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from the arms and legs." To determine the total distance traveled, the measurement was taken from the farthest part of the body from the start, "opposite a point at right angles to the base line." Generally, being fat was an advantage in the sport. The 60-second limitation appears to have been instituted at the
English Plunging Championship around 1893.
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Compiling accurate details of record plunges presents some difficulty, as sometimes records were set in exhibition competitions, and
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of the
American Swimming Association, the plunge for distance "is a dive from a stationary take-off which is free from spring from a height of 18 inches above the water. Upon reaching the water the plunger glides face downward for a period of 60 seconds without imparting any propulsion to the body
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66 feet 10 inches. Set in April 1922 by
Detroit high school student Dorothy McWood. Reported as a world record in United States, though Dand may have plunged 68 feet 1 in. in 1920 (see above), in which case it would be only an American record. In December 1924, however, the American men's college
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There is some evidence that the quirky nature of the sport is occasionally gaining the attention of modern swimmers. In June 2012, Danish female swimmer Laura Funch successfully plunged the full length of a 25-meter (82-foot) pool in approximately 101 seconds. Divers approached at the 2016 Summer
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On the men's side, Bootle's last record of 82 feet 7 inches set in 1906 stood for 14 years, until broken by two inches by 17-year-old Fred
Schwedt of Detroit in 1920. English swimmer Francis Parrington smashed that record in 1926 by traveling 85 feet 6 inches, and in 1933 he hit 86 feet 8 inches,
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Olympics, the event remained a standard event in U.S. amateur and collegiate sporting events for some time. By 1912, S.B. Willis, a plunger at the University of Pennsylvania covered 80 feet in 60 seconds, breaking the prior U.S. record of 75 feet 11 inches held by
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In shorter pools, a variation of the event was based on how fast the contestant traveled the length of the pool. For example, in 1927, it was reported that R.E. Howell had set a new world's record in a 60-foot tank, going "the length of the pool in 0:14 2–5." Competitions were also reported at
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Dickey's
Olympic victory was far short of the world record at the time, which for a 60-second limit competition had been set at 79 feet 3 inches by W. Taylor of Bootle, England in September 1902. (Without a time limit, Taylor had also traveled 82 feet in 73.6 seconds.)
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In later years, the plunge was subject to criticism as "not an athletic event at all," but instead a competition favoring "mere mountains of fat who fall in the water more or less successfully and depend upon inertia to get their points for them."
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487:(died 1925) – English plunger who won competitions in the 1870s and 1880s, including 1884, 1885, and 1886 English Plunging Championship. Also known for plunging feet first. Davenport also was known for endurance swims.
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men's and women's swimming teams participate in this event annually at their yearly held Alumni
Swimming Meet, and keep records for The Plunge event, following the same rules previously used in the early 20th century.
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students, Helen Nolan and
Dorothy McWood, set records in the early 1920s, which McWood reportedly setting a new American record of 66 feet 10 inches in April 1922. Hilda Dand set a new world record of 71 feet in 1925.
501:(1902–1986) – U.S. plunger who set a reported world record at age 17 of 82 feet 9 inches on 1 March 1920, beating the 1906 mark set by W. Taylor. Schwedt was reportedly able to coast 75 feet after 90 days of practice.
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record. In
September 1902, he made it to 79 feet 3 inches. On 6 September 1899 he plunged 82 feet in 73.6 seconds. In 1906, he reached 82 feet 7 inches, a world record which stood for many years.
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of the USA won the gold medal with a distance of 62 feet 6 inches, which remains the Olympic record. However, there were only five participants in the event, all from the United States and the
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An 1893 English book on swimming also notes the existence of a variation of plunging where participants dive feet first, which it reports to already be rarely practiced.
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dropped it in 1925. The English A.S.A. reportedly ceased holding its official plunging championship after 1937, though some sources say it ran through 1946.
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is a diving event that enjoyed its greatest popularity in the 19th and early part of the 20th century, even being included as an official event in the
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62 feet 8 inches. 13 October 1876 by H.J. Green, in London (though he was penalized 6 feet for unknown reasons, so accuracy may be dubious)
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The exact origins of the sport are unclear, though it likely derives from the act of diving at the start of swimming races. The 1904 book
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In all plunge events, because divers could not control where they drifted after diving, typically one diver competed at a time. A 1922
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By 1917 several attempts had been made to abolish the event at college and other competitions in the United States, and the
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committee on swimming records officially stated that the American scholastic record was 62 feet 8 inches, set by McWood.
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by Ralph Thomas notes English reports of plunging records dating back to at least 1865. The 1877 edition to
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A feet first plunge. Swimmers were cautioned to watch their heads before attempting this older variation.
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86 feet 8 inches. Set on 23 September 1933 by British swimmer F.W. Parrington, the current world record
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15.4 sec. 1923 by Nathaniel T. Guernsey, Jr. of Yale University. (also set records in 75-foot plunge)
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had set new world's plunge record of 66 feet, 10 inches, breaking Helen Nolan's record by 8 inches)
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65 feet. 31 July 1879 by T. Ingram, in London. Reported as best on record at the time by British
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46 seconds, Alice Van Hoe, reported as United States collegiate record as of 31 December 1924.
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70 feet 6 inches. 1933 by Dorothy Rennie in Vancouver, is likely the Canadian record.
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The event is best remembered today for its one-and-only Olympic appearance in 1904.
1114:"Plunge for distance, tug of war: The Olympics' sad history of defunct medal events"
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75 feet 7 inches. 10 October 1888 by British swimmer G.A. Blake at Lambeth Baths**
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Olympics by the press about the sport also found it fascinating. Furthermore, the
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Veteran Swimmer Dies: Davenport, Who Swam Niagara, Succumbs In London
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14.4 sec. (handheld) 16 February 1927 by Richard E. Howell (Chicago).
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Famous Swimmer Dead: Horace Davenport Had Remarkable Sporting Record
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78 feet 9 inches. 14 September 1898 by British swimmer W. Taylor
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Female swimmers also competed in the plunge. American swimmer
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Swimming – Section III – How To Go Into The Water – Plunging
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on 8 May 1941, at age 42. In 1986, he was inducted into the
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79 feet 3 inches. 3 September 1902 by W. Taylor at Bootle.
525:. Parrington's son was also a swimmer, and his grandson
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82 feet 9 inches. 1 March 1920 by American Fred Schwedt.
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Laura Funch (DEN), 25 meters in the plunge for distance
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matched this length in March 1920 in the United States.
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The American almanac, year-book, cyclopaedia and atlas
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Howell of Chicago A.A. Sets New World's Mark In Plunge
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Howell of Chicago A.A. Sets New World's Mark in Plunge
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Fred Schwedt, set a new world record in 1920 at age 17
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America's first Olympics: the St. Louis games of 1904
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The Chicago daily news almanac and yearbook for 1915
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Lichter of C.A.A. Shatters World's Record for Plunge
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73 feet 1 inch. 15 March 1880, by J. Strickland, in
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82 feet 7 inches. 5 September 1906 by W. Taylor, at
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Men's distance plunge world record (60 second limit)
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71 feet. 1925 by Hilda Dand of Westminster, England
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85 feet 6 inches. September 1926 by F.W. Parrington
390:16.8 sec. 30 January 1918 by Benjamin H. Princell.
308:84 feet 6 inches, March 7, 1924 by Ted Abrams (US)
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1204:FRANK PARRINGTON (GBR):1986 Honor Pioneer Diver
410:Women's distance plunge record (60-second limit)
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405:21.6 sec. 25 February 1914 by John P. Lichter.
387:15.6 sec. 27 February 1918 by John P. Lichter.
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340:68 feet 4 inches. 17 July 1879 by R. Green,
1784:The Joy of Six: Discontinued Olympic sports
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396:18.8 sec. 26 February 1916 by J.C.Redmond
33:Competitor floating after plunging (1918)
1669:Sinclair, Archibald and Henry, William.
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366:56 feet 8 inches. 1870 by F. Young.
359:62 feet 7 inches. 1 October 1878 by
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421:68 feet 1 inch. 1920 by Hilda Dand.
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1695:Chemist & druggist, Volume 102
1683:The Sportsman's year-book for 1880
1494:Girls' Swim Marks Receive Sanction
1244:Human Fish Club Plans for Swimming
1029:(reporting that Dorothy McWood of
437:Women's 60-foot plunge (best time)
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738:Ref Encyclopedia of British sport
1080:Plunging Ahead Through Hot Water
1078:Keiran, John (20 January 1941).
1062:Plunge Record by Detroit Swimmer
912:FAVORS RETAINING DISTANCE PLUNGE
515:Francis Winder (F.W.) Parrington
376:Men's 60-foot plunge (best time)
242:which remains the world record.
27:
1568:New Records for Swimmer Daniels
1184:Swimming Rules Arouse Criticism
976:Zimbabwe's Frank Parrington, 85
881:The New international year book
572:Official Swimming Guide 1919–20
290:confirm the following records:
1623:Chambers' encyclopædia Vol. 10
1375:Princell Sets New Mark in Tank
802:New York Athletic Club Journal
798:Olympic Swimming Championships
623:Kieran, John (16 March 1930).
192:at least as far back as 1898.
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1165:Yale Swimmers Defeat Columbia
817:Live pigeon shooting, anyone?
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1843:Former Summer Olympic sports
1586:Swimming: The Ideal Exercise
1031:Detroit Northern High School
974:Bryom, Glen (15 July 2010).
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182:Amateur Swimming Association
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1281:Amateur Swimming – Plunging
855:Spalding's athletic almanac
724:, p. 720-21 (13th ed. 1877)
557:Olympic Swimming and Diving
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1741:When Life Is At Its Spring
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1316:Notes on Sport in England
879:Colby, Frank Moore (ed.)
769:Knickerbocker A.C. Sports
587:Swimming and watermanship
251:Michigan State University
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1046:Chambers's encyclopaedia
787:, p.85-86 (Arcadia 2003)
785:St. Louis Olympics, 1904
687:The Sportsman's magazine
125:, sports writer for the
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1446:Bakersfield Californian
981:Swimming World Magazine
866:Corsan, George Hebden.
670:The swimming instructor
393:17.4 sec, J.P. Lichter.
141:Floating after plunging
106:Official Swimming Guide
822:28 August 2012 at the
751:Club Chat About Sports
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930:College Swimmers Meet
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1605:Adam's Record Plunge
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1531:Sets New Swim Record
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1321:The Mercury (Hobart)
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910:(9 September 1917).
838:Matthews, George R.
736:Cox, Richard et al.
722:British rural sports
584:Handley, Louis de B.
151:British Rural Sports
86:1904 Summer Olympics
1802:Swimmers To Compete
1722:(23 January 1925).
1548:(2 December 1906).
1512:New Plunging Record
1471:(23 January 1923).
1440:(9 December 1915.)
1297:(19 October 1876).
1286:Spirit of the Times
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1163:(17 January 1920).
928:(13 October 1913).
894:Willis Best Plunger
749:(23 October 1898).
625:Sports of the Times
612:Swimming and Diving
176:(front row, center)
100:Preparing to plunge
82:plunge for distance
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16:Former diving event
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1634:(10 August 1917).
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1182:(8 January 1922).
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756:The New York Times
708:, p. 149-50 (1904)
630:The New York Times
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995:(20 March 1920).
947:(16 April 1925).
892:(10 March 1912).
815:(8 August 2008).
718:Walsh, John Henry
681:(2 August 1845).
672:, p. 60-64 (1883)
668:Wilson, William.
574:, p. 85-86 (1920)
271:75-foot lengths.
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