James Montgomery (swimmer)

James Montgomery
Personal information
Surname:	James Paul Montgomery
Nickname (s):	Jim Montgomery
Nation:	United States
Swimming style (s) :	Butterfly , layers , freestyle
Society:	North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC)
Birthday:	24th January 1955 (age 65)
Place of birth:	Madison , Wisconsin
Size:	1.91 m
Weight:	88 kg
Medal table
Olympic Summer Games 3 × 0 × 1 × Swimming world championships 7 × 1 × 1 ×

James Paul "Jim" Montgomery (born January 24, 1955 in Madison , Wisconsin ) is a former American swimmer .

Life

Jim Montgomery became the first swimmer to swim the 100 m freestyle in under 50 seconds (49.99).

Montgomery was at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal Olympic champion in the 100 m freestyle (49.99) and with the two relays of the USA over 4 × 100 m and 4 × 200 m freestyle. In 1973 he had already become world champion over 100 m and 200 m freestyle in Belgrade . From 1973 to 1977 Montgomery was a student at Indiana University where he trained under coach James Counsilman .

Jim Montgomery swam a total of 11 world records, 7 of them in relay disciplines.

In 1986 he was inducted into the international swimming pool 's hall of fame .

See also

• List of swimming world records over 100 meters freestyle

Publications (selection)

• Mastering Swimming / Your guide for fitness, training, and competition , by Jim Montgomery / Mo Chambers, Human Kinetics Publishers, October 2008, ISBN 978-0-7360-7453-7

Web links

• World Championships - Swimming on Sport-komplett.de
• James Montgomery in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
• Short biography of James Montgomery ( memento from January 25, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ) at Hickok Sports (English)
• Dallas Aquatic Masters at www.clubassistant.com; As of September 28, 2010 (English)
• Indiana University Archives (English)
• Indiana Hoosiers (English; PDF; 4.4 MB)
• James Montgomery in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• US Masters Swimming (English)