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Swimming At The 1955 Pan American Games – Men's 4 × 100 Metre Medley Relay
The men's 4 × 100 metre medley relay competition of the swimming events at the 1955 Pan American Games The 1955 Pan American Games opened on March 12, 1955, in the University Stadium (now Olympic Stadium) in Mexico City, Mexico, in front of a capacity crowd of 100,000 spectators. A total number of 2,583 athletes from 22 nations marched in review ... took place on 21 March. It was the first appearance of this event in the Pan American Games. page, from gbrathletics.com; retrieved 2012-04-15. Results All times are in minutes and seconds.Heats Final The final was held on March 21.References {{DEFAULTSORT:Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games - Men's 4 x 100 metre medley rela ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank McKinney
Frank Edward McKinney Jr. (November 3, 1938 – September 11, 1992) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He later became a prominent executive in the American banking industry, but died in a mid-air collision of two aircraft. McKinney was the son of Frank E. McKinney, a former chairman of the Democratic National Committee and a former owner of the National League's Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He was the youngest member of a U.S. national swim team which set a world record in the 4×100-meter medley relay at the 1955 Pan American Games. At the Pan American Games, the 16-year-old high school student also won a gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke. Born in Indianapolis, Indiana, he did the most to introduce modern backstroke techniques. Following Yoshi Oyakawa as the premier U.S. backstroker, McKinney was the pioneer of the modern bent-arm backstrokers, even as Oyakawa had been the last of the straight ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |