Personal information | |
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Full name | Robert Jerome Gibe |
Nickname | "Bob" |
National team | United States |
Born | Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | August 10, 1928
Died | August 27, 2005 Palm Harbor, Florida, U.S. | (aged 77)
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Detroit Athletic Club |
Robert Jerome Gibe (August 10, 1928 – August 27, 2005) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. [1] He swam for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. [1] [2] However, Gibe did not receive a medal because under the Olympic swimming rules in effect in 1948, relay swimmers who only competed for winning teams in the preliminary heats were not eligible.