John Naber

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the United States United States
Men’s Swimming
Olympic Games
Gold 1976 Montreal 100m Backstroke
Gold 1976 Montreal 200m Backstroke
Gold 1976 Montreal 4x200m Freestyle
Gold 1976 Montreal 4x100m Medley
Silver 1976 Montreal 200m Freestyle
World Championsips (LC)
Bronze 1973 Belgrad 200m Backstroke

John Phillips Naber (born January 20, 1956 in Evanston, Illinois) is a swimmer from the United States. He won four gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, each in world-record time. He won the James E. Sullivan Award, given to America's top amateur athlete, in 1977.

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Preceded by
Jeff Dankworth
Randolph H. Dean
Steve Furniss
John Hencken
Gerald G. Huesken		 NCAA Top Five Award
Class of 1978
Michael J. Bourdeau
Daniel R. Mackesey
John Naber
Gifford Nielsen
Bryan L. Rodgers		 Succeeded by
Willie Banks
Robert W. Dugas
Steve Fuller
Dan Harrigan
James J. Kovach
Preceded by
Alpha V. Alexander
Archie Griffin
Steve Largent
Steve Raible
Lee Roy Selmon
Wally Walker		 Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)
Class of 2002
Richard C. Chapman
Maurice "Bo" Ellis
Herman Frazier
Betsy King
John Naber
Rodney E. Slater		 Succeeded by
Debbie Brown
Ann Meyers Drysdale
Dale Kramer
Kenneth MacAfee
Warren Moon
Gifford Nielsen
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Olympic champions in men's 100 m backstroke

1908: Arno Bieberstein | 1912: Harry Hebner | 1920: Warren Kealoha | 1924: Warren Kealoha | 1928: George Kojac | 1932: Masaji Kiyokawa | 1936: Adolf Kiefer | 1948: Allen Stack | 1952: Yoshinobu Oyakawa | 1956: David Theile | 1960: David Theile | 1968: Roland Matthes | 1972: Roland Matthes | 1976: John Naber | 1980: Bengt Baron | 1984: Rick Carey | 1988: Daichi Suzuki | 1992: Mark Tewksbury | 1996: Jeff Rouse | 2000: Lenny Krayzelburg | 2004: Aaron Peirsol
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Olympic champions in men's 200 m backstroke

1900: Ernst Hoppenberg | 1964: Jed Greaf | 1968: Roland Matthes | 1972: Roland Matthes | 1976: John Naber | 1980: Sándor Wladár | 1984: Rick Carey | 1988: Igor Polyanskiy | 1992: Martin López-Zubero | 1996: Brad Bridgewater | 2000: Lenny Krayzelburg | 2004: Aaron Peirsol
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Olympic champions in men's 4x200 m freestyle relay

1908: Great Britain (Derbyshire, Radimilovic, Foster, Taylor) | 1912: Australasia (Healy, Champion, Boardman, Hardwick) | 1920: USA (McGillivray, Kealoha, Ross, Kahanamoku) | 1924: USA (Weissmuller, O'Connor, Glancy, Breyer) | 1928: USA (Weissmuller, Clapp, Laufer, Kojac) | 1932: Japan (Yusa, Miyazaki, Yokoyama, Toyoda) | 1936: Japan (Yusa, Sugiura, Arai, Taguchi) | 1948: USA (Ris, McLane, Wolf, Smith) | 1952: USA (Moore, Woolsey, Konno, McLane) | 1956: Australia (O'Halloran, Devitt, Rose, Henricks) | 1960: USA (Harrison, Blick, Troy, Farrell) | 1964: USA (Schollander, Clark, Saari, Ilman) | 1968: USA (Schollander, Spitz, Nelson, Rerych) | 1972: USA (Spitz, Kinsella, Tyler, Genter) | 1976: USA (Bruner, Furniss, Naber, Montgomery) | 1980: Soviet Union (Kopliakov, Salnikov, Stukolkin, Krylov) | 1984: USA (Heath, Larson, Float, Hayes) | 1988: USA (Dalbey, Cetlinski, Gjertsen, Biondi) | 1992: Unified Team (Lepikov, Pyshnenko, Taianovich, Sadovyi) | 1996: USA (Davis, Hudepohl, Schumacher, Berube) | 2000: Australia (Thorpe, Klim, Pearson, Kirby) | 2004: USA (Phelps, Lochte, Vanderkaay, Keller)
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Olympic champions in men's 4x100 m medley relay

1960: USA (McKinney, Hait, Larson, Farrell) | 1964: USA (Mann, Craig, Schmidt, Clark) | 1968: USA (Hickcox, McKenzie, Russell, Walsh) | 1972: USA (Stamm, Bruce, Spitz, Heidenreich) | 1976: USA (Naber, Hencken, Vogel, Montgomery) | 1980: Australia (Kerry, Evans, Tonelli, Brooks) | 1984: USA (Carey, Lundquist, Morales, Gaines) | 1988: USA (Berkoff, Schroeder, Biondi, Jacobs) | 1992: USA (Rouse, Diebel, Morales, Olsen) | 1996: USA (Rouse, Linn, Henderson, Hall, Jr.) | 2000: USA (Krayzelburg, Moses, Crocker, Hall, Jr.) | 2004: USA (Peirsol, Hansen, Crocker, Lezak)
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