Thomas Flemming

For those of a similar name, see Thomas Fleming (disambiguation).

Thomas Flemming

Personal information

Full name

Thomas Flemming

Nationality

East Germany

Born

14 July 1967
Schlema im Erzgebirge, Sachsen

Height

1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)

Weight

86 kg (190 lb)

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Freestyle

Club

Sportclub Karl-Marx-Stadt

Medal record

Men’s swimming
Competitor for East Germany
Olympic Games
	1988 Seoul	4×200 m freestyle
	1988 Seoul	4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
	1986 Madrid	4×200 m freestyle
European Championships (LC)
	1987 Strasbourg	4×100 m freestyle
	1987 Strasbourg	4×200 m freestyle
	1989 Bonn	4×200 m freestyle

Thomas Flemming (born 14 July 1967 in Bad Schlema) is a former freestyle swimmer from East Germany, who competed for his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics.

There he won the silver medal in the 4×200 m freestyle, alongside Uwe Dassler, Sven Lodziewski, and Steffen Zesner. Flemming also won the bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle, together with Steffen Zesner, Lars Hinneburg, and Dirk Richter.

References

World Long Course Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

1973: USA (Krumpholz, Backhaus, Klatt, Montgomery)
1975: West Germany (Steinbach, Lampe, Geisler, Nocke)
1978: USA (Furniss, Forrester, Hackett, Gaines)
1982: USA (Saeger, Float, Miller, Gaines)
1986: East Germany (Hinneburg, Flemming, Richter, Lodziewski)
1991: West Germany (Sitt, Zesner, Pfeiffer, Gross)
1994: Sweden (Wallin, Werner, Frölander, Holmertz)
1998: Australia (Klim, Thorpe, Hackett, Kowalski)
2001: Australia (Hackett, Kirby, Klim, Thorpe)
2003: Australia (Hackett, Stevens, Sprenger, Thorpe)
2005: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)
2007: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Keller, Vanderkaay)
2009: USA (Phelps, Berens, Walters, Lochte)
2011: USA (Phelps, Vanderkaay, Berens, Lochte)
2013: USA (Dwyer, Lochte, Houchin, Berens)
2015: Great Britain (Wallace, Renwick, Jarvis, Guy)

European Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1962: France (Gottvallès, Curtillet, Christophe, Gropaiz)
1966: East Germany (Wiegand, Poser, Gregor, Sommer)
1970: Soviet Union (Bure, Mazanov, Kulikov, Ilyichov)
1974: West Germany (Steinbach, Schiller, Meier, Nocke)
1977: West Germany (Steinbach, Schmidt, Könnecker, Nocke)
1981: Soviet Union (Shemetov, Salnikov, Chayev, Koplyakov)
1983: Soviet Union (Smiryagin, Krasyuk, Tkacenko, Markovsky)
1985: West Germany (Schowtka, Fahrner, Korthals, Gross)
1987: East Germany (Richter, Flemming, Zesner, Lodziewski)
1989: West Germany (Sitt, Schadt, Zikarsky, Zikarsky)
1991: Soviet Union (Khnykin, Prigoda, Tayanovich, Popov)
1993: Russia (Predkin, Pyshnenko, Sadovyi, Popov)
1995: Russia (Predkin, Shchegolev, Yegorov, Popov)
1997: Russia (Popov, Yegorov, Pimankov, Pyshnenko)
1999: Netherlands (Kenkhuis, Veens, Wouda, Van den Hoogenband)
2000: Russia (Pimankov, Chernyshov, Kapralov, Popov)
2002: Germany (Conrad, Herbst, Spanneberg, Kunzelmann)
2004: Italy (Vismara, Galenda, Vassanelli, Magnini)
2006: Italy (Calvi, Galenda, Vismara, Magnini)
2008: Sweden (Piehl, Nystrand, Stymne, Persson)
2010: Russia (Lagunov, Grechin, Lobintsev, Izotov)
2012: France (Leveaux, Bernard, Bousquet, Stravius)
2014: France (Metella, Gilot, Manaudou, Stravius)

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