Retro Swimming Heroes
Instructions: Dive into the pool of memories and recall the swimming champions who made a splash from the 1940s through the 1980s!
- 1.
Mark Spitz made Olympic history in 1972 by winning how many gold medals at the Munich Games?
A8B7C5D6 - 2.
Mark Spitz was famous for competing in the Olympics while sporting what distinctive facial feature?
AA beardBLong sideburnsCA goateeDA mustache - 3.
Which Australian swimmer, known as 'The Golden Girl,' won the 100m freestyle at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics at age 16?
AMurray RoseBShane GouldCLorraine CrappDDawn Fraser - 4.
Dawn Fraser won the Olympic 100m freestyle at three consecutive Olympics. Which years?
A1960, 1964, 1968B1964, 1968, 1972C1956, 1960, 1964D1952, 1956, 1960 - 5.
Johnny Weissmuller, who won five Olympic gold medals in swimming, later became famous for playing which movie character?
ATarzanBBuck RogersCFlash GordonDAquaman - 6.
Esther Williams, known as 'America's Mermaid,' was a competitive swimmer who became a star in what type of movie?
AAquatic musicalsBRomantic comediesCWar dramasDAction films - 7.
Which American swimmer won gold in the 400m and 1500m freestyle at the 1968 Olympics and was known for his powerful kick?
AMark SpitzBDon SchollanderCJohn KinsellaDMike Burton - 8.
Don Schollander became the first swimmer to win four gold medals at a single Olympics in which year?
A1964B1960C1972D1968 - 9.
Shane Gould of Australia won three individual gold medals at the 1972 Munich Olympics at what young age?
A14B17C16D15 - 10.
Which East German female swimmer dominated the 1976 and 1980 Olympics, though her country's results were later tainted by doping revelations?
AKristin OttoBBarbara KrauseCPetra SchneiderDKornelia Ender - 11.
The 1976 Montreal Olympics saw which American swimmer become the youngest Olympic swimming champion at age 15?
ADonna de VaronaBShirley BabashoffCMary T. MeagherDTracy Caulkins - 12.
Which legendary Hawaiian swimmer and water polo player is considered the father of modern surfing?
ABuster CrabbeBEddie AikauCKeo NakamaDDuke Kahanamoku - 13.
Buster Crabbe won an Olympic gold medal in swimming in 1932 and then went on to star as which movie serial character?
ABuck RogersBFlash GordonCTarzanDThe Phantom - 14.
Tracy Caulkins, one of America's greatest swimmers, won how many U.S. national titles during her career in the late 1970s and 1980s?
A48B56C40D32 - 15.
The United States boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics, preventing many swimmers from competing. Which country hosted the next Olympics in 1984?
ACanadaBAustraliaCSouth KoreaDUnited States