US Gold Medalist, Mann, Dead at 76

A member of the first relay team to break four-minutes in the 4×100 medley has died.

Thompson Mann and his teammates won gold for the US at the Tokyo games. Mann, Bill Craig, Fred Schmidt, and Steve Clark clocked in a time of 3:58.4.

The Virginia native was a 7-time All-American at North Carolina in the early 60’s.

Mann was a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame. SwimSwam.com reports Thompson Mann died April 4. He was 76.

Source: https://swimswam.com/1964-olympic-gold-medalist-thompson-mann-dies-at-76/

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