Coverage of 2016 Rio Olympic Games Sponsored By FINIS

In February 2017, Myrtha Pools announced that the pools they built for the 2016 Rio Olympics would be moving to new locations. On Monday, one of the 50 meter pools moved in to its new home in Salvador...

In response to Thursday's arrest of former Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) President Carlos Nuzman and the allegations of vote-buying in the awarding of the 2016 Olympic Games to Rio, the Internatio...

On the final night of swimming competition at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Gregory Paltrinieri of Italy and Pernille Blume of Denmark each won their first Olympic gold medal in their respective events....

Swimming World Splashback: One year ago today, Maya DiRado of the United States and Joseph Schooling of Singapore provided some of the most noted upsets of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. DiRado posted a ...

Swimming World is recounting all the highlights from the 2016 Rio Olympic Games through a series of Splashbacks. One year ago, the world's largest stage for swimming produced numerous national and Oly...

After an IOC executive board meeting in Lausanne on July 9, the Committee has deferred the Rio organizers' request of $35-$40 million to offset the 2016 Olympic Games. According to USA Today via the A...

Indiana women’s swimmer Lilly King was tabbed the Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year, and Ohio State’s wrestler Kyle Snyder was named the 2017 Big Ten Jesse Owens Male Athlete of the Year, the confere...

This week’s Performance Of The Week, sponsored by LumaLanes, goes to Pernille Blume of Denmark for her meet record in the 50 freestyle at the 2017 Sette Colli International in Rome, Italy. Blume hit t...

At just 20 years old Katie Ledecky has already made a case to be the most dominant female swimmer in the world. Her best competitors are still seconds behind her in the 400, 800, and 1500 freestyles, ...

This week’s Performance Of The Week, sponsored by LumaLanes, goes to Swedish Olympic gold medalist Sarah Sjostrom for her epic second day of finals at the first Mare Nostrum Tour stop in Monaco. Sjost...