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Bill Smith (olympedia 51569)
Bill Smith, born William Melvin Smith, Jr. in Honolulu, was an American swimmer who won two gold medals at the 1948 London Olympics and set seven world records.
Bill Woolsey
Bill Woolsey (William Tripp Woolsey, 1934-2022), American swimmer from Honolulu; won 4x200 m freestyle relay gold at Helsinki 1952 and silver at Melbourne 1956; NCAA champion at Indiana University.
Billy Dickey
Billy Dickey (William Eugene Dickey, 1874-1944), American swimmer of the New York AC, gold medallist in the plunge for distance (62 ft 6 in / 19.05 m) at the 1904 Olympics; not the Yankees catcher Bill Dickey.
Birgit Meineke
Birgit Meineke (Meineke-Heukrodt), born 1964 in Berlin, East German freestyle swimmer; 1982 triple world champion, five-time 1983 European champion, multiple world record holder, and victim of the GDR's Oral-Turinabol doping program; later a surgeon.
Birgit Treiber
Birgit Treiber (born 1960, Oschatz), East German backstroke swimmer for SC Einheit Dresden; Olympic silver 100/200 m backstroke 1976, bronze 1980; 1975 world champion 200 m back; four world records; later a Leipzig dentist.
Birte Weigang
Birte Weigang (born 1968, Leipzig) is a former East German swimmer, 1988 Olympic medley relay champion and double butterfly silver medalist, later a confirmed GDR doping victim who applied for compensation in 2003.
Blake Pieroni
Blake Pieroni is an American freestyle swimmer who won three Olympic gold medals and one silver in relays at the 2016, 2020, and 2024 Games.
Bob Bennett
Bob Bennett refers to two American Olympians: swimmer Robert Earl Bennett (born 1943), bronze medalist in backstroke at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964 and 100 m backstroke world record holder, and hammer thrower Robert Howard Bennett (1919–1974), 1948 Olympic bronze medalist.
Bob Skelton
Bob Skelton (Robert Danforth Skelton, 1903-1977), American breaststroke swimmer, 1924 Paris Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m breaststroke and first US breaststroke Olympic champion; not the WNEC wrestling coach.
Bob Windle
Bob Windle (Robert George Windle, born 1944), Australian freestyle swimmer; 1964 Tokyo Olympic 1500 m freestyle gold in Olympic record 17:01.7, four Olympic medals, six world records, Commonwealth Games champion 1962 and 1966.
Bobby Hackett
Bobby Hackett (Robert William Hackett Jr., born 1959, Yonkers, NY) is an American swimmer, not the Australian Grant Hackett: 1976 Olympic 1500m freestyle silver medalist at 16, former 800m freestyle world record holder, Harvard standout, Emory coach.
Boglarka Kapas
Boglárka Kapás (Kapás Boglárka), Hungarian swimmer born 1993 in Debrecen: Olympic 800m freestyle bronze at Rio 2016, 200m butterfly world champion at Gwangju 2019, seven-time European champion, five Olympians 2008–2024, retired December 2024 in Budapest.
Bonnie Mealing
Bonnie Mealing (Philomena Alecia Mealing-Johnston, 1912-2002), Australian backstroke swimmer; 100 m backstroke world record holder 1930-1932 and silver medalist at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics.
Boris Nikitin
Boris Vasilyevich Nikitin (Борис Васильевич Никитин), Soviet freestyle swimmer from Tbilisi (1938-1984); 1956 Olympic 4x200 m relay bronze medalist, 1956 world record holder, and 1958 European relay champion.
Bowe Becker
Bowe Becker (Bowen Becker), American swimmer born 1997 in Chicago; 2020 Tokyo Olympic gold medalist in the men's 4x100 m freestyle relay for Team USA; former Minnesota Gopher, Cali Condors ISL swimmer.
Boy Charlton
Boy Charlton (Andrew Murray Charlton, 1907-1975), Australian freestyle swimmer nicknamed the Manly Flying Fish; won 1500 m gold at Paris 1924 in world record time, five Olympic medals across three Games, Hall of Fame 1972.
Brad Bridgewater
Brad Bridgewater (Bradley Michael Bridgewater, born 1973, Charleston, West Virginia), American backstroke swimmer; 1996 Atlanta Olympic gold medalist in the 200 m backstroke (1:58.54), also 1995 Pan Am champion and 2000 short-course world silver medalist.
Brad Cooper
Brad Cooper (Bradford Paul Cooper, born 1954) is an Australian swimmer who won 1972 Olympic 400 m freestyle gold after Rick DeMont's doping disqualification; world record holder at 400 and 800 m freestyle.
Brad Schumacher
Brad Schumacher (Bradley Darrell Schumacher, born 1974, Bowie, Maryland), American swimmer and water polo player; two relay golds at Atlanta 1996, water polo at Sydney 2000; KAP7 co-founder.
Breeja Larson
Breeja Larson (born 1992, Mesa, Arizona) is an American breaststroke swimmer, 2012 Olympic gold medalist in the 4x100 m medley relay (heats) and 6th in the 100 m breaststroke; Texas A&M Aggie, 2013 world champion, retired swimmer turned mindset mentor.
Brenda Helser
Brenda Helser (Brenda Mersereau Helser, Countess de Morelos y Guerrero, 1924–2001), American swimmer who won gold in the 4x100 m freestyle relay at the 1948 London Olympics in Olympic record time; also fifth in the 400 m freestyle and a multiple AAU champion.
Brendan Hansen
Brendan Hansen, American breaststroke swimmer born 1981 in Havertown, Pennsylvania; three-time Olympian with six medals (3 gold in 4x100 medley relay), world record holder in 100m and 200m breaststroke, 13-time NCAA champion at Texas, later USA Swimming National Junior Team Director.
Breno Correia
Breno Martins Correia, Brazilian freestyle swimmer born 1999 in Salvador, Bahia; 2018 short-course world champion and world record holder in the 4x200m freestyle relay (6:46.81); Olympian at Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024.
Brent Lang
Brent Lang (Brent Dennis Lang, born 1968) is an American swimmer and executive; Olympic gold medalist in the 1988 4x100 m freestyle relay, four-time NCAA champion for Michigan, and former president and CEO of Vocera Communications.
Brenton Rickard
Brenton Rickard (born 1983, Brisbane) is a retired Australian breaststroke swimmer, dual Olympian, 2008 double Olympic silver medallist, and 2009 world 100m breaststroke champion in a then world record 58.58.
Brian Brinkley
Brian Brinkley (born 1953 in Bedford, England) is a British former competitive swimmer who won bronze in the 4 × 200 meter freestyle relay at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Brian Goodell
Brian Goodell (born 1959, Stockton, California), American distance swimmer; 1976 Montreal double gold medalist in 400 m and 1,500 m freestyle, both in world-record times; five world records; 1980 boycott ended his career; later Mission Viejo mayor.
Brian Job
Brian Gregory Job (1951-2019), American breaststroke swimmer; 1968 Olympic bronze medalist in the 200 m breaststroke, 1971 Pan Am Games gold medalist in the medley relay, and 200 m breaststroke world record holder (2:23.5).
Brian Johns
Brian Johns (Brian Lawrence Johns), Canadian swimmer born 1982 in Regina, Saskatchewan; three-time Olympian (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008) and short course 400 m IM world record holder (4:02.72, 2003).
Brian Wilkinson
Brian Harold Wilkinson (1938–2026), Australian swimmer and coach from Muswellbrook, NSW; seventh in the 1956 Olympic 200 m butterfly final, 1958 Cardiff Commonwealth Games gold and bronze medallist, 110-yard butterfly world record holder.