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[Abstract = %22Swimming and bathing in Czechoslovakia started to take shape at the beginning of the 19th century. At first%2C suitable locations in nature were used%2C with the first swimming baths built later on%2C primarily on rivers. The first competitive swimming races were held in 1845 on the Vltava River and in 1890%2C the AC Prague Sports Club founded a swimming department which also included competitive swimming races. In 1914%2C the Czech Union of Swimming was founded and in 1919 it was renamed as the Czechoslovak Amateur Swimming Association. The number of swimming pools at this time was very low%2C the conditions of Czechoslovak swimmers were not ideal%2C and their results at international swimming competitions suffered as a result.%22]