Douglas Dale Northway (born April 28, 1955) is an American former
swimmer
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, who represented the United States at two consecutive
Olympic Games
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.
Olympics
* As a 17-year-old at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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in Munich, Germany, Northway received a bronze medal for his third-place performance in the
men's 1,500-meter freestyle (16:09.25).
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* Four years later at the
1976 Summer Olympics
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in Montreal, Quebec, he swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the
men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
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He did not receive a medal for his 1976 relay effort, however, because only relay swimmers who competed in the event final were medal-eligible under the rules then in effect.
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See also
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Men's events 50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 metre ...
* List of University of Arizona people
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* World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
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References
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1955 births
Living people
American male freestyle swimmers
Arizona Wildcats men's swimmers
World record setters in swimming
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
People from Ontario, California
Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1975 Pan American Games
Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
Pan American Games medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games
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