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...very first American in the pool, California's Gary Ilman, shattered the Olympic record for 100 meters; before he could even write home about it, all sorts of people were beating the mark, too-and Gary found himself just the fourth-best 100-meter man in the world. "Somebody's gonna break the world record in the 200-meter backstroke," predicted Princeton's Jed Graef, 22. Who might that be? "Me," said Graef, and hit the electronic touchboard in 2 min. 10.3 sec., barely edging Teammate Gary Dilley...