Walter Richardson (swimmer)

{{Short description|American swimmer (born 1943)}}

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{{Infobox swimmer

| name = Walter Richardson

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| fullname = Walter Pierce Richardson

| nicknames = "Wally"

| national_team = United States

| strokes = Butterfly

| club = Gopher Swim Club

| collegeteam = University of Minnesota

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|4|1|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois

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| height = {{convert|5|ft|11|in|m|abbr=on}}

| weight = {{convert|165|lb|kg|abbr=on}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalSport | Men's swimming}}

{{MedalCountry | the United States}}

{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold | 1963 São Paulo | 4×100 m medley}}

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Walter Pierce Richardson (born April 1, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer and former world record-holder. Richardson competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, where he swam the butterfly leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the men's 4×100-meter medley relay.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418105624/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ri/walter-richardson-1.html Walter Richardson]. Retrieved April 25, 2013. He did not receive a medal because only those swimmers who competed in the event final were medal-eligible under the 1964 Olympic rules.