Kenneth Walsh (swimmer)
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Competitor for Image:Flag of the United States.svg United States | |||
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| Men's Swimming | |||
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | 4x100 m freestyle relay | |
| Gold | 1968 Mexico City | 4x100 m medley relay | |
| Silver | 1968 Mexico City | 100 metre freestyle | |
Kenneth Walsh (born February 11 1945) is an American swimmer who won gold at the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay and the 4 x 100 metre medley at the 1968 Olympic Games. He won golds along with other swimmers such as Mark Spitz.
Olympic champions in men's 4x100 m freestyle relay |
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1964: USA (Clark, Austin, Ilman, Schollander) | 1968: USA (Zorn, Rerych, Spitz, Walsh) | 1972: USA (Edgar, Murphy, Heindereich, Spitz) | 1984: USA (Cavanaugh, Heath, Biondi, Gaines) | 1988: USA (Jacobs, Dalbey, Jager, Biondi) | 1992: USA (Hudepohl, Biondi, Jager, Olsen) | 1996: USA (Olsen, Davis, Schumacher, Hall, Jr.) | 2000: Australia (Klim, Fydler, Callus, Thorpe) | 2004: South Africa (Schoeman, Ferns, Townsend, Neethling) |
Olympic champions in men's 4x100 m medley relay |
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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) |
| Records | ||
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| Preceded by Alain Gottvalles | Men's 100 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 27 July 1967–19 October 1968 | Succeeded by Michael Wenden |
| Persondata | |
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| NAME | Walsh, Kenneth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
Categories: 1945 births | Living people | American freestyle swimmers | Olympic swimmers of the United States | Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Olympic silver medalists for the United States | Former world record holders in swimming | United States swimming biography stubs

