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A '''dive start''' is the action begun at the start of a [[swimming (sport)|swimming]] race. In most strokes, the swimmer jumps off the ''[[diving blocks]]'' after hearing the starting signal. However, if it is a backstroke event, the swimmers will be starting in the water. All dives are followed by a [[Streamline (swimming)|streamline]] just like [[turns in swimming|turning]].

==External links==
*[http://swimming.about.com/od/olympicswimming/ig/Swimming-Action-Image-Gallery/Ready-for-the-start.htm Female swimmers on the diving blocks getting ready to dive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707075157/http://swimming.about.com/od/olympicswimming/ig/Swimming-Action-Image-Gallery/Ready-for-the-start.htm |date=2011-07-07 }}
*[http://swimming.about.com/od/olympicswimming/ig/Swimming-Action-Image-Gallery/Forward-start.htm Male swimmers in the middle of a dive] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914154221/http://swimming.about.com/od/olympicswimming/ig/Swimming-Action-Image-Gallery/Forward-start.htm |date=2010-09-14 }}
*[http://swimming.about.com/od/olympicswimming/ig/Swimming-Action-Image-Gallery/Start-of-a-backstroke-race.htm Male swimmers in the middle of a Backstroke start] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110111224943/http://swimming.about.com/od/olympicswimming/ig/Swimming-Action-Image-Gallery/Start-of-a-backstroke-race.htm |date=2011-01-11 }}

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