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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]
 Mann (right) at the 1964 Olympics | |||||||||||
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| Full name | Harold Thompson Mann | ||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||
| Born | December 1, 1942 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.[1] | ||||||||||
| Died | April 4, 2019 (aged 76)[2] | ||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||
| Club | North Carolina Athletic Club | ||||||||||
| College team | University of North Carolina | ||||||||||
Medal record
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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
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill alumni
- List of University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Olympians
- World record progression 100 metres backstroke
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thompson Mann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Thompson Mann's obituary
- "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)
- "Passages: 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist Thompson Mann, 76". 5 April 2019.
- "Thompson Mann (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
- The Causeway. Great Bridge High School. 1960. p. 18.
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На других языках
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Harold Thompson Mann (né le 1er décembre 1942 à Norfolk et mort le 4 avril 2019[1] à Amesbury)[2] est un nageur américain spécialiste des épreuves de dos. Aux Jeux olympiques de Tokyo en 1964, il est médaille d'or au relais 4 × 100 m quatre nages. il a battu à cette occasion le record du monde du 100 mètres dos en 59 s 6, devenanat le premier nageur à passer sous la minute sur cette distance[3].[it] Thompson Mann
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