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butterfly stroke

swimming stroke swum on the breast, with both arms moving simultaneously
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butterfly stroke
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butterfly stroke

Summary

butterfly stroke is a sports discipline[1]. It draws 1,052 Wikipedia views per month (sports_discipline category, ranking #74 of 324).[2]

Key Facts

  • butterfly stroke's instance of is recorded as sports discipline[3].
  • butterfly stroke's based on is recorded as breaststroke[4].
  • butterfly stroke is a type of swimming stroke[5].
  • butterfly stroke's Commons category is recorded as Butterfly (swimming style)[6].
  • butterfly stroke's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1930[7].
  • butterfly stroke's sport is recorded as competitive swimming[8].
  • butterfly stroke's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Butterfly stroke[9].
  • butterfly stroke's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Butterfly'}[10].
  • butterfly stroke's uses is recorded as arm[11].
  • butterfly stroke's regulated by is recorded as World Aquatics[12].

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Definition and Type

butterfly stroke's instance of is recorded as sports discipline[3]. It is a type of swimming stroke[5].

Why It Matters

butterfly stroke draws 1,052 Wikipedia views per month (sports_discipline category, ranking #74 of 324).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Subclass of → swimming stroke
    Regulated by → World Aquatics
    Sport → competitive swimming
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007553683605171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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