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1995 Warnecke swims world record 50m freestyle

1995 Danyon Loader swims world record 400m freestyle (340.46)

1994 Jingyi Le swims female world record 50m freestyle

1994 Jingyi Le/Ying Shan/Ying Le/Bin Lu swimming 4x100 freestyle (3:37.91)

1994 Franziska van Almsick swims female record 200m freestyle (1:56.78)

1994 Jingyi Le swims world record 100m women's freestyle (54.01 sec)

1992 Louise Karlsson swims world record 50m freestyle (31.19 sec)

1992 Yang Wenyi swims world record/OR 50m freestyle (24.79 sec)

1992 Evgueni Sadovyi swims world record/OR 400m freestyle (3:45.00)

1992 Sadovyi swim world record 4x200m freestyle (7:11.95)

1992 Anita Hall swims female world record 200m freestyle (2:25.35)

1992 Jenny Thompson swims 100m freestyle world record (1:01.40)

1992 Nelson Diebel swims 100m freestyle U.S. record (54.48 secs)

1992 Kieren John Perkins swims world record 800m freestyle (7:46.60)

1992 Kieren Perkins swims world record 1500m freestyle (14:32.40)

1990 Tom Hunter swims world record 50m freestyle (21.81 sec)

1990 Anders Holmertz swims world record 400 m freestyle (3:40.81)

1989 Dmitri Volkov swims world record 50m freestyle (27.15 sec)

1989 Janet B Evans swims female world record 800m freestyle (8:16.22)

1988 Christopher Jacobs, Troy Dalbey, Tom Hunter and Matt Biondi, swim world record 4x100 m freestyle (3:16.53)

1988 Matt Biondi swims U.S. record 200m freestyle (1:47.72)

1988 Janet B. Evans swims 1500m freestyle female world record (15:52.10)

1987 Janet B Evans swims female world record 400m freestyle (4:03.85)

1987 Straatsburg: Manuela Stellmach/Astrid Strauss/Anke Mohring/ Heike Friedrich swims female world record 4x200m freestyle (7:55.47)

1986 Heike Friedrich swims female world record 200m freestyle (1:57.55)

1986 West German team swims world record 4x200 m freestyle (7:05.17)

1985 Michael Gross swims world record 800m freestyle (7:38.75)

1984 Jolande van de Meer swims Dutch record 800 m freestyle (8:39.30)

1982 Petra Schneider swims world record 1500 m freestyle (15:43.31)

1980 Brooke Bennett, 800m freestyle, 1996 Olympics gold

1979 Ashley Whitney, born in Nashville, Tennessee, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics

1978 Cristina Teuscher, born in New Rochelle, New York, 4X200m freestyle, 1996 Olympic gold

1977 Catherine Fox, 400m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold

1977 Trina Jackson, 4X200m freestyle swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold

1975 Tom Dolan, U.S., 400m freestyle/200m/400m medley swimmer, Oly-gold-96

1975 Scott Tucker, Birmingham, Alabama, 400m/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics

1975 John Piersma, U.S., 200m/400m freestyle swimmer, Olympics-4th-96

1974 Annette Salmeen, 200m butterfly/800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics

1974 Lisa Jacob, 800m freestyle relay 1996 Olympics

1973 Ryan Berube, U.S., 800m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold

1973 Joe Hudepohl, U.S., 800m freestyle relay, 1996 Olympics gold

1973 Jenny Thompson, Danvers Massachusetts, 400m freestyle, Olympics gold 92, 96

1973 Les Gutches, Medford Oregon, 180 lbs freestyle wrestler, Oly-1996

1973 Amy Van Dyken, 50m/100m freestyle/100m butterfly swimmer, Oly-2 g-96

1972 Peter Wright, U.S., 1500m freestyle 1996 Olympics

1972 Josh Davis, U.S., 800m freestyle swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold

1972 Norbert Rosza, Hungarian swimmer, 100m freestyle record

1972 [Thomas] Carlton Bruner, U.S., 1500m freestyle swimmer 1996 Olympics

1972 Yang Wenyi, Chinese swim star, WR/OR 50m freestyle

1971 Oleg Ladik, born in Kiev, Ukraine, Canadian 100 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1971 Paul Ragusa, Bulach Switz, Canadian 48 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1971 Guivi Sissaouri, born in Tbilisi, Georgia, Canada freestyle wrestler, Oly-s-96

1971 David Fox, U.S., 50m freestyle, Olympics-6th-96

1970 Greg Woodcroft, Hamilton Ontario, 52 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1970 Lou Rosselli, born in New York City, 114 lbs/52 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1969 Andrew Borodow, Montreal, 130 kg freestyle wrestler, Oly-5-92, 96

1969 Melanie Valerio, 400m freestyle swimmer 1996 Olympics

1969 Jon Olsen, U.S., 100m freestyle/400m/800m medley, Olymp-gold-1992, 96

1969 Sheila Taormina, 4X200m freestyle swimmer, 1996 Olympics gold

1968 Kurt Angle, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 220 lbs freestyle wrestler, Oly-gold-96

1968 Craig Roberts, born in Everett, Washington, Canadian 68 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1968 Terry Brands, born in Omaha, Nebraska, 125 lbs/57 kg freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics

1968 Tom Brands, born in Omaha, Nebraska, 136 lbs/62 kg freestyle wrestler, 1996 Olympics gold

1968 Kendall Cross, Hardin MT, 125 lbs freestyle wrestler, Oly-g-92, 96

1967 Scott Bianco, Kamloops BC, 90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1967 Rob Eiter, born in Chicago, Illinois, 105 lbs/48 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1967 Angel Martino, Americus Georgia, 50m/100m freestyle, Oly-gold/2 br-92, 96

1967 Townsend Saunders, White Sands, New Mexico, freestyle wrestler, Oly-sil-92, 96

1967 Marty Calder, St. Catharine ON, 62 kg freestyle wrestler, Oly-12-92,96

1967 Nicholas Gillingham, British swimmer, world record 200m freestyle

1966 Zeke Jones, Yipsilanti, Michigan, 114 lbs freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1966 David Hohl, born in Winnipeg Manitoba, freestyle wrestler, Olympics 1992, 1996

1965 Rob Koll, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, 163 lbs/74 kg freestyle wrestler, Olymp-96

1965 John Smith, born in Del City, Oklahoma, 62kg freestyle wrestler, Oly-2 gold-88, 92

1964 Kevin Jackson, Highland Falls, New York, 180 lbs freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1964 Thomas "Tom" Hunter, U.S. 50M FREESTYLE swimmer, world record

1964 Matthew Cetlinski, U.S. 400m freestyle swimmer

1963 Ines Diers, German DR, 400m freestyle swimmer, 1980 Olympics gold

1963 Antonia Real, Spain, 400m freestyle, Olympic-1976

1963 1st 200 meter freestyle swum under 2 minutes (Don Schollander 1:58)

1963 Melvin Douglas, Topeka, Kansas, 198 lbs/90 kg freestyle wrestler 1996 Olympics

1960 Nate Carr, born in Erie, Pennsylvania, freestyle wrestler 1988 Olympics bronze

1959 Brian Goodell, U.S., 400m/1500m freestyle swimmer, Olympic-2 gold-1976

1957 Keena Rothhammer, U.S., 800 m freestyle swimmer, Olympics gold 1972

1956 Anatoly Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 52 kg freestyle wrestler, 1980 Olympics gold

1956 Sergei Beloglazov, U.S.S.R., 57 kg freestyle wrestler, 1980 Olympics gold

1956 Shane Gould, freestyle swimmer, Olympics-3 Gold-1972

1956 Cockie Gastelaars swims world record 100 m freestyle (1:04.2)

1948 Dan Gable, Waterloo, Iowa, 68kg freestyle wrestler, Oly-gold-72

1945 Carolyn Wood, U.S., 4 x 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics gold

1943 Gary Ilman, U.S., 100m freestyle, Olympic-4th-1964

1942 Sandra Morgan, U.S. 4 x 100m freestyle swimmer 1956 Olympics gold

1940 Lance Larson, U.S., 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics silver

1940 Sandra Morgan, 100m freestyle swimmer 1956 Olympics gold

1937 Dawn Fraser, NSW Australia, 100m freestyle, Olympics gold 1956, 60, 64

1937 John Devitt, Australia, 100m freestyle swimmer 1960 Olympics gold

1935 Willy de Supervise swims runs world record 200 m freestyle (2:25.2)

1933 Jean Boiteux, born in France, 400m freestyle swimmer 1952 Olympics gold

1930 James McLane, U.S., 1500m freestyle swimmer 1948 Olympics gold

1927 Greta Andersen, Denmark, 100m freestyle swimmer 1948 Olympics gold

1926 Ann Curtis, U.S., 400m freestyle swimmer, 1948 Olympics gold

1924 Johnny Weissmuller sets 100-yard freestyle record (52.4 seconds)

1917 Kusuo Kitamura, Japan, 1500m freestyle swimmer 1932 Olympics gold



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