Freestyle swimming has been included in every modern Olympics. Currently, freestyle is contested in more Olympic events than any other stroke, at distances of 50m, 100m, 200m, 400m, 800m, and 1500m.

Thomas Ceccon set an Italian 200m backstroke record of 1:55.71 at the Australian Open Championships in Brisbane. The Olympic champion in the 100 back, Ceccon has been training under Dean Boxall ...

State high school associations may adopt rules permitting the use of backstroke ledges during swimming competitions starting in the 2025-26 school year. Rule 2-7-3 was approved by the NFHS ...

The second-last day of swimming at the Rio 2016 Olympics sees gold medal contender Belinda Hocking in the women’s 200m backstroke final and the Campbell sisters in the 50m freestyle semi-final.