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If Swimming Added New Events to the Olympic Lineup, What Could They Be? The women's 1500 freestyle, men's 800 free and the mixed medley relay made their debuts at the Olympic Games in Tokyo, bringing the total number of events in the pool to 35. Previously, the last time an event was added to the O....

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...

Budapest 2024, Day 2 Finals: Miron Lifintsev Edges Hubert Kos To Take 100 Back Title In WJR Miron Lifintsev edged Hubert Kos by 0.03 to claim the 100 back title in a WJR of 48.76 at the short-course worlds in Budapest. Kos excelled through the rounds and went within 0.7 of the WR in the semis in 49....

When Tamas Darnyi Took the 200 IM Under 2:00; Celebrating the 35th Anniversary of a Special Achievement The rich tradition of Hungarian swimming stretches back more than a century, to the days of early Olympians Alfred Hajos and Zoltan Halmay. Most recently, the men's banner has been carried by Hube...

Fifteen-year-old Summer McIntosh will be greeted by a wall of noise at the Duna Arena where Hungarian hero Katinka Hosszu awaits. The rising Canadian star will launch her maiden FINA World Championship campaign on Saturday when she steps out for the heats of the 400 free followed by the 200 fly and ...

European Championships: Zsuzsanna Jakabos Sets Appearance Record At 11th Europeans, Kristof Milak Returns Zsuzsanna Jakabos got her record 11th European Aquatics Championships underway in Belgrade on Monday as she seeks to book a place at her sixth Olympic Games. The Hungarian made her continental d...

American Mark Spitz and Australian Dawn Fraser were named the greatest male and female swimmers, respectively, of the twentieth century by Swimming World Magazine, the sport's magazine of record. The results of a selection by an international panel of experts, are published in the December issue of ...

VALETTA, Malta, July 9. THE kids have arrived! On the third day of the 2001 European Junior Championships here today, Greece's Ioannis Drymonakos and Hungary's Viktor Bodrogi were the stars of the show on the boys' side. Among the ladies Ukraine's Aliaksandra Herasimenia was a double...

Benedetta Pilato set a world junior record of 29.85 in the 50m breaststroke and Gregorio Paltrinieri, Alessandro Miressi and Mewen Tomac all set new championship standards on a night when both youth and experience shone at the Sette Colli meet in Rome. Pilato took 0.01secs off the previous world jun...

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...

PHOENIX, Arizona, May 15. THE recent news that Martin Zubero and Greg Burgess would be coaching together at the Episcopal School of Jacksonville got us nostalgic about their Olympic medal-winning performances at the 1992 Games in Barcelona. We're featuring both swims from Zubero and Burgess this wee...

They Deserve Better: A Look At Swimming's Overlooked Stars How could they be forgotten? Or overlooked? It doesn’t make sense, not with their credentials and the success they managed during their illustrious careers. Yet, there is a routine state in sports for some athletes – as elite as they might h...

AUG. 13. ALESSIO Boggiatto was in a quandry. The Italian medley specialist, who struck gold in the 400 IM at last month's World Championships in Fukuoka for his first major international title, so loved his precious bauble he decided he needed a matching medal. But where to get it? The next Worl...

By Phillip Whitten May 16. HE is the most dominant swimmer in his event in history, winning gold at the 1994 World Championships, the 1996 Olympics, the 1998 World Championships and the 2000 Olympics. He has held the world record in his event for 81 months, longer than anyone else in history except ...

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 and pioneers like Michael Phelps, Tamas Darnyi and Ryan Lochte? To mark the eight days over which the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games would have unfolded had the c...

Tokyo Vision: Daiya Seto Seeking to Ride Momentum to Top of Podium in 400 IM 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 ...

Pre-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...

The 4 Nations Meet drew to a close on Sunday with victories for Kristof Milak and Katinka Hosszu on Margaret Island, Budapest. Milak made it a clean sweep of the fly races in the one-length dash and Hosszu won the medley double while there were performances of note from Akos Kalmar in the 1500m free...

The latest issue of Swimming World Magazine is now available for download in the Swimming World Vault! Non-Subscribers Can Download This Issue Here Perhaps Overlooked...But Not Forgotten: 6 Hall of Famers Who Hold A Special Place In History By John Lohn How could they be forgotten? Or overlooked?...