Ryan Murphy (swimmer)

American swimmer (born 1995)

Ryan Murphy

Murphy in 2018

Personal information
Full name| Ryan Fitzgerald Murphy[1]
Nickname(s)| "Murph", "Murph Man"
National team|  United States
Born|  (1995-07-02) July 2, 1995 (age 30)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Home town| Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.
Height| 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight| 201 lb (91 kg)
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Backstroke, freestyle
Club| Bolles School Bulldogs,
Jacksonville, Florida
College team| University of California, Berkeley
Coach| Dave Durden (Berkeley)

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing the  United States
| Event  | 1st | 2nd | 3rd

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Olympic Games | 5  | 2  | 2
World Championships (LC) | 7  | 8  | 2
World Championships (SC) | 9  | 4  | 1
Pan Pacific Championships | 3  | 0  | 1
Pan American Games | 0  | 0  | 1
Total  | 24  | 14  | 7
Olympic Games
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 100 m backstroke
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 200 m backstroke
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 4×100 m medley
| 2020 Tokyo | 4×100 m medley
| 2024 Paris | 4×100 m mixed medley
| 2020 Tokyo | 200 m backstroke
| 2024 Paris | 4x100 m medley
| 2020 Tokyo | 100 m backstroke
| 2024 Paris | 100 m backstroke
World Championships (LC)
| 2015 Kazan | 4×100 m medley
| 2017 Budapest | 4×100 m medley
| 2017 Budapest | 4×100 m mixed medley
| 2022 Budapest | 200 m backstroke
| 2022 Budapest | 4×100 m mixed medley
| 2023 Fukuoka | 100 m backstroke
| 2023 Fukuoka | 4x100 m medley
| 2015 Kazan | 4×100 m mixed medley
| 2017 Budapest | 200 m backstroke
| 2019 Gwangju | 200 m backstroke
| 2019 Gwangju | 4×100 m medley
| 2019 Gwangju | 4×100 m mixed medley
| 2022 Budapest | 100 m backstroke
| 2022 Budapest | 4×100 m medley
| 2023 Fukuoka | 200 m backstroke
| 2017 Budapest | 100 m backstroke
| 2023 Fukuoka | 4×100 m mixed medley
World Championships (SC)
| 2012 Istanbul | 4×100 m medley
| 2018 Hangzhou | 100 m backstroke
| 2018 Hangzhou | 4×100 m medley
| 2018 Hangzhou | 4×50 m mixed medley
| 2022 Melbourne | 50 m backstroke
| 2022 Melbourne | 100 m backstroke
| 2022 Melbourne | 200 m backstroke
| 2022 Melbourne | 4×100 m medley
| 2022 Melbourne | 4×50 m mixed medley
| 2018 Hangzhou | 50 m backstroke
| 2018 Hangzhou | 200 m backstroke
| 2018 Hangzhou | 4×50 m medley
| 2022 Melbourne | 4×50 m medley
| 2012 Istanbul | 200 m backstroke
Pan Pacific Championships
| 2018 Tokyo | 100 m backstroke
| 2018 Tokyo | 200 m backstroke
| 2018 Tokyo | 4×100 m medley
| 2014 Gold Coast | 100 m backstroke
Pan American Games
| 2011 Guadalajara | 200 m backstroke
World Junior Championships
| 2011 Lima | 200 m backstroke

Olympics official video: Murphy wins 100m backstroke in Olympic record time

Ryan Fitzgerald Murphy (born July 2, 1995) is an American competitive swimmer specializing in backstroke. He is a five-time Olympic gold medalist and the former world-record holder in the men's 100-meter backstroke.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, Murphy swept the backstroke events, winning gold medals in both the 100\- and 200-meter backstroke races.[2] He also won a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay with Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, and Cody Miller, and Murphy's backstroke relay leg broke the world record previously set by Aaron Peirsol in 2009.[3]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Murphy won a gold medal and set the world record in the 4x100-meter medley relay with Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel, and Zach Apple, in addition to a silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke and bronze medal in the 100-meter backstroke.[4]

## Early life and education

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Murphy began dreaming of competing at the Olympic Games when he was seven years old.[5]

Murphy graduated from Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida in 2013 and attended the University of California, Berkeley where he competed in swimming under Head Coach Dave Durden.[6] While competing for the California Golden Bears (Cal), he was an eight-time NCAA individual national champion, winning the 100-yard and 200-yard backstrokes in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.[7]

## Swimming career

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### 2011

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At the age of 16, Murphy earned his first career international medals, both in the 200-meter backstroke. At the 2011 World Junior Swimming Championships in Lima, Murphy won a bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:59.63.[8] Later in 2011, at the 2011 Pan American Games, Murphy won another bronze also in the 200-meter backstroke. In the final, he recorded a time of 1:58.50.

### 2012

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2012 World Short Course Championships

| 4x100 m medley relay | 3:21.03
| 200 m backstroke | 1:48.86

At the 2012 United States Olympic Trials, Murphy missed the Olympic team, finishing sixth in the 100-meter backstroke (53.92) and fourth in the 200-meter backstroke (1:57.39).[9][10]

Following the Olympics, Murphy competed at the 2012 World Short Course Championships in Istanbul. He won a bronze medal in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:48.86, finishing behind Radosław Kawęcki and Ryan Lochte. Murphy earned a gold medal in the 4×100-meter medley relay for his participation in the heats, swimming the backstroke leg with a time of 50.91.

### 2013

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At the 2013 US National Championships, Murphy just missed qualifying for the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, finishing third in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke with times of 53.38 and 1:56.37, respectively.

### 2014

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Murphy won the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes at his first NCAA D1 Swimming Championships. His 100-yard backstroke time of 44.78 was a US 17–18 National Age Group (NAG) record,[11] and his 200-yard backstroke time of 1:37.23 broke both Tyler Clary's NCAA record and the 17–18 NAG record.[12] He also placed eighth in the 200-yard IM and swam on Cal's 200 and 400 medley and freestyle relays en route to Cal winning the team championship.

### 2015

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At the 2015 NCAA Championships, Murphy swept the backstroke events. He broke the American record previously held by Ryan Lochte in the 200-yard backstroke.[13] He also won the 100-yard backstroke, breaking Lochte's NCAA record. Murphy also placed fifth in the 200 individual medley (IM) and was named CSCAA Swimmer of the Meet.[14]

### 2016

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#### NCAA Championships

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At the 2016 NCAA D1 Swimming Championships, Murphy continued his backstroke winning streak with first-place finishes the 100- and 200-yard backstrokes in record times. His times of 43.49 and 1:35.73, respectively broke his own NCAA, American, and US Open records. He also placed third in the 200-yard IM in 1:40.27 and was once again was named CSCAA Swimmer of the Meet, this time sharing the title with former Bolles teammates Joseph Schooling and Caeleb Dressel.[15]

#### US Summer Olympic Trials

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At the 2016 United States Olympic Trials in Omaha, Nebraska, Murphy made his first Olympic team by placing first in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke events. He also made the 4×100 medley relay by virtue of his win in the 100-meter backstroke.[16][17]

#### 2016 Rio Summer Olympics

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See also: Swimming at the 2016 Summer Olympics

2016 Summer Olympics

| 100 m backstroke | 51.97 (OR)
| 200 m backstroke | 1.53.62
| 4×100 m medley | 3:27.95 (OR)

At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Murphy won gold medals in the 100- and 200-meter backstroke, as well as in the 4×100-meter medley relay together with Cody Miller, Michael Phelps, and Nathan Adrian.[18] Murphy broke Aaron Peirsol's world record for the 100-meter backstroke with his relay split time of 51.85, and the relay team as a whole set a new Olympic record with a time of 3:27.95.[19][20] Murphy's win in the 100-meter backstroke, with a time of 51.97 seconds, set a new Olympic record for the event.[21][22] It also marked the sixth consecutive time a swimmer representing the United States had won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke at the Olympic Games.[21] His gold medal was also the first won by a male alumnus of a high school in Jacksonville, Florida for the United States in an individual swimming event.[22] In total, at his first Olympic Games, Murphy raced and won gold medals in all three of his events, set three Olympic records and one world record, and was named as one of the stars of the 2016 Summer Olympics by the International Olympic Committee.[3][18][20]

### 2017

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#### NCAA Championships

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At the 2017 NCAA championships, Murphy completed his four-for-four sweep of the 100- and 200-yard backstroke events, becoming only the fourth man in NCAA history to sweep 100- and 200-yard events of a single stroke four years in a row after John Nabor (backstroke), Pablo Morales (butterfly), and Brendan Hansen (breaststroke).[23] Murphy also placed third in the 200-yard IM, leading after the breaststroke leg but overtaken in freestyle.

#### World Championships

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2017 World Championships

| 400 m medley relay | 3:29.66
| 400 m mixed medley relay | 3:40.28 (WR, CR)
| 200 m backstroke | 1:54.21
| 100 m backstroke | 52.59

At the 2017 US National Championships, the qualifying meet for the 2017 World Aquatics Championships, Murphy won the 200-meter backstroke and placed second to Matt Grevers in the 100-meter backstroke to qualify for the World Championships later that year.[24][25]

At the 2017 World Swimming Championships in Budapest, Murphy placed third in the 100-meter backstroke behind Xu Jiayu and Grevers and second in the 200-meter backstroke behind Evgeny Rylov and ahead of countryman and former college teammate Jacob Pebley. Murphy also earned gold medals by swimming in the prelims on the 4×100-meter medley and mixed medley relays. The mixed medley relay set a World and Championship record time of 3:40.28 in the prelims, a record later broken by in the US team in finals.

### 2018

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#### 2018 Pan Pacific Championships

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2018 Pan Pacific Championships

| 100 m backstroke | 51.94 (CR)
| 200 m backstroke | 1:53.57 (CR)
| 4x100 m medley relay | 3:30.20

During the 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships in August 2018 in Tokyo, Japan, Murphy won three gold medals: one in the 100-meter backstroke, one in the 200-meter backstroke, and one in the 4x100-meter medley relay.[1] Murphy's strong finish to the Championships, winning two gold medals on the final day of competition, was noted by Jacksonville newspaper The Florida Times-Union.[26] His gold medal performance in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:53.57 established a new Championships record that was over 1.5 seconds faster than the silver medalist in the event, Ryosuke Irie.[1][26] Murphy opened up to Reuters after his success at the Championships, expressing he hoped that swimming in a pool close to where swimming competitions for the 2020 Summer Olympics would be held would help quell his superstitions concerning his performance at the upcoming Olympic Games.[27]

USA Swimming took notice of Murphy's swims at the 2018 Pan Pacific Championships and nominated him for the "Relay Performance of the Year", "Male Race of the Year", and "Male Athlete of the Year" Golden Goggle Awards.[28][29] In total, he won all three awards for which he received nominations.[30]

#### 2018 World Short Course Championships

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Murphy competed at the 2018 FINA World Swimming Championships in Hangzhou, China in December 2018. He won medals in three individual events: gold in the 100-meter backstroke, silver in the 50-meter backstroke, and silver in the 200-meter backstroke. He also medaled in three relay events: gold in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay, gold in the mixed 4×50-meter medley relay, and silver in the men's 4×50-meter medley relay.[31]

### 2019

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#### 2019 World Aquatics Championships

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2019 World Championships

| 200 m backstroke | 1:54.12
| 4x100 m medley relay | 3:28.45
| 4x100 m mixed medley relay | 3:39.10

In July 2019 at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Murphy won three medals. Swimming with Lilly King, Caeleb Dressel, and Simone Manuel in the final of the mixed 4×100-meter medley relay, he won a silver medal. The relay finished two hundredths of a second behind Australia. Murphy also won the silver medal in the 200-meter backstroke and the men's 4×100-meter medley relay.[32]

### 2021

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#### 2020 US Olympic Trials

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In June 2021, Murphy qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo in the 100-meter backstroke at the 2020 USA Swimming Olympic Trials.[33][34] He won the event at the US Olympic Trials, swimming a time of 52.33 at the final on June 15.[35] He was the only veteran to qualify in the event for the 2020 Olympics; the other qualifier in the event, Hunter Armstrong, was a first-time member of the US Olympic Team.[36] In the morning prelims of the 200-meter backstroke, Murphy placed fifth with a time of 1:57.95 and advanced to the semifinals.[37][38] In the evening, Murphy swam a time of 1:55.60 and advanced to the finals in first-place overall.[39] He swam a time of 1:54.20 in the final, winning the event and securing a spot at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 200-meter backstroke.[40][41]

#### 2020 Summer Olympics

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See also: Swimming at the 2020 Summer Olympics

2020 Summer Olympics

| 4x100 m medley relay | 3:26.78 (WR)
| 200 m backstroke | 1:54.15
| 100 m backstroke | 52.19

Murphy was selected as one of four captains for the US Olympic swim team at the 2020 Summer Olympics along with Caeleb Dressel, Simone Manuel, and Allison Schmitt.[42] All four swimmers were veteran Olympians chosen to provide guidance for their fellow members of the US Olympic Swim Team, with Murphy highlighted for his calm demeanor and the stability he provided the team in a competitive context.[43][44]

On day two of Olympic competition, in the prelims of the 100-meter backstroke, Murphy swam a 53.22 and tied in overall ranking for seventh with Russian Evgeny Rylov.[45][46] In the semifinals the following day, Murphy swam the fastest in both semifinals heats with a time of 52.24 and advanced to the final.[47] In the final, Murphy raced against a field of majority veteran Olympians, with five of the eight competitors, including himself, having competed in the final of the 100-meter backstroke at the 2016 Olympic Games.[48] His time of 52.19 seconds won him the bronze medal.[48][49] Speaking to national newspaper USA Today about winning the bronze medal after winning the gold medal in 2016, Murphy said, "Winning an Olympic gold means you're the best in the world. Being third in the world is no slouch."[48]

On the fifth day of competition, Murphy advanced to the semifinals in the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:56.92, seventh overall in the prelims.[50] In the semifinals, Murphy swam over one second faster than in the prelims with a time of 1:55.38 and qualified for the final in third place.[51] Murphy won his second medal of the 2020 Olympics, a silver medal, in the final of the 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:54.15 on day seven of competition.[52][53]

In the final of the 4×100-meter mixed medley relay, Murphy swam the backstroke leg of the relay, Lydia Jacoby the breaststroke, Torri Huske the butterfly, and Caeleb Dressel the freestyle leg of the relay; they placed fifth.[54][55] It was the first time the event was included in the Olympic program for swimming. Murphy held off the field in his leg of the relay, tying Thomas Ceccon of Italy for first at the wall.[4][56] The American team fell to eighth place by the end of the butterfly leg of the relay but made up some time on the freestyle leg to place fifth overall.[56][55] Jacoby's goggles had fallen off during her leg of the relay, to which Murphy responded, "Anyone that's swam with their goggles in their mouth like she did, she did fantastic."[55]

On the final day, Murphy swam backstroke in the final of the 4×100-meter medley relay with teammates Michael Andrew (breaststroke), Caeleb Dressel (butterfly), and Zach Apple (freestyle). The relay won the gold medal in a world record time of 3:26.78, setting a new Olympic record in the process.[57][58][59] By the end of the 2020 Olympics, Murphy had won a total of six Olympic medals, four in individual events and two in relay events, between his first (2016) and second (2020) Olympic Games.[4][18] His contribution to the world record and gold medal in the final of the 4×100-meter medley relay earned him a nomination from the USA Swimming Foundation for the Golden Goggle Award for Relay Performance of the Year along with his finals relay teammates.[60][61] Additionally, Murphy's support of his teammates and the integrity of swimming as a sport, as well as his consistent performances since the 2016 Summer Olympics, earned him a nomination for the Male Athlete of the Year Golden Goggle Award.[60]

His swims in 2021 through the end of August secured his place on the 2021–2022 US National Team in the 100-meter backstroke and 200-meter backstroke events.[62][63]

#### International Swimming League

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For the 2021 season of the International Swimming League (ISL), Murphy was retained by the LA Current.[64] He took a break from competition during the regular season of competition and remained on the roster heading into playoffs season.[65] For his first race after the 2020 Olympic Games, Murphy swam a 1:48.43 in the 200-meter backstroke in the playoffs match number two, which was the fastest time in the 2021 year up to that point in time.[66][67] For the second match of the playoffs, match thirteen overall, Murphy won enough points from his races to earn the most valuable player (MVP) of the match honor.[68][69] In his second match of the playoffs season, match fifteen overall, Murphy ranked second overall in terms of MVP points, just 4.0 points behind Duncan Scott of London Roar, who was named match MVP.[70] Starting off his third and final playoffs match of the season, Murphy won 19.0 points for his team in one race, winning the 200-meter backstroke in a personal season-best time of 1:48.10.[71][72] Later the same day, in the 50-meter backstroke, Murphy won the event and set new Americas, American, and ISL records with a time of 22.53 seconds,[72][73] surpassing the previous records in the event that he himself had set in the 2020 ISL season at 22.54 seconds.[74] The second and final day of the match, Murphy won the 50-meter backstroke skins event, outscoring his competitors and winning in the final head-to-head race against Evgeny Rylov of Energy Standard with a time of 24.22 seconds.[75][76] Murphy's performances earned him the number two spot for "The Week That Was" from Swimming World for the week of November 29.[77] For the MVP points he had earned since the beginning of the ISL to the end of the 2021 season, Murphy ranked eighth overall with 610 points across thirteen matches.[78]

#### 2022

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On day two of the 2022 US International Team Trials in Greensboro, North Carolina, Murphy qualified for the final of the 200-meter backstroke, ranking third in the prelim heats with a time of 1:57.46[79] and winning the final, qualifying for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships team with a time of 1:55.01.[80] He swam a time of 24.57 in the final of the 50-meter backstroke and placed fourth.[81] In the final of the 100-meter backstroke, Murphy placed second behind Hunter Armstrong with a time of 52.46 seconds, also qualifying for the World Championships team in the event.[82][83] In October, he was named to the roster for the 2022 World Short Course Championships in the 100-meter backstroke and 200-meter backstroke.[84]

2024

Murphy placed first in the US Olympic Trials in the 200 M backstroke, becoming the first swimmer to win both the 200 and 100 events three years in a row.[85] In Paris, he won bronze in the 100 M backstroke, silver in the 4 x 100 Medley, and gold in the mixed 4 x 100 medley.[86]

## International championships

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Meet  | 50 backstroke  | 100 backstroke  | 200 backstroke  | 4×50 medley  | 4×100 medley  | 4×50 mixed medley  | 4×100 mixed medley

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WJC 2011 |  |  |  | — |  | — | —
PAN 2011 | — |  |  | — |  | — | —
SCW 2012 |  |  |  | — | [a] | — | —
PAC 2014 | — |  | 4th | — |  | — | —
WC 2015 |  |  | 5th | — |  | — |
OG 2016 | — |  |  | — |  | — | —
WC 2017 |  |  |  | — | [a] | — | [a]
PAC 2018 | — |  |  | — |  | — |
SCW 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  | —
WC 2019 | 4th | 4th |  | — |  | — |
OG 2020 | — |  |  | — |  | — | 5th
WC 2022 |  |  |  | — |  | — | [a]
WC 2023 |  |  |  | — |  | — |
OG 2024  |  |  | 10th  |  |  | _  |

a Murphy swam only in the prelims heats.

## Personal best times

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As of June 21, 2024[update]

Long Course

Event  | Time  | Meet  | Date  | Note(s)
50 m freestyle | 23.77 | TYR Pro Swim Series – Des Moines  | March 5, 2020  |
100 m freestyle | 48.88 | 2017 US National Championships | June 27, 2017  |
200 m freestyle | 1:49.57 | 2018 California Speedo Grand Challenge  | May 25, 2018  |
50 m backstroke | 24.24 | 2018 US National Championships | July 27, 2018  | Former AM, NR
100 m backstroke | 51.85 | 2016 Summer Olympics | August 13, 2016  | AM, NR, Former WR
200 m backstroke | 1:53.57 | 2018 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships | August 11, 2018  |
100 m butterfly | 51.35 | 2023 US National Championships | June 29, 2023  | [87]

Legend: WR – World record; AM – Americas record; NR – American record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short Course Meters

Event  | Time  | Meet  | Date  | Note(s)
50 m backstroke | 22.53 | 2021 International Swimming League | November 25, 2021  | AM, NR
100 m backstroke | 48.50 | 2022 World Short Course Championships | December 14, 2022  |
200 m backstroke | 1:47.34 | 2018 World Short Course Championships | December 16, 2018  |
50 m butterfly | 22.65 | 2020 International Swimming League | November 22, 2020  |

Legend: AM – Americas record; NR – American record;
Records not set in finals: h – heat; sf – semifinal; r – relay 1st leg; rh – relay heat 1st leg; b – B final; † – en route to final mark; tt – time trial

Short Course Yards

Event  | Time  | Meet  | Date  | Note(s)
100 y backstroke | 43.49 | 2016 NCAA Championships  | March 25, 2016  | Former NCAA, American, US Open records
200 y backstroke | 1:35.73 | 2016 NCAA Championships  | March 26, 2016  | NCAA, American, US Open records

## World records

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Long course meters (50 m pool)  Event  | Time  |  | Meet  | Date  | Location  | Age  | Status  | Ref

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100 m backstroke  | 51.85 | r | 2016 Summer Olympics | August 13, 2016  | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 21  | Former  | [3]
4x100 m medley relay[a] (backstroke)  | 3:26.78 (52.31)  |  | 2020 Summer Olympics | August 1, 2021  | Tokyo, Japan | 26  | Current | [4]

Legend: r – relay lead-off leg

a with Michael Andrew (breaststroke), Caeleb Dressel (butterfly), Zach Apple (freestyle)

## Olympic records

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Event  | Time  |  | Olympic Games  | Date  | Location  | Age  | Status  | Notes  | Ref

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100 m backstroke  | 51.97 |  | 2016 Summer Olympics | August 8, 2016  | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 21  | Former  |  | [21]
100 m backstroke (2)  | 51.85 | r | 2016 Summer Olympics | August 13, 2016  | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 21  | Current | Former WR | [3]
4x100 m medley relay[a] | 3:27.95 |  | 2016 Summer Olympics | August 13, 2016  | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 21  | Former  |  | [3]
4x100 m medley relay[b] (2)  | 3:26.78 |  | 2020 Summer Olympics | August 1, 2021  | Tokyo, Japan | 26  | Current | also a WR | [4]

Legend: WR – World record; r – relay lead-off leg

a split 51.85 in backstroke; with Cody Miller (breaststroke), Michael Phelps (butterfly), Nathan Adrian (freestyle)
b split 52.31 in backstroke; with Michael Andrew (breaststroke), Caeleb Dressel (butterfly), Zach Apple (freestyle)

## Awards and honors

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* International Swimming League, Match Most Valuable Player: 2021 Match 13[68][69]
* Swimming World, The Week That Was: November 29, 2021 (#2)[77]
* Golden Goggle Award, Male Athlete of the Year: 2018[30]
* Golden Goggle Award, Relay Performance of the Year: 2018 (4x100-meter medley relay),[30] 2021 (4x100-meter medley relay)[88]
* Golden Goggle Award, Male Race of the Year: 2018 (100-meter backstroke)[30]
* SwimSwam Top 100 (Men's): 2021 (#7),[89] 2022 (#9)[90]
* SwimSwam Swammy Award, U.S. Swimmer of the Year (male): 2018[91]
* SwimSwam Swammy Award, NCAA Swimmer of the Year (male): 2014,[92] 2016[93]
* Pac-12 Conference, Scholar-Athlete of the Year (Men's Swimming & Diving): 2016—2017[94][95]
* Pac-12 Conference, Swimmer of the Year: 2015, 2016, 2017[96]
* Pac-12 Conference, Freshman/Newcomer of the Year: 2014[96]
* Golden Goggle Award nominee, Breakout Performer of the Year: 2014[97]
* Golden Goggle Award nominee, Male Athlete of the Year: 2021[61]

## Personal life

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Murphy began dating Bridget Konttinen who he met in college, in 2016.[98] The couple announced their engagement on May 15, 2022.[99]

In an interview with Melvin Stewart of SwimSwam in 2021, Murphy shared that he is approximately 95% Irish by ancestry; his mother is of full Irish descent and his father is approximately 90% Irish by ancestry.[100] Murphy was raised in a strong Catholic family and remains committed to his faith, stating, "I’m a firm believer in God. My faith is important to me. There are, however, times when I rely on him more than others. Overall, I am private in my spirituality."[101]

## See also

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* List of people from Florida
* List of people from Jacksonville, Florida
* World and Olympic records set at the 2016 Summer Olympics
* World and Olympic records set at the 2020 Summer Olympics
* World record progression 100 metres backstroke
* World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
* List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
* List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
* Detailed meet and event results, ranking, and LSC/Team records

## References

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* Ryan Murphy at USA Swimming (archived April 22, 2022)
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* Ryan Murphy at mySwimIO

Records

Preceded by

Aaron Peirsol

|  Men's 100-meter backstroke
world record-holder (long course)
August 13, 2016 – June 20, 2022  | Succeeded by

Thomas Ceccon

Preceded by

Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps, David Walters

|  Men's 4×100-meter medley relay world record-holder (long course)
August 1, 2021 – present
With:  Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple |  Succeeded by

Incumbents

* v
* t
* e

LA Current roster

Men|

* Javier Acevedo
* Vladyslav Bukhov
* Apostolos Christou
* Breno Correia
* Hector Cruz
* Abrahm DeVine
* Kristian Gkolomeev
* Ryan Held
* Tomoe Hvas
* Will Licon
* Martin Malyutin
* Ryan Murphy
* Brett Pinfold
* Maxime Rooney
* Christopher Rothbauer
* Fernando Scheffer
* Tom Shields
* Matt Wilson

Women|

* Kathleen Baker
* Bronte Campbell
* Imogen Clark
* Miki Dahlke
* Valentine Dumont
* Sara Franceschi
* Helena Gasson
* Béryl Gastaldello
* Anastasia Gorbenko
* Katie McLaughlin
* Lani Pallister
* Julia Sebastián
* Kotryna Teterevkova
* Abbey Weitzeil
* Ingrid Wilm
* Madi Wilson

Links to related articles

* v
* t
* e

2016 USA Olympic swimming team

Qualification|

* 2016 United States Olympic Trials

Men's team|

* Nathan Adrian (team captain)
* Gunnar Bentz
* Jack Conger
* Kevin Cordes
* Caeleb Dressel
* Conor Dwyer
* Anthony Ervin (team captain)
* Jimmy Feigen
* Townley Haas
* Ryan Held
* Connor Jaeger
* Chase Kalisz
* Jay Litherland
* Ryan Lochte
* Cody Miller
* Ryan Murphy
* Jacob Pebley
* Michael Phelps (team captain)
* Blake Pieroni
* David Plummer
* Josh Prenot
* Sean Ryan
* Tom Shields
* Clark Smith
* Jordan Wilimovsky

Women's team|

* Cammile Adams (team captain)
* Haley Anderson
* Kathleen Baker
* Elizabeth Beisel (team captain)
* Maya DiRado
* Hali Flickinger
* Missy Franklin
* Molly Hannis
* Lilly King
* Katie Ledecky
* Simone Manuel
* Melanie Margalis
* Katie Meili
* Lia Neal
* Cierra Runge
* Allison Schmitt (team captain)
* Leah Smith
* Olivia Smoliga
* Dana Vollmer
* Amanda Weir
* Abbey Weitzeil
* Kelsi Worrell

Coaches|

* Jack Bauerle (asst. men's coach)
* Mike Bottom (asst. men's coach)
* Bob Bowman (men's head coach)
* Dave Durden (asst. men's coach)
* Bruce Gemmell (asst. women's coach)
* Dave Kelsheimer (asst. coach, open water)
* Ray Looze (asst. women's coach)
* David Marsh (women's head coach)
* Greg Meehan (asst. women's coach)
* Catherine Vogt (head coach, open water)

* v
* t
* e

2020 USA Olympic swimming team

Qualification|

* 2020 United States Olympic Trials

Men's team|

* Michael Andrew
* Zach Apple
* Hunter Armstrong
* Bowe Becker
* Gunnar Bentz
* Michael Brinegar
* Patrick Callan
* Brooks Curry
* Caeleb Dressel (team captain)
* Nic Fink
* Bobby Finke
* Townley Haas
* Zach Harting
* Chase Kalisz
* Drew Kibler
* Jay Litherland
* Bryce Mefford
* Jake Mitchell
* Ryan Murphy (team captain)
* Blake Pieroni
* Andrew Seliskar
* Tom Shields
* Kieran Smith
* Jordan Wilimovsky
* Andrew Wilson

Women's team|

* Haley Anderson
* Phoebe Bacon
* Erika Brown
* Claire Curzan
* Catie DeLoof
* Kate Douglass
* Hali Flickinger
* Brooke Forde
* Katie Grimes
* Natalie Hinds
* Torri Huske
* Lydia Jacoby
* Lilly King
* Annie Lazor
* Katie Ledecky
* Paige Madden
* Simone Manuel (team captain)
* Katie McLaughlin
* Allison Schmitt (team captain)
* Bella Sims
* Regan Smith
* Olivia Smoliga
* Erica Sullivan
* Ashley Twichell
* Alex Walsh
* Abbey Weitzeil
* Emma Weyant
* Rhyan White

Coaches|

* Dave Durden (men's head coach)
* Greg Meehan (women's head coach)
* Catherine Vogt (open water head coach)

* Bob Bowman
* Todd DeSorbo
* Ray Looze
* Teri McKeever
* Peter Andrew
* Jack Bauerle
* Anthony Nesty
* Gregg Troy

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* t
* e

2024 USA Olympic swimming team

Qualification|

* 2024 United States Olympic Trials

Men's team|

* Jack Alexy
* Hunter Armstrong
* Shaine Casas
* Brooks Curry
* Caeleb Dressel
* David Johnston
* Matthew Fallon
* Nic Fink
* Bobby Finke
* Carson Foster
* Chris Guiliano
* Thomas Heilman
* Ryan Held
* Luke Hobson
* Keaton Jones
* Chase Kalisz
* Drew Kibler
* Matt King
* Josh Matheny
* Ryan Murphy
* Ivan Puskovitch
* Aaron Shackell
* Kieran Smith
* Charlie Swanson
* Luca Urlando
* Luke Whitlock

Women's team|

* Phoebe Bacon
* Katharine Berkoff
* Erika Connolly
* Mariah Denigan
* Kate Douglass
* Erin Gemmell
* Katie Grimes
* Torri Huske
* Lilly King
* Katie Ledecky
* Paige Madden
* Simone Manuel
* Anna Peplowski
* Alex Shackell
* Regan Smith
* Alex Walsh
* Gretchen Walsh
* Emma Weber
* Claire Weinstein
* Abbey Weitzeil
* Emma Weyant

Coaches|

* Todd DeSorbo (women's head coach)
* Anthony Nesty (men's head coach)

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* e

Olympic champions in men's 100 m backstroke

100 yards|

* 1904:  Walter Brack (GER)

100 metres|

* 1908:  Arno Bieberstein (GER)
* 1912:  Harry Hebner (USA)
* 1920:  Warren Kealoha (USA)
* 1924:  Warren Kealoha (USA)
* 1928:  George Kojac (USA)
* 1932:  Masaji Kiyokawa (JPN)
* 1936:  Adolph Kiefer (USA)
* 1948:  Allen Stack (USA)
* 1952:  Yoshi Oyakawa (USA)
* 1956:  David Theile (AUS)
* 1960:  David Theile (AUS)
* 1968:  Roland Matthes (GDR)
* 1972:  Roland Matthes (GDR)
* 1976:  John Naber (USA)
* 1980:  Bengt Baron (SWE)
* 1984:  Rick Carey (USA)
* 1988:  Daichi Suzuki (JPN)
* 1992:  Mark Tewksbury (CAN)
* 1996:  Jeff Rouse (USA)
* 2000:  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
* 2004:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2008:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2012:  Matt Grevers (USA)
* 2016:  Ryan Murphy (USA)
* 2020:  Evgeny Rylov (ROC)
* 2024:  Thomas Ceccon (ITA)

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* e

Olympic champions in men's 200 m backstroke

* 1900:  Ernst Hoppenberg (GER)
* 1964:  Jed Graef (USA)
* 1968:  Roland Matthes (GDR)
* 1972:  Roland Matthes (GDR)
* 1976:  John Naber (USA)
* 1980:  Sándor Wladár (HUN)
* 1984:  Rick Carey (USA)
* 1988:  Igor Polyanskiy (URS)
* 1992:  Martin López-Zubero (ESP)
* 1996:  Brad Bridgewater (USA)
* 2000:  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
* 2004:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2008:  Ryan Lochte (USA)
* 2012:  Tyler Clary (USA)
* 2016:  Ryan Murphy (USA)
* 2020:  Evgeny Rylov (ROC)
* 2024:  Hubert Kós (HUN)

* v
* t
* e

Olympic champions in men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

* 1960:  Frank McKinney, Paul Hait, Lance Larson, Jeff Farrell (USA)
* 1964:  Thompson Mann, Bill Craig, Fred Schmidt, Steve Clark (USA)
* 1968:  Charlie Hickcox, Don McKenzie, Doug Russell, Ken Walsh (USA)
* 1972:  Mike Stamm, Tom Bruce, Mark Spitz, Jerry Heidenreich (USA)
* 1976:  John Naber, John Hencken, Matt Vogel, Jim Montgomery (USA)
* 1980:  Mark Kerry, Peter Evans, Mark Tonelli, Neil Brooks (AUS)
* 1984:  Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist, Pablo Morales, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
* 1988:  David Berkoff, Richard Schroeder, Matt Biondi, Chris Jacobs (USA)
* 1992:  Jeff Rouse, Nelson Diebel, Pablo Morales, Jon Olsen, David Berkoff, Hans Dersch, Melvin Stewart, Matt Biondi (USA)
* 1996:  Jeff Rouse, Jeremy Linn, Mark Henderson, Gary Hall Jr., Josh Davis, Kurt Grote, John Hargis, Tripp Schwenk (USA)
* 2000:  Lenny Krayzelburg, Ed Moses, Ian Crocker, Gary Hall Jr., Neil Walker, Tommy Hannan, Jason Lezak (USA)
* 2004:  Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak, Lenny Krayzelburg, Mark Gangloff, Michael Phelps, Neil Walker (USA)
* 2008:  Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, Jason Lezak, Matt Grevers, Mark Gangloff, Ian Crocker, Garrett Weber-Gale (USA)
* 2012:  Matt Grevers, Brendan Hansen, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, Nick Thoman, Eric Shanteau, Tyler McGill, Cullen Jones (USA)
* 2016:  Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian, David Plummer, Kevin Cordes, Tom Shields, Caeleb Dressel (USA)
* 2020:  Ryan Murphy, Michael Andrew, Caeleb Dressel, Zach Apple, Hunter Armstrong, Andrew Wilson, Tom Shields, Blake Pieroni (USA)
* 2024:  Xu Jiayu, Qin Haiyang, Sun Jiajun, Pan Zhanle, Wang Changhao (CHN)

* v
* t
* e

Olympic champions in 4x100 m mixed medley relay

* 2020:  Kathleen Dawson, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Anna Hopkin, Freya Anderson (GBR)
* 2024:  Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Gretchen Walsh, Torri Huske, Regan Smith, Charlie Swanson, Caeleb Dressel, Abbey Weitzeil (USA)

* v
* t
* e

World long-course champions in men's 100 m backstroke

* 1973:  Roland Matthes (GDR)
* 1975:  Roland Matthes (GDR)
* 1978:  Bob Jackson (USA)
* 1982:  Dirk Richter (GDR)
* 1986:  Igor Polyansky (URS)
* 1991:  Jeff Rouse (USA)
* 1994:  Martín López-Zubero (ESP)
* 1998:  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
* 2001:  Matt Welsh (AUS)
* 2003:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2005:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2007:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2009:  Junya Koga (JPN)
* 2011:  Camille Lacourt (FRA) /  Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
* 2013:  Matt Grevers (USA)
* 2015:  Mitch Larkin (AUS)
* 2017:  Xu Jiayu (CHN)
* 2019:  Xu Jiayu (CHN)
* 2022:  Thomas Ceccon (ITA)
* 2023:  Ryan Murphy (USA)
* 2024:  Hunter Armstrong (USA)
* 2025:  Pieter Coetze (RSA)

* v
* t
* e

World long-course champions in men's 200 m backstroke

* 1973:  Roland Matthes (GDR)
* 1975:  Zoltán Verrasztó (HUN)
* 1978:  Jesse Vassallo (USA)
* 1982:  Rick Carey (USA)
* 1986:  Igor Polyansky (URS)
* 1991:  Martín López-Zubero (ESP)
* 1994:  Vladimir Selkov (RUS)
* 1998:  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
* 2001:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2003:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2005:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2007:  Ryan Lochte (USA)
* 2009:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2011:  Ryan Lochte (USA)
* 2013:  Ryan Lochte (USA)
* 2015:  Mitch Larkin (AUS)
* 2017:  Evgeny Rylov (RUS)
* 2019:  Evgeny Rylov (RUS)
* 2022:  Ryan Murphy (USA)
* 2023:  Hubert Kós (HUN)
* 2024:  Hugo González (ESP)
* 2025:  Hubert Kós (ESP)

* v
* t
* e

World long-course champions in men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

* 1973:  Mike Stamm, John Hencken, Joe Bottom, Jim Montgomery (USA)
* 1975:  John Murphy, Rick Colella, Gregory Jagenburg, Andy Coan (USA)
* 1978:  Bob Jackson, Nicholas Nevid, Joe Bottom, David McCagg (USA)
* 1982:  Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist, Matt Gribble, Rowdy Gaines (USA)
* 1986:  Dan Veatch, David Lundberg, Pablo Morales, Matt Biondi (USA)
* 1991:  Jeff Rouse, Eric Wunderlich, Mark Henderson, Matt Biondi (USA)
* 1994:  Jeff Rouse, Eric Wunderlich, Mark Henderson, Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
* 1998:  Matt Welsh, Phil Rogers, Michael Klim, Chris Fydler (AUS)
* 2001:  Matt Welsh, Regan Harrison, Geoff Huegill, Ian Thorpe (AUS)
* 2003:  Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak (USA)
* 2005:  Aaron Peirsol, Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker, Jason Lezak (USA)
* 2007:  Matt Welsh, Brenton Rickard, Andrew Lauterstein, Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
* 2009:  Aaron Peirsol, Eric Shanteau, Michael Phelps, David Walters (USA)
* 2011:  Nick Thoman, Mark Gangloff, Michael Phelps, Nathan Adrian (USA)
* 2013:  Camille Lacourt, Giacomo Perez-Dortona, Jérémy Stravius, Fabien Gilot (FRA)
* 2015:  Ryan Murphy, Kevin Cordes, Tom Shields, Nathan Adrian (USA)
* 2017:  Matt Grevers, Kevin Cordes, Caeleb Dressel, Nathan Adrian (USA)
* 2019:  Luke Greenbank, Adam Peaty, James Guy, Duncan Scott (GBR)
* 2022:  Thomas Ceccon, Nicolò Martinenghi, Federico Burdisso, Alessandro Miressi (ITA)
* 2023:  Ryan Murphy, Nic Fink, Dare Rose, Jack Alexy (USA)
* 2024:  Hunter Armstrong, Nic Fink, Zach Harting, Matt King (USA)
* 2025:  Miron Lifintsev, Kirill Prigoda, Andrey Minakov, Egor Kornev (NAB)

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World short-course champions in men's 50 m backstroke

* 1999:  Rodolfo Falcón (CUB)
* 2000:  Neil Walker (USA)
* 2002:  Matt Welsh (AUS)
* 2004:  Thomas Rupprath (GER)
* 2006:  Matt Welsh (AUS)
* 2008:  Peter Marshall (USA)
* 2010:  Stanislav Donets (RUS)
* 2012:  Robert Hurley (AUS)
* 2014:  Florent Manaudou (FRA)
* 2016:  Junya Koga (JPN)
* 2018:  Evgeny Rylov (RUS)
* 2021: Kliment Kolesnikov (RSF)
* 2022:  Ryan Murphy (USA)
* 2024:  Miron Lifintsev (NAB)

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World short-course champions in men's 100 m backstroke

* 1993:  Tripp Schwenk (USA)
* 1995:  Rodolfo Falcón (CUB)
* 1997:  Neisser Bent (CUB)
* 1999:  Rodolfo Falcón (CUB)
* 2000:  Neil Walker (USA)
* 2002:  Matt Welsh (AUS)
* 2004:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2006:  Matt Welsh (AUS)
* 2008:  Liam Tancock (GBR)
* 2010:  Stanislav Donets (RUS)
* 2012:  Matt Grevers (USA)
* 2014:  Mitch Larkin (AUS)
* 2016:  Mitch Larkin (AUS)
* 2018:  Ryan Murphy (USA)
* 2021:  Shaine Casas (USA)
* 2022:  Ryan Murphy (USA)
* 2024:  Miron Lifintsev (NAB)

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World short-course champions in men's 200 m backstroke

* 1993:  Tripp Schwenk (USA)
* 1995:  Rodolfo Falcón (CUB)
* 1997:  Neisser Bent (CUB)
* 1999:  Josh Watson (AUS)
* 2000:  Gordan Kožulj (CRO)
* 2002:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2004:  Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2006:  Ryan Lochte (USA)
* 2008:  Markus Rogan (AUT)
* 2010:  Ryan Lochte (USA)
* 2012:  Radosław Kawęcki (POL)
* 2014:  Radosław Kawęcki (POL)
* 2016:  Radosław Kawęcki (POL)
* 2018:  Evgeny Rylov (RUS)
* 2021:  Radosław Kawęcki (POL)
* 2022:  Ryan Murphy (USA)
* 2024:  Hubert Kós (HUN)

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World short-course champions in men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

* 1993:  United States (Schwenk, Wunderlich, Henderson, Olsen)
* 1995:  New Zealand (Winter, Kent, Callaghan, Bray)
* 1997:  Australia (Radley, Rogers, Huegill, Klim)
* 1999:  Australia (Welsh, Rogers, Klim, Fydler)
* 2000:  United States (Krayzelburg, Marrs, Walker, Tucker)
* 2002:  United States (Peirsol, Denniston, Marshall, Lezak)
* 2004:  United States (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)
* 2006:  Australia (Welsh, Rickard, Pine, Callus)
* 2008:  Russia (Donets, Geybel, Korotyshkin, Sukhorukov)
* 2010:  United States (Thoman, Alexandrov, Lochte, Weber-Gale)
* 2012:  United States (Grevers, Cordes, Shields, Lochte)
* 2014:  Brazil (Guido, Silva, Macedo, Cielo)
* 2016:  Russia (Shabasov, Prigoda, Kharlanov, Morozov)
* 2018:  United States (Murphy, Wilson, Dressel, Held)
* 2021:  Italy (Mora, Martinenghi, Rivolta, Miressi)
* 2022:  Australia (Cooper, Yong, Temple, Chalmers)
United States (Murphy, Fink, Julian, Smith)
* 2024:  Neutral Athletes B (Lifintsev, Prigoda, Minakov, Kornev)

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World short-course champions in mixed 4 × 50 m medley relay

* 2014:  Brazil (Medeiros, Silva, Santos, Oliveira)
* 2016:  United States (Shields, King, Worrell, Chadwick)
* 2018:  United States (Smoliga, Andrew, Dahlia, Dressel)
* 2021:  Netherlands (Toussaint, Kamminga, Kromowidjojo, de Boer)
* 2022:  United States (Murphy, Fink, Douglass, Huske)
* 2024:  Neutral Athletes B (Lifintsev, Prigoda, Surkova, Trofimova)

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Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 100 m Backstroke

* 1985: Rick Carey (USA)
* 1987: Mark Tewksbury (CAN)
* 1989: Jeff Rouse (USA)
* 1991: Jeff Rouse (USA)
* 1993: Jeff Rouse (USA)
* 1995: Jeff Rouse (USA)
* 1997: Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
* 1999: Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
* 2002: Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2006: Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2010: Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2014: Ryosuke Irie (JPN)
* 2018: Ryan Murphy (USA)

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Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 200 m Backstroke

* 1985: Rick Carey (USA)
* 1987: Dan Veatch (USA)
* 1989: Dan Veatch (USA)
* 1991: Jeff Rouse (USA)
* 1993: Royce Sharp (USA)
* 1995: Tripp Schwenk (USA)
* 1997: Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
* 1999: Lenny Krayzelburg (USA)
* 2002: Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2006: Aaron Peirsol (USA)
* 2010: Ryan Lochte (USA)
* 2014: Tyler Clary (USA)
* 2018: Ryan Murphy (USA)

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Pan Pacific Champions in Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

* 1985: USA (Carey, Moffet, Morales, Biondi)
* 1987: USA (Veatch, Schroeder, Morales, Biondi)
* 1989: USA (Rouse, Korhammer, Morales, Biondi)
* 1991: USA (Rouse, Barrowman, Henderson, Biondi)
* 1993: USA (Rouse, Van Neerden, Henderson, Olsen)
* 1995: USA (Rouse, Wunderlich, Henderson, Hall)
* 1997: USA (Krayzelburg, Grote, Dusing, Walker)
* 1999: USA (Krayzelburg, Grote, Wales, Walker)
* 2002: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)
* 2006: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)
* 2010: USA (Peirsol, Gangloff, Phelps, Adrian)
* 2014: USA (Grevers, Cordes, Phelps, Adrian)
* 2018: USA (Murphy, Wilson, Dressel, Adrian)

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NCAA Champions in Men's 4×50 y Medley Relay

* 1989: Princeton (Ross, Korhammer, Nelson, Musslewhite)
* 1990: Princeton (Ross, Kim, Nelson, Osborn)
* 1991: Texas (Thibault, Werth, Jordan, Dickinson)
* 1992: Stanford (Rouse, Mayfield, Zedlitz, Maurer)
* 1993: Arizona (Newman, Abernethy, Pepper, McQuitty)
* 1994: Stanford (Weatherford, Mayfield, Schell, Retterer)
* 1995: Stanford (Retterer, Grote, Tippins, Claypool)
* 1996: Tennessee (Gilliam, Linn, Rumbaugh, Busquets)
* 1997: Auburn (Bartz, Jerger, Hargis, Hawke)
* 1998: Auburn (Bartz, Jerger, Hawke, Ciarla)
* 1999: Auburn (Denniston, Jerger, Hawke, Ciarla)
* 2001: Texas (Ulrickson, Hansen, Dusing, Crawford)
* 2002: Stanford (Bal, Marshall, Bruce, McDonald)
* 2003: Texas (Peirsol, Hansen, Ditoro, Crocker)
* 2005: California (Čavić, Barbosa, Draganja, Gimbutis)
* 2006: Arizona (Subirats, Rollins, Ferns, Burnett)
* 2007: Auburn (Goodrich, Maras, Puninski, Cielo)
* 2008: Auburn (Goodrich, Maras, Puninski, Cielo)
* 2009: Auburn (White, Silva, Targett, Louw)
* 2010: California (Barnea, Dugonjič, Moore, Daniels)
* 2011: California (Barnea, Dugonjič, Moore, Adrian)
* 2012: Arizona (Friedemann, Cordes, Smith, Small)
* 2013: Michigan (M. Ortiz, B. Ortiz, Fletcher, Turk)
* 2014: California (Murphy, Katis, Cox, Messerschmidt)
* 2015: California (Murphy, Katis, Lynch, Messerschmidt)
* 2016: Alabama (Oslin, Romanov, Kaliszak, Golomeev)
* 2017: Texas (Shebat, Licon, Schooling, Ringgold)
* 2018: USC (Glință, Vissering, Carter, Condorelli)
* 2019: Alabama (Waddell, Bams, Auerbach, Howard)
* ~~2020~~ : Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* 2021: Louisville (Whyte, Somov, Albiero, Sameh)
* 2022: Florida (Chaney, Hillis, Friese, Davis)
* 2023: NC State (Stokowski, Hunter, Korstanje, Curtiss)
* 2024: Florida (Chaney, Smith, Liendo, McDuff)
* 2025: Texas (Modglin, Germonprez, Kós, Guiliano)

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NCAA Champions in Men's 4×100 y Medley Relay

* 1957: Michigan (Adamaski, Hopkins, Mowrey, Hanley)
1957: Michigan State (Nichols, Reinke, Harmon, Parrish)
* 1958: Yale (Dolbey, Jecko, Koletsky, Bronston)
* 1959: Michigan (Smith, Clark, Gillanders, Hanley)
* 1960: Indiana (McKinney, Miki, Troy, Sintz)
* 1961: Ohio State (Schaefer, Kovacs, Wolfe, Plain)
* 1962: Ohio State (Schaefer, Kovacs, Wolfe, Plain)
* 1963: Minnesota (Ericksen, Luken, Richardson, Jackman)
* 1964: USC (Bennett, Craig, McGrath, Saari)
* 1965: Indiana (Hammer, Trethewey, Schmidt, WIlliamson)
* 1966: Michigan (Kingery, Scheerer, O'Malley, Wiebeck)
* 1967: UCLA (Berger, Webb, Cole, Zorn)
* 1968: UT Arlington (Russell, Nesbit, Smith, Siefert)
* 1969: Indiana (Hickox, Counsilman, Borowski, Bateman)
* 1970: Stanford (Haywood, Job, Ferris, Carey)
* 1971: Stanford (Haywood, Job, Ferris, Pedley)
* 1972: USC (Kocsis, Mayekawa, Heckl, Weston)
* 1973: Tennessee (Priestly, Seywert, Trembley, Lutz)
* 1974: Tennessee (Priestly, Seywert, Trembley, Lutz)
* 1975: USC (Naber, Chatfield, Bottom, Findorff)
* 1976: USC (Naber, Shearin, Bottom, Bottom)
* 1977: Indiana (Arantes, Hoffstetter, Hersey, Montgomery)
* 1978: California (Rocca, Smith, Arvidsson, Fairbank)
* 1979: California (Rocca, Smith, Arvidsson, Holmetz)
* 1980: Texas (Britt, Spann, Paulus, Kirchner)
* 1981: Texas (Britt, Spann, Paulus, Kirchner)
* 1982: Texas (Britt, Nevid, Paulus, Finical)
* 1983: SMU (Rhodenbaugh, Lundquist, Patten, Spaulding)
* 1984: Texas (Carey, Smith, Rives, Smith)
* 1985: Stanford (Bottom, Moffet, Morales, Lundberg)
* 1986: Stanford (Murphy, Moffet, Morales, Lundberg)
* 1987: Stanford (Mortenson, Schwartz, Morales, Hodge)
* 1988: Texas (Gill, Stackle, Anderson, Jacobs)
* 1989: Texas (Gill, Dersch, Anderson, Gjertsen)
* 1990: Texas (Thibault, Stackle, Jordan, Gjertsen)
* 1991: Florida (Zubero, Mitchell, Nesty, Utley)
* 1992: Stanford (Rouse, Mayfield, Zedlitz, Retterer)
* 1993: Stanford (Weatherford, Mayfield, Zedlitz, Retterer)
* 1994: Stanford (Rouse, Mayfield, Carey, Hudepohl)
* 1995: Stanford (Retterer, Grote, Muhammad, Hudepohl)
* 1996: Tennessee (Gilliam, Linn, Rumbaugh, Busquets)
* 1997: Auburn (Bartz, Jerger, Hargis, Newman)
* 1998: Stanford (Blahnik, Wilkens, Muhammad, Wales)
* 1999: Auburn (Bartz, Denniston, Newman, Hawke)
* 2001: Texas (Dusing, Hansen, Hannan, Crocker)
* 2002: Stanford (Marshall, Bruce, Westcott, Bal)
* 2003: Texas (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Kemp)
* 2005: Stanford (Cramer, Marshall, McDonald, Wildman-Tobriner)
* 2006: Arizona (Thoman, Barnes, Subirats, Ritter)
* 2007: Northwestern (Grevers, Alexandrov, Bubolz, Barbic)
* 2008: Arizona (Subirats, Barnes, Townsend, Joel Greenshields)
* 2009: Auburn (Wollach, Klein, McGill, Targett)
* 2010: California (Barnea, Dugonjič, Shields, Thomas)
* 2011: California (Barnea, Dugonjič, Shields, Adrian)
* 2012: California (Gydesen, Koon, Shields, Messerschmidt)
* 2013: Arizona (Friedemann, Cordes, Smith, Shapira Bar-Or)
* 2014: California (Murphy, Katis, Tarczyński, Stubblefield)
* 2015: Texas (Darmody, Licon, Schooling, Conger)
* 2016: Texas (Shebat, Licon, Schooling, Conger)
* 2017: Texas (Shebat, Licon, Schooling, Conger)
* 2018: Indiana (Fantoni, Finnerty, Lanza, Pieroni)
* 2019: Indiana (Fantoni, Finnerty, Lanza, Apple)
* ~~2020~~
* 2021: Texas (Staka, Corbeau, Jiang, Krueger)
* 2022: California (Lasco, Whitley, Julian, Seeliger)
* 2023: Florida (Chaney, Hillis, Liendo, McDuff)

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Pac-12 Swimmer of the Year winners

Male|

* 1976: Naber (USC)
* 1977: Naber (USC)
* 1978: Goodell (UCLA)
* 1979: Goodell (UCLA)
* 1980: Barrett (UCLA)
* 1981: Barrett (UCLA)
* 1982: Barrett (UCLA)
* 1983: Bottom (Stanford) & Orn (ASU)
* 1984: DiCarlo (Arizona) & Jager (UCLA)
* 1985: Morales (Stanford)
* 1986: Morales (Stanford)
* 1987: Biondi (Cal)
* 1988: Wharton (USC)
* 1989: Wharton (USC)
* 1990: Wharton (USC)
* 1991: Wharton (USC)
* 1992: Rouse (Stanford)
* 1993: Pepper (Arizona)
* 1994: Carvin (Arizona) & Weatherford (Stanford)
* 1995: Retterer (Stanford)
* 1996: Sánchez & Taner (Cal)
* 1997: Neethling (Arizona)
* 1998: Neethling (Arizona)
* 1999: Neethling (Arizona)
* 2000: Neethling (Arizona)
* 2001: Keller (USC)
* 2002: Ervin (Cal)
* 2003: Vendt (USC)
* 2004: Marshall (Stanford)
* 2005: Draganja (Cal)
* 2006: Burnett (Arizona)
* 2007: Wildman-Tobriner (Stanford)
* 2008: Kornfeld (Stanford)
* 2009: Adrian (Cal)
* 2010: Godsoe (Stanford)
* 2011: Adrian (Cal) & Staab (Stanford)
* 2012: Shields (Cal)
* 2013: Cordes (Arizona)
* 2014: Cordes (Arizona)
* 2015: Murphy (Cal)
* 2016: Murphy (Cal)
* 2017: Murphy (Cal)
* 2018: DeVine (Stanford)
* 2019: Seliskar (Cal)
* 2020: Hoffer (Cal)
* 2021: Hoffer (Cal)
* 2022: Marchand (ASU)
* 2023: Marchand (ASU)

Female|

* 1987: Meagher (Cal)
* 1988: Simmons (Arizona) & Johnson (Stanford)
* 1989: Griglione (Stanford) & Anderson (Cal)
* 1990: Evans (Stanford)
* 1991: Ahmann-Leighton (Arizona) & Sanders (Stanford)
* 1992: Sanders (Stanford)
* 1993: Jorgenson (Stanford)
* 1994: Quance (USC)
* 1995: Kaszuba (ASU) & Thompson (Stanford)
* 1996: Quance (USC)
* 1997: Quance (USC)
* 1998: Hyman (Stanford)
* 1999: Chiang (Cal)
* 2000: Cope (Cal)
* 2001: Coughlin (Cal)
* 2002: Coughlin (Cal)
* 2003: Coughlin (Cal)
* 2004: Kirk (Stanford)
* 2005: Bruce (Stanford)
* 2006: Myers (Arizona)
* 2007: Nymeyer (Arizona)
* 2008: Nymeyer (Arizona)
* 2009: Vollmer (Cal)
* 2010: Smit (Stanford)
* 2011: Hosszú (USC)
* 2012: Leverenz (Cal)
* 2013: Pelton (Cal)
* 2014: DiRado (Stanford)
* 2015: Franklin (Cal)
* 2016: Eastin (Stanford)
* 2017: Manuel (Stanford)
* 2018: Eastin (Stanford)
* 2019: Weitzeil (Cal)
* 2020: Hansson (USC)
* 2021: Ivey (Cal)
* 2022: Smith (Stanford)
* 2023: Huske (Stanford)

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