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Jimmy McLane
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Full name | James Price McLane, Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Jimmy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | 23x15px United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | September 13, 1930||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | New Haven Swim Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Yale University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
{#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other |- 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|| 1948 London|| 1500 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1948 London|| 4x200 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1952 Helsinki|| 4x200 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Silver medal – second place|| 1948 London|| 400 m freestyle |- style="background-color:#cccccc;text-align:center;" ! colspan="3" | Pan American Games |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1955 Mexico City || 400 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;" |Gold medal – first place|| 1955 Mexico City || 1500 m freestyle |- style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"
|Gold medal – first place|| 1955 Mexico City || 4x200 m freestyle
#REDIRECTmw:Help:Magic words#Other James Price McLane, Jr. (born September 13, 1930) is an American former competition swimmer, three-time Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. McLane represented the United States as a 17-year-old at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England.[1] He won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay, with teammates Wally Ris, Wally Wolf and Bill Smith. Ris, McLane, Wolf and Smith set a new world record of 8:46.0 in the event final.[2] Individually, he won another gold medal for his first-place showing in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, with a time of 19:18.5, finishing almost 13 seconds ahead of Australian John Marshall (19:31.3).[3] He also earned a silver medal for his second-place finish in the men's 400-meter freestyle (4:43.4), finishing behind fellow American Bill Smith (4:41.0).[4] Four years later at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, he won another gold medal by swimming the anchor leg for the first-place U.S. team in the 4 × 200-meter freestyle relay, together with relay teammates Wayne Moore, Bill Woolsey and Ford Konno. The Americans set a new Olympic record of 8:31.1 in the final.[5] In individual competition, he finished fourth in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle (18:51.5),[6] and seventh in the men's 400-meter freestyle (4:40.3).[7] McLane was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[8] and graduated from Phillips Academy. He attended Yale University, where he swam for the Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. He was a member of Skull and Bones, and graduated from Yale in 1953.[9] See also
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