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Story: Swimming

Contents

  1. Story summary

  2. Swimming for recreation and sport

  3. Local competition

  4. International success

  5. Great swimmers

  6. Other swimming sports

  7. External links and sources

All images and media

From page 1 - Swimming for recreation and sport

Wave pool, 2005

Wave pool, 2005

Harbour swim, 2010

Harbour swim, 2010

Salt water swimming baths, 1881

Salt water swimming baths, 1881

Roland St Clair

Roland St Clair

Learning to swim: 1916 certificate

Learning to swim: 1916 certificate (1st of 3)

Learning to swim: 1979 certificate

Learning to swim: 1979 certificate (2nd of 3)

Learning to swim: a beginners' class

Learning to swim: a beginners' class (3rd of 3)

From page 2 - Local competition

Different strokes

Different strokes

A champion swimmer

A champion swimmer

Young swimmers, Whanganui, 1918

Young swimmers, Whanganui, 1918

New Zealand versus Australia

New Zealand versus Australia

From page 3 - International success

Paul Kingsman starting a race

Paul Kingsman starting a race

Moss Burmester, 2008

Moss Burmester, 2008

Empire gold medallists, 1950

Empire gold medallists, 1950

Commonwealth Games medals: Mark Treffers, 1974

Commonwealth Games medals: Mark Treffers, 1974 (1st of 3)

Commonwealth Games medals: Anna Simcic, 1990

Commonwealth Games medals: Anna Simcic, 1990 (2nd of 3)

Commonwealth Games medals: Anthony Mosse, 1990

Commonwealth Games medals: Anthony Mosse, 1990 (3rd of 3)

Paul Kent in training, 1996

Paul Kent in training, 1996

From page 4 - Great swimmers

Training for competition, 1958

Training for competition, 1958

Danyon Loader, 1996

Danyon Loader, 1996

Lincoln Hurring and Jean Stewart, 1952

Lincoln Hurring and Jean Stewart, 1952 (1st of 2)

Gary Hurring

Gary Hurring (2nd of 2)

Lauren Boyle, 2012

Lauren Boyle, 2012

From page 5 - Other swimming sports

Demonstration dive, 1957

Demonstration dive, 1957

New Zealand's first Olympic diver

New Zealand's first Olympic diver

Hanging up their togs

Hanging up their togs

Water polo pass, 2010

Water polo pass, 2010

Underwater hockey, 2005

Underwater hockey, 2005

How to cite this page:

John McBeth, 'All images and media', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/swimming/media (accessed 1 April 2023)

Story by John McBeth, published 5 Sep 2013, updated 27 Jan 2015

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