Thompson Mann
American swimmer (1942–2019)
Thompson Mann
Mann (right) at the 1964 Olympics
Full name Harold Thompson Mann National team United States Born (1942-12-01 ) December 1, 1942Norfolk, Virginia , U.S.[1] Died April 4, 2019(2019-04-04) (aged 76)[2] Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Weight 170 lb (77 kg) Sport Swimming Strokes Backstroke Club North Carolina Athletic Club College team University of North Carolina
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]
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]
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Men's team Women's team Staff
1960 : Frank McKinney , Paul Hait , Lance Larson , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Thompson Mann , Bill Craig , Fred Schmidt , Steve Clark (USA )
1968 : Charlie Hickcox , Don McKenzie , Doug Russell , Ken Walsh (USA )
1972 : Mike Stamm , Tom Bruce , Mark Spitz , Jerry Heidenreich (USA )
1976 : John Naber , John Hencken , Matt Vogel , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Mark Kerry , Peter Evans , Mark Tonelli , Neil Brooks (AUS )
1984 : Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist , Pablo Morales , Rowdy Gaines (USA )
1988 : David Berkoff , Richard Schroeder , Matt Biondi , Chris Jacobs (USA )
1992 : Jeff Rouse , Nelson Diebel , Pablo Morales , Jon Olsen , David Berkoff , Hans Dersch , Melvin Stewart , Matt Biondi (USA )
1996 : Jeff Rouse , Jeremy Linn , Mark Henderson , Gary Hall Jr. , Josh Davis , Kurt Grote , John Hargis , Tripp Schwenk (USA )
2000 : Lenny Krayzelburg , Ed Moses , Ian Crocker , Gary Hall Jr. , Neil Walker , Tommy Hannan , Jason Lezak (USA )
2004 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak , Lenny Krayzelburg , Mark Gangloff , Michael Phelps , Neil Walker (USA )
2008 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Jason Lezak , Matt Grevers , Mark Gangloff , Ian Crocker , Garrett Weber-Gale (USA )
2012 : Matt Grevers , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian , Nick Thoman , Eric Shanteau , Tyler McGill , Cullen Jones (USA )
2016 : Ryan Murphy , Cody Miller , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian , David Plummer , Kevin Cordes , Tom Shields , Caeleb Dressel (USA )
2020 : Ryan Murphy , Michael Andrew , Caeleb Dressel , Zach Apple , Hunter Armstrong , Andrew Wilson , Tom Shields , Blake Pieroni (USA )
2024 : Xu Jiayu , Qin Haiyang , Sun Jiajun , Pan Zhanle , Wang Changhao (CHN )