Finishing first in the men’s 200-meter backstroke with a time of 1:54.33, 28-year-old Murphy became the first swimmer to win the men’s 100 and 200-meter backstroke at three straight U.S. trials.

To no one's surprise, Ryan Murphy won the men's 200-meter backstroke event on day six of the U.S. trials. Murphy placed first with a time of 1:54.33, surpassing Keaton Jones by 28 seconds, who ...

At the 2022 Short Course World Championships, Ryan Murphy won the 200 backstroke event to complete his triple, making history as the first man or woman to win all three backstroke competitions in a si ...

Cal alumni Ryan Murphy kept alive his hopes of winning an Olympic gold-medal in the 100-meter backstroke, but he barely made it and had some anxious moments before he knew he would participate in ...

Until Rylov swept both backstroke events in Tokyo, the U.S. had won every Olympic gold medal in those races since 1992. Though Murphy turns 29 on July 2, many feel his intense preparation and ...

PARIS, France — Seven-time Olympic medalist and Ponte Vedra native Ryan Murphy did not advance to the men's 200-meter backstroke final at the Paris Olympics Wednesday. Despite a slow start ...

And within a week’s time, Ryan Murphy might establish himself as the best of the best of the best. He could become the baron of the backstroke elite, the most exceptional American in an ...

United States’ Ryan Murphy competes in the final of the men’s 200-meter backstroke during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Ryan Murphy took home the gold medal in the 200-meter backstroke Thursday night, becoming just the fifth American swimmer to win both the 100 and the 200 backstroke at the same Olympic Games.

"I would have loved to have been a little faster, but to be up there on the podium at the Olympics is a dream come true," Plummer said. Ryan Murphy takes the gold in the 100m backstroke. USATSI ...

Ryan Murphy of Team United States looks on before the Men's 200m Backstroke Final on day seven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre on July 30, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.

Americans had finished 1-2 in the 100-meter backstroke in the last two Olympics, including 2012, when Matt Grevers set the Olympic record (52.16 seconds) that Murphy shattered on Monday.