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Aquatics facts

  • Swimming is a core sport and therefore must be included in every Games 
  • It was first included in the 1930 Games 
  • Competed by males and females over 5 disciplines: freestyle, backstroke, breastsroke, butterfly and medley (consistutes of the former 4 disciplines) 
  • Athletes compete over 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, 1500m and 4x200m 
  • Consists of individual and team or synchronised events 
  • Diving categories include 10m platform, 3m springboard and 1m springboard 
  • NI first competed in swimming in the Vancouver 1954 Commonwealth Games 
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Swim Ireland Irish Open Championships, National Aquatic Centre, Dublin 22/4/2022 Heat 3 A Final Jack McMillan Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Tom Maher

Swim Ireland Irish Open Championships, National Aquatic Centre, Dublin 22/4/2022 Heat 3 A Final Grace Davison Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Tom Maher

Swim Ireland Irish Open Championships, National Aquatic Centre, Dublin 22/4/2022 100 Meter Backstroke Heat 1 Barry McClements Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Tom Maher

Swim Ireland Irish Open Championships, National Aquatic Centre, Dublin 19/4/2022 Kaitlyn McCaw in the Girls 13 and over 100 LC Meter Butterfly A Final Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Morgan Treacy
Brandon Biss on podium with Scotland and England, after winning Silver in the 100m Backstroke.

SMETHWICK, ENGLAND - JULY 29: Bronze medalist, Barry McClements of Team Northern Ireland poses with their medal during the medal ceremony for the Men's 100m Backstroke S9 Final on day one of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Sandwell Aquatics Centre on July 29, 2022 on the Smethwick, England. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

SMETHWICK, ENGLAND - JULY 29: (L-R) Silver medalist, Jesse Reynolds of Team New Zealand, Gold medalist, Timothy Hodge of Team Australia and Bronze medalist, Barry McClements of Team Northern Ireland pose with their medals during the medal ceremony for the Men's 100m Backstroke S9 Final on day one of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Sandwell Aquatics Centre on July 29, 2022 on the Smethwick, England. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)

SMETHWICK, ENGLAND - AUGUST 04: Tanya Rachel Watson of Team Northern Ireland congratulates Gold medalist, Andrea Spendolini Sirieix of Team England after the Women's 10m Platform Final on day seven of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games at Sandwell Aquatics Centre on August 04, 2022 in Smethwick, England. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

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