Who Did They Swim For? Part 1 Quiz

Answer: United States

Mark Spitz won an amazing 8 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze medal in swimming in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics, including five gold medals (each of which was won in world record time) in four days in the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Answer: Australia

The "Thorpedo" held world records in the men's 200, 400, and 800m freestyles, which he set at the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan. Those times were 1:44.06, 3:40.17, and 7:39.16, respectively.

Answer: Poland

Jedrzejczak set a new world record in the 2002 European Championships in Berlin, Germany. The record, 2:05.78, bettered Australian legend Susie O'Neill's mark of 2:05.81.

Answer: the Netherlands

de Bruijn managed gold medals in the 50 and 100m freestyles and the 100m butterfly as well as anchoring her relay team to a silver medal in the women's 4x100 freestyle, all in the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Each of her three individual events also produced world records of 24.13, and 53.77 and 56.61, respectively.

Answer: United States

Coughlin broke Cihong He's previous mark of 1:00.16 and became the first woman under one minute in the 100m back with a 59.58. She set the world record at the 2002 Summer National Championships in August, 2002.

Answer: both are from Australia

Perkins won the men's 1500m freestyle in the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games. In the 2000 Olympics, he had to settle for the silver when his fellow countryman Grant Hackett won the gold. In the 2001 World Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Hackett set a new world record of 14:34.56, a remarkabel 7 seocnds under the previous mark set by Keiren Perkins.

Answer: no

Megan Quann is an American, while Liesel Jones comes from Australia. Quann won the Olympic 100m event, taking it in 1:07.05. Jones came in a close second at 1:07.49. Their combined age at that time was only 31 years, which was the age of 8th place finisher Sylvia Gerasch of Germany.

Answer: United States

Although born in Odessa, Ukraine, Krayzelburg moved to the United States to live. In the Sydney Olympics, he captured both the 100 and 200m backstrokes in times of 53.72 and 1:56.76, respectively. He also swam on the world record breaking medley relay in those Olympics, who also won gold.

In addition, by August 2002, he controlled the world record in both the 50 and 100m backstrokes, with times of 24.99 and 53.60.

Answer: Hungary

Egerszegi's main event was the 200m backstroke, which she won in the 1988, 1992, and 1996 Olympics. She also took a silver and a gold in the 100m event in 1988 and 1992. In addition, she achieved a gold and a bronze in the 400m individual medley in 1992 and 1996, resulting in 5 gold, one silver, and one bronze Olympic medal.

Her 200m backstroke world record of 2:06.62, set in Athens Greece on 25th August 1991, remained unbroken at the start of the 21st century.

Answer: United States

Benko won a gold, a silver, and a bronze and served as the team captain in the 2001 Goodwill Games.