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...swimmers were up against competition that was far superior to even the best of their abilities. Yet many of these women, with no hope of obtaining the glory of medal-winning, understood their job as team members, and went out and swam better times than they had ever before swum...
Costin said she swam five individual events and only one relay this weekend. If she had swum one or two more relays, the women on the relay teams might have gotten medals, and more of the women would have then won that glory...
Beckman's victory was remarkable because she had just taken third in the 100 freestyle and had never swum the 500 in competition. After a surprise victory by Suzanne Abkowitz in the one-meter optional diving the Crimson...
...aspect of the swimming competition was not in the pool at all, but in the supremacy battle between the East German women and the U.S. men. By Saturday the U.S. men had swum nine events, won them all, and set world records in eight. John Naber, 20, the 6-ft. 6-in. paddlewheel of the American contingent, had won three golds and a silver (and possibly one more gold ahead). With his red, white and blue knit cap cocked rakishly on his head, his gawky arms nailing greetings to the crowd and a slack-jawed grin permanently fixed...
Chuck Hector from Princeton completed his sweep of the breaststroke events as he won the 200 breast in an amazing time of 2:05, less than two seconds away from the best time swum by an American collegian this year...