Richard Edwin "Rich" Saeger (born March 4, 1964) is an American former competition
swimmer
Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
, 1984 Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay.
Olympic competition
At the
1984 Summer Olympics
The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and commonly known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the ...
in Los Angeles, Saeger earned a gold medal by swimming for the winning U.S. team in the final of the
men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay.
[Associated Press,]
Add 3 / U.S. gold total at 9
" ''The Indiana Gazette'', p. 14 (July 31, 1984). Retrieved March 5, 2015. The American team of
Geoff Gaberino
Geoffrey Steven Gaberino (born July 18, 1962) is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder. Gaberino was a member of two national championship college teams and a four-time college national ch ...
,
David Larson,
Bruce Hayes and Saeger set a new world record in the Olympic preliminary heat (7:18.87), only for the Americans to break the record again in the event final later on the same day.
[Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games]
Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Final
Retrieved March 5, 2015.
Saeger attended Mercersburg Academy
Mercersburg Academy (formerly Marshall College and Mercersburg College) is an independent college-preparatory boarding and day high school in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania, in the United States. Founded in 1893, the school enrolls approximately 4 ...
in Pennsylvania where he was coached by John Trembley and then swam for Southern Methodist University where he was mentored by Hall of Fame Coach George McMillion.[
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See also
* List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
This is the complete list of men's Olympic medalists in swimming.
Men's events
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
1500 metre freestyle
100 metre backstroke
200 m ...
* List of Southern Methodist University people
This is a list of notable alumni, faculty, and students of Southern Methodist University. Those individuals who qualify for multiple categories have been placed under the section for which they are best known.
Notable alumni and attendees
Polit ...
* List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (men)
* World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
This article includes the world record progression for the 4×200 metres freestyle relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×200 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in whi ...
References
Bibliography
* De George, Matthew,
Pooling Talent: Swimming's Greatest Teams
', Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham, Maryland (2014). .
1964 births
Living people
American male freestyle swimmers
World record setters in swimming
Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
Sportspeople from Rochester, New York
SMU Mustangs men's swimmers
Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
Medalists at the 1983 Summer Universiade
FISU World University Games silver medalists for the United States
Swimmers at the 1983 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in swimming
20th-century American sportsmen
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