Wayne Moore (swimmer)
Personal information | ||
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Full name | Wayne Richard Moore | |
National team | United States | |
Born | Bridgeport, Connecticut | November 20, 1931|
Died | February 20, 2015 Trumbull, Connecticut | (aged 83)|
Sport | ||
Sport | Swimming | |
Pan American Games | ||
1955 Mexico City | 4×200 m freestyle | |
1955 Mexico City | 400 m freestyle |
Wayne Richard Moore (November 20, 1931 – February 20, 2015) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.
Moore represented the United States at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, where he won a gold medal in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay with U.S. teammates Bill Woolsey, Ford Konno and Jimmy McLane. Individually, Moore also competed in the men's 400-meter freestyle at the 1952 Olympics, finishing in sixth place in the event final.
Moore was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1931, the son of Richard F. and Mary S. Moore. He was a 1945 graduate of Warren Harding High School, and graduated from Yale University in 1953 with a degree in economics. Swimming for the Yale Bulldogs under coach Bob Kiphuth, Moore won NCAA titles in the 220-yard freestyle in 1952 and 440-yard freestyle in 1953. After college, Moore was drafted in the U.S. Army and served during the Korean War.
Moore's father had founded the Moore Special Tool Company, of Bridgeport, a tool and die maker. This specialised in ultra high-precision machine tools, such as jig borers and jig grinders. Wayne went to work for this company in 1953 and in time became its president. In 1970 he authored the book Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy, which is now seen as a standard text for the design of precise and stable machinery. He also became chairman of the National Machine Tool Builders Association (NMTB), the Acme United Corporation, and was a director of the American Precision Museum and the Bridgeport Engineering Institute.
Moore died February 20, 2015; he was 83 years old.
Publications
- Moore, Wayne R. (1970). Foundations of Mechanical Accuracy. Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA: Moore Tool Company. ISBN 0262130807. LCCN 73127307.
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of Yale University people
- World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay
- 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: Thomas Dean, James Guy, Matt Richards, Duncan Scott, Calum Jarvis (GBR)