History of swimming sweater company "Jantzen". In 1922, Johnny Weissmuller became the first person to swim the 100 m in less than a minute, using a six kicks per cycle Australian crawl. Johnny Weissmuller started the golden age of swimming, winning five Olympic medals and 36 national championships and never losing a race in his ten-year career, until he retired from swimming and started his second career starring as Tarzan in film. His record of 51 seconds in freestyle stood for over 17 years. In the same year, Sybil Bauer was the first woman to break a men's world record over the 440
Florida Gators swimming and diving SEC team championships and two NCAA national championships; the Lady Gators have won seventeen SEC team championships and three national championships. The University of Florida has been represented in every Summer Olympic Games since 1968, and the Gators swimming and diving program has produced over eighty-five athletes who have competed in the Olympics since the program was started. The following is a list of former Florida swimmers, divers and coaches who won a gold (32), silver (18) or bronze (14) medal in a swimming or diving event in the Summer Olympic Games: For a complete list of all current and