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Full name	Ford Hiroshi Konno
National team	United States
Born	(1933-01-01) January 1, 1933 Honolulu, Hawaii
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Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	Ohio State University
Medal record {#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect. style="width:100%; background-color: #f9f9f9; color: #000000;" #REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect.- |- style="background-color:#eeeeee;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | Men's swimming |- style="background-color:#eeeeee;text-align:center;" class="adr" ! colspan="3" | Competitor for the United States |- style="background-color:#cccccc;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | Olympic Games |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1952 Helsinki || 1500 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1952 Helsinki || 4×200 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 1952 Helsinki || 400 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 1956 Melbourne || 4×200 m freestyle #REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other This page is a soft redirect.} </th></tr></table> Ford Hiroshi Konno (born January 1, 1933) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. Konno was born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended McKinley High School in Honolulu, and swam for the McKinley Tigers high school swim team. He later received an athletic scholarship to attend Ohio State University, where he swam for the Ohio State Buckeyes swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. Konno set world records of 2:03.9 in the 200-meter and 4:26.7 in the 400-meter freestyle during 1954 college meets. He won four medals at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics. At the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, Konno won gold medals in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle and the 4×200-meter freestyle relay. His time of 18:30:3 in the 1,500 freestyle was a new Olympic record. He also won a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle. Four years later at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, he won a silver in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. Konno is married to fellow 1952 Olympic medalist Evelyn Kawamoto. He is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. See also List of Ohio State University people List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) World record progression 200 metres freestyle World record progression 400 metres freestyle World record progression 800 metres freestyle References External links Ford Konno – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com Ford Konno (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame Records Preceded by John Marshall Men's 200-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) February 27, 1954 – March 4, 1955 Succeeded by John Wardrop Preceded by John Marshall Men's 400-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) April 3, 1954 – January 12, 1957 Succeeded by Murray Rose