Harold Thompson Mann (December 1, 1942 – April 4, 2019) was an American competition

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, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. He competed at the

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in Tokyo, Japan, where he received a gold medal swimming for swimming the lead-off backstroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter medley relay. Mann and his relay teammates Bill Craig (breaststroke),

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(butterfly) and

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set a new world record of 3:58.4 – and Mann set an individual world record in the 100-meter backstroke swimming his leg (59.6 seconds)."1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Swimming"
– ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on April 29, 2008) In 1965, Mann won the national indoor and outdoor titles in both the 100 and 200 yd backstroke, setting a world's best time and American record over 100 yd. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1984, and the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 1988. Mann was 1960 graduate from

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in Chesapeake, VA, where he served as senior class president.

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1942 births 2019 deaths American male backstroke swimmers World record setters in swimming North Carolina Tar Heels men's swimmers Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Universiade medalists in swimming Universiade bronze medalists for the United States Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade 20th-century American people 21st-century American people {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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