-
Aleksandr Vladimirirovich Popóv Biography
Aleksandr Vladimirirovich Popóv, also known as Alexander Popov, is a Russian former senator who is considered one of the best swimmers in history. -
Women swimmig
Swimming was one of the 12 sports added for women in the 1981-1982 season -
Ian James Thorpe
Ian James Thorpe, AM (born 13 October 1982) is an Australian retired swimmer who specialised in freestyle, but also competed in backstroke and the individual medley. -
Michael Fred Phelps
Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is a retired American swimmer who holds the record for the most Olympics medals won by any athlete at 28, including 23 gold medals and 13 individual golds. -
Mireia Belmonte Biography
Mireia Belmonte García (born 10 November 1990) is a Spanish Olympic, world, and European champion swimmer. She is the first female Olympic champion in the history of Spanish swimming and is widely considered to be the greatest Spanish swimmer of all time. -
Amy Van Dyken won gold medals
In 1996, Amy Van Dyken of the U.S. won four gold medals in swimming. Also, Ireland's Michelle Smith won three golds and a bronze in swimming. Smith was accused of using performance-enhancing drugs; this remained unproven, but she was suspended in 1998 for tampering with a urine sample. -
American in the Summer Olympics
An American international swimmer who won 2 Olympic medals and 2 World Championship golds. At the 2000 Summer Olympics, he won a gold medal in the men's 50-meter freestyle, and earned a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. relay team in the 4×100-meter freestyle event. -
Natalie Couglin
Natalie Coughlin, 10 days before her 20th birthday, became the first woman to swim the 100m backstroke (LCM) in under one minute. -
Michael Phelps in the Beijing Olympics
History will long remember Michael Phelps' record eight gold medals at the Beijing Olympics. But Phelps didn't complete the feat alone. He needed a clutch performance by U.S. teammate Jason Lezak in the 400-meter freestyle relay. -
Ameicans behind France
Phelps swam the lead-off leg, followed by Garrett Weber-Gale and Cullen Jones. However, when the anchor leg began, Lezak and the Americans were behind France, which had Alain Bernard—the world-record holder in the 100 freestyle. -
Bernard and Lezak
At the final turn, with 50 meters to go, Bernard still led Lezak by a body length. But Lezak powered through the final length of the pool and barely caught Bernard at the wall. -
The Americans record
The Americans set a world record of three minutes, 8.24 seconds, and Lezak recorded the fastest relay leg in history at 46.06. -
Michael Phelps in the Olympic Games
In 2008, US swimmer Michael Phelps became the most successful man at a single Olympic Games by winning eight gold medals. His total medal haul of 23 golds between 2004–2016 is the most out of all sports. -
Garcia bronze medal
Garcia came on strong at the end of the 400M Individual Medley but did not have enough to catch runner up, Maya DiRado. Garcia finished third, winning the bronze medal with a time of 4:32.39. -
Garcia won gold
Garcia won gold in the 200M Butterfly with a time of 2:04.85 just three one hundredths of a second ahead of silver medalist Madeline Groves of Australia, and .35 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Natsumi Hoshi of Japan.
