If he’d had a mind to, Mark Spitz could have celebrated on a far grander scale. He could have whooped it up with coaches, teammates and his legion of fans who now were everywhere 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, center, smiles on the podium after winning the gold medal in the 100-meter butterfly ahead of Bruce Robertson, left, and Jerry Heindenreich, right, Aug. 31, 1972, at the Olympic Games ...

Mark Spitz did not arrive in Munich in 1972 as a world-beating swimmer. Instead, he came to the 1972 Olympics an off week away from being remembered as an Olympic flop. Spitz’s expectations in ...

It was Mark Spitz in Munich. “I’m going to keep it going, man,” he said. The 200 butterfly was Spitz’s least favorite event, but he talked himself into thinking it was best to swim it first.

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.

Spitz’s mark in the 200 free was the first of seven surpassed; it surely won’t be the last. Mark Spitz set seven world records at the 1972 Olympics. In 2024, two women actually beat his time ...

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.

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For Mark Spitz, Olympic Greatness ... Spitz said last week that he was speaking in Albany, N.Y., in 2005 or 2006 when an elderly Jewish man told him he loved watching the Olympics and added, ...