Swimming is one of the marquee Olympic sports, and it comes with a long list of rules. Between individual events, relays and medleys, there are a bevy of swimming races. Add in varying distances and ...

The Olympics and World Swimming Championships will have the same event program in the pool for the first time since 2000. Along with the Olympic debut of the 50m backstroke, 50m breaststroke and 50m ...

Winter Olympics: Idaho native finishes 6th in team relay Idaho native John Steel Hagenbuch and the U.S. men posted the best Olympic performance in the team relay since the Salt Lake Winter Olympics in ...

Columnist Tim Layden explores the unique physical and mental challenge that faces even the world's best swimmers at the U.S.

Australia's ambitions of dethroning the United States as the greatest swimming team were quashed on the final day of the ...