Harry Glancy Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Harry Glancy . December 7, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083759/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gl/harry-glancy-1.html . April 18, 2020.
  2. Web site: Harry Glancy . Olympedia . November 14, 2021.
  3. United States Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games . December 7, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045155/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1924/SWI/ . April 17, 2020 .
  4. Web site: Harrison Glancy (USA) . ISHOF.org . . March 17, 2015 . April 2, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150402111442/http://www.ishof.org/harrison-glancy-(usa).html . dead .