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 ...

Qualifying heats (11 a.m. ET on Peacock): Women’s 200 backstroke, men’s 50 freestyle, men’s 200 IM. Semis and finals (8 p.m. ET on NBC/Peacock): Women’s 200 butterfly final, men’s 200 backstroke final ...

Comparing and Contrasting: The Four Main Swimming Strokes By: Daniel Zeng, Swimming World Intern Swimming obviously has its four main strokes: Butterfly, backstroke, breaststroke, and freestyle. Some ...

Regan Smith set another 100m backstroke world record on Friday at the World Aquatics Swimming World Cup in Incheon, South Korea. The 22-year-old Smith set the short-course mark with a time of 54.41 ...

South Africa's Pieter Coetze is Swimming World's Male Breakout Swimmer of the Year after dazzling in the backstroke events.

The medley relay features teams of four, where each team member swims a different stroke. Teams are usually comprised of a ...

Here’s a recent story on the Olympics, via the Associated Press: PARIS (AP) — Concerns about the water quality in the Seine River led officials to call off the swimming portion of an Olympic triathlon ...

PARIS, July 29 (Reuters) - World record holder Thomas Ceccon made a thrilling late surge to claim the men's 100 metres backstroke gold and give Italy a second swimming title at the Paris Olympics on ...

Mt. Lebanon is off to a fast start this swimming season and Rinzen Sherpa is leading the way. “Rinzen has been putting the ...

For the first time in his Olympic swimming career, Ryan Murphy missed out on the final, eliminated Wednesday in the semifinal of the men's 200-meter backstroke at Paris La Defense Arena. Green Cove ...