James McLane
James McLane (born September 13, 1930 in Pittsburgh ) is a former American swimmer .
Overall, he was Olympic champion three times in his career . At the age of 17, he won at the 1948 Olympic Games in London the gold medal in the 1500m freestyle and the 4 x 200 m freestyle relay . He also took silver in the 400 m freestyle. Four years later at the Olympic Games in Helsinki in 1952 he was again Olympic champion with the 4 × 200 m relay.
Web links
- James McLane in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1896: Alfréd Hajós (1200 m) | 1900: John Arthur Jarvis (1000 m) | 1904: Emil Rausch (1 mile) | 1908: Henry Taylor | 1912: George Hodgson | 1920: Norman Ross | 1924: Andrew Charlton | 1928: Arne Borg | 1932: Kusuo Kitamura | 1936: Noboru Terada | 1948: James McLane | 1952: Ford Konno | 1956: Murray Rose | 1960: John Konrads | 1964: Robert Windle | 1968: Mike Burton | 1972: Mike Burton | 1976: Brian Goodell | 1980: Vladimir Salnikov | 1984: Michael O'Brien | 1988: Vladimir Salnikov | 1992: Kieren Perkins | 1996: Kieren Perkins | 2000: Grant Hackett | 2004: Grant Hackett | 2008: Oussama Mellouli | 2012: Sun Yang | 2016: Gregorio Paltrinieri
Olympic champion in the 4 × 200 m freestyle relay1908: Derbyshire , Radimilovic , Foster , Taylor ( GBR ) | 1912: Healy , Champion , Boardman , Hardwick ( ANZ ) | 1920: McGillivray , Kealoha , Ross , Kahanamoku ( USA ) | 1924: Weissmüller , O'Connor , Glancy , Breyer , Howell ( USA ) | 1928: Weissmüller , Clapp , Laufer , Kojac ( USA ) | 1932: Masanori , Miyazaki , Yokoyama , Toyoda ( JPN ) | 1936: Masanori , Sugiura , Arai , Taguchi ( JPN ) | 1948: Ris , McLane , Wolf , Smith ( USA ) | 1952: Moore , Woolsey , Konno , McLane ( USA ) | 1956: O'Halloran , Devitt , Rose , Henricks ( AUS ) | 1960: Harrison , Blick , Troy , Farrell ( USA ) | 1964: Schollander , Clark , Saari , Ilman ( USA ) | 1968: Schollander , Spitz , Nelson , Rerych ( USA ) | 1972: Spitz , Kinsella , Tyler , Genter ( USA ) | 1976: Bruner , Furniss , Naber , Montgomery ( USA ) | 1980: Kopljakow , Salnikow , Stukolkin , Krylow ( URS ) | 1984: Heath , Larson , Float , Hayes ( USA ) | 1988: Dalbey , Cetlinski , Gjertsen , Biondi ( USA ) | 1992: Lepikow , Pyschnenko , Tajanowitsch , Sadowy , Kudrjawzew , Muchin ( EUN ) | 1996: Davis , Hudepohl , Schumacher , Berube , Olsen ( USA ) | 2000: Thorpe , Klim , Pearson , Kirby , Hackett , Kowalski ( AUS ) | 2004: Phelps , Lochte , Vanderkaay , Keller , Ketchum , Goldblatt ( USA ) | 2008: Phelps , Lochte , Berens , Vanderkaay , Walters , Vendt , Keller ( USA ) | 2012: Lochte , Dwyer , Berens , Phelps , Houchin , McLean , Tarwater ( USA ) | 2016: Dwyer , Haas , Lochte , Phelps , Smith , Conger , Bentz ( USA )
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| SURNAME | McLane, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh |