Bob Bennett (swimmer)
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Robert Earl Bennett (born May 23, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder.
Bennett attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he competed for the USC Trojans swimming and diving team from 1963 to 1965. He received All-American honors for three consecutive years, and graduated in 1965.[1]
Bennett represented the United States at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. At the 1960 Rome games, he received a bronze medal for his third-place result in the men's 100-meter backstroke, finishing in 1:02.3 – a fraction of a second behind Australian David Theile (1:01.9) and fellow American Frank McKinney (1:02.1). He also swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the heats of the 4×100-meter medley relay, setting a new world record of 4:08.2 in the process.[2] He did not receive a medal, however, because he did not swim in the event final, and was not medal-eligible under the 1964 Olympic swimming rules.
Four years later at the 1964 Tokyo games, he won a second bronze medal in the men's 200-meter backstroke (2:13.1).[3] He again swam for the first-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×100-meter medley relay,[2] but was again ineligible to receive a medal.
Bennett set a new world record of 1.01.3 in the 100-meter backstroke on August 19, 1961; the record survived for twelve months until broken by American Tom Stock.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of University of Southern California people
- World record progression 100 metres backstroke
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
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- ↑ USC Mens Swimming & Diving All-Americans Template:Webarchive, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 13, 2008.
- ↑ a b Bob Bennett – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
- ↑ USC Olympians: 1904–2008 Template:Webarchive, USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 27, 2008.
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