Mike Bruner

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Medal record
Competitor for the Flag of the United States United States
Men's swimming
Olympic Games
Gold 1976 Montreal 200 m butterfly
Gold 1976 Montreal 4 × 200 m freestyle relay
World Aquatics Championships
Gold 1978 Berlin 200 m butterfly

Mike Bruner (born July 23, 1956) is an American swimmer, world champion and olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he received a gold medal in 200 m butterfly (also world record), and a gold medal in 4 × 200 m freestyle relay.[1] He received a gold medal at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships in Berlin.

[edit] World records

Bruner set two world records during his career. One was the world record in 200 m butterfly, long course (1:59.23, 18 July 1976), and one relay record.

[edit] Awards

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1976 Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 2, 2008)
  2. ^ "ISHOF 1988 Honorees" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 2, 2008)
  3. ^ "MIKE BRUNER (USA) – 1988 Honor Swimmer" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on May 2, 2008)


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Olympic champions in men's 200 m butterfly

1956: William Yorzyk | 1960: Michael Troy | 1964: Kevin Berry | 1968: Carl Robie | 1972: Mark Spitz | 1976: Mike Bruner | 1980: Sergey Fesenko, Sr. | 1984: Jon Sieben | 1988: Michael Gross | 1992: Melvin Stewart | 1996: Denis Pankratov | 2000: Tom Malchow | 2004: Michael Phelps
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Olympic champions in men's 4x200 m freestyle relay

1908: Great Britain (Derbyshire, Radimilovic, Foster, Taylor) | 1912: Australasia (Healy, Champion, Boardman, Hardwick) | 1920: USA (McGillivray, Kealoha, Ross, Kahanamoku) | 1924: USA (Weissmuller, O'Connor, Glancy, Breyer) | 1928: USA (Weissmuller, Clapp, Laufer, Kojac) | 1932: Japan (Yusa, Miyazaki, Yokoyama, Toyoda) | 1936: Japan (Yusa, Sugiura, Arai, Taguchi) | 1948: USA (Ris, McLane, Wolf, Smith) | 1952: USA (Moore, Woolsey, Konno, McLane) | 1956: Australia (O'Halloran, Devitt, Rose, Henricks) | 1960: USA (Harrison, Blick, Troy, Farrell) | 1964: USA (Schollander, Clark, Saari, Ilman) | 1968: USA (Schollander, Spitz, Nelson, Rerych) | 1972: USA (Spitz, Kinsella, Tyler, Genter) | 1976: USA (Bruner, Furniss, Naber, Montgomery) | 1980: Soviet Union (Kopliakov, Salnikov, Stukolkin, Krylov) | 1984: USA (Heath, Larson, Float, Hayes) | 1988: USA (Dalbey, Cetlinski, Gjertsen, Biondi) | 1992: Unified Team (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Taianovich, Sadovyi) | 1996: USA (Davis, Hudepohl, Schumacher, Berube) | 2000: Australia (Thorpe, Klim, Pearson, Kirby) | 2004: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)
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