As the second stroke to be contested at the Olympics, backstroke is often said to be the inverse of freestyle. Backstroke made its debut at the 1900 Olympic Games, where only the 200-meter race was ...

The 50-meter backstroke will be an Olympic event for the first time in 2028. Julien de Rosa / AFP via Getty Images Italy’s Sara Curtis set a world record in the women’s 50-meter backstroke Wednesday ...

Dec. 12—The Austin boys swimming and diving team dropped its season opener by a score of 92-69, but one swimmer left a big mark in Rochester Century Thursday. Brent Dahl set the Century pool record in ...

Australian swimming star Kaylee McKeown has smashed the 50 metre backstroke world record by 0.12 seconds to underline her status as swimming's backstroke queen. Kaylee McKeown now holds the world ...

OMAHA – She could see the water flying, splashing wildly to her left and her right. With her rivals closing in, and the women's 100-meter backstroke coming down to the final push, Regan Smith cleansed ...

Roland Matthes, the most decorated backstroke ace in history, the G.OA.T. of the stroke, died on Friday in Wertheim, Baden-Württemberg, after a short, severe illness. He was 69. His wife Daniela ...

Swimming the backstroke may seem a harmless pursuit, but it has been banned at a council pool in case of accidents. Daisyfield baths, in Blackburn, is believed to be the first to implement such a ban.