Gold medalist Simone Manuel of the United States celebrates during the medal ceremony for the Women's 100m Freestyle Final on Day 6 of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium on ...

The last day of swimming at the 2016 Rio Olympics was also the final day of competition for the most decorated Olympian of all time. The week has been building to this, the coda to Michael Phelps’ ...

AUSTRALIA’S women’s 4x100m freestyle relay team has set a world record to win Olympic gold and follow the triumph of compatriot Mack Horton. Horton edged Sun Yang in the men’s 400m freestyle final on ...

Sweden's Sarah Sjöström euphorically celebrated in the swimming pool on Wednesday after she claimed the women's 100-metre freestyle gold at the Paris Games. The Rio 2016 100m butterfly champion and ...

The United States' Simone Manuel and Canada's Penny Oleksiak tied for gold with an Olympic record 52.70 seconds in the women's 100m freestyle.

The Chinese gold medallist broke the first world record of the Olympics swimming program by an unthinkable margin.

Aussie champion Mollie O’Callaghan swam the fastest second split of the 100m final but was still pipped at the finish.