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Each day through August 4, Jeff Commings will take you back 30 years to the Olympic Games in Los Angeles, highlighting one of that day’s swimming events that continues to be a benchmark for the current culture of the sport. A full list of medalists from that day’s competition follows at the end of t...

We end our memories of the boycotted Moscow 1980 Olympic Games with an overview of the swimming events, the truth that emerged down the years and a review of the races over the closing two finals sessions of the meet and where they left the protagonists, at that moment and in the long-term of life ....

By Jason Tillotson, Swimming World College Intern Last week, my fellow Swimming World college intern, Jacob Riley pieced together a fantastic comparison of the men’s LCM world records in the 1980’s versus the world records that stand today. This sparked some interesting conversation about the where ...

Coverage of the World Championships is sponsored by Wylas Timing Each week until the start of the swimming competition at the world championships, Swimming World will look back at a previous performance at the world championships that still carries significance. By Jeff Commings, Swimming World Seni...

By Michael Collins & Phillip Whitten SYDNEY, September 16. OLYMPIC records were set in two events during prelims of the first day of competition at the Olympic Games here in sunny Sydney, Australia. Australia's golden boy, Ian Thorpe, cracked Russia's Evgeny Sadovyi's 1992 mark of 3:45.0...

By Phillip Whitten and Michael Collins SYDNEY, September 16. WORLD records fell in all four final events on the first night of competition at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. In fact, five world marks fell in the four events. Women's 400 IM - FINALS GOLD - Klochkova UKR 4:33.59 WORLD RECORD! SI...

Maddy Gough Joins Short Course Record Rumble With The Fifth Fastest 1500m In History It was Maddy Gough’s turn to keep the records rolling in Brisbane today with the 21-year-old Queenslander from the Gold Coast demolishing her own Australian 1500m freestyle mark, clocking the fifth fastest time in h...

New Book 'Unfair Play: The Battle For Women's Sport' is Released “This book is dedicated to my family, who’ve had to put up with my crusade for justice these last few years. “It’s also for the wonderful men and women who have taken on the abuse and fought alongside me for fair play, safety and the r...

11 Iconic Moments in World Championships History; Michael Phelps' Seven Golds in Melbourne Dazzled Since FINA introduced the World Championships in 1973, hundreds of athletes have been crowned as global titlists. Beyond capturing Olympic gold or setting a world record, earning a world championship i...

PHOENIX, Dec. 12. AUSTRALIA'S Ian Thorpe and Holland’s Inge De Bruijn were named male and female "World Swimmers of the Year" by Swimming World magazine, in the December issue on newsstands today. Swimming World is the magazine of record in the sport of swimming. It was the third time the 19 yea...

By Stephen J. Thomas Sydney, Australia - The Olympic pool has not gotten any slower since the Pan Pacs last August with seven new championship records and numerous national records established on the first night of the World Cup meet. The Aussies set three new championship marks: Susie O'Neill broke...

Early last month, Swimming World received a confidential report from one of its sources in China saying that the doping situation in China is, "if anything, worse than ever." The report warned to expect unbelievable performances at China's National Games in October. It is at these Games that the gov...

May 22, JINAN. CHINA'S swimming federation and Olympic Committee have been insisting for months that they have been cracking down on illegal performance-enhancing drugs. Judging by the results at the Chinese Olympic Trials, held in the grimy northern Chinese city of Jinan, those efforts have bee...

By Craig Lord Lothar Kipke, the doctor in charge of a state plan to feed muscle-building drugs to 58 female swimmers, was described as the "Mengele of the East German doping system" as he was given a 15-month suspended jail sentence and ordered to pay a fine of DM7,500 ($3,950) by a court in Berlin ...

By Phillip Whitten The Chinese National Championships, held October 15-22 in Hangzhou, produced a few new names to watch between now and Sydney, but few fast swims. Cheng Jiajia, just 13, was the brightest new star, repeated her backstroke triumphs from the City Games a month earlier, clocking a per...