Tuesday 17 January 2012

Olympic Swimming Marathon Tickets

Marathon swimming, or ultra long distance swimming, is a category of open water swimming. Unlike the use of the term for foot races where the distance is well-defined, the distance of a marathon swim varies from event to event. Tides, surface currents and wind-chop are major determinants of finish times.

For a given course, these factors can vary dramatically from day to day, making meaningless any attempt to draw conclusions about athletic ability by comparing finish times from performances undertaken on different days. One of the earliest marathon swims was accomplished in 1875 by Captain Matthew Webb, when he became the first person to swim across the English Channel. Similarly, perhaps the most famous marathon swim of all time was accomplished in 1926 by Gertrude Ederle, when she became, at 19 years of age, the first woman to swim across the English Channel. In doing so, she demolished the existing world record for the crossing.

World marathon swimming records can be set by being the first to swim a specific distance in a specific course in a specific body of water or the fastest or the oldest or the most prolific. World records are authenticated by independent observers and are defined by distance, gender, age, location and time. Distance is separated into world  swimming marathon records at least 10 kilometers or world open water swimming records less than 10 kilometers.

Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. Swimming debuted at 1896 Athens Olympics while Swimming Marathon made its way at Shanghai 2008 Olympic Games and has been open to women since 1912. 2012 London Olympics will showcase Marathon Swimming competition being held in 9 - 10 August 2012 at Hyde Park. Olympic Swimming Marathon Tickets are available at Sport Ticket Exchange for Swimming fans. Along with track & field athletics and gymnastics it is one of the most popular spectator sports at the Olympic Games and the one with the largest number of events. Sport Ticket Exchange  is a fast and secure source for buying Olympic Tickets.