Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps stand as swimming's most celebrated legends, each revolutionizing the sport in their eras. Spitz, a 1972 Olympic marvel, set a high bar with seven gold medals. Phelps, a ...

Swimmer Mark Spitz, then an 18-year-old high school graduate from Santa Clara, Calif., returned from the 1968 Olympics with two gold medals, one silver and one bronze—and a feeling of failure. Goaded ...

PARIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) - Four finals, four gold medals, four Olympic records: Leon Marchand's prowess in the Paris pool has been so extraordinary that some of his compatriots might not be surprised if ...

With the Pan American Games scheduled to start this weekend, it seemed like an appropriate time to feature the launch of a legend. At the 1967 edition of the Pan Am Games, Mark Spitz made his name ...

These days it's Mark Spitz who has to worry about swimming with the sharks. He's hoping his new Missoula Aquatic Club swim cap will help out with that. At 58, Spitz - whose nickname was "The Shark," ...

Mark Spitz explained why he valued not only his seven 1972 Olympic gold medals, but also another item from the Munich Games in a TODAY interview published Thursday. “I have a participant’s badge, it’s ...

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal, breaking Mark Spitz's record. Aug. 16, 2008— -- He's done it again. Another gold, and another world record. Michael Phelps' gold medal hunt in Beijing ...

It’s been more than a half-century since Mark Spitz dazzled at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, where he captured seven gold medals – all in world-record time. And earlier this month, Spitz and his ...

BEIJING, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Michael Phelps prepared to join Mark Spitz on his Olympic seven-gold pedestal when he won his sixth Beijing swimming title on Friday and then swept into his seventh final.

The sport of swimming has had its star-studded legends. But personalities such as Mark Spitz and Michael Phelps always take precedence. Both revolutionized the sport in their respective times and ...