I am looking for a list of Olympian Masters and what Olympics and events they particpated in. If you have such a list or know where one is, please let me know. Individual anecdotes are OK too.
Background:
I want to write to "Splash" magazine and ask them to feature some of the people on such a list when they write about great swimmers. I'm tired of reading (and having my kids read) about so-and-so great swimmer, who got to the Olympics, did great, and now swimming is behind them (i.e. they don't swim anymore). On the "mission statement" of Splash, they give lip service to a lifelong involvement with swimming, but they never seem to come up with an example of such a person.
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Just an example...Our fellow forumite geochuck (from north of the border) relates all of his victories in great detail.
There's no reason to doubt his stories about friendships or experiences with some of the greatest names in swimming.
And oddly enough, his swimming accomplishments don't appear to have been recorded in documents anywhere on the web.
Just to chime in on behalf of George who was, for sure, an 1956 Olympian (also swam in Commonwealth Games & Pan-Am Games) His POOL performances have been fully recorded in a book on the history of Canadian swimming going back to the first Olympics, written by Jack Kelso (National team member but not Olympian) in the last 8 years or so.
I have no idea where/if OPEN WATER results were ever recorded.
For Kelso's record as a master swimmer see the FINA site for 200IM 60-64 (he was the world record holder until recently)
www.fina.org/.../tabs_SC_all.pdf
The problem, of course, when you are talking 1950's and 60's is that there was no Internet (even today not all is recorded). Generally only medal winners have been recorded. I have to commend Walt Reid at FINA for getting the masters times going back to 1986 onto their site .
I have always felt the Olympic Games people need to get off their butts and put historical heats, semis and finals from every games on the web. I don't know what their problem is.
Ian.
Like others in this thread, I am curious as to what the technical definition of an 'alternate' is? Do they still have them? Has the definition changed over time? Are the rules listed somewhere?
Just an example...Our fellow forumite geochuck (from north of the border) relates all of his victories in great detail.
There's no reason to doubt his stories about friendships or experiences with some of the greatest names in swimming.
And oddly enough, his swimming accomplishments don't appear to have been recorded in documents anywhere on the web.
Just to chime in on behalf of George who was, for sure, an 1956 Olympian (also swam in Commonwealth Games & Pan-Am Games) His POOL performances have been fully recorded in a book on the history of Canadian swimming going back to the first Olympics, written by Jack Kelso (National team member but not Olympian) in the last 8 years or so.
I have no idea where/if OPEN WATER results were ever recorded.
For Kelso's record as a master swimmer see the FINA site for 200IM 60-64 (he was the world record holder until recently)
www.fina.org/.../tabs_SC_all.pdf
The problem, of course, when you are talking 1950's and 60's is that there was no Internet (even today not all is recorded). Generally only medal winners have been recorded. I have to commend Walt Reid at FINA for getting the masters times going back to 1986 onto their site .
I have always felt the Olympic Games people need to get off their butts and put historical heats, semis and finals from every games on the web. I don't know what their problem is.
Ian.
Like others in this thread, I am curious as to what the technical definition of an 'alternate' is? Do they still have them? Has the definition changed over time? Are the rules listed somewhere?
