It was the final night of swimming at the Olympics and the US topped the medal table again, with Caeleb Dressel taking home an incredible 5 golds. People have been swimming since the Stone Age, which ...

Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps stand as swimming's most celebrated legends, each revolutionizing the sport in their eras. Spitz, a 1972 Olympic marvel, set a high bar with seven gold medals. Phelps, a ...

Swimmer Mark Spitz, then an 18-year-old high school graduate from Santa Clara, Calif., returned from the 1968 Olympics with two gold medals, one silver and one bronze—and a feeling of failure. Goaded ...

One of greatest sports stories to come out of Sacramento emerged from a Carmichael swim club where Sherm Chavoor coached eight Olympic medalists. He got his start after World War II, initially ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2022. We are republishing it as part of our fall coverage. BLOOMINGTON – Fifty years ago, there was a before ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — Mark Spitz just can't get away from Michael Phelps. They're regularly coupled in cyberspace, and by next year they could be forever linked as the greatest swimmers in history.

PARIS — The stunning stat that tells the ongoing story of Olympic swimming’s evolution is, on the surface, a testament to Australian speed. It’s the story of Ariarne Titmus, the “Terminator” of world ...