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.
wiredknight
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Great detective work. Now with this there is an established base of times in the events that we have from one year to the next. There did seem to be improvement in the 100 Back because a converted 1:18.2 LCM time is 1:08.3 which is better than the 1965 time at 1:10.7 but the 200 Back LCM time of 2:56.7 converts to a 2:34.0, which is a slight improvement of the 2:34.4 SCY time from 1965.
Unfortunately, that's where it ends. I searched all 12 magazine issues in 1967, and most of 1968, but there were no occurrences of that swimmer.
FYI, in December of each year they published the Top 25 United States LC times for each event.
In 1966 the top 25 LC times ranged as follows:
Women, 100 Back: 1:08.6 to 1:13.7
Women, 200 Back: 2:29.3 to 2:40.5
Anna Lea
Great detective work. Now with this there is an established base of times in the events that we have from one year to the next. There did seem to be improvement in the 100 Back because a converted 1:18.2 LCM time is 1:08.3 which is better than the 1965 time at 1:10.7 but the 200 Back LCM time of 2:56.7 converts to a 2:34.0, which is a slight improvement of the 2:34.4 SCY time from 1965.
Unfortunately, that's where it ends. I searched all 12 magazine issues in 1967, and most of 1968, but there were no occurrences of that swimmer.
FYI, in December of each year they published the Top 25 United States LC times for each event.
In 1966 the top 25 LC times ranged as follows:
Women, 100 Back: 1:08.6 to 1:13.7
Women, 200 Back: 2:29.3 to 2:40.5
Anna Lea
