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1. Who was the famous US swimmer who won 5 gold medals in the 2004 Athens Olympics? Michael Phelps Ian Thorpe
Tom Dolan
Danyon Loader
Answer: Michael Phelps 2. In the 2004 Athens Olympics, USA got the first place in swimming events. How many medals did it win? 26
28 30
31
Answer: 28 3. Which male swimmer held a record for clearing the 50-m freestyle event at 1992 Barcelona Olympics? Ian Thorpe
Michael Phelps
Grant Hackett
Alexander Popov
Answer: Alexander Popov
4. In which year was swimming made open for women? 1896
1900
1908
1912
Answer: 1912 5. In the 1972 Munich Olympics, which new event was introduced under water sports? 1500 m freestyle
Windsurfing
White-water canoeing Water polo
Answer: White-water canoeing 6. Which male swimmer held a record for clearing both, the100-meters and the 200-meters Backstroke at the 2004 Athens Olympics? Aaron Peirsol Ian Thorpe
Michael Phelps
Kosuke Kitajima
Answer: Aaron Peirsol 7. Which female swimmer held a record for clearing both, the 200-meters and the 400-meters individual medley at the 2004 Athens Olympics? Misty Hyman
Agnes Kovacs
Brooke Bennett
Yana Klochkova
Answer: Yana Klochkova 8. In which year was the water polo event introduced in Olympics? 1900 1904
1908
1912
Answer: 1900 9. Who was the first gold medalist to win the 100-meters freestyle event? Austrian Paul Neumann
Ioannis Malokinis
Alfred Hajos Kosuke Kitajima
Answer: Alfred Hajos 10. Name the male swimmer who created a world record by winning 7 gold medals at the1972 Munich Olympics. Mark Spitz Daichi Suzuki
David Berkoff
Ian Thorpe
Answer: Mark Spitz 11. Name the male swimmer who has won 5 Olympic medals and 36 national championships. Johnny Weissmuller Mark Spitz
Grant Hackett
David Berkoff
Answer: Johnny Weissmuller 12. Name the first female swimmer to win 2 gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics. Kartin Meissner
Dorothea DuPon
Victoria Draves Brooke Bennett
Answer: Victoria Draves 13. What is the duration of each quarter in the Olympic water polo match? 5 minutes
7 minutes 10minutes
12 minutes
Answer: 7 minutes 14. Kayak and Canadian come under which Olympic water sports? Rowing
Canoeing Yacthing
Water polo
Answer: Canoeing 15. Which class of yacthing is the fastest? Star
Flying Dutchman
Soling
Tornado
Answer: Tornado
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