Nic Fink would also medal for the United States this night, earning a bronze in the Men’s 100 Breaststroke, finishing just behind world-record holder and two-time Olympic champion Adam Peaty of ...

Earlier this week, the full-time engineer won silver in the 100-meter breaststroke, just two-hundredths of a second behind winner Nicolo Martinenghi of Italy.

Then there’s Nicolò Martinenghi of Italy, whose gold-medal time of 59.03 in the 100 breaststroke would not have been good enough to claim a medal of any color at the last two Summer Games.

Summer McIntosh, of Canada, competes during a heat in the women’s 200-meter butterfly at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) ...

A whopping 23 world records were set at the 2008 Beijing Games, when the sport was in the midst of the rubber-suit revolution. The following year, at the world championships in Rome, a staggering 43 ...

Regan Smith, of the United States, competes during a heat in the women’s 200-meter butterfly at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Nanterre, France. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) ...