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Olympic medal record
Men's Swimming
Gold 1956 Melbourne 100 metre freestyle
Gold 1956 Melbourne 4x200 metre freestyle

John ("Jon") Malcolm Henricks (born June 6, 1935) started his swimming career as a distance swimmer, scoring his first real successes in 1952 when he came in 3rd in the Australian 1500 meters, 2nd in the 800, and won the 400 meters. Swimming has been a sport at every modern Summer Olympics. It has been open to women since 1912. The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 13 Swimming events were contested seven for men and six for women The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in Melbourne At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, 13 Swimming events were contested seven for men and six for women Events 1508 - Maximilian I Holy Roman Emperor, is defeated in Friulia by Venetian forces; he is forced to sign a three-year Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The distance work proved too arduous, perhaps due to a prolonged ear infection that kept him off the 1952 Summer Olympics team. The 1952 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event held in Helsinki, Finland With reluctance, his coach Harry Gallagher converted him to sprints. Henricks shocked both his coach and the Australian swimming community by promptly breaking the Olympic record for 100 meters in the Australian Championships of 1953. He subsequently held the fastest time in the world over 100 meters long course for five years, winning two gold medals in 1956 (100m and 4x200m). He lowered the existing record by almost 2 seconds.

During that time, he won ten Australian Individual Championships in those events, two British Empire Games medals establishing new records in 1954, the Japanese Nationals, the Keo Nakama meet in Hawaii, the Philippine Nationals, and broke two American records while on a visit in 1954. The Commonwealth Games is a multinational Multi-sport event. Held every four years it involves the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations. The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the In 1958, he won the American National (outdoor) 100 and 200 meters. He was named Australian Athlete of the Year by the Helms Hall of Fame in 1955.

As a freshman at U. S. C. he teamed with Murray Rose, Don Reddington, Tom Winters, and Denis Devine, a five man Freshman team that broke the New Haven Swim Club's dynastic grasp on the indoor AAUs. Iain Murray Rose was born on 6 January 1939 in Nairn, Scotland, but he moved to Australia with his family at an early age after World War II Daland had been a former Yale assistant considered least likely to succeed. This U. S. C. frosh team grew to a giant machine in the late fifties and early sixties, dominating the Pacific 8 Conference and winning four consecutive National Collegiate titles.

In 1960 Henricks made another attempt at the Olympics, winning the Australian trials handily. His attempt came to grief over what was euphemistically referred to as the "Roman Tummy", and John Devitt and Lance Larson were left to battle it out. John Devitt (born 4 February 1937 in Granville, New South Wales) was an Australian sprint freestyle swimmer of the 1960s who won a gold Lance Larson (born July 3, 1940) is an American swimmer and olympic champion He had mixed feelings viewing that race, as both were teammates; Lance on Jon's U. S. C. team, Devitt on his Australian team. The fastest man in the world, at that time, Jeff Farrell, also glumly watched the race from the sidelines. Jeffrey ("Jeff" Farrell (born February 28, 1937) is an American swimmer and olympic champion

Henricks did win in another way in 1960, marrying an American girl - Bonnie Wilkie, sister of one of his U. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. S. C. teammates Mike Wilkie. Both the Australian and American teams attended the wedding, which produced the historic picture of Larson and Devitt hugging each other.

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