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John Sydney Ryan (born 23 February 1944) is an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1960s, who won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.

John Ryan

Personal information
Full name	John Sydney Ryan
National team	Australia
Born	(1944-02-23) 23 February 1944 (age 78)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Medal record Men's swimming Representing Australia Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle relay British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1966 Kingston 4×110 yard freestyle relay

The West Australian combined with Bob Windle, David Dickson and Peter Doak to win Bronze in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay, behind the United States and German teams, the first time this event had been contested at the Olympics. He also made the semifinals of the 100-metre freestyle. Ryan later took gold in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relayfreestyle relay at the 1966 Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica, and finished fourth in the 110-yard freestyle event.

See also

• List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (men)
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

• Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Books. p. 383. ISBN 0-7333-0884-8.

На других языках

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- [en] John Ryan (swimmer)

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[fr] John Ryan (natation)

John Ryan (né le 23 février 1944) est un ancien nageur australien.

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[it] John Ryan

John Sydney Ryan (23 febbraio 1944) è un ex nuotatore australiano.

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