More than a half-century after Mark Spitz starred at the 1972 Olympic Games, some of swimming's leading women are chasing his all-time bests.

Take a look at swimming legend Mark Spitz at 70 years old and celebrate the incredible legacy of one of the greatest ...

Editor's note: This story was originally published in 2022. We are republishing it as part of our fall coverage. BLOOMINGTON – Fifty years ago, there was a before ...

Spitz lived up to enormous expectations By M.B. Roberts Special to ESPN.com "There's nothing better in the world, when you're trying to be the best ...

If he’d had a mind to, Mark Spitz could have celebrated on a far grander scale. He could have whooped it up with coaches, teammates and his legion of fans who now were everywhere in Munich. But he ...

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 ...

It was the final night of swimming at the Olympics and the US topped the medal table again, with Caeleb Dressel taking home an incredible 5 golds. People have been swimming since the Stone Age, which ...

“I liked it better when my mustache hid the fact that I wasn’t quite smiling.”Photo: Getty Images Mmmm. Mark? That mustache alone would leave you at the other end of the pool from Phelps. You could ...

PARIS — The stunning stat that tells the ongoing story of Olympic swimming’s evolution is, on the surface, a testament to Australian speed. It’s the story of Ariarne Titmus, the “Terminator” of world ...

The former swimmer said it was “like an out-of-body experience” to win seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games and then learn that terrorists had attacked Israelis at the Olympic Village.

He won seven gold medals in 1972, and he's still getting endorsement deals today. By Bill Higgins Mark Spitz, pictured in 1973 with his seven gold medals from Munich, came out of retirement in 1991 in ...