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Alan Brounell Somers (born July 30, 1941) is an American former competition swimmer and world record-holder who represented the United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome Somers competed in the men's 400-meter freestyle, finishing fifth in the event final with a time of 4:22.0. He also qualified for the final of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, clocked a time of 18:02.8 and finished seventh overall.[1]

Alan Somers

Personal information
Full name	Alan Brounell Somers
National team	United States
Born	(1941-07-30) July 30, 1941 (age 80) Indianapolis, Indiana
Height	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight	163 lb (74 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Indianapolis Athletic Club
College team	Indiana University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Pan American Games 1959 Chicago 1500 m freestyle

Somers was a member of a U.S. team that set a new world record of 8:17.0 in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay on July 23, 1960; the record was broken by an Australian relay team less than a month later.

Somers attended Indiana University, where he swam for coach Doc Counsilman's Indiana Hoosiers swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. He received eight All-American honors as a college athlete, and won three Big Ten Conference individual championships in the 1,500-meter (1961, 1962) and 1,650-yard (1963) freestyle events.[2]

He graduated from Indiana University School of Medicine in 1968 and specialized in neurology.[2]

See also

• List of Indiana University (Bloomington) people
• World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alan Somers". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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