Why does swimming have some many more events at the Olympics than other sports?

255 views

It seems disproportionate to other sport, except maybe gymnastics. Some popular sports don’t even have any representation, like cricket or bowling or squash. How did swimming get so much representation?

In: 17

18 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

There are also lots of running races, at various distances. But swimming has different strokes in addition to different lengths. There aren’t different running styles to break out.

You are viewing 1 out of 18 answers, click here to view all answers.