Leslie Boardman
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Full name | Leslie Boardman | ||||||||||||||
National team | Australasia | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1889-08-02)2 August 1889 Sydney, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
Died | 23 November 1975(1975-11-23) (aged 86) Watsons Bay, New South Wales | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Sydney Swimming Club | ||||||||||||||
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Leslie Boardman (2 August 1889 – 23 November 1975) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1910s. As a member of the Australasia combined team of Australia and New Zealand athletes, Boardman won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden.[1]
Although little is known about Boardman, he never won any Australian championships and was not among the original selections for the Stockholm Olympics. E.G. Findlay was originally named in the team, but presumably due to lack of financing, Boardman later assumed his position in the team. According to records, he did not place at the 1912 Australian Championships and came fourth in the 220-yard freestyle at the New South Wales Championships. It is hypothesized that he was chosen because he was a teammate at the Sydney Swimming Club of Harold Hardwick and Cecil Healy.
Boardman competed in the 100-metre freestyle at the Stockholm Olympics where he won his heat, but came fourth in the second round and was eliminated. In the 4×200-metre freestyle relay, he swam the third leg as the team of Hardwick (Australia), Healy (Australia) and Malcolm Champion (New Zealand) defeated the United States team for the gold medal. He was also signed up to compete at plain high diving competition, but did not compete.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
References
- ^ "Leslie Boardman". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
Sources
- Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. Sydney, New South Wales: ABC Books. pp. 51–52. ISBN 0-7333-0884-8.
- Howell, Max (1986). Aussie Gold. Albion, Queensland: Brooks Waterloo. pp. 30–31. ISBN 0-86440-680-0.
- Database Olympics
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- 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)