Rod Strachan

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Medal record
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Men's swimming
Olympic Games
Gold 1976 Montreal 400 m individual medley
World Aquatics Championships
Silver 1973 Belgrade 400 m individual medley

Rod Strachan (born October 16, 1955) is an American swimmer and olympic champion. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, where he received a gold medal in 400 m individual medley.[1] He received a silver medal at the 1973 World Aquatics Championships in Belgrade.

[edit] World records

Strachan held the world record in 400 m medley, long course (4:23.68) from July 1976 to August 1978.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1976 Olympics – Montreal, Canada – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on May 2, 2008)


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Olympic champions in men's 400 m individual medley

1964: Richard Roth | 1968: Charles Hickcox | 1972: Gunnar Larsson | 1976: Rod Strachan | 1980: Aleksandr Sidorenko | 1984: Alex Baumann | 1988: Tamás Darnyi | 1992: Tamás Darnyi | 1996: Tom Dolan | 2000: Tom Dolan | 2004: Michael Phelps
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