But the big news was that Murphy had qualified for the finals. The 29-year-old Murphy, who won the 100 and 200 backstroke in the recent U.S. Olympic swimming trials, captured a gold medal in both ...

Murphy touched the wall in 52.22 in the 100 back, finishing a half-second ahead of Hunter Armstrong, to seal the automatic berth with the fastest time recorded in the world for 2024.

Ryan Murphy began his second Olympic medal chase with bronze. The Bolles School graduate placed third in Tuesday night's men's 100-meter backstroke final, the first of his four scheduled events at ...

Entering the Paris Games with six medals, four gold, Murphy was the 2016 Olympic champion in the 100 and 200 backstroke at the Rio Olympics. Three years ago at the Tokyo Games, he won a bronze and ...

Murphy finished fourth in the first of two semifinals in the 100 backstroke on Sunday in Paris, and his time of 52.72 seconds did not seem like it would be good enough to advance.

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