Ford Konno
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| Medal record | |||
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| Competitor for Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | |||
| Men’s Swimming | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | 1500m Freestyle | |
| Gold | 1952 Helsinki | 4x200m Freestyle Relay | |
| Silver | 1952 Helsinki | 400m Freestyle | |
| Silver | 1956 Melbourne | 4x200m Freestyle Relay | |
Ford Hiroshi Konno (born January 1, 1933) is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who swam at McKinley High School (Hawaii) and the Ohio State University.
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.[1]
He won four medals at the 1952 and 1956 Olympic Games. In Helsinki, Finland, Konno won gold medals in the 1,500-meter freestyle and the 4x200m freestyle relay. His time of 18:30:3 in the 1,500 freestyle was an Olympic record. He also won a silver medal in the 400 meter freestyle. In 1956, he won a silver in the 4x200m freestyle relay. He is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
[edit] References
- ^ HickokSports.com Sports Biographies: Konno, Ford H.. Retrieved on 2007-10-08.
| Records | ||
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| Preceded by Image:Flag of Australia.svg John Marshall | Men's 200 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 27 February 1954 – 4 March 1955 | Succeeded by Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg John Wardrop |
| Preceded by Image:Flag of Australia.svg John Marshall | Men's 400 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 3 April 1954 – 12 January 1957 | Succeeded by Image:Flag of Australia.svg Murray Rose |
Olympic champions in men's 1500 m freestyle |
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1906: Henry Taylor | 1908: Henry Taylor | 1912: George Hodgson | 1920: Norman Ross | 1924: Boy Charlton | 1928: Arne Borg | 1932: Kusio Kitamura | 1936: Noboru Terada | 1948: James McLane | 1952: Ford Konno | 1956: Murray Rose | 1960: John Konrads | 1964: Bob Windle | 1968: Mike Burton | 1972: Mike Burton | 1976: Brian Goodell | 1980: Vladimir Salnikov | 1984: Michael O'Brien | 1988: Vladimir Salnikov | 1992: Kieren Perkins | 1996: Kieren Perkins | 2000: Grant Hackett | 2004: Grant Hackett |
Olympic champions in men's 4x200 m freestyle relay |
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1908: Great Britain (Derbyshire, Radimilovic, Foster, Taylor) | 1912: Australasia (Healy, Champion, Boardman, Hardwick) | 1920: USA (McGillivray, Kealoha, Ross, Kahanamoku) | 1924: USA (Weissmuller, O'Connor, Glancy, Breyer) | 1928: USA (Weissmuller, Clapp, Laufer, Kojac) | 1932: Japan (Yusa, Miyazaki, Yomoyama, Toyoda) | 1936: Japan (Yusa, Suguira, Arai, Taguchi) | 1948: USA (Ris, McLane, Wolf, Smith) | 1952: USA (Moore, Woolsey, Konno, McLane) | 1956: Australia (O'Halloran, Devitt, Rose, Henricks) | 1960: USA (Harrison, Blick, Troy, Farrell) | 1964: USA (Schollander, Clark, Saari, Ilman) | 1968: USA (Schollander, Spitz, Nelson, Rerych) | 1972: USA (Spitz, Kinsella, Tyler, Genter) | 1976: USA (Bruner, Furniss, Naber, Montgomery) | 1980: Soviet Union (Kopliakov, Salnikov, Stukolkin, Krylov) | 1984: USA (Heath, Larson, Float, Hayes) | 1988: USA (Dalbey, Cetlinski, Gjertsen, Biondi) | 1992: Unified Team (Lepikov, Pychnenko, Taianovich, Sadovyi) | 1996: USA (Davis, Hudepohl, Schumacher, Berube) | 2000: Australia (Thorpe, Klim, Pearson, Kirby) | 2004: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller) |
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