Norman Ross
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| Olympic medal record | |||
Competitor for  United States |
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| Gold | 1920 Antwerp | 400 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1920 Antwerp | 1500 m freestyle | |
| Gold | 1920 Antwerp | 4x200 m freestyle relay | |
Norman Ross (born May 2, 1896 in Portland, Oregon – died June 19, 1953 in Evanston, Illinois) was a swimmer from the United States notable for winning three gold medals at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. He set more than ten world records during his career.
A Stanford graduate, Ross served in World War I, received a law degree from Northwestern University, and then became a sportswriter. Later, he went into broadcasting. He was the country's first classical music disc jockey with a radio station in Chicago, where he was known as "Uncle Normie." During World War II, he was an aide to General Jimmy Doolittle.
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| Olympic champions in men's 400 m freestyle |
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| 1906: Otto Scheff | 1908: Henry Taylor | 1912: George Hodgson | 1920: Norman Ross | 1924: Johnny Weissmuller | 1928: Alberto Zorrilla | 1932: Buster Crabbe | 1936: Jack Medica | 1948: William Smith | 1952: Jean Boiteux | 1956: Murray Rose | 1960: Murray Rose | 1964: Don Schollander | 1968: Mike Burton | 1972: Brad Cooper | 1976: Brian Goodell | 1980: Vladimir Salnikov | 1984: George DiCarlo | 1988: Uwe Daßler | 1992: Yevgeny Sadovyi | 1996: Danyon Loader | 2000: Ian Thorpe | 2004: Ian Thorpe |
| Olympic champions in men's 1500 m freestyle |
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| 1906: Henry Taylor | 1908: Henry Taylor | 1912: George Hodgson | 1920: Norman Ross | 1924: Boy Charlton | 1928: Arne Borg | 1932: Kusio Kitamura | 1936: Noboru Terada | 1948: James McLane | 1952: Ford Kronno | 1956: Murray Rose | 1960: John Konrads | 1964: Bob Windle | 1968: Mike Burton | 1972: Mike Burton | 1976: Brian Goodell | 1980: Vladimir Salnikov | 1984: Mike O'Brien | 1988: Vladimir Salnikov | 1992: Kieren Perkins | 1996: Kieren Perkins | 2000: Grant Hackett | 2004: Grant Hackett |
1908 Great Britain - John Henry Derbyshire, Paul Radmilovic, William Foster, Henry Taylor
1912 Australasia - Cecil Healy, Malcolm Champion, Leslie Boardman, Harold Hardwick
1920 United States - Perry McGilivray, Pua Kela Kealoha, Norman Ross, Duke Kahanamoku
1924 United States - Johnny Weissmuller, Walter O'Connor, Harry Glancy, Ralph Breyer
1928 United States - Johnny Weissmuller, Austin Clapp, Walter Laufer, George Kojac
1932 Japan - Masonori Yusa, Yasuji Miyazaki, Takashi Yomoyama, Hisakichi Toyoda
1936 Japan - Masanori Yusa, Shigeo Suguira, Shigeo Arai, Masaharu Taguchi
1948 United States - Walter Ris, James McLane, Wallace Wolf, William Smith
1952 United States - Wayne Moore, William Woolsey, Ford Konno, James McLane
1956 Australia - Kevin O'Halloran, John Devitt, Murray Rose, Jon Henricks
1960 United States - George Harrison, Richard Blick, Michael Troy, Jeffrey Farrell
1964 United States - Don Schollander, Stephen Clark, Roy Saari, Gary Ilman
1968 United States - Don Schollander, Mark Spitz, John Nelson, Stephen Rerych
1972 United States - Mark Spitz, John Kinsella, Fred Tyler, Steve Genter
1976 United States - Mike Bruner, Bruce Furniss, John Naber, Jim Montgomery
1980 Soviet Union - Sergei Kopliakov, Vladimir Salnikov, Ivar Stukolkin, Andrei Krylov
1984 United States - Michael Heath, David Larson, Jeffrey Float, Bruce Hayes
1988 United States - Troy Dalbey, Matthew Cetlinski, Doug Gjertsen, Matt Biondi
1992 Unified Team - Dmitri Lepikov, Vladimir Pychnenko, Veniamin Taianovich, Yevgeny Sadovyi
1996 United States - Josh Davis, Joe Hudepohl, Bradley Schumacher, Ryan Berube
2000 Australia - Ian Thorpe, Michael Klim, Todd Pearson, Bill Kirby
2004 United States - Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Peter Vanderkaay, Klete Keller
