What is Swimming World?
Swimming World is the long-established magazine of competitive aquatic sports in the United States: a monthly print magazine and daily news website covering swimming, diving, water polo and artistic swimming, published since 1960.[1] [2]
What does Swimming World cover?
Competition news from age-group and college swimming to the Olympic Games, technique and training features, and the sport's institutional life. Its complete archive spans more than six decades of continuous coverage of the aquatic sports.[1] [2]
What are Swimming World's reach and standing?
As the sport's magazine of record, Swimming World has documented every era of modern swimming since 1960, and it partners with the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[2] [3] Its annual awards are among the most recognized honors in the sport.[2]
Since when does Swimming World exist?
The magazine debuted in 1960 and has published continuously since, adding its online edition as the sport's coverage moved to the web.[1] [2]
Why does Swimming World matter in swimming?
Swimming World created and still confers the World Swimmer of the Year awards — presented since 1964, when Don Schollander was the first honoree — along with continental and category awards (American, European, Pacific Rim, African, Open Water and Para categories, male and female).[2] Selection by Swimming World is one of the sport's established individual honors, and coverage in its pages has marked out swimming's leading figures for six decades.[1] [2]
References
- Swimming World — Swimming World Archive. Accessed August 2026.
- Swimming World Magazine — official site. Accessed August 2026.
- International Swimming Hall of Fame — Swimming World. Accessed August 2026.