…It was discussed whether Heavener's back crawl was a violation of the swimming style, but this tournament was the catalyst for the new swimming style to spread around the world. The United States produced young swimmers such as W. Keloha, W. Laufer, and G. Kojak, and in 1928, at the international competition held at Tamagawa Pool in Tokyo, Toshio Irie competed against world record holder Laufer in the 200m, beating Laufer by a huge margin of 3m and winning with a new world record of 2 minutes 37.8 seconds. Four years later, at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, Shoji Kiyokawa, Irie, and Kentaro Kawazu monopolized the gold, silver, and bronze medals in the 100m backstroke. However, at the 11th Berlin Games, A. Kiefer of the United States won the gold medal and also invented the somersault turn (Kiefer turn), breaking world records one after another. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "Kawazu Kentaro" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…このヘブナーのバッククロールは泳法違反ではないかと協議されたが,この大会を契機に新泳法が世界中に広まった。アメリカにはW.ケーロハ,W.ラウファー,G.コジャックら若手選手が輩出したが,28年東京・玉川プールで開かれた国際競技会の200mで世界記録保持者のラウファーと対戦した入江稔夫はラウファーに3mの大差をつけ2分37秒8の世界新記録で優勝,4年後のロサンゼルス・オリンピック大会の100m背泳では清川正二,入江,河津憲太郎が金,銀,銅メダルを独占した。しかし第11回ベルリン大会ではアメリカのA.キーファーが金メダルを取り,また,トンボ返りターン(キーファーターン)をあみ出し世界記録を次々と塗り替えた。… ※「河津憲太郎」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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