McIntosh is the world's fastest swimmer this year in the 400m free and 200m IM by more than two and a half seconds each, the fastest in the 200m fly by more than three seconds and No. 1 in the ...

Regan Smith swam the fastest time in the world this year in the 100 backstroke as she won her third event in Fort Lauderdale.

First is Saturday's final in the 800m free — where McIntosh is the second-fastest swimmer in history behind Katie Ledecky, who is 10-0 in global finals in the event dating to 2010 (Olympics and ...

The swimmers with the eight fastest preliminary times competed in the finals and the next eight fastest swam in the consolation final.

Ryan Lochte of the United States qualified fastest on Wednesday for the semi-finals of the Olympic 200 metres individual medley, two places ahead of his career-long team mate and rival Michael Phelps.