Jeff Rouse

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Medal record
Competitor for Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States
Men's Swimming
Olympic Games
Silver	Barcelona 1992	100m Backstroke
Gold	Barcelona 1992	4x100m Medley
Gold	Atlanta 1996	100m Backstroke
Gold	Atlanta 1996	4x100m Medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold	1991 Perth	100m Backstroke
Gold	1991 Perth	4x100m Medley
Silver	1994 Rome	100m Backstroke
Gold	1994 Rome	4x100m Medley
Pan American Games
Gold	Mar del Plata 1995	100m Backstroke
Gold	Mar del Plata 1995	4x100m Medley

Jeffrey ("Jeff") Norman Rouse (born February 6, 1970 in Fredericksburg, Virginia) is a former international swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the 100 metre backstroke at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. The Stanford University student was also a member of the winning American relay team from on the 4x100 meter medley relay.

Four years earlier, when Barcelona hosted The Games, he was second in the 100 meters backstroke, after he had won the event the previous year at the 1991 World Aquatic Championships in Perth, Western Australia. Rouse was the number one in the FINA world rankings for eight consecutive years in the 100 metre backstroke, and held the world record in that event from 1991 until 1999.

In 2001 he was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

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Profile Jeff Rouse on the ISHOF-site

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Olympic champions in men's 100 m backstroke

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Olympic champions in men's 4x100 m medley relay

1960: USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) | 1964: USA (Thompson Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) | 1968: USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) | 1972: USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) | 1976: USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) | 1980: Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) | 1984: USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) | 1988: USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) | 1992: USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) | 1996: USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) | 2000: USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) | 2004: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)