Steve Clark (swimmer)

Steve Clark

Bennett, Hait, Clark en Gillanders after breaking the 4×100 m world record in the heats at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Edward Clark
Nickname(s)	"Steve"
Nationality	United States
Born	(1943-06-17) June 17, 1943 Oakland, California
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	148 lb (67 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Freestyle
Club	Santa Clara Swim Club
College team	Yale University
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for the  United States Olympic Games Gold 1960 Rome 4×200 m freestyle relay Gold 1960 Rome 4×100 m medley relay Gold 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle relay Gold 1964 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle relay Gold 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m medley relay Pan American Games Gold 1963 São Paulo 100 m freestyle

Stephen Edward Clark (born June 17, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Clark won three gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. relay teams in the 4×100-meter freestyle, 4×200-meter freestyle, and 4×100-meter medley events. He won two more gold medals by swimming the 4×100 m medley and 4×200 m freestyle preliminaries at the 1960 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Clark attended Yale University, where he swam for coach Philip Moriarty's Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Ivy League competition. As a senior, he was the Yale swim team captain; he graduated from Yale with his bachelor's degree in 1964. In 2005, he donated one of his three Olympic gold medals to his alma mater.^[2]

In 1966, Clark was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame.^[3]

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Yale University people
• World record progression 100 metres freestyle
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

References

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v t e 1960 USA Olympic swimming team Men's team Bob Bennett Dick Blick George Breen Steve Clark Bill Darnton Jeff Farrell Dave Gillanders Paul Hait George Harrison Bruce Hunter Lance Larson Gene Lenz Frank McKinney Bill Mulliken Alan Somers Mike Troy Thomas Winter Women's team Molly Botkin Lynn Burke Donna de Varona Susan Doerr Nina Harmer Carolyn House Patty Kempner Sylvia Ruuska Carolyn Schuler Joan Spillane Shirley Stobs Chris von Saltza Anne Warner Carolyn Wood

v t e 1964 USA Olympic swimming team Men's team Wayne Anderson Mike Austin Bob Bennett Steve Clark Bill Craig Gary Dilley Bill Farley Jed Graef Gary Ilman Chet Jastremski Virgil Luken David Lyons Thompson Mann Richard McGeagh Bill Mettler John Nelson Walter Richardson Philip Riker Carl Robie Dick Roth Roy Saari Fred Schmidt Don Schollander Lary Schulhof Ed Townsend Tom Trethewey Michael Wall Women's team Lynne Allsup Erika Bricker Donna de Varona Ginny Duenkel Kathy Ellis Cathy Ferguson Sharon Finneran Cynthia Goyette Jeanne Hallock Nina Harmer Tammy Hazleton Claudia Kolb Sandra Nitta Susan Pitt Marilyn Ramenofsky Martha Randall Judy Reeder Patience Sherman Terri Stickles Sharon Stouder Lillian Watson Staff James Counsilman (men's head coach) Peter Daland (women's head coach) George Haines (men's assistant coach) Harold Henning (manager) Elizabeth Philcox (assistant manager) Albert J. Sehorn (manager) Kenneth Treadway (assistant manager)