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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...distance events. Mary T. Meagher, 15, of Louisville, and Craig Beardsley, 19, of Harrington Park, N.J., set world records in the women's and men's 200-meter butterfly. In the men's 200 butterfly, the three top finishers all came in faster than Soviet Sergei Fesenko did in winning the gold medal. In both the 200 backstroke and 100 breaststroke, two Americans finished under the Moscow times. The performances were remark able considering that many of the swimmers eased up on their training when the boycott was announced. Jesse Vassallo, 18, of Mission Viejo, Calif, quit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: A Warsaw Pact Picnic | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

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