the 50-meter freestyle final at ...
August 3, 2024 at 2:53 PM. Gretchen Walsh competed in her fourth event at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris on Saturday — the 50-meter freestyle. The Nashville native and Harpeth Hall graduate ...
Ssengonzi started the first 50 meters 3/10ths of a second slower than his time at Westmont, but he made up for it by closing the race 6/10ths of a second faster in the final 50 meters.
The first world record in the men's 50 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognized by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1976. In short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing body recognizes world records since March 3, 1991. The drop in world record times in 2008-2009 coincided with the ...
Athletics records in the Summer Olympic Games have been recorded since 1896. The modern Summer Olympic Games have been held every four years since the first Games in 1896 (except 1916 due to the First World War, 1940 and 1944 due to the Second World War, and 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic) and Olympic records are recognised by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in each event.