200-metre individual medley

The 200-metre individual medley is a race in competitive swimming in which swimmers compete in all 4 strokes (butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle) in one race, with each leg being 50 metres in length.

American swimmer Michael Phelps is famous for his four-peat at the Olympics, winning the event at each Olympic Games from 2004 to 2016, the first swimmer to have ever won four successive gold medals at the same event.

The most common is a one-handed touch to the wall and simply rotating your body to push off.

This is when the swimmer touches the wall on their side and then flipping their legs over their head.

World Record (SCM) men: Léon Marchand (France), 1:48.88 World Record (LCM) men: Ryan Lochte (United States), 1:54.00 Order: 50 metres butterfly, 50 metres backstroke, 50 metres breaststroke, 50 metres freestyle Number of lengths (SCM): 8 Number of lengths (LCM): 4