Mark Spitz’s record-setting performance was overshadowed by the Munich Massacre.

Mark Spitz made history at the 1972 Olympic Games, winning seven gold medals. Here's why his Jewish identity mattered in Munich.

Monday, Sept. 5, 2022 -- Mark Spitz's Olympic career remains forever intertwined with the 1972 massacre in Munich because of his unprecedented success in the swimming pool and because of his ...

Mark Spitz set seven world records at the 1972 Olympics. In 2024, two women actually beat his time in the 200m freestyle.

Memorabilia from the former Arden Hills Athletic & Social Club is displayed at Life Time Arden fitness club. Nine-time Olympic champion Mark Spitz, featured on a Life magazine cover from 1972, ...

Spitz's haul of seven gold medals in Munich in 1972 -- four in individual events, three in team competitions -- remains the greatest tally ever achieved by an athlete at a single Olympiad.

Failure in 1968 and joining IU swim team set stage for Mark Spitz to make Olympic history 50 years ago.

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.

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.