Steve Clark (swimmer)

Not to be confused with Canadian swimmer Stephen Clarke (swimmer).

Steve Clark

Schollander, Ilman, Austin and Clark display gold medals at 1964 Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Stephen Edward Clark
Nickname(s)	"Steve"
National team	United States
Born	(1943-06-17) June 17, 1943 (age 79) Oakland, California
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	148 lb (67 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Santa Clara Swim Club
College team	Yale University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m freestyle relay 1964 Tokyo 4×200 m freestyle relay 1964 Tokyo 4×100 m medley relay Pan American Games 1963 São Paulo 100 m freestyle

Stephen Edward Clark (born June 17, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Clark swam for the first-place U.S. relay teams in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay and men's 4×100-meter medley relay. Both American relay teams won gold medals, but Clark was ineligible for a medal under the Olympic swimming rules in effect in 1960 because he did not compete in the event finals.

He won his first international gold medal at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil, winning the men's 100-metre freestyle in a time of 54.7 seconds, and narrowly edging American swimmer Steven Jackman (54.8 seconds).

When Tokyo, Japan hosted the 1964 Summer Olympics, Clark won three gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. relay teams in the 4×100-meter freestyle, 4×200-meter freestyle, and 4×100-meter medley events. ^[1]

Clark attended Los Altos (California) High School and Yale University, where he swam for coach Philip Moriarty's Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Ivy League competition. As a senior, he was the Yale swim team captain; he graduated from Yale with his bachelor's degree in 1964. In 2005, he donated one of his three Olympic gold medals to his alma mater. ^[2]

Clark was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1966. ^[3]

See also

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Yale University people
• World record progression 100 metres freestyle
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
• World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

References

1. Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Steve Clark. Retrieved March 15, 2015.
2. Yale Athletic Communications, "Clark '64 Donates Olympic Medal to Bulldogs," Yale University Athletic Department (May 26, 2005). Archived August 14, 2007; retrieved May 31, 2015.
3. "Steve Clark (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved March 15, 2015.

Bennett, Hait, Clark and Gillanders after breaking 4×100-meter medley Olympic record in heats at 1960 Olympics.

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Steve Clark". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
• Steve Clark (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-09-05)