Why does the fastest person go last in swimming relay races?

Why is it that generally the fastest person goes last?





Is there supposed to be a strategic reason for this?|||Since the overall time is the sum of each leg, it really doesn't matter who goes where; however, there are a few things to consider...





1) You'll want the best person off the blocks from the tone/gun to go first.


2) The fastest swimmer usually is your best/most experience swimmer. You don't want the last leg to negatively impacted by being behind (a less experience person might not do as well).


3) The water is usually very choppy on the last leg. Will this impact any of your swimmers?


4) Usually the fastest swimmer finishes well. The pace themselves until they need to kick it in for the final push (goes back to experience).|||well thats not true the FASTEST goes last because if a team is like one person behind they get the SECRET weapon to go last, catch up, and WIN








GOOOOOOOOOOO FLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!|||The simple answer is because they can catch up and have a good finish to get a good time.|||because if they go first all da time they mite win most of all da races