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Happy Anniversary: 48 Years Since Mark Spitz Went 7-For-7 at Munich Games Today, Sept. 4, 2020, marks the 48th anniversary of Mark Spitz's seventh gold medal of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Each of Spitz's titles was won in world-record time, and the accomplishment became the sport’s measuring ...

Time flies but not as fast as the 'fly times of a man born 70 years ago this day. February 10: happy birthday Mark Spitz, he of the seven gold medals, all won in world records, at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Happy 70th Birthday Mr. Spitz Until Michael Phelps thundered to eight golds at Beijing...

By Jim Lutz WHILE cleaning out a closest in my "new" digs recently I came across numerous copies of SWIMMING WORLD. Some issues dated back to the late 1960’s when digital stopwatches were nothing more than a vision and a dream. Names like Rothhammer and Schollander graced the pages and in some cases...

By Michael Collins MUNICH, Germany - Team scoring, it's not necessarily what you think. When the small, but extremely strong, team from Alaska found out they weren't keeping score at the meet - they took things into their own hands. They made score cards 1-10 and graded each of their swimmer...

Barrier Breakers: Women Who Have Elevated the Sport By Gigi Picard Swimming World College Intern It is easy to look back on the year 2020 in sports and feel a measure of disappointment: seasons were cut short, championships were canceled, stands stood empty, athletes were quarantined. It all felt a ...

By Steven V. Selthoffer BRAZILIAN Olympian Romulo Arantes Jr. was killed in a tragic plane accident, it was reported on June 11, 2000. The official announcement was made prior to the start of the final relay, on the third day of the Brazilian Olympic Trials, at the Trofeu Jose Finkel in Rio de Janer...

Clifford Barry, Canadian Olympian and Coach of Victor Davis, Dies at 75 Clifford Barry, a significant figure in Canadian aquatic sports, has died at the age of 75. Barry was a multi-sport standout, as he starred athletically as a two-time Olympian in water polo, and then found success as an Olympic ...

BELMONT SHORES, CA., March 11. IT'S too bad Kaitlin Sandeno isn't in college right now -- because she'd be almost a "lock" to win the 500-1650 frees and 400 IM at this week's NCAA Division 1 Championships on Long Island. However (thankfully?) Sandeno won't attend college until th...

By Ian Hanson CANBERRA, July 14. DUAL Olympian and former Olympic bronze medalist Karen Stephenson (nee Moras) will lead an Australian Swimming team into 2008 Olympic city, Beijing, for the 2001 World University Summer Games in September. The 1968 Olympic bronze medalist over 400m freestyle and form...

Rome will stage the European Aquatics Championships for the first time in 39 years when the Foro Italico plays host from 11-21 August 2022. LEN, the European Swimming League, made the announcement on Monday after speculation that Rome or Kazan, Russia, would stage the event instead of Munich. The sw...

By Phillip Whitten TUCSON, Jan. 31. FOR more than 28 years, swimmer Rick DeMont has been seeking vindication. In 1972, DeMont, then 16, was unceremoniously stripped of an Olympic gold medal after testing positive for a banned substance in his asthma medication. Now, U.S. Olympic Committee officials ...

By Michael Collins MUNICH, Germany. THE largest-ever World Masters Swimming Championships began with the Women's 200 IM. The fastest time came from Cornelia Bleul-Gohlke of Germany with a time of 02:30.52 posted in the 30-34 age group. The rumor of Shane Gould doing a 2:31 was not supported by t...

Feb. 4. IN A startling statement, a physician who examined swimmer Rick DeMont before the 1972 Olympic Games said the U.S. Olympic Committee had no obligation to report information DeMont had given about using an asthma medication to the International Olympic Committee. For 29 years, De Mont has mai...

July 29. The biggest World Masters Swimming Championships in history begin today in Munich, Germany, and SWIMINFO and SWIM Magazine will be on site, covering the event with daily stories, photographs and results. The meet has attracted some 6,000 swimmers--both pool and open water--ranging in age fr...

By Janelle Miles and Will Swanton, AAP BRISBANE, Sept. 1. LEISEL Jones, the baby of the Australian Olympic swimming team was presented with a memento money can't buy for her 15th birthday on Wednesday. She was given a signed card by her 43 team mates including the likes of Kieren Perkins, Susie ...

The Soak - Swim News In Brief Collated weekly Swimming World soaks up snippets from the realm of water sports around the world in a one-stop digest updated each day of every passing week. If you have a snippet of news for us, let us know: editorial@swimmingworld.com The Week of April 27-May 3, 2020 ...

By Ian Hanson and Belinda Dennett HOBART, March 31. TWENTY-SIX members of Australia's 2000 Olympic team have won selection in the 44-strong Telstra Dolphins Australian team to contest this year's World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan in July. Heading the list are individual Olympic ...

DENVER, Colorado, January 17. THE University of Denver swimming and diving teams won 24 of the 32 events contested this evening en route to a sweep of BYU and New Mexico on Friday night. Samantha Corea and Amanda Sanders each had three wins apiece for the Pioneer women, while Kyle Milberg and Dylan ...

(Australian swimming legend, Shane Gould, headed for the Masters World Championships, becomes a human guinea pig, trying out the new bodysuits and giving her assessment.) By Shane Gould Curiosity got the better of me after the Australian Olympic Swimming Trials in May. I had to try the new, long swi...

By Michael Collins MUNICH, Germany - Day 3 began with beautiful clear skies and warm weather. Finally, people can start enjoying the outside grassy area. Three events were contested: 400 IM, 100 Breast, and the 200 Mixed Medley Relay. 400 IM - WOMEN Chris Weigland of Germany, had the best time of th...