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Aquatics (Olympic sport since 1896) 水上运动(1896年成为奥运会正式比赛项目)
The founding of the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) in 1908 was a pragmatic response to an increase in international sporting events, crowned by the Olympic Games. At the first modern Olympics in 1896, three swimming contests were held. However, no universally accepted rules, regulations or definitions governed the swimming events. 20世纪初,国际性的体育运动会日渐增多,而奥运会的出现则使这一趋势达到顶峰。正是在这个时期,国际游泳联合会(简称“国际泳联”)于1908成立。在1896年首届现代奥运会上设置了3个游泳比赛项目。但当时游泳比赛尚没有统一的竞赛规则及标准。为有效应对这种情况,国际游泳联合会(简称“国际泳联”,英文为FINA)于1908正式成立。
The Olympic Games competitions prior to FINA had included a variety of unusual events such as underwater swimming (1900), 200m obstacle swimming (1900) and plunge for distance (1904). Prior to the London Olympics, where a 100m pool was used, the ocean (1896), the River Seine (1900), and a little lake in St. Louis, USA (1904), had been used as Olympic sites. 在国际泳联成立以前,奥运会游泳比赛曾包括一些非常规项目,如1900年奥运会上的潜泳、200米障碍泳以及1904年奥运会上的水上跳远等。奥运会游泳赛场也是五花八门:1896年奥运会游泳比赛是在海中进行的,1900年奥运会游泳比赛在塞纳河中进行,1904年奥运会的游泳比赛则选在美国圣路易斯的一个小湖中举行。直到伦敦奥运会才开始使用100米泳池。 |