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American swimmer
John Nelson
Full name John Maurer Nelson National team United States Born (1948-06-08 ) June 8, 1948 (age 75) Chicago, Illinois
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 146 lb (66 kg) Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle College team Yale University
John Maurer Nelson (born June 8, 1948) is an American former competition swimmer , Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Nelson was born in
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At the
men's 200-meter freestyle.
[2] Nelson improved the world record on the 400-meter freestyle (long course) on August 18, 1966 (4:11.8), only to be beaten by Schollander, his American teammate, on the same day (4:11.6).[3]
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Men's Team Women's Team Staff
1908 : John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor (GBR ) 1912 : Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick (ANZ ) 1920 : Perry McGillivray , Pua Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku (USA ) 1924 : Johnny Weissmuller , Wally O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer (USA ) 1928 : Johnny Weissmuller , Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac (USA ) 1932 : Masanori Yusa , Yasuji Miyazaki , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN ) 1936 : Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Shigeo Arai , Masaharu Taguchi (JPN ) 1948 : Wally Ris , Jimmy McLane , Wally Wolf , Bill Smith (USA ) 1952 : Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno , Jimmy McLane (USA ) 1956 : Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks (AUS ) 1960 : George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA ) 1964 : Don Schollander , Steve Clark , Roy Saari , Gary Ilman (USA ) 1968 : Don Schollander , Mark Spitz , John Nelson , Stephen Rerych (USA ) 1972 : Mark Spitz , John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter (USA ) 1976 : Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , Jim Montgomery (USA ) 1980 : Sergey Koplyakov , Vladimir Salnikov , Ivar Stukolkin , Andrey Krylov (URS ) 1984 : Mike Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes (USA ) 1988 : Troy Dalbey , Matt Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA ) 1992 : Dmitry Lepikov , Vladimir Pyshnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Yevgeny Sadovyi , Aleksey Kudryavtsev , Yury Mukhin (EUN ) 1996 : Josh Davis , Joe Hudepohl , Brad Schumacher , Ryan Berube , Jon Olsen (USA ) 2000 : Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS ) 2004 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller , Dan Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt (USA ) 2008 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay , David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller (USA ) 2012 : Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer , Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps , Charlie Houchin , Matt McLean , Davis Tarwater (USA ) 2016 : Conor Dwyer , Townley Haas , Ryan Lochte , Michael Phelps , Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz (USA ) )
1959: Italy Unknown 1961: Not held 1963: Not held 1965: United States Roth , Saari , Roth , Ilman ) 1967: United States Charlton , Nelson , Hickcox , Robie ) 1970: United States Strenk , O'Mallay , McConica , Heckl ) 1973: Soviet Union Unknown 1977: United States Weston , Curington , Ebuna , Hannula Jr. ) 1979: United States Sharpe , Dickson , O'Brien , Hillencamp ) 1981: Soviet Union Unknown 1983: Soviet Union Unknown 1985: United States Oppel , Siroky , Dillon , Biondi ) 1987: United States Parker , Lang , Hodge , Olsen ) 1991: Soviet Union Unknown 1993: United States Keppeler , Phillips , Van Tassell , Berube ) 1995: United States Davis , Kanner , Rumley , Schumacher ) 1997: United States Eckerman , Goldblatt , Rauch , Schryver ) 1999: United States Godsman , Hartzel , Leonard , Warkentin ) 2001: Italy Beccari , Selleri , Pelliciari , Cappellazzo ) 2003: ) 2005: Italy Frovi , Calvi , Pasteris , Cassio ) 2007: United States McGinnis , Ritter , Van Wie , Klueh ) 2009: Japan Uchida , Hihara , Kuzuhara , Mononobe ) 2011: United States Klueh , Hill , Bartlett , McLean ) 2013: Sukhorukov
) 2015: United States Youngquist , Malone , Wynalda , Whitaker ) 2017: Japan Matsumoto , Sakata , Kobori , Hagino ) 2019: United States Farris , House , Julian , Apple ) 2021: Japan Yanagimoto , Imoto , Terakado , Kurokawa )
