PARIS — The stunning stat that tells the ongoing story of Olympic swimming’s evolution is, on the surface, a testament to Australian speed. It’s the story of Ariarne Titmus, the “Terminator” of world ...

With the kickoff of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro imminent, the time was right to pull out this groovy 1972 portrait from the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. It shows the ...

These days it's Mark Spitz who has to worry about swimming with the sharks. He's hoping his new Missoula Aquatic Club swim cap will help out with that. At 58, Spitz - whose nickname was "The Shark," ...

MISSOULA - Nine-time Olympic gold medal swimmer Mark Spitz is scheduled to visit Missoula next weekend. Spitz will meet with Missoula's youth swim teams at Splash Montana at 4 p.m. on July 11. Spitz's ...

Swimmer Michael Phelps is about to challenge the record set by MARK SPITZ of seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics. It was a feat worthy of a TIME cover. Mark Spitz is in as complete command of his ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Before there was Michael Phelps or Mark ...