Title: They ruled the pool : the 100 greatest swimmers in history /
Authors: Lohn, John, 1976-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Swimmers United States Biography
Abstract: They Ruled the Pool looks at the careers of the 100 greatest swimmers in history, profiling some of the biggest names the sport has seen, from Mark Spitz and Tracy Caulkins to Janet Evans and Michael Phelps. It spans more than a century of swimming, from the early 1900s to the present.--From back cover.
Contents: Michael Phelps -- Mark Spitz -- Tracy Caulkins -- Krisztina Egerszegi -- Janet Evans -- Dawn Fraser -- Johnny Weissmuller -- Ian Thorpe -- Matt Biondi -- Shane Gould -- Don Schollander -- Tamas Darnyi -- Mary T. Meagher -- Kornelia Ender -- Alexander Popov -- Debbie Meyer -- Roland Matthes -- Vladimir Salnikov -- Grant Hackett -- Murray Rose -- Kristin Otto -- Aaron Peirsol -- Michael Gross -- Inge de Bruijn -- Natalie Coughlin -- Kosuke Kitajima -- Duke Kahanamoku -- Ryan Lochte -- Shirley Babashoff -- Leisel Jones -- Yana Klochkova -- Claudia Kolb -- Kieren Perkins -- Ragnhild Hveger -- Pieter ban den Hoogenband -- Jenny Thompson -- John Naber -- Kirsty Coventry -- Helene Madison -- Adolph Kiefer -- Penny Heyns -- Gary Hall Jr. -- Rebecca Soni -- Tom Dolan -- Lorraine Crapp -- Ethelda Bleibtrey -- Mike Burton -- Arne Borg -- Charles Daniels -- Donna de Varona -- Mike Barrowman -- Dara Torres -- Sybil Bauer -- Petra Schneider -- John Hencken -- David Wilkie -- Tracey Wickham -- Hendrika Mastenbroek -- Tim Shaw -- Galina Prozumenshchikova -- Yoshiyuki Tsuruta -- Charles Hickcox -- Ann Curtis -- John Konrads -- Karen Muir -- Alex Baumann -- Fanny Durack -- Susie O'Neill -- Brian Goodell -- Lenny Krayzelburg -- Gunnar Larsson -- Martha Norelius -- Brooke Bennett -- Denis Pankratov -- Norman Ross -- Petria Thomas -- Amanda Beard -- Andrew Charlton -- Gary Hall Sr. -- Cynthia Woodhead -- Zoltan Halmay -- Henry Taylor -- Libby Trickett -- Ada Kok -- Jim Montgomery -- Jonty Skinner -- Norbert Rozsa -- Rowdy Gaines -- Rick Carey -- Ulrike Richter -- Bruce Furniss -- Victor Davis -- Martin Zubero -- Brendan Hansen -- Tom Jager -- Nobutaka Taguchi -- Ulrike Tauber -- Ute Geweniger -- Laszlo Cseh -- Satoko Tanaka.