Word: meters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...days after he broke Jonty Skinner's 1977 world record in the 100-meter freestyle, Rowdy Gaines decided Sunday not to attend the U.S. Short Court Championship and hang up his Speedo for the last time...
From a 16th-place finish in the 200-yd. freestyle at the Florida high school championships his junior year. Gaines stroked to American records in the 100- and 200-yd. freestyles at 42.38 and 1:33.80 and to the world mark in the 200-meter freestyle at 1:49.16. For his efforts he was named World Swimmer of the Year...
Last Friday in Austin. Texas, Gaines reaffirmed his spring dominance, setting a new world record of 49.36 in the 100-meter freestyle and eclipsing the old mark by .08 seconds...
Gaines calls the 200-meter world record his greatest accomplishment as a swimmer. "I set it a year ago and it still hasn't sunk in--I think about when it will be broken sometimes. It'll probably go this summer, or in the spring when the Russians have their big meet...
...women swimmers did not lift weights and collegiate nationals carried little prestige. Boglioli, encouraged by her husband, lost 40 lbs. and returned to competition with a sensational record-setting performance at the 1976 AIAW championship. Her star reached its zenith when she captured the bronze medal in the 100-meter fly at the Montreal Olympics and swam on the gold-metal-winning 400-meter Free Relay at age 21--the oldest member of the women's swim team...