William Foster (swimmer)
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Full name | William Foster | |||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1890-07-10)10 July 1890 Haslingden, England | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 December 1963(1963-12-17) (aged 73) Fylde, England | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Bacup Amateur Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||
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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.[1]
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.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ "William Foster". Olympedia. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
External links
- William Foster at databaseOlympics.com
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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)
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