( 1908 OLYMPIC GAMES )
THE SWIMMING COMPETITIONS WAS DEVELOPED IN U.K IN THE XVIII CENTURY. THE FIRST ORGANIZATION WAS THE NATIONAL SWIMMING SOCIETY. THIS ORGANIZATION WAS FOUNDED IN LONDON IN 1837. IN 1869S WAS CREATED THE METROPOLITAN SWIMMING CLUBS ASSOCIATION, AND AFTER THIS BECAME IN THE AMATEUR SWIMMING ASSOCIATION. FOR THIS REASON THE ENGLISH WERE CONSIDERED THE FIRST MODERN SOCIETY TO DEVELOP SWIMMING AS A SPORT.
( SWIMMING IN THE LAKE )
