American swimmer Mark Spitz had made history by winning seven ... in a world-record time of 54.27 seconds at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972. Photo by AFP via Getty Images Look at any photo ...

I mentioned to the maître d’ that being at the restaurant was nostalgic for me because I had gone there with Mark Spitz after he won his final gold medal at the 1972 Olympics. I wondered ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: Jeré Longman is a sports reporter and a best-selling author. He covers a variety of international sports, primarily Olympic ones. He has worked at The Philadelphia Inquirer, The ...

Editor's note:This story was originally published in 2022. We are republishing it as part of our fall coverage. BLOOMINGTON – Fifty years ago, there was a before-and-after Olympic Games.

S. swimmer Mark Spitz did more than win seven gold medals at the 1972 Olympics in Munich – he set seven world records at the same time. Going into the Games there was tremendous hype surrounding ...

Mark Spitz is a former American competitive swimmer. He is also Jewish and competed at the 1972 Olympics in Munich winning seven golds. He talks of his experience at the tragic event. American ...

The gold medal winning exploits of Mark Spitz at the 1972 Olympics will forever be etched in folklore, and now he's unveiled what gave him the edge over his rivals. Spitz left Germany has the hero ...

Spitz, an Olympic legend, swam to a then-unprecedented ... the men’s 200 free world record dropped 10.78 seconds lower than the 1972 mark. In that same span, however — and across the board ...

However, Dressel can catch another American swimming legend — Mark Spitz. The former USA star is known for his historic showing at the 1972 Olympics where he won seven gold medals. It was a ...

But back in 1972, he was just ... making this the "serene Olympics." The beginning of the Games was spectacular, featuring such stars as Olga Korbut and Mark Spitz. Then, in the early morning ...

The former swimmer said it was “like an out-of-body experience” to win seven gold medals at the 1972 Munich Games and then learn that terrorists had attacked Israelis at the Olympic Village.

American swimmer Mark Spitz won gold at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games, an event forever marked by tragedy when terrorists killed 11 members of the Israeli Olympics team. Spitz is also Jewish.