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English swimmer
William Foster (10 July 1890 – 17 December 1963) was an English competitive
swimmer who represented Great Britain in the 1908 and 1912 Olympics. He was
freestyle swimmer who won gold and bronze medals as a member of British relay teams and set a world record in the 4x200-metre freestyle relay.
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At the
1908 Summer Olympics in London, he won the gold medal as part of the British
4×200-metre freestyle relay team and did not compete in any other competition. In the
400-metre freestyle final he finished fourth and in the
1500-metre freestyle event he was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Four years later at the
1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, he won the bronze medal as part of the British
4×200-metre freestyle relay team. In the
400-metre freestyle competition as well as in the
1500-metre freestyle event he was eliminated in the semi-finals.
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1908 :
John Derbyshire ,
Paul Radmilovic ,
William Foster ,
Henry Taylor (
GBR )
1912 :
Cecil Healy ,
Malcolm Champion ,
Leslie Boardman ,
Harold Hardwick (
ANZ )
1920 :
Perry McGillivray ,
Pua Kealoha ,
Norman Ross ,
Duke Kahanamoku (
USA )
1924 :
Johnny Weissmuller ,
Wally O'Connor ,
Harry Glancy ,
Ralph Breyer (
USA )
1928 :
Johnny Weissmuller ,
Austin Clapp ,
Walter Laufer ,
George Kojac (
USA )
1932 :
Masanori Yusa ,
Yasuji Miyazaki ,
Takashi Yokoyama ,
Hisakichi Toyoda (
JPN )
1936 :
Masanori Yusa ,
Shigeo Sugiura ,
Shigeo Arai ,
Masaharu Taguchi (
JPN )
1948 :
Wally Ris ,
Jimmy McLane ,
Wally Wolf ,
Bill Smith (
USA )
1952 :
Wayne Moore ,
Bill Woolsey ,
Ford Konno ,
Jimmy McLane (
USA )
1956 :
Kevin O'Halloran ,
John Devitt ,
Murray Rose ,
Jon Henricks (
AUS )
1960 :
George Harrison ,
Dick Blick ,
Mike Troy ,
Jeff Farrell (
USA )
1964 :
Don Schollander ,
Steve Clark ,
Roy Saari ,
Gary Ilman (
USA )
1968 :
Don Schollander ,
Mark Spitz ,
John Nelson ,
Stephen Rerych (
USA )
1972 :
Mark Spitz ,
John Kinsella ,
Fred Tyler ,
Steve Genter (
USA )
1976 :
Mike Bruner ,
Bruce Furniss ,
John Naber ,
Jim Montgomery (
USA )
1980 :
Sergey Koplyakov ,
Vladimir Salnikov ,
Ivar Stukolkin ,
Andrey Krylov (
URS )
1984 :
Mike Heath ,
David Larson ,
Jeff Float ,
Bruce Hayes (
USA )
1988 :
Troy Dalbey ,
Matt Cetlinski ,
Doug Gjertsen ,
Matt Biondi (
USA )
1992 :
Dmitry Lepikov ,
Vladimir Pyshnenko ,
Veniamin Tayanovich ,
Yevgeny Sadovyi ,
Aleksey Kudryavtsev ,
Yury Mukhin (
EUN )
1996 :
Josh Davis ,
Joe Hudepohl ,
Brad Schumacher ,
Ryan Berube ,
Jon Olsen (
USA )
2000 :
Ian Thorpe ,
Michael Klim ,
Todd Pearson ,
Bill Kirby ,
Grant Hackett ,
Daniel Kowalski (
AUS )
2004 :
Michael Phelps ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Peter Vanderkaay ,
Klete Keller ,
Dan Ketchum ,
Scott Goldblatt (
USA )
2008 :
Michael Phelps ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Ricky Berens ,
Peter Vanderkaay ,
David Walters ,
Erik Vendt ,
Klete Keller (
USA )
2012 :
Ryan Lochte ,
Conor Dwyer ,
Ricky Berens ,
Michael Phelps ,
Charlie Houchin ,
Matt McLean ,
Davis Tarwater (
USA )
2016 :
Conor Dwyer ,
Townley Haas ,
Ryan Lochte ,
Michael Phelps ,
Clark Smith ,
Jack Conger ,
Gunnar Bentz (
USA )
2020 :
Thomas Dean ,
James Guy ,
Matt Richards ,
Duncan Scott ,
Calum Jarvis (
GBR )