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Olympic Champions Among 2024 ISHOF Inductees — Watch Full Induction Ceremony The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) held its annual induction ceremony this weekend in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., enshrining a series of accomplished aquatic performers and contributors. The list included three indi...

By Andy Ross, Swimming World College Intern The Rio Olympics are quickly approaching and the swimming community is buzzing with excitement. Swimmers under the age of 10 will be viewing their first Olympics and people around the world of sports will be paying attention to the sport. Ask any swimmer o...

The International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF) hosted the Class of 2024 Honorees and award winners, as well as the MISHOF (Masters) Class of 2023, this past weekend, Oct. 4-6, 2024, in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, for the 59th annual Induction Weekend. The Honorees weekend kicked off Friday evening, O...

FORT LAUDERDALE –Jack Nelson, who was a major force in coaching the American women to gold over the East Germans in the 400 free relay at the 1976 Olympics, passed away this morning from complications from Alzheimer’s disease at 82 years old. Though Nelson had a storied coaching career across four d...

Commentary by Brent T. Rutemiller. When I stepped into the pressroom there were only a few people in the room. At first I thought I came at the wrong time or perhaps the wrong room. I glanced around and saw three middle-aged blonde women chatting and goofing around in the back. It was Jill Sterkel, ...

By Proteeti Sinha, Swimming World College Intern. While sprinters swim one, two or four lengths of the pool, distance swimmers often swim up to 30 lengths of the pool for one race. That’s a lot of swimming and a lot of staring at the black line. Even though it can sometimes get boring, distance swim...

Michael Phelps, Natalie Coughlin Finalists for U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame Swimmers Michael Phelps and Natalie Coughlin are among the finalists announced Monday for the Class of 2022 of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Hall of Fame. The swimming duo are among 15 Olympic finalists for the hon...

Finally! Team USA's 1976 Women's 400 Freestyle Relay Receives Call to the USOPC Hall Nearly 50 years after their improbable triumph, the 1976 United States women's 400-meter freestyle relay has been selected for induction into the United States Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame. The announcement w...

FORT LAUDERDALE - Everyone who knew Jack Nelson would describe him as energetic, boisterous and fun-loving. As a coach, he got the most out of his athletes, many of whom would win Olympic gold medals. Nelson, who passed away Tuesday morning due to complications from Alzheimer's disease, was inducted...

At the USA Swimming banquet this past weekend in Atlanta, USA Swimming Executive Director Chuck Wielgus gave his annual "State of the Sport Report." In that speech, Wielgus discussed the impressive performances from the U.S. Olympic Trials and from the Olympic Games in Rio as well as USA Swimming's ...

Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website Agonswim.com. INDIANAPOLIS - Carmel High School became the first to break the 1:40 barrier in girls high school swimming c...

7 Favorite Moments From Past Olympic Games (Videos) By Gigi Picard Swimming World College Intern Six world records and 24 Olympic records in swimming later, the 2020 Tokyo Games have ended – albeit in August 2021! Despite the lingering pandemic, and the disturbing “sounds of silence” in the empty st...

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 11. AS part of our 11-day series highlighting the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association’s release of the 2013-14 All-America lists, Swimming World will also be looking at the history of each event that is part of the high school schedule. Today, we're looking at th...

PHOENIX, Arizona, July 9. AS part of our 11-day series highlighting the National Interscholastic Swim Coaches Association’s release of the 2013-14 All-America lists, Swimming World will also be looking at the history of each event that is part of the high school schedule. Today, we take a look back ...

Agon is the proud sponsor of all high school coverage (recruiting, results, state championships, etc.) on SwimmingWorld.com. For more information about Agon, visit their website Agonswim.com. INDIANAPOLIS - Carmel swimming took down a second and third national high school record today with a new mar...