American swimmer (born 1940)
Richard Adolph Blick (born July 29, 1940) is an American former competition swimmer , Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. He competed for North Central College under International Hall of Fame Coach Dr. Hal Henning Jr. [ 1] He later competed at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, where he won a gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay .
Blick taught math and physical education for a number of years at Lynbrook High School in Cupertino California and in Kingsburg, California . He also was the principal in the 80s at Los Gatos Christian; he is now retired with his wife, Shirley, in San Jose, California .[ 2]
1908 : John Derbyshire , Paul Radmilovic , William Foster , Henry Taylor (GBR )
1912 : Cecil Healy , Malcolm Champion , Leslie Boardman , Harold Hardwick (ANZ )
1920 : Perry McGillivray , Pua Kealoha , Norman Ross , Duke Kahanamoku (USA )
1924 : Johnny Weissmuller , Wally O'Connor , Harry Glancy , Ralph Breyer (USA )
1928 : Johnny Weissmuller , Austin Clapp , Walter Laufer , George Kojac (USA )
1932 : Masanori Yusa , Yasuji Miyazaki , Takashi Yokoyama , Hisakichi Toyoda (JPN )
1936 : Masanori Yusa , Shigeo Sugiura , Shigeo Arai , Masaharu Taguchi (JPN )
1948 : Wally Ris , Jimmy McLane , Wally Wolf , Bill Smith (USA )
1952 : Wayne Moore , Bill Woolsey , Ford Konno , Jimmy McLane (USA )
1956 : Kevin O'Halloran , John Devitt , Murray Rose , Jon Henricks (AUS )
1960 : George Harrison , Dick Blick , Mike Troy , Jeff Farrell (USA )
1964 : Don Schollander , Steve Clark , Roy Saari , Gary Ilman (USA )
1968 : Don Schollander , Mark Spitz , John Nelson , Stephen Rerych (USA )
1972 : Mark Spitz , John Kinsella , Fred Tyler , Steve Genter (USA )
1976 : Mike Bruner , Bruce Furniss , John Naber , Jim Montgomery (USA )
1980 : Sergey Koplyakov , Vladimir Salnikov , Ivar Stukolkin , Andrey Krylov (URS )
1984 : Mike Heath , David Larson , Jeff Float , Bruce Hayes (USA )
1988 : Troy Dalbey , Matt Cetlinski , Doug Gjertsen , Matt Biondi (USA )
1992 : Dmitry Lepikov , Vladimir Pyshnenko , Veniamin Tayanovich , Yevgeny Sadovyi , Aleksey Kudryavtsev , Yury Mukhin (EUN )
1996 : Josh Davis , Joe Hudepohl , Brad Schumacher , Ryan Berube , Jon Olsen (USA )
2000 : Ian Thorpe , Michael Klim , Todd Pearson , Bill Kirby , Grant Hackett , Daniel Kowalski (AUS )
2004 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Peter Vanderkaay , Klete Keller , Dan Ketchum , Scott Goldblatt (USA )
2008 : Michael Phelps , Ryan Lochte , Ricky Berens , Peter Vanderkaay , David Walters , Erik Vendt , Klete Keller (USA )
2012 : Ryan Lochte , Conor Dwyer , Ricky Berens , Michael Phelps , Charlie Houchin , Matt McLean , Davis Tarwater (USA )
2016 : Conor Dwyer , Townley Haas , Ryan Lochte , Michael Phelps , Clark Smith , Jack Conger , Gunnar Bentz (USA )
2020 : Tom Dean , James Guy , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Calum Jarvis (GBR )
2024 : James Guy , Tom Dean , Matt Richards , Duncan Scott , Jack McMillan , Kieran Bird (GBR )
1951 : R. Gora , B. Jones , D. Cleveland , B. Heusner (USA )
1955 : M. Smith , W. Yorzyk , W. Moore , J. McLane (USA )
1959 : D. Blick , P. Sintz , J. Rounsavelle , F. Winters (USA )
1963 : G. Ilman , R. McDonough , D. Lyons , E. Townsend (USA )
1967 : D. Schollander , C. Hickcox , G. Charlton , M. Spitz (USA )
1971 : J. Heidenreich , J. McConica , S. Genter , F. Heckl (USA )
1975 : R. DeMont , R. Favero , B. Horner , M. Curington (USA )
1979 : B. Goodell , D. Larson , K. Kirshner , R. Gaines (USA )
1983 : D. Larson , R. Saeger , B. Hayes , R. Gaines (USA )
1987 : P. Robinson , B. Jones , M. O'Brien , J. Witchell (USA )
1991 : J. Keppeler , J. Wells , C. Tippins , E. Diehl (USA )
1995 : J. Olsen , J. Davis , R. Berube , G. Burgess (USA )
1999 : A. Messner , D. Phillips , D. Howard , S. Tucker (USA )
2003 : R. Lochte , B. Goldberg , J. Lee , D. Ketchum (USA )
2007 : T. Pereira , R. Castro , L. Salatta , N. Oliveira (BRA )
2011 : C. Dwyer , S. Robison , C. Houchin , M. Patton , D. Madwed , R. Feeley , R. Tullius , R. Margalis (USA )
2015 : L. Altamir Melo , J. de Lucca , T. Pereira , N. Oliveira , H. Rodrigues , K. de Almeida , T. Simon (BRA )
2019 : L. Altamir Melo , F. Scheffer , J. de Lucca , B. Correia (BRA )
2023 : M. Sartori , B. Correia , F. Scheffer , G. Costa , L. Altamir Melo , L. Coelho Santos , F. Ribeiro de Souza (BRA )
Italics : Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.