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American swimmer
Jim Montgomery
Full name James Paul Montgomery Nickname "Jim" National team United States Born (1955-01-24 ) January 24, 1955 (age 69) Madison, Wisconsin Height 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Weight 194 lb (88 kg) Sport Swimming Strokes Freestyle Club Gatorade Swim Club College team Indiana University
James Paul Montgomery (born January 24, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer , four-time Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Montgomery was the first man to break the 50-second barrier (49.99) in the 100-meter freestyle,[1] at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, where he won three gold medals and one bronze.[2]
Montgomery won five gold medals in freestyle events at the first World Championships in 1973 . From Yugoslavia, Montgomery went to Indiana University , swam for Doc Counsilman for four years, with the 1976 Montreal Olympic Games taking place between his junior and senior years.[3] [4]
He founded the Dallas Masters swim program in 1981 and later renamed it the Lone Star Masters. In 1990, the name officially became Baylor/Lone Star Masters.[5] He began teaching swim lessons in 2007, including a class to help adults get past their fear of water.
He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1986 as an Honor Swimmer.[6]
He coached varsity swimming at the Greenhill School in Addison, Texas from 1999 to 2016. He resigned in 2016 to launch the Jim Montgomery Swim School.[7]
He also is the founder of the Dallas Aquatic Masters club team and in 2002 was named U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS) Coach of the Year.[8] [9]
See also
References
Bibliography
Mastering Swimming / Your guide for fitness, training, and competition , by Jim Montgomery/Mo Chambers, Human Kinetics Publishers, 2008-10-24, ISBN 978-0-7360-7453-7
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100 yards 100 metres Intercalated Games
1908 : John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor (GBR )
1912 : Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick (ANZ )
1920 : Perry McGillivray , Pua Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku (USA )
1924 : Johnny Weissmuller , Wally O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer (USA )
1928 : Johnny Weissmuller , Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac (USA )
1932 : Masanori Yusa , Yasuji Miyazaki , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN )
1936 : Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Shigeo Arai , Masaharu Taguchi (JPN )
1948 : Wally Ris , Jimmy McLane , Wally Wolf , Bill Smith (USA )
1952 : Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno , Jimmy McLane (USA )
1956 : Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks (AUS )
1960 : George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Don Schollander , Steve Clark , Roy Saari , Gary Ilman (USA )
1968 : Don Schollander , Mark Spitz , John Nelson , Stephen Rerych (USA )
1972 : Mark Spitz , John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter (USA )
1976 : Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Sergey Koplyakov , Vladimir Salnikov , Ivar Stukolkin , Andrey Krylov (URS )
1984 : Mike Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes (USA )
1988 : Troy Dalbey , Matt Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Dmitry Lepikov , Vladimir Pyshnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Yevgeny Sadovyi , Aleksey Kudryavtsev , Yury Mukhin (EUN )
1996 : Josh Davis , Joe Hudepohl , Brad Schumacher , Ryan Berube , Jon Olsen (USA )
2000 : Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS )
2004 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller , Dan Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt (USA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay , David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller (USA )
2012 : Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer , Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps , Charlie Houchin , Matt McLean , Davis Tarwater (USA )
2016 : Conor Dwyer , Townley Haas , Ryan Lochte , Michael Phelps , Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz (USA )
2020 : Thomas Dean , James Guy , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Calum Jarvis (GBR )
1960 : Frank McKinney , Paul Hait , Lance Larson , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Thompson Mann , Bill Craig , Fred Schmidt , Steve Clark (USA )
1968 : Charlie Hickcox , Don McKenzie , Doug Russell , Ken Walsh (USA )
1972 : Mike Stamm , Tom Bruce , Mark Spitz , Jerry Heidenreich (USA )
1976 : John Naber , John Hencken , Matt Vogel , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Mark Kerry , Peter Evans , Mark Tonelli , Neil Brooks (AUS )
1984 : Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist , Pablo Morales , Rowdy Gaines (USA )
1988 : David Berkoff , Richard Schroeder , Matt Biondi , Chris Jacobs (USA )
1992 : Jeff Rouse , Nelson Diebel , Pablo Morales , Jon Olsen , David Berkoff , Hans Dersch , Melvin Stewart , Matt Biondi (USA )
1996 : Jeff Rouse , Jeremy Linn , Mark Henderson , Gary Hall Jr. , Josh Davis , Kurt Grote , John Hargis , Tripp Schwenk (USA )
2000 : Lenny Krayzelburg , Ed Moses , Ian Crocker , Gary Hall Jr. , Neil Walker , Tommy Hannan , Jason Lezak (USA )
2004 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak , Lenny Krayzelburg , Mark Gangloff , Michael Phelps , Neil Walker (USA )
2008 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Jason Lezak , Matt Grevers , Mark Gangloff , Ian Crocker , Garrett Weber-Gale (USA )
2012 : Matt Grevers , Brendan Hansen , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian , Nick Thoman , Eric Shanteau , Tyler McGill , Cullen Jones (USA )
2016 : Ryan Murphy , Cody Miller , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian , David Plummer , Cordes , Shields , Dressel (USA )
2020 : Ryan Murphy , Michael Andrew , Caeleb Dressel , Zach Apple , Hunter Armstrong , Andrew Wilson , Tom Shields , Blake Pieroni (USA )
1973 : Melvin Nash , Joe Bottom , Jim Montgomery , John Murphy (USA)
1975 : Bruce Furniss , Jim Montgomery , Andy Coan , John Murphy (USA)
1978 : Jack Babashoff , Rowdy Gaines , Jim Montgomery , David McCagg (USA)
1982 : Chris Cavanaugh , Robin Leamy , David McCagg , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Tom Jager , Mike Heath , Paul Wallace , Matt Biondi (USA)
1991 : Tom Jager , Brent Lang , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA)
1994 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Uğur Taner , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
1998 : Scott Tucker , Jon Olsen , Neil Walker , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
2001 : Michael Klim , Ashley Callus , Todd Pearson , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Andrey Kapralov , Ivan Usov , Denis Pimankov , Alexander Popov (RUS)
2005 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Nate Dusing , Jason Lezak (USA)
2007 : Michael Phelps , Neil Walker , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak (USA)
2009 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Matt Grevers , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2011 : James Magnussen , Matt Targett , Matthew Abood , Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
2013 : Yannick Agnel , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2015 : Mehdy Metella , Florent Manaudou , Fabien Gilot , Jérémy Stravius (FRA)
2017 : Caeleb Dressel , Townley Haas , Blake Pieroni , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2019 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Zach Apple , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2022 : Caeleb Dressel , Ryan Held , Justin Ress , Brooks Curry (USA)
2023 : Jack Cartwright , Flynn Southam , Kai Taylor , Kyle Chalmers (AUS)
2024 : Pan Zhanle , Ji Xinjie , Zhang Zhanshuo , Wang Haoyu (CHN)
1973 : Kurt Krumpholz , Robin Backhaus , Richard Klatt , Jim Montgomery (USA)
1975 : Klaus Steinbach , Werner Lampe , Hans-Joachim Geisler , Peter Nocke (FRG)
1978 : Bruce Furniss , Bill Forrester , Bobby Hackett , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1982 : Richard Saeger , Jeff Float , Kyle Miller , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Lars Hinneburg , Thomas Flemming , Dirk Richter , Sven Lodziewski (GDR)
1991 : Peter Sitt , Steffen Zesner , Stefan Pfeiffer , Michael Gross (GER)
1994 : Christer Wallin , Tommy Werner , Lars Frölander , Anders Holmertz (SWE)
1998 : Michael Klim , Ian Thorpe , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS)
2001 : Grant Hackett , Bill Kirby , Michael Klim , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Grant Hackett , Craig Stevens , Nicholas Sprenger , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2005 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller (USA)
2007 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Klete Keller , Peter Vanderkaay (USA)
2009 : Michael Phelps , Ricky Berens , David Walters , Ryan Lochte (USA)
2011 : Michael Phelps , Peter Vanderkaay , Ricky Berens , Ryan Lochte (USA)
2013 : Conor Dwyer , Ryan Lochte , Charlie Houchin , Ricky Berens (USA)
2015 : Dan Wallace , Robert Renwick , Calum Jarvis , James Guy (GBR)
2017 : Stephen Milne , Nicholas Grainger , Duncan Scott , James Guy (GBR)
2019 : Clyde Lewis , Kyle Chalmers , Alexander Graham , Mack Horton (AUS)
2022 : Drew Kibler , Carson Foster , Trenton Julian , Kieran Smith (USA)
2023 : Duncan Scott , Matt Richards , Tom Dean , James Guy (GBR)
2024 : Ji Xinjie , Wang Haoyu , Pan Zhanle , Zhang Zhanshuo (CHN)
1973 : Mike Stamm , John Hencken , Joe Bottom , Jim Montgomery (USA)
1975 : John Murphy , Rick Colella , Gregory Jagenburg , Andy Coan (USA)
1978 : Bob Jackson , Nicholas Nevid , Joe Bottom , David McCagg (USA)
1982 : Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist , Matt Gribble , Rowdy Gaines (USA)
1986 : Dan Veatch , David Lundberg , Pablo Morales , Matt Biondi (USA)
1991 : Jeff Rouse , Eric Wunderlich , Mark Henderson , Matt Biondi (USA)
1994 : Jeff Rouse , Eric Wunderlich , Mark Henderson , Gary Hall Jr. (USA)
1998 : Matt Welsh , Phil Rogers , Michael Klim , Chris Fydler (AUS)
2001 : Matt Welsh , Regan Harrison , Geoff Huegill , Ian Thorpe (AUS)
2003 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak (USA)
2005 : Aaron Peirsol , Brendan Hansen , Ian Crocker , Jason Lezak (USA)
2007 : Matt Welsh , Brenton Rickard , Andrew Lauterstein , Eamon Sullivan (AUS)
2009 : Aaron Peirsol , Eric Shanteau , Michael Phelps , David Walters (USA)
2011 : Nick Thoman , Mark Gangloff , Michael Phelps , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2013 : Camille Lacourt , Giacomo Perez-Dortona , Jérémy Stravius , Fabien Gilot (FRA)
2015 : Ryan Murphy , Kevin Cordes , Tom Shields , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2017 : Matt Grevers , Kevin Cordes , Caeleb Dressel , Nathan Adrian (USA)
2019 : Luke Greenbank , Adam Peaty , James Guy , Duncan Scott (GBR)
2022 : Thomas Ceccon , Nicolò Martinenghi , Federico Burdisso , Alessandro Miressi (ITA)
2023 : Ryan Murphy , Nic Fink , Dare Rose , Jack Alexy (USA)
2024 : Hunter Armstrong , Nic Fink , Zach Harting , Matt King (USA)