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Robert Earl Bennett (born May 23, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic medalist, and former world record-holder. Bennett attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he competed for the USC Trojans swimming and diving team from 1963 to 1965. He received All-American honors for three consecutive years, and graduated in 1965.〔(USC Mens Swimming & Diving All-Americans ), USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 13, 2008.〕 Bennett represented the United States at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics. At the 1960 Rome games, he received a bronze medal for his third-place result in the men's 100-meter backstroke, finishing in 1:02.3 – a fraction of a second behind Australian David Theile (1:01.9) and fellow American Frank McKinney (1:02.1). He also swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the heats of the 4×100-meter medley relay, setting a new world record of 4:08.2 in the process.〔(Bob Bennett ) – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com〕 He did not receive a medal, however, because he did not swim in the event final, and was not medal-eligible under the 1964 Olympic swimming rules. Four years later at the 1964 Tokyo games, he won a second bronze medal in the men's 200-meter backstroke (2:13.1).〔(USC Olympians: 1904–2008 ), USC Trojans Athletic Department, Accessed August 27, 2008.〕 He again swam for the first-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the 4×100-meter medley relay,〔 but was again ineligible to receive a medal. Bennett set a new world record of 1.01.3 in the 100-meter backstroke on August 19, 1961; the record survived for twelve months until broken by American Tom Stock. ==See also== * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men) * List of University of Southern California people * World record progression 100 metres backstroke * World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley 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「Bob Bennett (swimmer)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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