Gary Ilman

Gary Steven Ilman (born August 13, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in two relay events.[1]

Gary Ilman
Schollander, Ilman, Austin and Clark display gold medals at 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameGary Steven Ilman
National teamUnited States
Born (1943-08-13) August 13, 1943
Glendale, California
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight196 lb (89 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubSanta Clara Swim Club
College teamCalifornia State University, Long Beach

Ilman made his international swimming debut as a member of the U.S. national swimming team at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil. He was a member of the U.S. squad that won the gold medal in the men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay, together with his American teammates Richard McDonough, David Lyons and Ed Townsend.

Ilman represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he won gold medals as a member of the first-place U.S. teams in the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.[1] In both freestyle relay events, Ilman and his American teammates broke existing world records. Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Ilman and Don Schollander set a new world record of 3:33.2 in the 4×100;[2][3][4] then Clark, Roy Saari, Ilman and Schollander set a new world mark of 7:52.1 in the 4×200.[3][5][6]

In individual competition, he finished fourth in the 400-metre freestyle event final. In a controversial outcome, both Ilman and German swimmer Hans-Joachim Klein were officially timed at 54.0 seconds (to 1/10 of a second), and were still tied at 54.00 (to 1/100 of a second) using the new unofficial electronic timing, but the judges on their own initiative awarded the bronze medal solely to Klein on the basis of the unofficial electronic time taken to 1/1,000 of a second.[7]

Ilman finished his international swimming career at the 1965 World University Games in Budapest, Hungary, where he won a pair of gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. relay teams in the 4×100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle relay events, and a bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle.

See also

References
  1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Gary Ilman Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  2. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay Final Archived October 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  3. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, United States Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games Archived July 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  4. Ted Smits, "Oerter Wins Third Discus Gold Medal", News Journal, p. 23 (October 15, 1964). Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  5. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Final Archived October 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  6. United Press International, "U.S. Boosts Lead In Olympic Medals", The Times Recorder, p. B-3 (October 19, 1964). Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  7. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, Men's 100 metres Freestyle Archived October 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved May 31, 2015.
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gary Ilman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-05-20.
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