United States at The 1972 Summer Olympics - Swimming

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Mark Spitz
  • Heat — 52.46s
  • Semifinals — 52.43s
  • Final — 51.22s (→ Gold Medal)
  • Jerry Heidenreich
  • Heat — 52.38s
  • Semifinals — 52.31s
  • Final — 51.65s (→ Silver Medal)
  • John Murphy
  • Heat — 53.07s
  • Semifinals — 53.17s
  • Final — 52.08s (→ 4th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Mark Spitz
  • Heat — 1:55.29
  • Final — 1:52.78 (→ Gold Medal)
  • Steve Genter
  • Heat — 1:55.42
  • Final — 1:53.73 (→ Silver Medal)
  • Fred Tyler
  • Heat — 1:56.04
  • Final — 1:54.96 (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

  • Dave Fairbank, Gary Conelly, Jerry Heidenreich, and David Edgar
  • Heat — 3:28.84
  • David Edgar, John Murphy, Jerry Heidenreich, and Mark Spitz
  • Final — 3:26.42 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

  • Gary Conelly, Tom McBreen, Michael Burton, and John Kinsella
  • Heat — 8:03.98
  • John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter, and Mark Spitz
  • Final — 7:35.78 (→ Gold Medal)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay

  • Tom Bruce, Jerry Heidenreich, Mike Stamm, and Mark Spitz
  • Final (→ Gold Medal)

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