Ryan Murphy did not defend his 100m backstroke gold medal from the Rio 2016 Olympics despite a very good performance on the biggest stage. Murphy claimed bronze just behind a pair of athletes from the ...

The United States' winning streak in the 100-meter backstroke continued Monday as Ryan Murphy won with an Olympic-record 51.97 seconds for the Americans' sixth straight gold medal in the event.

Ryan Murphy is officially America’s next backstroke star. The 21-year-old swimmer won the men’s 200 backstroke Thursday night in a time of 1:53.62, three nights after taking gold in the 100 back.

TOKYO — Ryan Murphy clearly believes there’s more he can say than what he said Friday after taking second in the men’s 200 backstroke, behind Evgeny Rylov of Russia — er, the Russian Olympic Committee ...

For almost a decade, Ryan Murphy was an international stalwart in the men’s 100 backstroke, winning Olympic gold in 2016 and a world title six years later. He missed an international podium exactly ...