Carolyn House

Carolyn House

Carolyn House in 1962
Personal information
Full name	Carolyn House
National team	United States
Born	(1945-08-23) August 23, 1945 (age 79) Los Angeles, California
Height	5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight	110 lb (50 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Los Angeles Athletic Club

Carolyn House (born August 23, 1945) is an American former competition swimmer and former world record-holder in two events. At the age of 15, she competed in the preliminary heats of the 400-meter freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, clocking a time of 5:00.7.[1]

During a ten-day span in August 1962, she broke the world records in both the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle events. On August 16, 1962, she set a new world record of 9:51.6 in the 800-meter freestyle, On August 26, 1962, she established a new world mark of 18:44.0 for the 1,500-meter freestyle, cutting 18.8 seconds off the old mark. Both records would survive until July 1964, almost two years later.

See also

• World record progression 800 metres freestyle
• World record progression 1500 metres freestyle

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carolyn House". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.

Records
Preceded by Margareta Rylander	Women's 1,500-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 16, 1962 – July 30, 1964	Succeeded by Patty Caretto
Preceded by Jane Cederqvist	Women's 800-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 26, 1962 – July 30, 1964	Succeeded by Patty Caretto