{"id":441777,"date":"2020-07-28T05:28:34","date_gmt":"2020-07-28T12:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=441777"},"modified":"2024-10-28T11:21:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-28T18:21:52","slug":"league-of-olympic-swim-legends-natalie-coughlin-tops-the-100m-backstroke-podium-with-egerszegi-muir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/league-of-olympic-swim-legends-natalie-coughlin-tops-the-100m-backstroke-podium-with-egerszegi-muir\/","title":{"rendered":"League Of Olympic Swim Legends: Natalie Coughlin Tops the 100m Backstroke Podium With Egerszegi &#038; Muir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">What would have unfolded had Tokyo 2020 gone ahead as planned this week \u2013 and where would it all have fit in the thread of Olympic swim legends like <strong>Natalie Coughlin, Krisztina Egerszegi and Karen Muir<\/strong><\/span><b><span style=\"color: #800000;\">?\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span style=\"color: #800000;\">To mark the eight days over which the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games would have unfolded had the coronavirus pandemic not forced postponement, the team at\u00a0<em>Swimming World<\/em> is filling the void with a <a style=\"color: #800000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/on-the-days-of-tokyo-2020-finals-postponed-virtual-form-guide-league-of-olympic-swim-legends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Virtual Vision Form Guide and League of Olympic Swimming Legends<\/strong>. <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Day 3, event 2 &#8211; the only champion to retain the crown &#8230;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_143493\" style=\"width: 381px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-143493\" data-attachment-id=\"143493\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/4-highlights-from-my-duel-in-the-pool-debut\/pan-am-games-swimming-55\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pan-am-games-swimming-2015-0022.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2148,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS-1D X&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Jul 14, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN;  Natalie Coughlin of the United States adjusts her swim cap before the women&#039;s 100m freestyle swimming final during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1436922575&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Erich Schlegel&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;500&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Pan Am Games: Swimming&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Pan Am Games: Swimming\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;July 28, 2020&lt;br \/&gt;\nJul 14, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Natalie Coughlin of the United States adjusts her swim cap before the women&#8217;s 100m freestyle swimming final during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports NPStrans, toppic&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Natalie Coughlin &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Erich Schlegel\/USA Today Sports Images&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pan-am-games-swimming-2015-0022-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pan-am-games-swimming-2015-0022-1024x763.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-143493\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/pan-am-games-swimming-2015-0022-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Jul 14, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Natalie Coughlin of the United States adjusts her swim cap before the women's 100m freestyle swimming final during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Erich Schlegel-USA TODAY Sports\" width=\"371\" height=\"265\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-143493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalie Coughlin &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Erich Schlegel\/USA Today Sports Images<\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Women&#8217;s 100m Backstroke<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_258512\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_434907\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-434907\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>The Podium<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Natalie Coughlin (USA)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><span style=\"caret-color: #000080;\">Krisztina Egerszegi\u00a0<\/span>(HUN)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Karen Muir (South Africa)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>The Other Finalists (Listed Alphabetically):<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Sybil Bauer (USA)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Marie Braun (NED)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Lynn Burke \u00a0(USA) <\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Cathy Ferguson (USA)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Eleanor Holm (USA)<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><em>Our<\/em>\u00a0<em>Lane 9*<\/em>\u00a0place goes to a Canadian who at a home Games in Montreal 1976 claimed two bronze medals on backstroke, over 100 and 200m &#8211; beaten by East Germans boosted by State Plan 14:25 systematic doping. Imagine, two gold medals at home Olympic Games, no boycott to consider: life changing. Our Lane 9:<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><strong>Nancy Garapick (CAN)<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><i>* \u2013 in our series, we will use Lane 9 to add an athlete whose story reflects extraordinary situations of different kinds, including being deprived by doping or political decisions or, indeed the program, as\u00a0well as simple facts such as \u201che\/she was the only other title winner who claimed gold in a WR but didn\u2019t make out top 8 on points\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<h3>All-Time Battle Of Olympic Swim Legends Goes To Natalie Coughlin<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_436929\" style=\"width: 295px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-436929\" data-attachment-id=\"436929\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-day-how-krisztina-egerszegi-her-three-masterstrokes-to-membership-of-the-triple-crown-club\/krisztinaegerszegiarenahungarianfederation\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/KrisztinaEgerszegiArenaHungarianfederation.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,691\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Krisztina Egerszegi\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Krisztina Egerszegi&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Krisztina Egerszegi &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Arena\/Hungarian Swimming Federation&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/KrisztinaEgerszegiArenaHungarianfederation-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/KrisztinaEgerszegiArenaHungarianfederation.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-436929\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/KrisztinaEgerszegiArenaHungarianfederation-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"KrisztinaEgerszegiArenaHungarianfederation\" width=\"285\" height=\"203\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-436929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krisztina Egerszegi &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Arena\/Hungarian Swimming Federation<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_441875\" style=\"width: 176px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441875\" data-attachment-id=\"441875\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/league-of-olympic-swim-legends-natalie-coughlin-tops-the-100m-backstroke-podium-with-egerszegi-muir\/karen_muir_1967\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Karen_Muir_1967.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"256,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Karen_Muir_1967\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;July 28 2020 &#8211; Karen Muir &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Wikipedia Karen_Muir_1967&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Karen Muir &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Wikipedia &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Karen_Muir_1967.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Karen_Muir_1967.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-441875\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Karen_Muir_1967.jpg\" alt=\"Karen_Muir_1967\" width=\"166\" height=\"207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Karen_Muir_1967.jpg 256w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Karen_Muir_1967-160x200.jpg 160w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Karen_Muir_1967-150x188.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-441875\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Karen Muir &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Wikipedia<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Scan the list of champions in the 100 backstroke and only one name will be found under the gold-medal column on more than one occasion: <strong>Natalie Coughlin<\/strong>. The American snared her first Olympic crown at the 2004 Games in Athens, and retained the title four years later in Beijing, despite the target she wore and formidable challengers.<\/p>\n<p>Coughlin was pegged as a future star as a teenager and by the time she won her first world title in 2001, she was on her way to a Hall of Fame career.<\/p>\n<p>Natalie Coughlin set five world records during her career and became the first woman to break the minute barrier and 59-second barrier. Her superb underwater skills enabled Coughlin to frequently bolt to the front of the field and never look back.<\/p>\n<p>Earning the silver medal among the Legends is Hungary\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/ishof.org\/krisztina-egerszegi-(hun).html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Krisztina Egerszegi<\/strong><\/a>, the 1992 Olympic champion and 1988 silver medalist behind East Germany\u2019s Kristin Otto, who according to Stasi documents, was part of her country\u2019s systematic-doping program. In 1996, Egerszegi did not contest the 100 backstroke, but her leg on the leadoff of Hungary\u2019s 400 medley relay was quicker than the gold-medal time in the 100 back.<\/p>\n<p>Identifying the bronze medalist in this event was a difficult task, but ultimately was awarded to South African <strong>Karen Muir<\/strong>. Although Muir never competed at the Olympic Games because of South African\u2019s ban due to her country&#8217;s apartheid regime of institutional, legal and societal discrimination against non-white citizens, she became the youngest world-record holder at the age of 12 and set three world records. Muir was the World-record holder at the time the 1968 and 1972 Olympic finals unfolded without her.<\/p>\n<p>The last of Muir\u2019s records endured for four years, until East Germany\u2019s Ulrike Richter broke it, with the assistance of performance-enhancing drugs. Some may object to the presence of a swimmer from a country banned at the time for good reason. However, in the mix of this Legends mini-series are many other athletes who make our finals even though they were denied the chance to take up their right to race because of political decisions taken by those who governed their country at the time &#8211; and in a way that impacted the lives of athletes.<\/p>\n<p>American <strong>Lynn Burke<\/strong>, the 1960 Champion with four World records to her name,\u00a0was fourth, pressing Muir to the finish. Eleanor Holm was also in the mix for medals, the American winner of the 1932 title denied a chance to race when she got to Berlin in 1936 because officials had imposed a ban on her for drinking aboard the cruise liner on the way over from the United States.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Natalie Coughlin Gold &#8211; Athens 2004<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7HhoRMh1j58?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3>Natalie Coughlin Gold &#8211; Beijing 2008<\/h3>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AURUsqKclCk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>Olympic Swim Legends \u2013 Our Winner\u2019s Winning Ways:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h2>Natalie Coughlin &#8211; The First Gold<\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_54411\" style=\"width: 348px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-54411\" data-attachment-id=\"54411\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/league-of-olympic-swim-legends-natalie-coughlin-tops-the-100m-backstroke-podium-with-egerszegi-muir\/natalie-coughlin-4-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Natalie-Coughlin-41.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"5184,3456\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 650D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1398359075&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;300&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;160&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.000625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Natalie Coughlin (4)\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;July 28 2020 Natalie Coughlin &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Natalie Coughlin &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Natalie-Coughlin-41-470x315.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Natalie-Coughlin-41-1024x682.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-54411\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Natalie-Coughlin-41-470x315.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"338\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Natalie-Coughlin-41-470x315.jpg 470w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Natalie-Coughlin-41-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Natalie-Coughlin-41-178x118.jpg 178w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Natalie-Coughlin-41-184x122.jpg 184w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/Natalie-Coughlin-41-140x94.jpg 140w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 338px) 100vw, 338px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-54411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natalie Coughlin &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Azaria Basile<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>2004 Athens &#8211; Women 100m Backstroke:\u00a0Athletes: 42; Nations: 33<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>1:00.37 Natalie Coughlin USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1:00.50 Kirsty Coventry ZIM<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1:00.88 Laure Manaudou FRA<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1:01.05 Reiko Nakamura JPN<\/li>\n<li>1:01.12 Nina Zhivanevskaya ESP<\/li>\n<li>1:01.39 Antje Buschschulte GER<\/li>\n<li>1:01.51 Louise Ornstedt DEN<\/li>\n<li>1:01.76 Haley Cope USA<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Date of final: August 16, 2004<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Natalie Coughlin<\/strong> (USA) had been down to the depths of a low morale as a teenager emerging from her high school days with an injured shoulder and a bruised psyche. In 2000, she was put in touch with coach <strong>Teri McKeever<\/strong>, whose unconventional approach to the pursuit of speed while in charge at Cal Aquatics earned her a place in history at Athens 2004 as the first woman to be invited on to the burning deck of the Olympic Team USA coaching staff.<\/p>\n<p>McKeever emphasised technique over volume, quality over quantity, and advocated diversity: dance, pilates, spinning and yoga were all part of Coughlin\u2019s preparation.<\/p>\n<p>In July, 2001, she won the world title in the 100m backstroke. The warning sounded, the most promising prospect to emerge from the pool of American women\u2019s swimming in a decade made her presence in the history book felt more keenly by doing for women\u2019s backstroke what Johnny \u201cTarzan\u201d Weissmuller had done for men\u2019s freestyle in July, 1922: 80 years and a month after the Hollywood hero became the first man to race inside a minute in the 100m freestyle, Coughlin took a sledgehammer to the two-lap world record, pounding it down from 1:00.16 to 59.58sec. Coughlin arrived at the 2003 World Championships tipped to win up to five gold medals, with world-class times on backstroke, freestyle and butterfly. Illness struck at the wrong moment and Coughlin was a shadow of her potential.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_196023\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-196023\" data-attachment-id=\"196023\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-ariana-kukors-accuses-sean-hutchison-of-sexual-abuse\/kirsty-coventry-8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kirsty-coventry-2016-mesa-2580-e1539191656577.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"900,677\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kirsty-coventry-2016-mesa- 2580\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8\/2\/2016 &#038; 5\/3\/17 &#038; 2\/6\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\nkirsty-coventry- 100 Backstroke, 2016, Mesa GP, Swimmers&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Kirsty Coventry &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kirsty-coventry-2016-mesa-2580-e1469672653619-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kirsty-coventry-2016-mesa-2580-e1469672653619-1024x770.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-196023\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/kirsty-coventry-2016-mesa-2580-e1469672653619-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"kirsty-coventry-\" width=\"206\" height=\"147\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-196023\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kirsty Coventry &#8211; Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_421614\" style=\"width: 233px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-421614\" data-attachment-id=\"421614\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/florent-manaudou-puts-maturity-mindset-on-the-marseille-catwalk-of-his-comeback\/fina-swimming-world-championships-2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/florentmanaudoulauremanaudou1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,533\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;EPA&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Laure Manaudou (L) talks to her brother Florent Manaudou of France during a training session 1 day prior to the start of the swimming competition during the FINA Swimming World Championships at Kazan arena in Kazan, Russia, 1 August 2015.&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1438423437&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;FINA Swimming World Championships 2015&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"FINA Swimming World Championships 2015\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;09.3.20Laure Manaudou (L) talks to her brother Florent Manaudou of France during a training session 1 day prior to the start of the swimming competition during the FINA Swimming World Championships at Kazan arena in Kazan, Russia, 1 August 2015.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Laure Manaudou (L) talks to her brother Florent Manaudou in training on the eve of the 2015 World Championships in Kazan.  Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/florentmanaudoulauremanaudou1-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/florentmanaudoulauremanaudou1.jpg\" class=\" wp-image-421614\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/florentmanaudoulauremanaudou1-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Laure Manaudou (L) talks to her brother Florent Manaudou of France during a training session 1 day prior to the start of the swimming competition during the FINA Swimming World Championships at Kazan arena in Kazan, Russia, 1 August 2015.\" width=\"223\" height=\"159\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-421614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Laure Manaudou (L) talks to her brother Florent Manaudou in training on the eve of the 2015 World Championships in Gaza. Photo Courtesy: Patrick B. Kraemer \u00a9<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In Athens at the Games, Coughlin confirmed her status as title favourite in the 100m backstroke with a 1:00.17 Olympic record in the second semi-final. In the final, she was never headed. At 50m, Coughlin\u2019s split, 28.89, was just 0.03sec down on world-record pace, and although the American tied up in the closing 10 metres, just as US-based <strong>Kirsty Coventry<\/strong> (ZIM) and<strong> Laure Manaudou<\/strong> (FRA) were coming good, the American had done enough and claimed the crown in 1:00.37.<\/p>\n<p>Coventry, on 1:00.50, set an African record. Manaudou was just shy of the national record of 1:00.64 she&#8217;d set at French Olympic trials that year, on 1:00.88.<\/p>\n<p>The backstroke medallists were among the most prized people in Athens. The Frenchwoman won the 400m freestyle title and finished second in the 800m, Coventry, who would join the International Olympic Committee&#8217;s in-house Athletes Commission after her retirement from racing,\u00a0won the 200m backstroke and claimed bronze in the 200m medley and Coughlin set an Olympic record of 59.68 leading the US in a medley relay that claimed silver, won gold in the 4x200m freestyle in world-record time and another silver in the 4x100m freestyle.<\/p>\n<p>Inspired in her youth by the likes of the legendary <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/league-of-olympic-swim-legends-janet-evans-tops-400-free-podium-with-norelius-meyer-ledecky\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Janet Evans<\/strong><\/a>, who until 2008 still held the 800m freestyle world record she set in 1989, Coughlin embraced the toughness of the challenge that comes with being American. In 2008 as she headed to US trials in pursuit of retaining her Olympic crown, she said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cNot only is it the hardest team to qualify for in the world, but the weight of the expectations placed upon you as an American swimmer is huge! Being part of such a tradition is a great honour.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Manaudou, who in May 2006 took down Evans&#8217; 400m freestyle World record in 4:03.03 after it had been own the books since September 1988, claimed silver at 2007 World titles over 100m backstroke when Coughlin&#8217;s gold was sealed in a World record of 59.44. They Frenchwoman would write a new line in Olympic history in 2012 just by being in the stands watching: when her younger brother Florent claimed the 50m freestyle title at the London Games, the siblings became the first in history to win Olympic gold in solo swimming events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Another Great Olympic 100m backstroke Race<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_441879\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-441879\" data-attachment-id=\"441879\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/league-of-olympic-swim-legends-natalie-coughlin-tops-the-100m-backstroke-podium-with-egerszegi-muir\/kristinaegerszegi\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kristinaegerszegi.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"320,320\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"kristinaegerszegi\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;kristinaegerszegi&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Krisztina Egerszegi &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kristinaegerszegi.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kristinaegerszegi.jpeg\" class=\" wp-image-441879\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kristinaegerszegi.jpeg\" alt=\"kristinaegerszegi\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kristinaegerszegi.jpeg 320w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kristinaegerszegi-200x200.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kristinaegerszegi-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kristinaegerszegi-50x50.jpeg 50w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kristinaegerszegi-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/kristinaegerszegi-100x100.jpeg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-441879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Krisztina Egerszegi<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>Krisztina Egerszegi Leads Hungarian 1-2<\/h3>\n<p><strong>1992 Barcelona &#8211; Women 100m Backstroke: Athletes: 45; Nations: 31<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>1:00.68or Krisztina Egerszegi HUN<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1:01.14 Tunde Szabo HUN<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>1:01.43 Lea Loveless USA<\/em><\/li>\n<li>1:01.78 Nicole Stevenson AUS<\/li>\n<li>1:01.81 Janie Wagstaff USA<\/li>\n<li>1:02.07 Joanne Mehan AUS<\/li>\n<li>1:02.36 Nina Zhivanevskaya RUS\/CIS<\/li>\n<li>1:03.23 Yoko Koikawa \u00a0JPN<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><em>Date of final: July 28, 1992<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Krisztina Egerszegi <\/strong>was known\u00a0as &#8220;Eger&#8221;, or &#8220;mouse&#8221;, to her Hungarian teammates. She was a mouse who roared, ending her career as the first swimmer to win five Olympic gold medals in individual events. At the start of 2008, she remained the only swimmer to achieve that. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/league-of-olympic-swim-legends-michael-phelps-tops-400im-podium-with-darnyi-dolan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Phelps<\/a> would end the year the new record holder, Egerszegi top woman yet.<\/p>\n<p>Her first successes unfolded in 1988, with victory in the 200m and silver in the 200m. The Hungarian lifted both the 100m and 200m crowns at the World Championships at Perth, in January 1991. Seven months later, and beyond a rule change that allowed swimmers to turn on backstroke without touching the wall with their hand, Egerszegi crushed the world record in the 200m with a 2:06.62 victory at the European Championships in Athens. It was not her only world record in Greece that week: over 100m she broke the standard that had stood to Ina Kleber (GDR) since 1984, improving the mark from 1:00.59 to 1:00.31.<\/p>\n<p>A year later at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, Egerszegi joined the elite club of women to have won three solo gold medals in the pool, taking the 100m and 200m backstroke titles in Olympic records of 1:00.68 and 2:07.06 and the 400m medley crown in 4:36.54, 0.19sec ahead of Lin Li (CHN).<\/p>\n<p>In the 100m backstroke heats, she clocked 1:00.85, shaving 0.01sec off the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/memories-of-moscow-1980-why-rica-reinisch-had-to-retire-at-15-after-3-olympic-golds-4-world-records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1980 Olympic record set by the GDR&#8217;s Rica Reinisch<\/a>. Later in the day, Egerszegi claimed the crown in her second Olympic record of the day to win her second gold medal of the meet, the medley having been held two days before.<\/p>\n<p>One of the greatest technicians and stylists to grace the pool, Egerszegi ended her career in 1996, when victory in the 200m backstroke made her the second member of the Triple Crown club found din 1964 by Australian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-day-celebrating-the-legend-of-dawn-fraser-a-hellraiser-in-and-out-of-the-pool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dawn Fraser (100m freestyle gold, 1956, 1960, 1964)<\/a> as the most decorated woman in European Championship history, with nine solo titles and four silvers to her name between 1989 and 1995. Her versatility was not seen only in the 400m medley: she was also European 200m butterfly champion in 1993. In 2007, Egerszegi said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy whole career was a magic moment. But if I have to give a highlight, it would have to be Athens 1991, when I broke the world records in the 100m and 200m backstroke. And after that the 1992 Olympic 400m medley gold because the race was so tight &#8211; 0.19sec.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>By then, Egerszegi was a mother of three children and a popular figure in Hungary yet. She also owned a Pizzeria called \u201cThe Mousehole\u201d in Budapest.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Egerszegi&#8217;s Triple At Barcelona 1992:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Krisztina Egerszegi - &#039;The Little Mouse&#039; | Barcelona 1992 Olympics\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OAEEuW4sB3Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>A Glimpse Of Karen Muir &#8211; and a time, a place and a bygone broadcast moment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pMCGNcIA3AM?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would have unfolded had Tokyo 2020 gone ahead as planned this week \u2013 and where would it all have fit in the thread of Olympic swim legends like Natalie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7934,"featured_media":441768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,66113,10],"tags":[63587,4660,18619,6249,16145,124551,1776,142,736,58477],"class_list":["post-441777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-ishof","category-world","tag-63587","tag-karen-muir","tag-kirsty-coventry","tag-krisztina-egerszegi","tag-laure-manaudou","tag-league-of-olympic-swim-legends","tag-natalie-coughlin","tag-swimming","tag-swimming-world","tag-tokyo-2020"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>League Of Olympic Swim Legends: Natalie Coughlin Tops the 100m Backstroke Podium With Egerszegi &amp; 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