The Olympic Channel published a mini documentary to their YouTube channel on the women's 100m butterfly final from the 1960 Olympics in Rome. The episode is a part of their new series "On the Line," ...

Tragedy & Triumph at U.S. Trial... 60 Years Ago By Bruce Wigo Every U.S. Olympic Swimming Trials, since they were first held in 1904, has always seen favorites fail and underdogs rise to the occasion.

When Jed Graef attended Verona High School from 1956 to 1960, swimming was little more than an afterthought in the town. Interest in the sport was so minimal, in fact, that Graef was the sole member ...