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| Full name | Harrison Smith Glancy | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | September 17, 1904 Bens Run, West Virginia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | September 22, 2002 (aged 98) New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Penn Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
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Harrison Smith Glancy (September 17, 1904 – September 22, 2002) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France and the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [1] In 1924, he won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, [2] together with teammates Ralph Breyer, Wally O'Connor and Johnny Weissmuller. [1] [3] Glancy and his American teammates set new world records in both the semifinals (9:59.4) and final (9:53.4). [1]
Glancy was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Pioneer Swimmer" in 1990. [4]
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Glancy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ^ "Harry Glancy". Olympedia. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ^ "Harrison Glancy (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- Harry Glancy at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Harry Glancy at World Aquatics
- Harry Glancy at Olympics.com
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- People from Tyler County, West Virginia
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- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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| Full name | Harrison Smith Glancy | ||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Born | September 17, 1904 Bens Run, West Virginia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | September 22, 2002 (aged 98) New Orleans, Louisiana | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Penn Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Harrison Smith Glancy (September 17, 1904 – September 22, 2002) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France and the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. [1] In 1924, he won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay, [2] together with teammates Ralph Breyer, Wally O'Connor and Johnny Weissmuller. [1] [3] Glancy and his American teammates set new world records in both the semifinals (9:59.4) and final (9:53.4). [1]
Glancy was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Pioneer Swimmer" in 1990. [4]
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Harry Glancy". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ^ "Harry Glancy". Olympedia. Retrieved November 14, 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ^ "Harrison Glancy (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
- Harry Glancy at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Harry Glancy at World Aquatics
- Harry Glancy at Olympics.com
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| Women's Team | ||
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| This article about a swimming Olympic medalist of the United States is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1904 births
- 2002 deaths
- People from Tyler County, West Virginia
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American people
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs