Pablo Morales
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men’s Swimming | |||
| Gold | 1984 Los Angeles | 4x100 m Medley Relay | |
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | 100 m Butterfly | |
| Gold | 1992 Barcelona | 4x100 m Medley Relay | |
| Silver | 1984 Los Angeles | 100 m Butterfly | |
| Silver | 1984 Los Angeles | 200 m Individual Medley | |
Pedro Pablo Morales (born December 5, 1964 in Chicago) was an Olympic swimmer for the United States. He won a relay gold and two silver medals swimming Butterfly at the 1984 Summer Olympics and set the world record in the 100m Butterfly at the Olympic Trials that year as well as setting relay records with teammates Rick Carey, Steve Lundquist, and Rowdy Gaines.
However, in 1988 on the heels of a record 11th NCAA individual championship at Stanford University, he failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics. After briefly retiring from the sport, he returned to the Olympics in 1992 as the team captain and captured Gold in the 100m Butterfly, becoming the oldest swimmer to win an Olympic medal. He is currently the head women's Swimming & Diving coach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
| Olympic champions in men's 100 m butterfly |
|---|
| 1968: Doug Russell | 1972: Mark Spitz | 1976: Matt Vogel | 1980: Pär Arvidsson | 1984: Michael Gross | 1988: Anthony Nesty | 1992: Pablo Morales | 1996: Denis Pankratov | 2000: Lars Frölander | 2004: Michael Phelps |
Categories: 1964 births | Living people | Olympic swimmers of the United States | American butterfly swimmers | American medley swimmers | Swimming coaches | Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics | Swimmers at the 1992 Summer Olympics | People from Chicago | Multiple Olympic gold medalists | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Olympic silver medalists for the United States
