Vote for swimmers for the US Olympic Hall of Fame

Several swimmers are candidates for the US Olympic Hall of Fame this year. Fans are part of the process and can vote here: halloffamevoting.teamusa.org/ Team swimmer nominees: 1976 Women's Swimming 4x100m Relay Team Career Highlights: The U.S. women’s 4x100m freestyle relay claimed the lone gold medal for the American women at the 1976 Olympic Games. Led by the all-star quartet of Sterkel, Peyton, Boglioli and Babashoff, the American women destroyed the then-world-record of 3:48.80 by almost four seconds, to claim Olympic gold. The U.S. Team finished .68 seconds ahead of the reigning world-record-holding East Germany, who entered the race having won every gold medal but one in those Games. Team Roster: Shirley Babashoff Wendy Bogliolo Kim Peyton Jill Sterkel Jennifer Hooker Individual swimmer nominees: Gary Hall Jr. Career Highlights: 2004 Olympic gold medalist 2000 two-time Olympic gold medalist 2000 set World Record in 50-meter freestyle 2000 Olympic silver medalist 1996 two-time Olympic gold medalist 1996 two-time Olympic silver medalist Jenny Thompson Career Highlights: 1992 and 2004 three-time Olympic silver medalist 1991, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2003 and 2004 18-time World champion 1999-2002 broke four World Records 1992, 1996 and 2000 eight-time Olympic gold medalist 2000 Olympic bronze medalist 1993 and 1998 USA Swimming Swimmer of the Year awardee