American swimmer (1943–2014)
Gary Steven Ilman (August 13, 1943 — August 16, 2014) was an American competition swimmer , two-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in two relay events. He would later coach swimming, serving as a Head Coach at Colorado State, and work in the electronics industry.[ 1] [ 2]
College swimming
Ilman attended and swam for Long Beach State, but earlier swam for Hall of Fame Coach Nort Thornton Jr. at Foothill Junior College in Los Altos, California.[ 4] At Long Beach State, where he competed for two years after Foothill Junior College, he helped bring the team to Top 5 finishes at the Division II NCAA national swimming championships, with a second place finish in 1965 and a fourth place finish in 1966. During his tenure at Long Beach, he won three individual championships in 1965, including the 100m freestyle, the 200m freestyle, and the 100m butterfly. In 1966, he showed consistency and dominance in the stroke and repeated as the champion of the 100m butterfly champion, while won a fourth individual event requiring diverse stroke mastery, the 200m individual medley.[ 5]
During his college years, Ilman made his international swimming debut as a member of the U.S. national swimming team at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil. He was a member of the U.S. squad that won the gold medal in the men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay , together with his American teammates Richard McDonough, David Lyons and Ed Townsend .
1964 Olympics
Ilman represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he won gold medals as a member of the first-place U.S. teams in the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay .[ 1] In both freestyle relay events, Ilman and his American teammates broke existing world records. Steve Clark , Mike Austin , Ilman and Don Schollander set a new world record of 3:33.2 in the 4×100;[ 6] [ 7] [ 8] then Clark, Roy Saari , Ilman and Schollander set a new world mark of 7:52.1 in the 4×200.[ 7] [ 9] [ 10]
In individual competition, he finished fourth in the 100-metre freestyle event final. In a controversial outcome, both Ilman and German swimmer Hans-Joachim Klein were officially timed at 54.0 seconds (to 1/10 of a second), and were still tied at 54.00 (to 1/100 of a second) using the new unofficial electronic timing, but the judges on their own initiative awarded the bronze medal solely to Klein on the basis of the unofficial electronic time taken to 1/1,000 of a second.[ 11]
1965 Universiade
Ilman finished his international swimming career at the 1965 World University Games in Budapest, Hungary, where he won a pair of gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. relay teams in the 4×100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle relay events, and a bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle.
He later served as a coach, with the Montréal Athletic Club, and as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama. He served as head coach at Colorado State. In 1981, looking for a different professional challenge, he left coaching to enter the electronics industry.[ 2]
Ilman died on August 16, 2014, at the age age 71.[ 5]
See also
References
^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Gary Ilman Archived May 20, 2011, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved May 31, 2015.
^ a b "Olympedia Bio, Gary Ilman" . Long Beach State University Athletics . Retrieved 2023-11-30 .
^ "Heated Duels Facing AAU Swim Stars", The San Francisco Examiner , San Francisco, California, 5 April 1964, pg. 62
^ a b "In Memoriam: Gary Ilman" . Long Beach State University Athletics . Retrieved 2023-11-30 .
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay Final Archived October 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved May 31, 2015.
^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, United States Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games Archived July 13, 2015, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved May 31, 2015.
^ Ted Smits, "Oerter Wins Third Discus Gold Medal ", News Journal , p. 23 (October 15, 1964). Retrieved May 31, 2015.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Final Archived October 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved May 31, 2015.
^ United Press International, "U.S. Boosts Lead In Olympic Medals ", The Times Recorder , p. B-3 (October 19, 1964). Retrieved May 31, 2015.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, Men's 100 metres Freestyle Archived October 8, 2015, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved May 31, 2015.
External links
Men's team Women's team Staff
1964 : Steve Clark , Mike Austin , Gary Ilman , Don Schollander (USA )
1968 : Zac Zorn , Stephen Rerych , Mark Spitz , Ken Walsh (USA )
1972 : David Edgar , John Murphy , Jerry Heidenreich , Mark Spitz (USA )
1984 : Chris Cavanaugh , Mike Heath , Matt Biondi , Rowdy Gaines (USA )
1988 : Chris Jacobs , Troy Dalbey , Tom Jager , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Joe Hudepohl , Matt Biondi , Tom Jager , Jon Olsen , Shaun Jordan , Joel Thomas (USA )
1996 : Jon Olsen , Josh Davis , Brad Schumacher , Gary Hall Jr. , David Fox , Scott Tucker (USA )
2000 : Michael Klim , Chris Fydler , Ashley Callus , Ian Thorpe , Todd Pearson , Adam Pine (AUS )
2004 : Roland Schoeman , Lyndon Ferns , Darian Townsend , Ryk Neethling (RSA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Garrett Weber-Gale , Cullen Jones , Jason Lezak , Nathan Adrian , Ben Wildman-Tobriner , Matt Grevers (USA )
2012 : Amaury Leveaux , Fabien Gilot , Clément Lefert , Yannick Agnel , Alain Bernard , Jérémy Stravius (FRA )
2016 : Caeleb Dressel , Michael Phelps , Ryan Held , Nathan Adrian , Jimmy Feigen , Blake Pieroni , Anthony Ervin (USA )
2020 : Caeleb Dressel , Blake Pieroni , Bowe Becker , Zach Apple , Brooks Curry (USA )
2024 : Jack Alexy , Chris Guiliano , Hunter Armstrong , Caeleb Dressel , Ryan Held , Matt King (USA )
1908 : John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor (GBR )
1912 : Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick (ANZ )
1920 : Perry McGillivray , Pua Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku (USA )
1924 : Johnny Weissmuller , Wally O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer (USA )
1928 : Johnny Weissmuller , Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac (USA )
1932 : Masanori Yusa , Yasuji Miyazaki , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN )
1936 : Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Shigeo Arai , Masaharu Taguchi (JPN )
1948 : Wally Ris , Jimmy McLane , Wally Wolf , Bill Smith (USA )
1952 : Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno , Jimmy McLane (USA )
1956 : Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks (AUS )
1960 : George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Don Schollander , Steve Clark , Roy Saari , Gary Ilman (USA )
1968 : Don Schollander , Mark Spitz , John Nelson , Stephen Rerych (USA )
1972 : Mark Spitz , John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter (USA )
1976 : Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Sergey Koplyakov , Vladimir Salnikov , Ivar Stukolkin , Andrey Krylov (URS )
1984 : Mike Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes (USA )
1988 : Troy Dalbey , Matt Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Dmitry Lepikov , Vladimir Pyshnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Yevgeny Sadovyi , Aleksey Kudryavtsev , Yury Mukhin (EUN )
1996 : Josh Davis , Joe Hudepohl , Brad Schumacher , Ryan Berube , Jon Olsen (USA )
2000 : Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS )
2004 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller , Dan Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt (USA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay , David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller (USA )
2012 : Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer , Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps , Charlie Houchin , Matt McLean , Davis Tarwater (USA )
2016 : Conor Dwyer , Townley Haas , Ryan Lochte , Michael Phelps , Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz (USA )
2020 : Tom Dean , James Guy , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Calum Jarvis (GBR )
2024 : James Guy , Tom Dean , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Jack McMillan , Kieran Bird (GBR )
1951 : R. Gora , B. Jones , D. Cleveland , B. Heusner (USA )
1955 : M. Smith , W. Yorzyk , W. Moore , J. McLane (USA )
1959 : D. Blick , P. Sintz , J. Rounsavelle , F. Winters (USA )
1963 : G. Ilman , R. McDonough , D. Lyons , E. Townsend (USA )
1967 : D. Schollander , C. Hickcox , G. Charlton , M. Spitz (USA )
1971 : J. Heidenreich , J. McConica , S. Genter , F. Heckl (USA )
1975 : R. DeMont , R. Favero , B. Horner , M. Curington (USA )
1979 : B. Goodell , D. Larson , K. Kirshner , R. Gaines (USA )
1983 : D. Larson , R. Saeger , B. Hayes , R. Gaines (USA )
1987 : P. Robinson , B. Jones , M. O'Brien , J. Witchell (USA )
1991 : J. Keppeler , J. Wells , C. Tippins , E. Diehl (USA )
1995 : J. Olsen , J. Davis , R. Berube , G. Burgess (USA )
1999 : A. Messner , D. Phillips , D. Howard , S. Tucker (USA )
2003 : R. Lochte , B. Goldberg , J. Lee , D. Ketchum (USA )
2007 : T. Pereira , R. Castro , L. Salatta , N. Oliveira (BRA )
2011 : C. Dwyer , S. Robison , C. Houchin , M. Patton , D. Madwed , R. Feeley , R. Tullius , R. Margalis (USA )
2015 : L. Altamir Melo , J. de Lucca , T. Pereira , N. Oliveira , H. Rodrigues , K. de Almeida , T. Simon (BRA )
2019 : L. Altamir Melo , F. Scheffer , J. de Lucca , B. Correia (BRA )
2023 : M. Sartori , B. Correia , F. Scheffer , G. Costa , L. Altamir Melo , L. Coelho Santos , F. Ribeiro de Souza (BRA )
Italics : Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.
1959: Great Britain : Unknown
1961: Japan : (Shimizu , Fukui , Yoshimuta , Fujimoto )
1963: Japan : (Umemoto , Fukui , Yoshimuta , Fujimoto )
1965: United States : (Roth , Saari , Dilley , Ilman )
1967: United States : (Walsh , Havens , Charlton , Zorn )
1970: United States : (Havens , McConica , O'Mallay , Heckl )
1973: United States : (Elliot , Tietre , Anderson , Knox )
1977: United States : (Coan , Lambert , Curington , Ebuna )
1979: Not held
1981: United States : (Spencer , Schmidt , Goodridge , Kirschner )
1983: Soviet Union :
1985: United States : (McCadam , Born , Oppel , Biondi )
1987: United States : (Hansen , Kerska , Williams , Thomas )
1991: United States : (Anderson , Davis , Hansen , Towne )
1993: United States : (Kurza , Pepper , Picotte , Fox )
1995: United States : (Schumacher , Tucker , Gumbril , Davis )
1997: United States : (Newman , Esway , Lezak , Jones )
1999: Australia : (Goudie , Upton , Wyllie , Pine )
2001: Great Britain : (Kidd , Scotcher , Cozens , Belk )
2003: Great Britain : (Cozens , Scotcher , Davenport , Kidd )
2005: France : (Galavtine , Bodet , Madelaine , Bernard )
2007: United States : (McGinnis , Grevers , Lundquist , Ritter )
2009: United States : (Copeland , Brady , Mcginnis , Robison )
2011: United States : (Feigen , Phillips , Norys , Savulich )
2013: Russia : (Grechin , Lobintsev , Morozov , Izotov )
2015: United States : (Ellis , Wynalda , Conger , Stubblefield )
2017: United States : (Rooney , Held , Ress , Lynch )
2019: United States : (Apple , Farris , Howard , Jackson )
2021: Poland : (Sieradzki , Dudys , Chowaniec , Kraska )
1959: Italy : Unknown
1961: Not held
1963: Not held
1965: United States : (Roth , Saari , Roth , Ilman )
1967: United States : (Charlton , Nelson , Hickcox , Robie )
1970: United States : (Strenk , O'Mallay , McConica , Heckl )
1973: Soviet Union : Unknown
1977: United States : (Weston , Curington , Ebuna , Hannula Jr. )
1979: United States : (Sharpe , Dickson , O'Brien , Hillencamp )
1981: Soviet Union : Unknown
1983: Soviet Union : Unknown
1985: United States : (Oppel , Siroky , Dillon , Biondi )
1987: United States : (Parker , Lang , Hodge , Olsen )
1991: Soviet Union : Unknown
1993: United States : (Keppeler , Phillips , Van Tassell , Berube )
1995: United States : (Davis , Kanner , Rumley , Schumacher )
1997: United States : (Eckerman , Goldblatt , Rauch , Schryver )
1999: United States : (Godsman , Hartzel , Leonard , Warkentin )
2001: Italy : (Beccari , Selleri , Pelliciari , Cappellazzo )
2003: Russia : (Kapralov , Kuznetsov , Chernyshov , Prilukov )
2005: Italy : (Frovi , Calvi , Pasteris , Cassio )
2007: United States : (McGinnis , Ritter , Van Wie , Klueh )
2009: Japan : (Uchida , Hihara , Kuzuhara , Mononobe )
2011: United States : (Klueh , Hill , Bartlett , McLean )
2013: Russia : (Izotov , Lobintsev , Lobuzov , Sukhorukov )
2015: United States : (Youngquist , Malone , Wynalda , Whitaker )
2017: Japan : (Matsumoto , Sakata , Kobori , Hagino )
2019: United States : (Farris , House , Julian , Apple )
2021: Japan : (Yanagimoto , Imoto , Terakado , Kurokawa )