Pedro Pablo Morales, Jr. (born December 5, 1964) is an American former competition swimmer , Olympic gold medalist, world champion, and former world record-holder. He won a relay gold and two silver medals swimming butterfly at the 1984 Summer Olympics and set the world record in the 100-meter butterfly at the Olympic Trials that year as well as setting relay records with teammates Rick Carey , Steve Lundquist and Rowdy Gaines .
Morales attended Bellarmine College Preparatory , in San Jose, California , trained under the supervision of Larry Rogers. In 1988 on the heels of a record 11th National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) individual championship at Stanford University , he failed to qualify for the 1988 Summer Olympics . After briefly retiring from the sport to pursue a law degree at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York , he returned to the Olympics in 1992 as the team captain and captured gold in the 100-meter butterfly. He is currently the head women's swimming and diving coach at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln .
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Men's Team
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Men's Team
Women's Team
Coaches
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 )
2008 : USA (Peirsol , Hansen , Phelps , Lezak )
2012 : USA (Grevers , Hansen , Phelps , Adrian )
1973 : USA (Stamm , Hencken , Bottom , Montgomery )
1975: USA (Murphy , Colella , Jagenburg , Coan )
1978: USA (Jackson , Nevid , Bottom , McCagg )
1982: USA (Carey , Lundquist , Gribble , Gaines )
1986: USA (Veatch , Lundberg , Morales , Biondi )
1991: USA (Rouse , Wunderlich , Henderson , Biondi )
1994: USA (Rouse , Wunderlich , Henderson , Hall, Jr. )
1998 : Australia (Welsh , Rogers , Klim , Fydler )
2001: Australia (Welsh , Harrison , Huegill , Thorpe )
2003 : USA (Peirsol , Hansen , Crocker , Lezak )
2005 : USA (Peirsol , Hansen , Crocker , Lezak )
2007 : Australia (Welsh , Rickard , Lauterstein , Sullivan )
2009 : USA (Peirsol , Shanteau , Phelps , Walters )
2011 : USA (Thoman , Gangloff , Phelps , Adrian )
2013 : France (Lacourt , Perez d'Ortona , Stravius , Gilot )
2015 : USA (Murphy , Cordes , Shields , Adrian )
1985: USA (Carey , Moffet , Morales , Biondi )
1987: USA (Veatch , Schroeder , Morales , Biondi )
1989: USA (Rouse , Korhammer , Morales , Biondi )
1991: USA (Rouse , Barrowman , Henderson , Biondi )
1993: USA (Rouse , Van Neerden , Henderson , Olsen )
1995: USA (Rouse , Wunderlich , Henderson , Hall )
1997: USA (Krayzelburg , Grote , Dusing , Walker )
1999: USA (Krayzelburg , Grote , Wales , Walker )
2002: USA (Peirsol , Hansen , Phelps , Lezak )
2006: USA (Peirsol , Hansen , Crocker , Lezak )
2010: USA (Peirsol , Gangloff , Phelps , Adrian )
2014: USA (Grevers , Cordes , Phelps , Adrian )