Ford Konno
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Ford Hiroshi Konno (born January 1, 1933 in Honolulu) 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 m and 4:26.7 in the 400 m 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 m freestyle and the 4x200 m 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 m freestyle. In 1956, he won a silver in the 4x200 m freestyle relay. He is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Konno is married to fellow 1952 Olympic medalist Evelyn Kawamoto.[2]
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Preceded by John Marshall |
Men's 200 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 27 February 1954 – 4 March 1955 |
Succeeded by John Wardrop |
| Preceded by John Marshall |
Men's 400 metre freestyle world record holder (long course) 3 April 1954 – 12 January 1957 |
Succeeded by Murray Rose |
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- 1933 births
- American sportspeople of Japanese descent
- Ohio State Buckeyes athletes
- College swimmers in the United States
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States
- American swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Living people
- Former world record holders in swimming
- People from Honolulu, Hawaii
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Male freestyle swimmers
