The 2024 Paris Olympics will feature 17 swimming events per gender and four strokes across a range of distances.

The best stroke for burning calories is butterfly, but it isn’t sustainable over longer distances. The breaststroke is the next best, followed by front crawl and then backstroke. Swimming is a ...

Sylvie Goldner started First Strokes after learning some of her peers at her New York City high school had never learned to swim.

A continuation of the question about the speed and energy efficiency of swimming strokes. One reader points out which stroke is fastest ...