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1685:Chase Kalisz
1640:Matthew Dunn
1631:Matthew Dunn
1613:Matthew Dunn
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1429:Jilen Siroky
1368:Amanda Beard
1361:Women's Team
1347:Peter Wright
1342:Scott Tucker
1321:John Piersma
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1295:Joe Hudepohl
1250:Greg Burgess
1120:Chris Martin
1059:Lea Loveless
1054:Megan Kleine
1049:Jill Johnson
1044:Erika Hansen
1022:Women's Team
1013:Dave Wharton
988:Roque Santos
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963:Sean Killion
958:Ron Karnaugh
948:Shaun Jordan
932:Joe Hudepohl
907:Greg Burgess
810:Find a Grave
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186:Medal record
169:College team
103:(2006-01-11)
1713:2006 deaths
1708:1970 births
1667:Ryan Lochte
1497:Eddie Reese
1486:David Marsh
1480:Skip Kenney
1383:Janet Evans
1305:Tom Malchow
1300:Jeremy Linn
1285:John Hargis
1235:Ryan Berube
1130:Eddie Reese
1089:Dara Torres
1034:Janet Evans
1008:Joel Thomas
998:Royce Sharp
937:Scott Jaffe
912:Hans Dersch
902:Matt Biondi
787:January 14,
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655:January 14,
565:(4:15.25).
550:(4:15.57).
499:Early years
1702:Categories
1517:Gregg Troy
1404:Lisa Jacob
1326:Jeff Rouse
1275:Kurt Grote
1260:Josh Davis
1228:Men's Team
1069:Anita Nall
983:Jeff Rouse
885:Men's Team
635:References
359:1989 Tokyo
295:1991 Perth
276:1991 Perth
83:1970-08-07
1622:Tom Dolan
1315:Jon Olsen
1270:David Fox
1265:Tom Dolan
1255:Ray Carey
978:Jon Olsen
942:Tom Jager
314:1994 Rome
696:Archived
613:See also
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