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Guinness World Records Highest Shallow Dive Danny Higginbottom (USA) dived into the regulated depth of 30 cm (11.8 inches) of water from a height of 8.95 m (29 feet 4.3 inches) on September 8, 2004.

Guinness World Records Largest indoor wave pool is located at the West Edmonton Mall.

The worlds largest swimming pool is located in Toyahvale, Texas. The pool is spring-fed, covers 1.75 acres, has a year round temperature of 78 degrees Fahrenheit, is 25 deep in places, and hold 3.5 million gallons of water. (source: roadsideamerica.com)

Swimming as an organized activity goes back as far as 2500 B.C. in ancient Egypt. Actual swimming pools were invented in the first century B.C. by the Romans. In Rome and Greece, swimming was part of the education of young boys. Many of the Roman pools were also heated using water diverted through piping from natural springs. The elaborate bathhouses built with marble and expensive gilding were very popular with the elite society but the majority of people continued to swim in lakes and rivers. These bathing pools were the precursors to modern day swimming pools. (www.madehow.com)

In Europe, many people refrained from building swimming pools due to the fear that infections could be caught from infected swimmers. Europeans formed their first swimming organization in 1837 in London, which by then had six indoor pools. The popularity of swimming pools did not begin to increase until after the first modern Olympic games in 1896. (www.madehow.com)

The international rules for swimming disciplines are laid down by FINA. What does FINA stand for? Federation Internationale de Natation. Federation Internationale de Natation ("International Swimming Federation") was founded in 1908, and is headquartered in Lausanne.(www.funtrivia.com)

What is the stroke order for medley relay events? Backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle. Not to be confused with the order for the individual medley, which is butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle.(www.funtrivia.com)

Why was the Australian women's 4 x 200m freestyle relay team disqualified at the 2001 World Championships in Japan? Celebrating team members jumped into the water before all other competitors had finished. The Australian team comprised Elka Graham, Petria Thomas, Linda Mackenzie, and Giaan Rooney. Graham, Thomas and Mackenzie leaped into the water to celebrate when anchor leg swimmer Rooney touched in a winning time before all the other competitors had finished, and so were disqualified.(www.funtrivia.com)

During a 200m freestyle event, a swimmer touches with only one hand at each turn. Should the swimmer be disqualified? Some part of the swimmer must touch the wall upon completion of each length and at the finish.(www.funtrivia.com)

For what distance may a swimmer stay submerged after the start and each turn in a backstroke event? Not more than 15 metres. Some part of the swimmer must have broken the surface of the water by the 15 metre mark. This rule also applies to freestyle and butterfly, but does not apply to breaststroke.(www.funtrivia.com)

What colour are the lane ropes in a FINA specified pool for the Olympic Games? Green, blue and yellow. Lanes 0 and 9 have a green lane rope. Lanes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8 have a blue lane rope. Lanes 4 and 5 have a yellow lane rope.(www.funtrivia.com)

Which strokes require a simultaneous two-handed touch at turns and at the finish? Butterfly and breaststroke. The touch for butterfly and breaststroke must be made with both hands simultaneously, above or below the water surface. The touch for backstroke and freestyle can be any part of the body.(www.funtrivia.com)

Who can disqualify a swimmer? The referee. Whilst the starter and the judges can report a swimmer for an infringement of the rules, only the referee can disqualify a swimmer.(www.funtrivia.com)

Which events must start with a dive? Freestyle, breaststroke, butterfly, and individual medley. Backstroke and medley relay events must start in the water. All other events must start with a dive.(www.funtrivia.com)

What is AOE? Automatic Officiating Equipment. Automatic Officiating Equipment is the electronic timing system.(www.funtrivia.com)

In the 1948 Olympics, the U.S. won every event in the swimming competition. (USA Swimming)

The first man to swim the English Channel without a life jacket was Captain Matthew Webb, who died trying to swim the rapids above Niagara Falls. (Dishout)

Gertrude Ederle was still a teenager when she became the first woman to swim the English Channel on August 6, 1926. Not only did she swim the channel, but she broke the speed record held by a man. (Dishout)

Elephants are capable of swimming twenty miles a day, using their trunks as natural snorkles. (Snickers)

The speed record for "ice" swimming was set by Wilhelm Simons of Berlin, Germany, on February 3, 1968. In the 35.6 degree water of the river Riessersee, Simons swam 30 mi. in 43.7 seconds. He was 69 years old. (Trivia Library)

The Orthlieb Pool in Casablanca, Morocco, is the largest swimming pool in the world. It measures 1,574' long and 246' wide, or 8.9 acres in size. The Orthlieb is filled with saltwater. (Trivia Library)

Buster Crabbe, gold and bronze medallist in the 1932 Olympics, went on after his swimming career to appear in 175 movies. He signed with Paramount for his first film "King of The Jungle" in hopes of becoming a rival to Johnny Weissmuller in the movie industry. Weissmuller was a swimming Olympian who starred in 12 Tarzan pictures. (USA Swimming)

The average human produces 25,000 quarts of spit in a lifetime, enough to fill two swimming pools. (Dishout)

Tuna swim at a steady speed of nine mph and they never stop. That means a 15-year-old tuna may have traveled 1,000,000 miles. (Issac Asimov's Book of Facts)

Swimming in the Olympics started as a mens event only but women were able to participate starting in 1912. (Internet)

In 1997, during the Clinton administration, an outdoor spa was installed next to the inground swimming pool. (About.com)

First Lady Barbara Bush used to swim in the outdoor heated pool even on cold winter days, and would sometimes come back to the White House with icicles in her hair. (About.com)

Titanic was the first ocean liner to have a swimming pool and a gym. (Internet)

Esther Williams did not win any Olympic medals for swimming or for diving. The year she was to compete (1940) the Olympics were suspended due to WWII. (Dishout)

Benjamin Franklin invented swim-fins. (Strange Facts and Useless Information)

England was the first to develop swimming into a competitive sport. (Quizmoz)

The butterfly stroke is commonly said the be the hardest and most tiring swimming stroke. (Quizmoz)

The crawl is the swimming stroke normally used to gain speed the fastest. (Quizmoz)

Swimming has been included in the modern version of the Olympic games since its beginning in 1896. (Quizmoz)

In 1946 war rationing of material inspired the invention the two piece swimming suit called the bikini. The bikini was named after a U.S. nuclear testing site in the South Pacific. (Quizmoz)

65% of the people that live in the United States do not know how to swim. (Quizmoz)

The first book on methods of swimming was Nicolas Wynman's Dialogue Concerning the Art of Swimming in 1538. (Encyclopedia.com)

Swimming calls more muscles into play with exact coordination than most other sports. (Encycopedia.com)

The stroke most commonly used to attain speed is the crawl, standardized in Australia, hence sometimes called the Australian crawl. (Encyclopedia.com)

Inflatable armbands for swimmers were invented by Bernhard Markwitz in Hamburg, Germany. In 1956, Markwitz's three-year-old daughter had fallen into a goldfish pond and nearly drowned. Because of this, Markwitz invented and developed a swimming aid that would be safer for children than the swimming rings at the time, which were made of cork. A lottery win (253 thousand Deutsche Mark) gave him a suitable start capital. In 1964, Markwitz had developed the armbands in their final form and marketed them under the name "BEMA". Their modern name in German, Schwimmflgel, literally translates as "swimming wings". (Wikipedia).

Tracy Caulkins is the only swimmer ever, man or woman, to own American records in every stroke. (USA Swimming)

The turbo pump on the Space Shuttle main engine is so powerful it could drain an average family-sized swimming pool in 25 seconds. (Dishout)

What were the first goggles made of? Divers in the 1300s made goggles from polished, clear tortoise shell. The first rubber goggles, which had heavy glass lenses, were invented in the 1930s. (Quaker Instant Oatmeal)

In some volcanic areas such as Iceland, the temperature rises beneath the surface of the earth as high as 680 degrees F (360 degrees C) that engineers can tap the geothermal energy by piping hot water from underground to warm nearby homes, offices and factories. An outdoor swimming pool in the Icelandic capital of Reykjavik is heated so effectively by this method that it remains open and in use all year round. Reader's Digest Book of Facts (Dishout)

President Gerald Ford was quite athletic and an avid swimmer. In 1975 an inground outdoor swimming pool was built on the White House grounds, near the tennis courts. President Ford tried to make swimming a daily habit, and even conducted press conferences while swimming laps in the pool. (About.com)

President Franklin D. Roosevelt had an indoor swimming pool built at the White House as therapy for his polio. President Nixon had it covered over to turn it into a press room. (About.com)

One of the most haunted sections of the ship the RMS Queen Mary is the former First Class Swimming Pool. (Internet)

The Japanese won all the men's titles except the 400-meter freestyle in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. Buster Crabbe won the 400-meter free. (USA Swimming).

Welcome to Action Swimming Pool Service and Action Swimming Pool & Spa (our store). We are your swimming pool professionals, with over 40 years of combined experience in the care of swimming pools. Serving the metro-Denver area since 1998. Commercial and residential services are available.

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Our commitment is to provide quality service in a timely manner. The result will be; your pool is sparkling and clear, ready to use when you want it.
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