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Gary Steven Ilman (born August 13, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in two relay events.〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, (Gary Ilman ). Retrieved May 31, 2015.〕 Ilman made his international swimming debut as a member of the U.S. national swimming team at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil. He was a member of the U.S. squad that won the gold medal in the men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay, together with his American teammates Richard McDonough, David Lyons and Ed Townsend. Ilman represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he won gold medals as a member of the first-place U.S. teams in the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.〔 In both freestyle relay events, Ilman and his American teammates broke existing world records. Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Ilman and Don Schollander set a new world record of 3:33.2 in the 4×100;〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, ( Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay Final ). Retrieved May 31, 2015.〕〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, ( United States Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games ). Retrieved May 31, 2015.〕〔Ted Smits, "( Oerter Wins Third Discus Gold Medal )", ''News Journal'', p. 23 (October 15, 1964). Retrieved May 31, 2015.〕 then Clark, Roy Saari, Ilman and Schollander set a new world mark of 7:52.1 in the 4×200.〔〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, ( Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Final ). Retrieved May 31, 2015.〕〔United Press International, "( U.S. Boosts Lead In Olympic Medals )", ''The Times Recorder'', p. B-3 (October 19, 1964). Retrieved May 31, 2015.〕 In individual competition, he finished fourth in the 400-metre freestyle event final. In a controversial outcome, both Ilman and German swimmer Hans-Joachim Klein were officially timed at 54.0 seconds (to 1/10 of a second), and were still tied at 54.00 (to 1/100 of a second) using the new unofficial electronic timing, but the judges on their own initiative awarded the bronze medal solely to Klein on the basis of the unofficial electronic time taken to 1/1,000 of a second.〔Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, (Men's 100 metres Freestyle ). Retrieved May 31, 2015.〕 Ilman finished his international swimming career at the 1965 World University Games in Budapest, Hungary, where he won a pair of gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. relay teams in the 4×100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle relay events, and a bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle. ==See also== * List of California State University, Long Beach people * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) * World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay * World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gary Ilman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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