Armstrong won the 50m backstroke in 24.21 seconds, earning a prize valued at $250,000 and delivering one of the competition’s cl ...

The U.S. men have never lost the 200-meter backstroke at the Pan Pacific Championships. Can they keep this streak alive?

Riverside's Tyler Clary took home gold in the men’s 200m backstroke Thursday for his first Olympic medal. He finished with a time of 1:53:41, an Olympic record. United States teammate Ryan Lochte won ...

The Georgetown swimming and diving team saw four school records, three individual event victories and two NCAA championship qualifications at the three-day Bucknell Invitational this past weekend.

BELGRADE, Serbia --Pat Schirk had a successful Sunday at the 2009 World University Games in his first event, the 100m backstroke. The Nittany Lion alum qualified out of the preliminary and semifinal ...

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 ...

Ryan Murphy won in the 50-meter backstroke at the Pro Swim Series in Sacramento in his return to competition.