Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Allen McIntyre•Stack |
Used name | Allen•Stack |
Born | 23 January 1928 in New Haven, Connecticut (USA) |
Died | 12 September 1999 in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi (USA) |
Affiliations | US Navy, (USA) |
NOC | ![]() |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 1 |
Silver | 0 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
In 1948, Allen Stack finally removed Adolph Kiefer’s 12-year-old 200 m backstroke world record from the books. Stack set a total of six world records, won 10 AAU titles, and was a double gold medal winner at the 1951 Pan American Games - 100 metre backstroke and 3×100 metre medley (with Bowen Stassforth and Dick Cleveland). After Yale, he attended Columbia Law School and later practiced law in Honolulu.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1948 Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | ![]() |
Allen Stack | |||
100 metres Backstroke, Men (Olympic) | 1 | Gold | ||||
1952 Summer Olympics | Swimming (Aquatics) | ![]() |
Allen Stack | |||
100 metres Backstroke, Men (Olympic) | 4 |