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Thomas Sean McBreen (born August 31, 1952) is an American former
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and Olympic gold medalist. At the
1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...
in Munich, Germany, McBreen earned a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, and also won the bronze medal in the men's 400-meter freestyle.


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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 ...
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List of University of Southern California people This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students, from the University of Southern California. Those individuals who qualify for multiple categories have been placed under the section for which they are best known. Academia Architectur ...
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World record progression 400 metres freestyle The first world record in the men's 400 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1908. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events the world's governing b ...
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World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay In its most general sense, the term "world" refers to the totality of entities, to the whole of reality or to everything that is. The nature of the world has been conceptualized differently in different fields. Some conceptions see the worl ...


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Tom McBreen
– Olympic Games results at databaseOlympics.com 1952 births Living people American male freestyle swimmers World record setters in swimming Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming Sportspeople from Spokane, Washington Place of birth missing (living people) Swimmers at the 1971 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics USC Trojans men's swimmers Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Pan American Games medalists in swimming Junípero Serra High School (San Mateo, California) alumni Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub