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Memorial Day Rewind: How World War II Impacted Yale Great Bob Kiphuth Editor’s note: We are reposting this great feature by Chuck Warner, originally written as part of a series of articles about the great Yale coach Bob Kiphuth, highlighting a moment in Kiphuth’s career that intersected with the ris...

Honoring the Greatest World Records In History; Michael Phelps Leads the Celebration The fastest of all-time. It’s a special title to hold, and only a tiny percentage of athletes can make the claim. To own the label of world-record holder elevates an individual to a status that cannot be argued. Whe...

When Jim Montgomery and Jonty Skinner Chased Sub-50: A Unique Summer Pursuit Swimming World's Great Races Series has featured numerous duels between star athletes. In this edition, Jim Montgomery and Jonty Skinner engaged in a great race, albeit one in separate pools. The most iconic barrier-breakin...

A Century Later, Johnny Weissmuller - Champion Ape Man - Remains An Iconic Figure It's been a century since Johnny Weissmuller won the first national title of his illustrious career, and nearly 100 years since his first world record. The legacy of the man who would become Tarzan endures. The way he....

Seoul Anniversary: When Matt Biondi Surged to Seven Medals at the 1988 Olympics This week, 37 years ago, Matt Biondi took home seven medals from the Olympic Games in Seoul, an iconic performance that continues to be revered. He had it all. The physique. The pure talent. The inner drive. Add those tr...

ISHOF's First Honorees: A Sports Spectacular The International Swimming Hall of Fame inducted its first class on Dec. 27, 1965. The $1,190,000 swimming pool complex in Fort Lauderdale had just been completed, and swimmers, coaches and fans alike were on hand to pay homage to the 20 men and women as ...

Alex Popov on Olympic Double Defense: 'It's Probably Twice as Hard' No matter what unfolds in the sprint events at next summer’s delayed Olympic Games in Tokyo, another Olympiad will pass with Alex Popov standing alone, his career celebrated in our 20th anniversary feature this month. The Russian se...

Caeleb Dressel: The Work Remaining in His Potentially Historic Olympics Over the course of Olympic history, only two male swimmers have ever accomplished what Caeleb Dressel is trying to do in Tokyo — win three individual gold medals at a single Olympics. At the 1972 Games, Mark Spitz won the 100 fr...

Paris Olympics Day 5: Silver Lining for Olympic Champions Kyle Chalmers and Zac Stubblety-Cook on a Roller Coaster Day For Aussies The roller coaster that is the Olympic Games was in full swing on a dramatic fifth day of competition for Australia in the pool at the Paris La Defense Arena. A silver.....

Take the Quiz: How Strong is Your Knowledge of the History of Swimming How strong is your knowledge of the sport? Are you an A+ student when it comes to swimming history, or do you require a sharpening of your facts? Swimming World occasionally offers its readers the chance to take quizzes on the hi...

By Bruce Wigo The list of heroes from our sport's past is long and glorious. One of the most remarkable super-champions of the Golden Age of Sports was Johnny Weissmuller.  If the present generation remembers him at all, it is as a somewhat portly and inarticulate fellow swinging from jungle trees a...

Centenary of The Australian Olympic Council To mark this week’s 100 year anniversary of the formation of the Australian Olympic Council and breakaway from the combined Australasian teams with New Zealand, the Australian Olympic Committee has reflected back on a century of Australian Olympic sports, ...

A Superstar Of Swim and Surf: The Dual-Sport Talents Of Duke Kahanamoku The 100 freestyle has long been a revered event on the Olympic schedule, and American Duke Kahanamoku was an early champion. Also a surfing legend, Kahanamoku remains a legend. Throughout history, single names have been enough t...

Tokyo Vision: Caeleb Dressel & Kyle Chalmers Set to Duel in 100 Freestyle Had the COVID-19 pandemic not shaken the world, the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo would be unfolding right now, titles and podium finishes earned by the finest athletes from around the world. Instead, we are in a competition lul...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here In this issue of Swimming World, read about Scotland's Duncan Scott, who has been at the heart of Britain's men's swim team's current surge of success.....

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor It’s possible that Brad Schumacher never slows down. Once one of the fastest swimmers in the world, the 43-year-old now races around the globe as president of Kap7, one of the world’s largest suppliers of water polo equipment. His life is a far cry fro...

By Michael Randazzo, Swimming World Contributor New York City, the city that spawned stickball, may seem the least hospitable of venues for an activity like synchronized swimming, remembered here mostly for Martin Short and Harry Shearer’s hilarious send-up on Saturday Night Live. Evidence is growin...

What would have unfolded had Tokyo 2020 gone ahead as planned this week – and where would it all have fit in the thread of Olympic swim legends like Ian Thorpe, Don Schollander, Michael Gross and Pieter Van Den Hoogenband? To mark the eight days over which the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games would have unf...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Takeoff To Tokyo Series - Johnny Weissmuller: A Star of Swimming... And Hollywood By John Lohn The latest installment of our Takeoff to Tokyo serie...

In ‘Three Kings,’ Todd Balf Tells Story of Leading Lights of 1924 Paris Olympics Todd Balf has visited the era between World Wars many times in his work. In looking for a new book project, the former senior editor of Outside magazine was drawn back there not just by the era’s mystique but by the con...