I think that Johnny Weissmuller was better for his time than Mark Spitz because he was a natural. He workout not that much compared to Spitz who workout several times more yardage. Granted, Spitz did have the ideal olympics that porbably no other swimmer will do again. There is too much competition today compared to 1972 and there are few freestylers who can also won butterfly at the international level these days. This is for fun.
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Well, women are also another consideration. How do you compare Debbie Meyers and Dawn Fraster to people in later eras like Shane Gould and Shirley Babashoff and Janet Evans. ALso, hot IMer's like Tracey Caulkins who was the only women to set american records in all four strokes. A breastroker that also had a good fly and backstroke and freestyle. Mary T Meagher that dominated one stroke butterfly. Also, a note some of the best swimmers didn't fair that well at the olympics. Tim Shaw the sullivan award winner only won a silver at the 1976 olympics.
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Well, women are also another consideration. How do you compare Debbie Meyers and Dawn Fraster to people in later eras like Shane Gould and Shirley Babashoff and Janet Evans. ALso, hot IMer's like Tracey Caulkins who was the only women to set american records in all four strokes. A breastroker that also had a good fly and backstroke and freestyle. Mary T Meagher that dominated one stroke butterfly. Also, a note some of the best swimmers didn't fair that well at the olympics. Tim Shaw the sullivan award winner only won a silver at the 1976 olympics.
