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==History== Backstroke is an ancient style of swimming, popularized by [[Harry Hebner]].<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=QlqQYX3Q3pQC&q=history+of+backstroke Katz, Jane and Bruning ''Swimming for Total Fitness: A Progressive Aerobic Program'']</ref> It was the second stroke to be swum in competitions after the [[front crawl]]. The first [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic]] backstroke competition was the [[Swimming at the 1900 Summer Olympics β Men's 200 metre backstroke|1900 Paris Olympics men's 200 meter]].<ref name=Lohn>[https://books.google.com/books?id=RWLKhp7HEkMC&dq=history+of+backstroke&pg=PA6 Lohn, John ''Historical Dictionary of Competitive Swimming'' p. 6]</ref>
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