- Don McKenzie (swimmer)
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Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for the 
United StatesOlympic Games Gold 1968 Mexico City 100 m breaststroke Gold 1968 Mexico City 4×100 m medley relay Don McKenzie (May 11, 1947 - December 3, 2008) [1][2] was an American swimmer and olympic champion. He competed at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in 100 m breaststroke, and in 4 × 100 m medley relay.[3] He also won one individual NCAA swimming title in 100 yard breaststroke while swimming for Indiana University under coach Counsilman in the late 1960s.[4]
Awards
McKenzie was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1989.[5]
References
- ^ www.swimmingworldmagazine.com
- ^ www.sports-reference.com
- ^ "1968 Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 1, 2008)
- ^ "Indiana University Archives"
- ^ "International Swimming Hall of Fame"
Olympic Champions in Men's 100 m Breaststroke 1968: Don McKenzie • 1972: Nobutaka Taguchi • 1976: John Hencken • 1980: Duncan Goodhew • 1984: Steve Lundquist • 1988: Adrian Moorhouse • 1992: Nelson Diebel • 1996: Frédérik Deburghgraeve • 2000: Domenico Fioravanti • 2004: Kosuke Kitajima • 2008: Kosuke Kitajima
Olympic Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay 1960: USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) • 1964: USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) • 1968: USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) • 1972: USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) • 1976: USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) • 1980: Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) • 1984: USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) • 1988: USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) • 1992: USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) • 1996: USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) • 2000: USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) • 2004: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak) • 2008: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Phelps, Lezak)
Categories:- 1947 births
- American swimmers
- Indiana Hoosiers swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Former world record holders in swimming
- 2008 deaths
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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