Swimming
- 21st European LC Championships, held in Sheffield, United Kingdom (August 3 – 8)
- Germany wins the most medals (21), and the most gold medals (11)
- Third European Sprint Championships, held in Gateshead, United Kingdom (November 11 – 13)
- Germany wins the most medals (17), Sweden the most gold medals (6)
- First World Short Course Championships, held in Palma de Mallorca, Spain (December 2 – 5)
- United States and Australia win the most medals (21), China the most gold medals (10)
- February 17 – Mark Foster breaks the world record in the men's 50m freestyle (short course) at a swimming meet in Sheffield, United Kingdom, clocking 21.60.
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Famous quotes containing the word swimming:
“Awareness of having better things to do with their lives is the secret to immunizing our children against false values—whether presented on television or in “real life.” The child who finds fulfillment in music or reading or cooking or swimming or writing or drawing is not as easily convinced that he needs recognition or power or some “high” to feel worthwhile.”
—Polly Berrien Berends (20th century)
“Loosed betwixt eye and lid, the swimming beams
Of memory, blind school of cuttlefish,
Rise to the air, plunge to the cold streams....”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)
“Mead had studied for the ministry, but had lost his faith and took great delight in blasphemy. Capt. Charles H. Frady, pioneer missionary, held a meeting here and brought Mead back into the fold. He then became so devout that, one Sunday, when he happened upon a swimming party, he shot at the people in the river, and threatened to kill anyone he again caught desecrating the Sabbath.”
—For the State of Nebraska, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)