Jim McConica

Jim McConica

Personal information
Full name	James McConica
Nickname	"Jim"
National team	United States
Born	(1950-12-19) December 19, 1950 (age 74)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
College team	University of Southern California
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Pan American Games 1971 Cali 400 m freestyle 1971 Cali 4x200 m freestyle 1971 Cali 200 m freestyle Summer Universiade 1970 Turin 4x100 m freestyle 1970 Turin 4x200 m freestyle 1973 Moscow 1500 m freestyle

James McConica (born December 19, 1950) is an American former competition swimmer and world record-holder.[1] McConica won two gold medals at the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, including the men's 400-meter freestyle, and the 4x200-meter freestyle relay.[2] He also received a Pan Am silver medal for his second-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle. The American gold medal team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay set a new world record of 7:45.8. McConica holds numerous freestyle senior swimming world records in all four age brackets from 50–54 to 65–69.[3]

See also

• List of University of Southern California people
• World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

References

1. Nestel, M.L. (December 5, 2017). "Man loses world record swimming medal in California blaze". ABC News.
2. "Profil" (PDF). usmsswimmer. Retrieved May 8, 2012.
3. "Three More Masters World Records For Jim McConica In Carlsbad". Swimming World Magazine. June 20, 2015. Retrieved June 21, 2015.