I think lots of people outside the sport think swimming already has "too many" events. Do we really need to add more? In London there were 302 medal events in 26 sports (39 disciplines). Aquatics (Swimming, Diving, Synchro, WP) were second only to Athletics (Track & Field) in medal events, 46 to 47. The next closest are cycling and gymnastics with 18 each. Swimming already has about 5 times more medal events than the average discipline.
I think lots of people outside the sport think swimming already has "too many" events. Do we really need to add more? In London there were 302 medal events in 26 sports (39 disciplines). Aquatics (Swimming, Diving, Synchro, WP) were second only to Athletics (Track & Field) in medal events, 46 to 47. The next closest are cycling and gymnastics with 18 each. Swimming already has about 5 times more medal events than the average discipline.
