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
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

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Carolyn House". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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



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