Jeff Rouse

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Medal record
Jeff Rouse
Men's Swimming
Competitor for the United States
Olympic Games
Silver	Barcelona 1992	100m Backstroke
Gold	Barcelona 1992	4x100m Medley
Gold	Atlanta 1996	100m Backstroke
Gold	Atlanta 1996	4x100m Medley
World Championships (LC)
Gold	1991 Perth	100m Backstroke
Gold	1991 Perth	4x100m Medley
Silver	1994 Rome	100m Backstroke
Gold	1994 Rome	4x100m Medley
Pan American Games
Gold	Mar del Plata 1995	100m Backstroke
Gold	Mar del Plata 1995	4x100m Medley
Pan Pacific Championships
Gold	1989 Tokyo	100m Backstroke
Gold	1991 Edmonton	100m Backstroke
Gold	1991 Edmonton	200m Backstroke

Jeffrey ("Jeff") Norman Rouse (born February 6, 1970 in Fredericksburg, Virginia) is an Olympic Gold Medalist and former World Record Holder in swimming from the United States. His best event was the 100 Backstroke, where he was ranked #1 in the world for eight consecutive years and held the World Record from 1991 until 1999.

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, he won the gold medal in the 100m backstroke. He was also a member of the winning USA relay team in the 400m Medley Relay.

Prior to the 1996 Olympics, he was second in the 100m backstroke at 1992 Summer Olympics; where he also set the World Record in the 100m back, leading off the men's 400m Medley Relay.

He also won the 100 back at the 1991 World Championships in Perth, Western Australia.

He was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2001. In college, he swam from, and attended, Stanford University.