In swimming, does freestyle mean you can swim any style you want?

Question

In swimming, does freestyle mean you can swim any style you want?

Answer 1

yes, but there is a limit to how far you can be completely under water after you have dived

Answer 2

Yes in fact it does mean that.

Answer 3

No. Freestyle is a stroke in swimming. It is probably the one you know how to do as it is taught in schools. But this is a very silly question.

Answer 4

to the people that say this is a silly question, you guys are deluded.

The answer is yes - the style they swim is known as the crawl, which is the fastest and thus is used in competitive swimming in the freestyle category.