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American swimmer (1942–2019)
Thompson Mann
Mann (right) at the 1964 Olympics
Full name Harold Thompson Mann National team United States Born (1942-12-01 ) December 1, 1942
Norfolk, Virginia , U.S.
[1] Died April 4, 2019(2019-04-04) (aged 76)
[2] Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 170 lb (77 kg) Sport
Swimming Strokes
Backstroke Club North Carolina Athletic Club College team
University of North Carolina
Harold Thompson Mann (December 1, 1942 – April 4, 2019) was an American competition
swimmer , Olympic champion, and world record-holder. He competed at the
1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he received a gold medal swimming for swimming the lead-off backstroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the
4×100-meter medley relay . Mann and his relay teammates
Bill Craig (breaststroke),
Fred Schmidt (butterfly) and
Steve Clark set a new world record of 3:58.4 – and Mann set an individual world record in the 100-meter backstroke swimming his leg (59.6 seconds).
[3]
In 1965, Mann won the national indoor and outdoor titles in both the 100 and 200 yd backstroke, setting a world's best time and American record over 100 yd.
[4] He was inducted into the
International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1984,
[5] and the
Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. Mann was 1960 graduate from
Great Bridge High School in
Chesapeake, VA , where he served as senior class president.
[6]
See also
References
Men's team Women's team Staff
1960 :
Frank McKinney ,
Paul Hait ,
Lance Larson ,
Jeff Farrell (
USA )
1964 :
Thompson Mann ,
Bill Craig ,
Fred Schmidt ,
Steve Clark (
USA )
1968 :
Charlie Hickcox ,
Don McKenzie ,
Doug Russell ,
Ken Walsh (
USA )
1972 :
Mike Stamm ,
Tom Bruce ,
Mark Spitz ,
Jerry Heidenreich (
USA )
1976 :
John Naber ,
John Hencken ,
Matt Vogel ,
Jim Montgomery (
USA )
1980 :
Mark Kerry ,
Peter Evans ,
Mark Tonelli ,
Neil Brooks (
AUS )
1984 :
Rick Carey ,
Steve Lundquist ,
Pablo Morales ,
Rowdy Gaines (
USA )
1988 :
David Berkoff ,
Richard Schroeder ,
Matt Biondi ,
Chris Jacobs (
USA )
1992 :
Jeff Rouse ,
Nelson Diebel ,
Pablo Morales ,
Jon Olsen ,
David Berkoff ,
Hans Dersch ,
Melvin Stewart ,
Matt Biondi (
USA )
1996 :
Jeff Rouse ,
Jeremy Linn ,
Mark Henderson ,
Gary Hall Jr. ,
Josh Davis ,
Kurt Grote ,
John Hargis ,
Tripp Schwenk (
USA )
2000 :
Lenny Krayzelburg ,
Ed Moses ,
Ian Crocker ,
Gary Hall Jr. ,
Neil Walker ,
Tommy Hannan ,
Jason Lezak (
USA )
2004 :
Aaron Peirsol ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Ian Crocker ,
Jason Lezak ,
Lenny Krayzelburg ,
Mark Gangloff ,
Michael Phelps ,
Neil Walker (
USA )
2008 :
Aaron Peirsol ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Michael Phelps ,
Jason Lezak ,
Matt Grevers ,
Mark Gangloff ,
Ian Crocker ,
Garrett Weber-Gale (
USA )
2012 :
Matt Grevers ,
Brendan Hansen ,
Michael Phelps ,
Nathan Adrian ,
Nick Thoman ,
Eric Shanteau ,
Tyler McGill ,
Cullen Jones (
USA )
2016 :
Ryan Murphy ,
Cody Miller ,
Michael Phelps ,
Nathan Adrian ,
David Plummer ,
Cordes ,
Shields ,
Dressel (
USA )
2020 :
Ryan Murphy ,
Michael Andrew ,
Caeleb Dressel ,
Zach Apple ,
Hunter Armstrong ,
Andrew Wilson ,
Tom Shields ,
Blake Pieroni (
USA )