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41:Personal information
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1472:Klete Keller
1456:Ricky Berens
1415:Klete Keller
1366:Todd Pearson
1362:Michael Klim
1321:Joe Hudepohl
1202:David Larson
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951:Jon Henricks
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906:Bill Woolsey
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766:George Kojac
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618:Henry Taylor
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474:Women's team
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338:. Retrieved
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1692:1984 deaths
1687:1906 births
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1566:Jack Conger
1562:Clark Smith
1554:Ryan Lochte
1546:Conor Dwyer
1517:Matt McLean
1501:Conor Dwyer
1497:Ryan Lochte
1452:Ryan Lochte
1419:Dan Ketchum
1407:Ryan Lochte
1329:Ryan Berube
1292:Yury Mukhin
1247:Matt Biondi
1235:Troy Dalbey
1210:Bruce Hayes
1124:Mike Bruner
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1017:Steve Clark
947:Murray Rose
943:John Devitt
902:Wayne Moore
836:Shigeo Arai
688:Norman Ross
684:Pua Kealoha
643:Cecil Healy
511:Susan Laird
481:Jane Fauntz
454:David Young
439:Paul Samson
1681:Categories
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1370:Bill Kirby
1358:Ian Thorpe
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1206:Jeff Float
1198:Mike Heath
1132:John Naber
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1087:Mark Spitz
1054:Mark Spitz
1025:Gary Ilman
980:Dick Blick
910:Ford Konno
877:Bill Smith
873:Wally Wolf
449:Paul Wyatt
402:Men's team
303:References
78:1906-07-05
1636:James Guy
1599:James Guy
1333:Jon Olsen
1021:Roy Saari
984:Mike Troy
865:Wally Ris
434:Ray Ruddy
340:March 12,
326:ISHOF.org
136:Freestyle
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1595:Tom Dean
281:See also
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132:Strokes
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