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...Hunter's competitors will be Lance Larson of Southern California. Larson and Hunter swam the 100-meter event in the 1960 Olympics; Hunter finished fourth, and Larson was declared second in a controversial finish with Australia's John Devitt...
...sprints are sprints, and Hunter came in fourth. He concentrated so hard on Devitt and Larson he missed seeing Dos Santos, and also missed a medal...
Lance Larson of the University of Southern California took second according to the judges' decision, although three timers clocked him ahead of Devitt. U.S. officials protested the decision, but in vain. Manuel Dos Santos of Brazil was third...
...Olympic Game standards, he earned the designation "Olympic champion." Hunter took fourth in the 100-meter freestyle, won disputedly by Jon Devitt of Australia...
...final timings of the race showed Devitt and Larson at 55.2, Dos Santos 55.4, and Hunter 55.6. The winning time broke the former Olympic mark of 55.4, set in 1956 by Jon Henricks of Australia, but not the world mark of 54.6, which Devitt himself set three months after the '56 games...