American swimmer
Joan Arlene Spillane (born January 31, 1943) is an American former competition swimmer , Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Spillane competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where she received a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay , together with teammates Molly Botkin , Shirley Stobs and Chris von Saltza . She, Botkin, Stobs and Saltza set a new world record in the 4×100-meter freestyle of 4:08.9. Spillane also swam the freestyle leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter medley relay , but she was ineligible for a medal under the 1960 international swimming rules because she did not swim in the event final.[ 1]
Spillane attended the University of Michigan .[ 2]
1912 : Belle Moore , Jennie Fletcher , Annie Speirs , Irene Steer (GBR )
1920 : Margaret Woodbridge , Frances Schroth , Irene Guest , Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA )
1924 : Euphrasia Donnelly , Gertrude Ederle , Ethel Lackie , Mariechen Wehselau (USA )
1928 : Adelaide Lambert , Albina Osipowich , Eleanor Saville , Martha Norelius (USA )
1932 : Helen Johns , Eleanor Saville , Josephine McKim , Helene Madison (USA )
1936 : Jopie Selbach , Tini Wagner , Willy den Ouden , Rie Mastenbroek (NED )
1948 : Marie Corridon , Thelma Kalama , Brenda Helser , Ann Curtis (USA )
1952 : Ilona Novák , Judit Temes , Éva Novák-Gerard , Katalin Szőke (HUN )
1956 : Dawn Fraser , Faith Leech , Sandra Morgan , Lorraine Crapp (AUS )
1960 : Joan Spillane , Shirley Stobs , Carolyn Wood , Chris von Saltza (USA )
1964 : Sharon Stouder , Donna de Varona , Lillian Watson , Kathy Ellis (USA )
1968 : Jane Barkman , Linda Gustavson , Susan Pedersen , Jan Henne (USA )
1972 : Shirley Babashoff , Jane Barkman , Jenny Kemp , Sandy Neilson (USA )
1976 : Kim Peyton , Jill Sterkel , Shirley Babashoff , Wendy Boglioli (USA )
1980 : Barbara Krause , Caren Metschuck , Ines Diers , Sarina Hülsenbeck (GDR )
1984 : Jenna Johnson , Carrie Steinseifer , Dara Torres , Nancy Hogshead (USA )
1988 : Kristin Otto , Katrin Meissner , Daniela Hunger , Manuela Stellmach (GDR )
1992 : Nicole Haislett , Angel Martino , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Ashley Tappin , Crissy Ahmann-Leighton (USA )
1996 : Angel Martino , Amy Van Dyken , Catherine Fox , Jenny Thompson , Lisa Jacob , Melanie Valerio (USA )
2000 : Amy Van Dyken , Courtney Shealy , Jenny Thompson , Dara Torres , Erin Phenix , Ashley Tappin (USA )
2004 : Alice Mills , Libby Lenton , Petria Thomas , Jodie Henry , Sarah Ryan (AUS )
2008 : Inge Dekker , Ranomi Kromowidjojo , Femke Heemskerk , Marleen Veldhuis , Hinkelien Schreuder , Manon van Rooijen (NED )
2012 : Alicia Coutts , Cate Campbell , Brittany Elmslie , Melanie Schlanger , Emily Seebohm , Yolane Kukla , Libby Trickett (AUS )
2016 : Emma McKeon , Brittany Elmslie , Bronte Campbell , Cate Campbell , Madison Wilson (AUS )
2020 : Bronte Campbell , Meg Harris , Emma McKeon , Cate Campbell , Mollie O'Callaghan , Madison Wilson (AUS )
2024 : Mollie O'Callaghan , Shayna Jack , Emma McKeon , Meg Harris , Olivia Wunsch , Bronte Campbell (AUS )
1951 : C. Green , S. Geary , J. LaVine , B. Brey (USA )
1955 : W. Werner , C. Green , G. Kluter , J. Roberts (USA )
1959 : M. Botkin , J. Spillane , S. Stobs , C. von Saltza (USA )
1963 : D. de Varona , S. Stouder , E. McCleary , J. Norton (USA )
1967 : W. Fordyce , P. Carpinelli , L. Gustavson , P. Kruse (USA )
1971 : S. Neilson , W. Fordyce , K. McKitrick , L. Skrifvars (USA )
1975 : K. Heddy , B. Brown , J. Sterkel , K. Peyton (USA )
1979 : S. Elkins , T. Caulkins , J. Sterkel , C. Woodhead (USA )
1983 : J. Sterkel , D. Torres , M. Wayte , C. Steinseifer (USA )
1987 : K. Coffin , J. Thompson , S. Linke , C. Steinseifer (USA )
1991 : M. Oesting , S. Buckovich , L. Jacob , A. Tappin (USA )
1995 : A. Martino , A. Van Dyken , L. Farella , C. Teuscher (USA )
1999 : J. Deglau , M. Limpert , S. Evanetz , L. Nicholls (CAN )
2003 : A. Weir , C. Swindle , C. Lanne , C. Shealy (USA )
2007 : J. Smit , S. Woodward , E. Kukors , M. Correia (USA )
2011 : M. Kennedy , E. Pelton , A. Kendall , E. Erndl (USA )
2015 : S. Mainville , M. Williams , K. Savard , C. van Landeghem (CAN )
2019 : L. Neal , C. Rasmus , K. Stewart , M. Geer (USA )
2023 : M. Harvey , B. Douthwright , M. Mac Neil , K. Savard (CAN )