The Olympics are adding stroke 50m events, while the World Championships dropped a mixed relay.

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 U.S. Olympic swimming team is Paris-ready. A total of 46 American pool swimmers -- 26 men and 20 women -- qualified for the 2024 Paris Games during the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. The trials, ...

The world of swimming is rejoicing following news that all 50m events will be included in the LA 2028 Olympics programme – and perhaps none more so than Egyptian sprinters Farida Osman and Abdelrahman ...

How many miles is the Olympic marathon? The Olympic marathon is a 26.219-mile race with a route that passes through nine of the Île-de-France region’s districts. How long are the Olympic race walking ...

Gretchen Walsh lowered her own American record and became the second-fastest woman in history in the 50m butterfly, an event that debuts at the Olympics in 2028. Walsh, the world record holder in the ...

Adam Peaty announced Wednesday he intends to compete at a fourth Olympics after six new swimming events were added to the 2028 Los Angeles Games in what he called "an amazing decision." The ...

This innovation is particularly helpful to backstrokers, who used to go "sun blind" while swimming outdoors. Gravity wave: ...