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All Aquatic Sports

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Era of Origin
1908 1
Defining Characteristic
World Aquatics currently governs competition in six disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming. 1
All Aquatic Sports
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Artistic Swimming

Aquatic Sports

Diving

Aquatic Sports

Surfing

Aquatic Sports

Swimming

Aquatic Sports

Water Polo

Aquatic Sports
Sources
1. Wikipedia: World Aquatics
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  • World Aquatics, Founding and early years (1896-1945) section
    On 19 July 1908, delegates from eight national federations, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary and Sweden, met for around four-and-a-half hours at the Manchester Hotel in London and agreed to form a "world-wide swimming association".
  • World Aquatics, Name and disciplines section
    World Aquatics currently governs competition in six disciplines: swimming, diving, high diving, artistic swimming, water polo, and open water swimming.
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Frequently Asked Questions

Why are rowing and sailing not classified under Aquatic Sports?

Rowing and sailing sit under Water and Boat Sports because a boat, not the athlete's body, provides propulsion there.

Aquatic Sports in this atlas covers sports contested in or on water where the athlete's own body is the means of propulsion, such as swimming and water polo. Rowing and sailing are grouped separately under Water and Boat Sports because in those sports a boat or craft, not the athlete's own body, provides propulsion.