Gold in the Water: The True Story of Ordinary Men and Their Dream of Olympic Glory(2003) is a biographical account by P.H. Mullen about a team of elite swimmers preparing for the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

The book focuses on the Santa Clara Swim Club in northern California and its fiery coach, Dick Jochums (now retired) who is on a quest to build his last Olympic champion. Athletes profiled include Tom Wilkens

Tom Wilkens

Thomas Peter Wilkens is a swimmer from the United States, who won a bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics....

, Kurt Grote

Kurt Grote

Kurt David Grote is an American Olympic swimmer, who competed internationally in the breaststroke events during the 1990s.- Life and education :...

, Dara Torres

Dara Torres

Dara Grace Torres is an American international swimmer and a twelve-time Olympic medalist. Torres was the first swimmer from the United States to compete in five Olympic Games , and, at age 41, the oldest swimmer ever to earn a place on the U.S. Olympic team...

, Dod Wales, Tate Blahnick Tom Dolan

Tom Dolan

Tom Dolan is a swimmer from the United States, who won a gold medal and silver medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics and a gold medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics...

, and Ed Moses

Ed Moses (swimmer)

Glenn Edward Moses, Jr. is an Olympic and former World Record holding breaststroke swimmer from the United States. He swam for the USA at the 2000 Olympics, where he won a gold and silver medal....

. The book has become something of a classic in swimming circles and continues to be widely read by swimmers.

St. Martin's Griffin (February 25, 2003)
ISBN 0-312-31116-8