Professional Era

Thorpe won the 1998 world title in Perth at 15 and three golds at Sydney 2000, including the 400 m freestyle in front of a home cr...

Egerszegi won the 200 m backstroke at Seoul 1988 at age 14, the youngest Olympic swimming champion in history, and defended the ti...

Biondi won five golds at Seoul 1988 including the 50 m and 100 m freestyle, and was the first man under 49 seconds for the 100 m. ...

Evans won the 400 m and 800 m freestyle at Seoul 1988 and defended the 800 m at Barcelona 1992, using an unconventional straight a...

Popov won both sprint titles at Barcelona 1992 and defended both at Atlanta 1996, a feat no other male sprinter matched in that er...

Van den Hoogenband set a world record of 47.84 in the Sydney 100 m semifinal, then beat Ian Thorpe in the 200 m final in an electr...

De Bruijn won the 50 m and 100 m freestyle and 100 m butterfly at Sydney 2000, setting world records in all three. She added the 5...

Hackett won the 1500 m at Sydney 2000 and Athens 2004 and set 14:34.56 at the 2001 world championships in Fukuoka, a record that s...

Perkins won the 1500 m freestyle at Barcelona 1992 and Atlanta 1996, the second from lane 8 after barely qualifying, one of the gr...

Darnyi won the 200 m and 400 m IM at Seoul 1988 and again at Barcelona 1992, holding world records in both events through the peak...

Kitajima won the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke at Athens 2004 and repeated the double at Beijing 2008, the first man to defend both...

The Picornell pools on Montjuic hosted swimming and water polo at the 1992 Barcelona Games, part of the hillside cluster of venues...

The Georgia Tech pool hosted 1996 Olympic swimming and diving under a roof fitted with a large photovoltaic array, then a novelty ...

The Sydney aquatic centre in Olympic Park staged Ian Thorpe and Inge de Bruijn heroics at the 2000 Games before crowds around 17,5...

Marine Messe in Fukuoka staged the 2001 world championships where Grant Hackett set his 1500 m record, and returned as a world cha...

The IU Natatorium opened in 1982 on the Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis campus and became one of the most used t...

The Manhattan Island Marathon Swim circles the island in about 45.9 km, taking in the Hudson, Harlem and East rivers with their ch...

Thompson won 12 Olympic medals between 1992 and 2004, including eight relay golds, making her one of the most decorated American w...

Torres first swam at the Olympics in 1984 and won a relay gold that year. She retired and returned more than once, winning five me...

Peirsol won the 100 m and 200 m backstroke at Athens 2004 and defended the 100 m at Beijing 2008, adding medley relay golds. He he...

Coughlin broke the one minute barrier for the 100 m backstroke in 2002 and won the Olympic title in the event at both Athens 2004 ...

Jones won silver medals at Sydney 2000 aged 14 and became the dominant breaststroker of the following decade, setting world record...