Thompson Mann
Mann (right) at the 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameHarold Thompson Mann
National teamUnited States
Born(1942-12-01)December 1, 1942
Norfolk, Virginia, U.S.[1]
DiedApril 4, 2019(2019-04-04) (aged 76)[2]
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight170 lb (77 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubNorth Carolina Athletic Club
College teamUniversity of North Carolina
Medal record
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m medley relay

Harold Thompson Mann (December 1, 1942 – April 4, 2019) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. He competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he received a gold medal swimming for swimming the lead-off backstroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay. Mann and his relay teammates Bill Craig (breaststroke), Fred Schmidt (butterfly) and Steve Clark set a new world record of 3:58.4 – and Mann set an individual world record in the 100-meter backstroke swimming his leg (59.6 seconds).[3]

In 1965, Mann won the national indoor and outdoor titles in both the 100 and 200 yd backstroke, setting a world's best time and American record over 100 yd.[4] He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1984,[5] and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. Mann was 1960 graduate from Great Bridge High School in Chesapeake, VA, where he served as senior class president.[6]

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  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Thompson Mann". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  2. ↑ Thompson Mann's obituary
  3. ↑ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Swimming" Archived 2007-09-04 at the Wayback Machine – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 29, 2008)
  4. ↑ "Passages: 1964 Olympic Gold Medalist Thompson Mann, 76". 5 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Thompson Mann (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 2, 2017. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
  6. ↑ The Causeway. Great Bridge High School. 1960. p. 18.


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