Gary Ilman

{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Gary Ilman

| image = Don Schollander, Gary Ilman, Mike Austin, Steve Clark 1964.jpg

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| caption = Schollander, Ilman, Austin and Clark display gold medals at 1964 Olympics

| fullname = Gary Steven Ilman

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| national_team = United States

| strokes = Freestyle

| club = Santa Clara Swim Club

| collegeteam = Foothill Junior College
California State University, Long Beach

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|8|13|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Glendale, California, U.S.

| death_date ={{death date and age|2014|08|16|1943|08|13|mf=yes}}

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| height = {{convert|6|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|196|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

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Gary Steven Ilman (August 13, 1943 — August 16, 2014) was an American competition swimmer, two-time Olympic gold medalist, and former world record-holder in two relay events. He would later coach swimming, serving as a Head Coach at Colorado State, and work in the electronics industry.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/il/gary-ilman-1.html Gary Ilman] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520010702/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/il/gary-ilman-1.html |date=May 20, 2011 }}. Retrieved May 31, 2015.

College swimming

Ilman attended and swam for Long Beach State, but earlier swam for Hall of Fame Coach Nort Thornton Jr. at Foothill Junior College in Los Altos, California."Foothill Aquatics Coach Wins Call Swimming Job", The Berkeley Gazette, Berkeley, California, 19 April 1974, pg. 14"Heated Duels Facing AAU Swim Stars", The San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco, California, 5 April 1964, pg. 62 At Long Beach State, where he competed for two years after Foothill Junior College, he helped bring the team to Top 5 finishes at the Division II NCAA national swimming championships, with a second place finish in 1965 and a fourth place finish in 1966. During his tenure at Long Beach, he won three individual championships in 1965, including the 100m freestyle, the 200m freestyle, and the 100m butterfly. In 1966, he showed consistency and dominance in the stroke and repeated as the champion of the 100m butterfly champion, while won a fourth individual event requiring diverse stroke mastery, the 200m individual medley.

During his college years, Ilman made his international swimming debut as a member of the U.S. national swimming team at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil. He was a member of the U.S. squad that won the gold medal in the men's 4×200-metre freestyle relay, together with his American teammates Richard McDonough, David Lyons and Ed Townsend.

1964 Olympics

Ilman represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he won gold medals as a member of the first-place U.S. teams in the men's 4×100-meter freestyle relay and men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay. In both freestyle relay events, Ilman and his American teammates broke existing world records. Steve Clark, Mike Austin, Ilman and Don Schollander set a new world record of 3:33.2 in the 4×100;Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/mens-4-x-100-metres-freestyle-relay-final.html Men's 4 × 100 metres Freestyle Relay Final] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008123710/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/mens-4-x-100-metres-freestyle-relay-final.html |date=October 8, 2015 }}. Retrieved May 31, 2015.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1964/SWI/ United States Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713205512/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1964/SWI/ |date=July 13, 2015 }}. Retrieved May 31, 2015.Ted Smits, "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/46238501/?terms=Schollander%2BAustin%2BIlman%2BClark Oerter Wins Third Discus Gold Medal]", News Journal, p. 23 (October 15, 1964). Retrieved May 31, 2015. then Clark, Roy Saari, Ilman and Schollander set a new world mark of 7:52.1 in the 4×200.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay-final.html Men's 4 × 200 metres Freestyle Relay Final] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008120119/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/mens-4-x-200-metres-freestyle-relay-final.html |date=October 8, 2015 }}. Retrieved May 31, 2015.United Press International, "[https://www.newspapers.com/image/78867672/?terms=Clark%2C%2BSaari%2C%2BIlman%2C%2BSchollander U.S. Boosts Lead In Olympic Medals]", The Times Recorder, p. B-3 (October 19, 1964). Retrieved May 31, 2015.

In individual competition, he finished fourth in the 100-metre freestyle event final. In a controversial outcome, both Ilman and German swimmer Hans-Joachim Klein were officially timed at 54.0 seconds (to 1/10 of a second), and were still tied at 54.00 (to 1/100 of a second) using the new unofficial electronic timing, but the judges on their own initiative awarded the bronze medal solely to Klein on the basis of the unofficial electronic time taken to 1/1,000 of a second.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/mens-100-metres-freestyle.html Men's 100 metres Freestyle] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008114941/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1964/SWI/mens-100-metres-freestyle.html |date=October 8, 2015 }}. Retrieved May 31, 2015.

1965 Universiade

Ilman finished his international swimming career at the 1965 World University Games in Budapest, Hungary, where he won a pair of gold medals as a member of the winning U.S. relay teams in the 4×100-metre and 4×200-metre freestyle relay events, and a bronze medal in the 100-metre freestyle.

He later served as a coach, with the Montréal Athletic Club, and as an assistant coach at the University of Alabama. He served as head coach at Colorado State. In 1981, looking for a different professional challenge, he left coaching to enter the electronics industry.{{Cite web |title=Olympedia Bio, Gary Ilman |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51412 |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Long Beach State University Athletics |language=en}}

Ilman died on August 16, 2014, at the age of 71.{{Cite web |title=In Memoriam: Gary Ilman |url=https://longbeachstate.com/news/2014/9/9/In_Memoriam_Gary_Ilman |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=Long Beach State University Athletics |language=en}}

References

External links

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Category:1943 births

Category:2014 deaths

Category:American male freestyle swimmers

Category:World record setters in swimming

Category:Long Beach State Beach swimmers

Category:Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming

Category:Sportspeople from Glendale, California

Category:Swimmers at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Category:Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Category:Summer World University Games medalists in swimming

Category:FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States

Category:FISU World University Games bronze medalists for the United States