本文主要利用1895至1912年日本殖民台灣時期的半官方媒體《台灣日日新報》和《漢文台灣日日新報》，及教育刊物《台灣教育會雜誌》、《台灣總督府國語學校校友會雜誌》等資料，對於游泳這項體育運動，隨著日人的殖民統治開展於台灣的背景、初期的過程與發展，作社會和學校教育中的歷史探察。根據研究結果可知，日治初期雖然由於時局的不穩，注重發展武術等身體防衛性的運動，但隨著時勢的安穩，其他休閒性運動開始受到注意。游泳運動便由「體育俱樂部」1907年設立「水泳部」開始在台萌芽，於台北古亭庄新店溪旁設立「川端水泳場」，爲專門屬於游泳練習之所，有專人照料和設施，有別於台人在淡水河中的自然悠游，建立「人爲模式」降低了游泳的危險性。然而也因爲殖民者自身出發的邏輯思考，提高了台人大眾接觸設施的困難度，只利於部分台人士紳。另外，對於日治初期學校的教育系統而言，游泳並不是其主要實施的項目，加上台人根深蒂固的游泳迷信觀，使台人學生在學習游泳運動上表現出消極的態度，造成台人在學習游泳運動上的困難。有別於台人子弟的冷漠，日人子弟卻在川端水泳場設立之後，於暑假中開始游泳運動的學習。儘管日台人之間的游泳運動接觸有所差距，但台灣的游泳模式卻由於日人的開展，由遊戲、生活技術，轉換至近代運動的階段。

This study mainly uses data released by the semi-public media: Taiwan Daily News and Chinese Taiwan Daily News, and education publications: Taiwan Education Association Magazine and Taiwan Prefecture Mandarin School Alumni Association Magazine, during the Japanese colonial period between 1895 to 1912, to conduct a historical exploration of swimming sports in Taiwan's society and school education during the settlement and development of Japanese colonization, and, at the same time, to observe the progress of the sports in their course of progressive development. Given political unrest during the early Japanese colonial period in Taiwan, some defensive sports, such as martial arts, were more stressed at that time. However, with the advent of political stability, more attention started to be paid to leisure sports. Thus, swimming sports began in a "physical recreation club", in which a "swimming division" was established in 1907 to initiate swimming sports in Taiwan. Later on, the "Chuan Duan Swimming pool" was established beside the Xindian River at Guting Village in Taipei. It was a swimming practice site where exclusive personnel were designated to maintain the facilities. Different from the laid-back swimming in the Danshui River enjoyed by Taiwanese at that time, the newly established "man-made swimming model" effectively lowered the dangers of swimming. Nevertheless, given the fact that those swimming facilities were built mostly for Japanese colonists, a majority of Taiwanese found it more difficult to approach the swimming facilities even though a few Taiwanese gentlemen might be able to access them. On top of this, swimming was not part of the major curriculum in the school education system during the early Japanese colonial period. To compound matters, the rooted superstition regarding swimming made Taiwanese leaning swimming negatively. As a result, it was more difficult for them to learn how to swim. As opposed to Taiwanese's indifference to swimming, Japanese students swam during their summer vacations after the establishment of "Chuan Duan Swimming pool". In spite of the difference between Taiwanese and Japanese students regarding swimming sports, the fact is that Taiwan's swimming model was initiated by Japanese development of swimming sports in Taiwan. By having gone through recreation playing and living skills, swimming has come a long way to become a truly modern sport in Taiwan.