John Naber
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| Olympic medal record | |||
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| Men’s Swimming | |||
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | 100m Backstroke | |
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | 200m Backstroke | |
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | 4x200m Freestyle Relay | |
| Gold | 1976 Montreal | 4x100m Medley Relay | |
| Silver | 1976 Montreal | 200m Freestyle | |
John Phillips Naber (born January 20, 1956 in Evanston, Illinois) is a swimmer from the United States. He won four gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, each in world-record time. He won the James E. Sullivan Award, given to America's top amateur athlete, in 1977.
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| Preceded by Jeff Dankworth Randolph H. Dean Steve Furniss John Hencken Gerald G. Huesken |
NCAA Top Five Award Class of 1978 Michael J. Bourdeau Daniel R. Mackesey John Naber Gifford Nielsen Bryan L. Rodgers |
Succeeded by Willie Banks Robert W. Dugas Steve Fuller Dan Harrigan James J. Kovach |
| Preceded by Alpha V. Alexander Archie Griffin Steve Largent Steve Raible Lee Roy Selmon Wally Walker |
Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA) Class of 2002 Richard C. Chapman Maurice "Bo" Ellis Herman Frazier Betsy King John Naber Rodney E. Slater |
Succeeded by Debbie Brown Ann Meyers Drysdale Dale Kramer Kenneth MacAfee Warren Moon Gifford Nielsen |
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| Olympic champions in men's 100 m backstroke |
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| 1908: Arno Bieberstein | 1912: Harry Hebner | 1920: Warren Paoa Kealoha | 1924: Warren Paoa Kealoha | 1928: George Kojac | 1932: Masaji Kiyokawa | 1936: Adolf Kiefer | 1948: Allen Stack | 1952: Yoshinobu Oyakawa | 1956: David Theile | 1960: David Theile | 1968: Roland Matthes | 1972: Roland Matthes | 1976: John Naber | 1980: Bengt Baron | 1984: Rick Carey | 1988: Daichi Suzuki | 1992: Mark Tewksbury | 1996: Jeff Rouse | 2000: Lenny Krayzelburg | 2004: Aaron Peirsol |
| Olympic champions in men's 200 m backstroke |
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| 1900: Ernst Hopperberger | 1964: Jed Greaf | 1968: Roland Matthes | 1972: Roland Matthes | 1976: John Naber | 1980: Sándor Wladár | 1984: Rick Carey | 1988: Igor Polyanskiy | 1992: Martin López-Zubero | 1996: Brad Bridgewater | 2000: Lenny Krayzelburg | 2004: Aaron Peirsol |
| Olympic champions in men's 4x200 m freestyle relay |
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1908 Great Britain - John Henry Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor |
Categories: 1956 births | Living people | American backstroke swimmers | American freestyle swimmers | Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics | Olympic swimmers of the United States | James E. Sullivan Award recipients | People from Illinois | Multiple Olympic gold medalists | United States swimming biography stubs
