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Full name	James Price McLane, Jr.
Nickname(s)	"Jimmy"
National team	United States
Born	(1930-09-13) September 13, 1930 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	New Haven Swim Club
College team	Yale 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|| 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 This page is a soft redirect.} </th></tr></table> 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. 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. 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). 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). 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. In individual competition, he finished fourth in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle (18:51.5), and seventh in the men's 400-meter freestyle (4:40.3). McLane was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 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. See also List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) List of Yale University people World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay References External links Jimmy McLane – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com Jimmy McLane (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at the International Swimming Hall of Fame