1912 Olympic Games Official Report Part 2

son and Th. Kumfeldt. A special Training Committee was alsoappointed, the members of which were Messrs. E. Bergvall (President),John G. Andersson and Th. Kumfeldt. Other sub-committees wereelected during the course of the next few months, for the arrangementof special questions in connection with the Olympic Swimming Competitions.Altogether, the chief Committee held 22 meetings.THE PROGRAMME.The first business that the Olympic Swimming Committee had totake in hand was the selection of the branches of swimming and divingthat ought to be represented on the programme of the FifthOlympiad. As early as at its meeting held on the 9 April, 1910, theCommittee determined to propose the adoption of the programme recommendedby the International Swimming Federation. This ‘firstdraft programme included the following branches:Racing: 100, 400 and 1,500 metres free style; 200 and 400 metres breaststroke, and 100 metres back stroke.Team racing : 800 metres (4 x 200 met.)Spring-board diving and high diving, the last named branch to be on thesame principles as those adopted for the high diving at the Games inLondon, 1908.Water Polo.After the wish had been expressed at the Meeting of the InternationalOlympic Committee at Luxemburg, in June, 1910, for theinclusion of competitions for Ladies, too, the Swimming Committeerecommended the addition to the programme of a 100 met. freestyle, race, and of plain diving, both for Ladies.But Great Britain, at the meeting of the International OlympicCommittee, Buda-Pesth, May, 1911, and at the Congress of theInternational Swimming Federation in Brussels, 1910, had asked forthe addition to the Swedish programme of a team race for Ladies —400 met. (4 x 100), and, as both the Bodies mentioned seconded theproposal, the competition in question was accepted by the SwimmingCommittee. Plain diving for men was also included, in accordancewith a wish expressed by the International Swimming Federation.The final programme was, consequently, as follows:Men.100 met. free style.100 back stroke.200 breast stroke.400 free style.400 breast stroke.1500 met. free style.High diving. Plain diving from heights of 5 and 10 met.High diving. Plain and variety diving combined, from heights of 5and 10 met.713