Harry Glancy | |
Fullname: | Harrison Smith Glancy |
National Team: | United States |
Strokes: | Freestyle |
Club: | Penn Athletic Club |
Birth Date: | September 17, 1904 |
Birth Place: | Bens Run, West Virginia, U.S. |
Death Place: | New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
Harrison Smith Glancy (September 17, 1904 – September 22, 2002) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France and the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1] In 1924, he won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay,[2] together with teammates Ralph Breyer, Wally O'Connor and Johnny Weissmuller.[1] [3] Glancy and his American teammates set new world records in both the semifinals (9:59.4) and final (9:53.4).[1]
Glancy was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Pioneer Swimmer" in 1990.[4]