Brent Berk

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Brent Thales Berk (born June 27, 1949) is an American former competition swimmer.

Berk represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.^[1] He advanced to the event final of the men's 400-meter freestyle, and finished in eighth place with a time of 4:26.0.^[1]^[2]

Berk was born in Eustis, Florida,^[1] and graduated from the Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii. He attended Stanford University, where he swam for the Stanford Cardinal swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition and was recognized as an All-American.

He was inducted into the Hawaii Swimming Hall of Fame in 2003.^[3]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Brent Berk. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games, Men's 400 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
↑ Wes Nakama, "Oyakawa leads 2003 Hall class," Honolulu Advertiser (September 2, 2003). Retrieved October 11, 2012.

v t e 1968 USA Olympic Swimming Team

Men's Team	Larry Barbiere Brent Berk Greg Buckingham Mike Burton John Ferris Gary Hall Charlie Hickcox Jack Horsley Mitch Ivey Chet Jastremski Brian Job David Johnson William Johnson John Kinsella Philip Long Don McKenzie Ken Merten Ronnie Mills John Nelson David Perkowski Stephen Rerych Doug Russell Don Schollander Andy Strenk Mark Spitz Ross Wales Michael Wall Ken Walsh Zac Zorn

Women's Team	Susie Atwood Catie Ball Jane Barkman Patty Caretto Ellie Daniel Diane Giebel Linda Gustavson Kaye Hall Jan Henne Toni Hewitt Cathy Jamison Suzy Jones Claudia Kolb Pam Kruse Kendis Moore Debbie Meyer Susan Pedersen Susan Pitt Susan Shields Jane Swagerty Lynn Vidali Lillian Watson Sharon Wichman

Staff	Sherman Chavoor (women's head coach) Frank Elm (assistant) Don Gambril (assistant) George Haines (men's head coach) Bill Lippman, Jr. (manager) Olive Mucha (assistant) Edwin Olson (assistant) Kenneth Treadway (manager)

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Name	Berk, Brent
Alternative names	Berk, Brent Thales; Berk, Brent T.
Short description	American swimmer, Olympian
Date of birth	June 27, 1949
Place of birth	Eustis, Florida, United States
Date of death
Place of death

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