In which individual event did he become the first swimmer to represent U.S. at an Olympic Games?
50 meter freestyle
100 meter backstroke
100 meter butterfly
Individual breaststroke
Answer
In 1896, John Arthur Jarvis became the first swimmer to represent the United States at an Olympic Games. He swam the individual breaststroke, which was a new event at the Olympics. Jarvis finished in fourth place in the breaststroke.