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Haley Cope
Haley Cope (Haley Cope (-Clark)), born 1979, American backstroke swimmer; 2004 Olympic 4x100 medley relay silver, 2001 world 50m backstroke champion, short course 50m back world record 27.25, Cal Hall of Fame 2012.
Han Xue
Han Xue (韩雪, listed as Xue Han), Chinese swimmer born 1981 in Beijing; Atlanta 1996 relay bronze medalist and former short-course 50 m breaststroke world record holder (30.77, 1997).
Hannelore Anke
Hannelore Anke (Hofmann), East German (GDR) breaststroke swimmer born 1957 in Bad Schlema; double 1976 Montreal Olympic gold medalist in 100 m breaststroke and 4x100 m medley relay, both world records, plus 1975 world titles; later admitted East German doping recipient.
Hanni Hölzner
Hanni Hölzner (Johanna Hedwig Hölzner), German breaststroke swimmer, 1913–1988; set three 100m breaststroke world records (1:24.5 to 1:20.2, 1935–36) and placed fourth in the 200m breaststroke at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
Hannie Termeulen
Hannie Termeulen (Johanna Maria Termeulen, 1929–2001), Dutch swimmer from Amsterdam club HDZ; won 100 m freestyle silver and 4x100 m freestyle relay silver at Helsinki 1952 and relay bronze at London 1948.
Hans Dersch
Hans F. Dersch (born 1967, Alexandria, Virginia) is an American breaststroke swimmer, University of Texas alumnus, and 1992 Barcelona Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay as a heats swimmer; later a swim coach.
Hans Fassnacht
Hans Fassnacht (Hans-Joachim Faßnacht, born 1950) is a retired West German swimmer, 1972 Olympic 4x200 m freestyle relay silver medalist, former world record holder in the 400 m freestyle and 200 m butterfly, and 1992 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee.
Hans Freese
Hans Freese (Johann Heinrich Freese, 1918–1941), German freestyle swimmer from Bremen; 1936 Olympian, 1938 European 4x200m relay champion, world 4x100m relay record holder, died of war wounds near Leningrad.
Hans Joachim Klein
Hans Joachim Klein (born 1942, Darmstadt), West German freestyle swimmer nicknamed Little; 1964 Tokyo Olympic silver in three relays, bronze 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle world record 1:58.2, later German Olympic Society president.
Hansje Bunschoten
Hansje Bunschoten (1958–2017), Dutch freestyle swimmer and broadcaster. Set six European records, first Dutch woman under one minute in the 100 m freestyle, competed at Munich 1972, later NOS Studio Sport director and Olympic swimming commentator.
Harold Hardwick
Harold Hampton Hardwick (1888-1959), Australian swimmer and boxer: 1912 Olympic 4x200m relay gold and 400m/1500m bronze, 1911 Empire sprint and heavyweight boxing titles, later Australian heavyweight pro boxer.
Harry Glancy
Harry Glancy (Harrison Smith Glancy, 1904-2002), American freestyle swimmer; won 1924 Paris Olympic gold in the 4x200 m relay with a 9:53.4 world record alongside Johnny Weissmuller, later a three-time Olympic swim judge and 1990 Hall of Fame inductee.
Harry Hebner
Harry Joseph Hebner (1891-1968), American swimmer and water polo player of the Illinois Athletic Club; won the 1912 Olympic 100 m backstroke gold (1:21.2) with the revolutionary crawl backstroke, held all world backstroke records 1910-1917, and competed at the 1908, 1912, and 1920 Games.
Harry Holiday
Harry Holiday Jr. (1923-1999), American backstroke swimmer and steel executive; set 7 world records, won 6 NCAA titles for Michigan, and in 1943 beat Adolph Kiefer; later led Armco.
Hartmut Flockner
Hartmut Flöckner, East German swimmer born 1953 in Berlin, butterfly specialist; 1972 Olympic silver in 4x100 m medley relay, 1973 world bronze 200 m butterfly, later Berlin bicycle shop owner.
Hayley Mcgregory
Hayley McGregory, American backstroke swimmer; set a 59.15 world record in the 100m backstroke at the 2008 US Olympic Trials but finished third in the 100 and 200 back at both the 2004 and 2008 Trials, never making an Olympic team.
He Cihong
He Cihong (賀慈紅), born 1975 in Ningbo, China, is a former backstroke swimmer who set 100 m, 200 m, and medley relay world records and won three golds at the 1994 Rome World Championships.
He Jianbin
He Jianbin (何健彬, born 1993, Jiangmen, Guangdong) is a Chinese backstroke and freestyle swimmer who won 3 golds and a silver at the 2010 Youth Olympics and swam at the 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
Heike Friedrich
Heike Friedrich (born 1970, Karl-Marx-Stadt/Chemnitz) is a German former swimmer for East Germany; 1988 Seoul Olympic champion in the 200 m freestyle and 4x100 m relay, silver in the 400 m, four-time 1986 world champion, 200 m world record holder 1986-1994, later implicated in the GDR doping investigation.
Helen Johns
Helen Johns (Helen Eileen Johns-Carroll, 1914–2014), American swimmer who won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics in a world record 4:38.0; later a coach and special education teacher.
Helene Madison
Helene Madison (1913-1970), American freestyle swimmer from Seattle, won three gold medals at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics (100m, 400m, 4x100m relay) and held 23 world records; first woman to swim 100 yards freestyle in one minute.
Helga Lindner
Helga Lindner (later Haertel), 1951-2021, East German butterfly swimmer from Chemnitz; 1968 Olympic 200m butterfly silver behind Ada Kok, 1970 European champion, 200m fly European record holder.
Helmuth Fischer
Helmuth Fischer (Helmut Paul Wilhelm Fischer, 1911–1996) was a German freestyle swimmer from Bremerhaven: German 100 m champion 1933 and 1935–39, fifth at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, European record holder over 100 m and in the 4×100 m relay.
Herbert Heinrich
Herbert Heinrich (Johannes Herbert Walter Heinrich, 1899–1975), German freestyle swimmer of SV Poseidon Leipzig; 1926 and 1927 European 4x200 m relay champion, 1927 world record 9:49.6, 12 national titles, competed only at Amsterdam 1928.
Herbert Higgins
Herbert Higgins (John Herbert Higgins, 1916-2004), American breaststroke swimmer and coach; fourth in 200 m breaststroke at 1936 Berlin Olympics; first breaststroke world record set entirely with butterfly arm recovery; longtime US Naval Academy head swim coach.
Herbert Klein
Herbert Klein (1923–2001), West German breaststroke swimmer; 1952 Helsinki Olympic bronze in the 200 m breaststroke (2:35.9), 1950 European champion, world record holder in the 100 m (1:05.8) and 200 m (2:27.3) breaststroke; disqualified at Melbourne 1956.
Herbert Nitsch
Herbert Nitsch, Austrian freediver nicknamed The Deepest Man on Earth; set 33 world records, the certified 214 m no-limit dive (2007) and the 253 m Santorini dive (2012) that caused severe decompression sickness.
Hermann Heibel
Hermann Heibel (Hermann Hans Heibel, 1912–1941), German freestyle swimmer of Bremischer Schwimmverband Bremen; 10th in the 1936 Olympic 100 m freestyle, fifth in the 4×200 m relay, and 1938 world record holder in the 4×100 m freestyle relay.
Hermann Pentz
Hermann Pentz, German backstroke swimmer for Neptun Hannover; set the 400 m backstroke long course world record, 5:59.2 min, 11 October 1913 in Magdeburg, and a 200 m backstroke world record 2:50.6 in 1911.
Hetty Balkenende
Hetty Balkenende, Dutch swimmer and synchronized swimmer of the 1950s-1960s; 1954 European silver in the 4x100 m freestyle relay, 1955 medley relay European record, and 1960 national duet champion with Nienke te Riet of club ZAR Amsterdam; distinct from Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende.