Alain Gottvallès
French swimmer (1942–2008)
Alain Gottvallès
Born (1942-03-22 ) March 22, 1942Casablanca , MoroccoDied February 28, 2008(2008-02-28) (aged 65) Sport Swimming
Alain Gottvallès (22 March 1942 – 28 February 2008) was a French swimmer , born in Casablanca , Morocco.[ 1] He was world record holder in 100 metres freestyle in 1964, the first swimmer to complete the distance in less than 53 seconds.
He participated at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo , where he placed fifth in 100 metre freestyle .[ 2]
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1962: France: (Gottvallès , Curtillet , Christophe , Gropaiz )
1966: East Germany: (Wiegand , Poser , Gregor , Sommer )
1970: Soviet Union: (Bure , Mazanov , Kulikov , Ilyichov )
1974: West Germany: (Steinbach , Schiller , Meier , Nocke )
1977: West Germany: (Steinbach , Schmidt , Könnecker , Nocke )
1981: Soviet Union: (Shemetov , Salnikov , Chayev , Koplyakov )
1983: Soviet Union: (Smiryagin , Krasyuk , Tkacenko , Markovsky )
1985: West Germany: (Schowtka , Fahrner , Korthals , Gross )
1987: East Germany: (Richter , Flemming , Zesner , Lodziewski )
1989: West Germany: (Sitt , Schadt , Zikarsky , Zikarsky )
1991: Soviet Union: (Khnykin , Prigoda , Tayanovich , Popov )
1993: Russia: (Predkin , Pyshnenko , Sadovyi , Popov )
1995: Russia: (Predkin , Shchegolev , Yegorov , Popov )
1997: Russia: (Popov , Yegorov , Pimankov , Pyshnenko )
1999: Netherlands: (Kenkhuis , Veens , Wouda , Van den Hoogenband )
2000: Russia: (Pimankov , Chernyshyov , Kapralov , Popov )
2002: Germany: (Conrad , Herbst , Spanneberg , Kunzelmann )
2004: Italy: (Vismara , Galenda , Vassanelli , Magnini )
2006: Italy: (Calvi , Galenda , Vismara , Magnini )
2008: Sweden: (Piehl , Nystrand , Stymne , Persson )
2010: Russia: (Lagunov , Grechin , Lobintsev , Izotov )
2012: France: (Leveaux , Bernard , Bousquet , Stravius )
2014: France: (Metella , Gilot , Manaudou , Stravius )
2016: France: (Meynard , Manaudou , Gilot , Mignon )
2018: Russia: (Rylov , Izotov , Morozov , Kolesnikov )
2020: Russia: (Minakov , Shchegolev , Grinev , Kolesnikov )
2022: Italy: (Miressi , Ceccon , Zazzeri , Frigo )
2024: Serbia: (Stjepanović , Aćin , Cvetkov , Barna )