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{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1976)}}
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| fullname       = Thomas Andrew Malchow
| national_team  = United States
| strokes        = [[Butterfly stroke|Butterfly]]
| club           = Club Wolverine
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| collegeteam    = [[Michigan Wolverines swimming and diving|University of Michigan]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|1976|8|18|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[St. Paul, Minnesota]], U.S.
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| weight         = {{convert|190|lb|kg|abbr=on}}
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{{MedalSport  | Men's swimming}}
{{MedalCountry | the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold  | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta]] | [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships (LC)]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships|2001 Fukuoka]] | [[Swimming at the 2001 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships|1998 Perth]] | [[Swimming at the 1998 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships|2003 Barcelona]] | [[Swimming at the 2003 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|Pan Pacific Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1997 Fukuoka]] | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|1999 Sydney]] | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships|2002 Yokohama]] | [[2002 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1997 Fukuoka | [[1997 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalSilver | 1999 Sydney | [[1999 Pan Pacific Swimming Championships – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games|1995 Mar del Plata]] | [[Swimming at the 1995 Pan American Games – Men's 200 metre butterfly|200 m butterfly]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Universiade|Universiade]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[Swimming at the 1995 Summer Universiade|1995 Fukuoka]] | 200 m butterfly}}
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'''Thomas Andrew Malchow''' (born August 18, 1976) is a retired American competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]], Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder.

Malchow represented the United States in three consecutive [[Summer Olympics]].  At the [[1996 Summer Olympics]] in Atlanta, he received a silver medal for his second-place performance in the [[Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|men's 200-meter butterfly]].  Four years later at the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in Sydney, he won the gold medal in the [[Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metre butterfly|men's 200-meter butterfly]].  He also set a new [[World record progression 200 metres butterfly|world record in the 200-meter butterfly]] in 2000.

Malchow was also a captain of the U.S. Men's Swimming Team at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]]. He attended high school in Minnesota at [[Saint Thomas Academy]], graduated from the [[University of Michigan]] and was a member of the United States Swimming (USS) Team 'Star'.

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of University of Michigan alumni]]
* [[List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[World record progression 200 metres butterfly]]

==References==
* {{SR/Olympics profile|ma/tom-malchow-1}}

==External links==
* {{web archive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515192119/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_844.htm |title=Tom Malchow at the U.S Olympic Team}}
* {{Olympics.com profile}}

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| before = [[Denis Pankratov]]
| title = [[World record progression 200 metres butterfly|Men's 200-meter butterfly<br>world record-holder (long course)]]
| years = June 17, 2000 – March 30, 2001
| after = [[Michael Phelps]]
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[[Category:1976 births]]
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[[Category:American male butterfly swimmers]]
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[[Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Saint Paul, Minnesota]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:Goodwill Games medalists in swimming]]
[[Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1995 Summer Universiade]]
[[Category:Competitors at the 2001 Goodwill Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]
[[Category:21st-century American sportsmen]]