Mike Austin, Olympic swimmer 1964- with other winners of the men's 400 meter freestyle relay swim. Left to right: Don Schollander, Gary Inman, Austin...
Swim stars Mike Troy and Dave Gillanders smile in the water after they finished first and third, respectively, in the men's 200-meter butterfly...
Mark Spitz, a 15-year-old Santa Clara, California, high school junior, leads the pack to set a new American record in the 200-yard butterfly event...
Gerald R. Holan, U.S.A., ploughs through the water, during the first semi-final of the men's 200 meters breaststroke, at the Olympic pool, Helsinki...
The four members of the United States 800 meter swimming relay team, who set a new Olympic record of 8 minutes, 31.1 seconds when they won their...
The final of the men's free style 400 meters swimming race, at the Olympic pool today, was won by J. Boiteux of France, with F. Konno, of the U.S.A.,...
Mark Spitz who won seven gold medals in Munich for swimming, is now trying to be the fastest guy in the water again- this time in a boat. For the...
America's Mark Spitz of Carmichael, California, leaves the block at the start of the third leg of the Olympic 4X100 meter men's medley relay...
Mark Spitz who won seven gold medals in Munich for swimming, is now trying to be the fastest guy in the water again- this time in a boat. For the...
Rick Carey, the swimmer for the United States, raises his arms after setting a world record in the men's 100-meter backstroke in the Pan Am Games.
Ralph Flanagan, of Miami, Florida, having smashed four world's records in the mile swim on the opening day of the Men's NAAU Swimming Meet in...
Tokyo, Japan: Robert Bennett, Olympic Swimmer, stands at right of gold medal winner Jed Graef after placing third in the 200 meter men's backstroke...
Boston Man To Attempt Swim Across English Channel. Boston man to attempt to swim across English Channel, Charles Toth, a waiter at one of the Boston...
Los Angeles, CA- Portrait of K. Kitamura of Japan, winner of the heat in the men's 1500 meter event, in today's swim program of the 1932 Olympic...
Los Angeles, CA- Competitors begin the men's 4 X 200 meter Olympic relay final. Pictured are: Whiteside of Great Britain, Booth of the United States,...
American swimmers Tom Bruce and Mike Stamm carry teammate Mark Spitz on their shoulders during the medal ceremony for their victory in the men's...
S Mark Spitz no sooner touches the wall than teammate Don Schollander dives out over him to cinch a US gold medal in the men's 800-meter freestyle...
Mexico City: East Germany's Roland Matthes and Charles Hickcox of the USA catapult from the start of the men's 100 meters backstroke final of the...
Los Angeles, California-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: West Germany's Michael Gross practices his butterfly stroke during Olympic workout.
Mark Spitz, of the U.S.A., is shown in swimming action during the men's 4 X 200 meter freestyle relay.
Mark Spitz, of the U.S.A., is shown in action during the men's 200-meter butterfly final in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Spitz won the gold medal for...
Mark Spitz wears a proud smile 8/27 as he stands in front of a board which shows his winning time of 52.45 seconds for the men's 100-meter freestyle....
Duke Kahanamoku, veteran Olympic swimmer for the United States, and now Sheriff of Honolulu, Hawaii, as he recently poised himself for another race...
Paris, France: Composite Olympic photo of the 400 meter swimming event. On left are swimmers Johnny Weissmuller, U. S. A. And Andrew Charlton,...
Munich: Roland Matthes of East Germany is shown winning the final of the 100 meters mens backstroke at the Munich Olympics and setting a New Olympic...
America's John Naber wears a look of total concentration as he moves out into the water 7/24 at the start of the 200 meter men's backstroke event....
John Naber, Menlo, CA, climbs out of the pool after beating world record holder Roland Matthes for the second time in as many days. Naber, who handed...
Body builder Jack LaLanne, a former Mr. America, poses against a background of Alcatraz Island. Starting at a point near the famed island prison,...
Manhattan Beach, CA- Duke Kahanamoku, of Hawaii, is shown about to dive into the water during a farewell tournament at Manhattan Beach, CA. The...
After winning gold in the 400-meter freestyle event at the Los Angeles Olympic Games, Buster Crabbe of the United States loosens up his tank suit....
Stockholm, Sweden: American men's swimming team is shown at the Olympic Gaems in Sweden. They are each wrapped in a large towel.
Johnny Weismuller, the Olympic Gold medalist who rose to motion picture fame in the role of "Tarzan," died in Acapulco 1-20. He was 79. Weismuller is...
Munich, Germany: Mark Spitz of Carmichael, Calif. USA, wings his way to a seventh gold medal as he swims the butterfly leg of the 4x100 meters medley...
American swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg bounding off side at start of 200m Men's Backstroke Final at 2000 Summer Olympics in gold medal performance.
Young men enjoy the opening of the world's largest indoor pool in Madison Square Garden during these sweltering days of July, New York, New York,...
Swimming star Duke Kahanamoku wins the one man canoe championship in his long black and white outrigger, crossing the finish line in front of the...
American actor and Olympic swimming champion Buster Crabbe , wearing swimming trunks with a white belt, running down stone steps outdoors.
Bodybuilder and winner of one Mr. America and two Mr. Universe titles, Steve Reeves , smiles at the edge of a swimming pool.
Engraving depicts Captain Matthew Webb , during an attempt to swim the English Channel, as he accepts a thermos of coffee from a man in a boat, 1875....
Collectible celebrity card from French publisher Collection Felix Potin, published in 1908, with image of Thomas William Burgess, also called Bill...
Black-and-white film photo shows two men in one-piece bathing suits in a posed portrait with hands behind their backs, circa 1931.
1930s 1935 Man Doing Handstand On Diving Board Swimming Pool The Opelbad In Neroberg Hill Overlooking Wiesbaden Germany.
Black-and-white photo shows three men in an outrigger canoe riding a wave towards the beach at Waikiki, circa 1921.
The winners of the men's 100 metres freestyle swimming event at the Summer Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland, 27th July 1952. From left to right,...
Obscured profile shot, from the chest up, of a Johns Hopkins University Men's Swim team member, moving through the water while performing a...
Obscured profile shot of a Johns Hopkins University Men's Swim team member, from the chest up, moving through the water while performing a...
Man reads a magazine as he lounges in the sun beside a hotel swimming pool in Palm Springs, California.
Man reads a magazine as he lounges in the sun beside a hotel swimming pool in Palm Springs, California.
The famous Hawaiian swimmer Duke Kahanamoku , poses in his bathing suit, 1912. He won gold medals in the 100 meter freestyle event in 1912 and 1920,...
