INDIVIDUAL MEDLEY Definition & Meaning

individual medley

noun

Swimming.

a race in which the total distance is either divided into three equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the backstroke for the first portion, the breaststroke for the second portion, and the freestyle for the third, or the total distance is divided into four equal portions, in which each swimmer uses the butterfly stroke for the first portion and then the other strokes used follow the same pattern as in the three-part medley. Compare medley relay ( def 2 ).

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Origin of individual medley¹

First recorded in 1945–50

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“The first story in that book was written probably 35 or 40 years ago,” Mathews says of “Individual Medley,” a wistful snapshot of a former competitive swimmer.

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The 22-year-old - a five-time world champion - won the 400m individual medley before his remarkable feat of securing gold in both the 200m butterfly and 200m breaststroke inside two hours, both in new Olympic record times.

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Marchand, widely compared to American great Michael Phelps, won his fourth gold in the 200m individual medley to become the first French athlete to secure four gold medals at the same Olympic Games, and also helped his country to bronze in the 4x100m medley relay.

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Elsewhere on Saturday, Faye Rogers finished fourth in the women's 200m SM10 individual medley.

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Maskill also won silver in both the 200m freestyle S14 and the 200m individual medley S14.

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