{"id":443026,"date":"2020-08-06T04:00:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T11:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=443026"},"modified":"2020-08-06T04:27:45","modified_gmt":"2020-08-06T11:27:45","slug":"swimming-world-presents-a-gross-injustice-how-rick-demont-lost-his-1972-olympic-gold-days-after-winning-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-presents-a-gross-injustice-how-rick-demont-lost-his-1972-olympic-gold-days-after-winning-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Swimming World Presents &#8220;A Gross Injustice: How Rick DeMont Lost His 1972 Olympic Gold Days After Winning It&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">A Gross Injustice: How Rick DeMont Lost His 1972 Olympic Gold Days After Winning It<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\">By John Lohn<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, 16-year-old Rick DeMont had won the 400 meter freestyle only to have his gold medal taken away several days later in one of the biggest injustices in Olympic history.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other than being members of the Olympic fraternity, there was no reason why their names would be intertwined. They were born nearly 60 years apart. One was of Native-American lineage. The other was from northern California. One was a multi-sport star, his days as a decathlete followed by professional baseball and football careers. The other was a one-sport phenom, his attention focused on the pool.<\/p>\n<p>But at the 1972 Olympic Games, a permanent link was established between Jim Thorpe and Rick DeMont. Albeit for different reasons, Thorpe and DeMont are Olympians who were stripped of their gold medals.<\/p>\n<p>Thorpe is recognized as one of the greatest athletes in history, the gold medalist in the decathlon and pentathlon at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. He followed by playing Major League Baseball, and then flourished in the National Football League. However, Thorpe had his Olympic titles rescinded in 1913 when it was learned he played professional baseball before his Olympic appearance, a violation of the era\u2019s strict rules governing amateurism.<\/p>\n<p>In the case of DeMont, he headed to Munich as a precocious 16-year-old defined by beyond-his-years talent and innocence. Although he was a rising star for Team USA, DeMont was overshadowed by some of the sport\u2019s biggest names, including Mark Spitz and John Hencken. But he was also a threat to reach the podium, due to his world-record prowess.<\/p>\n<p>At the United States Olympic Trials in Chicago, held a month before the Olympics, DeMont made his presence known by qualifying for Munich in the 400 meter freestyle and by breaking the world record in the 1500. In the longer event, DeMont didn\u2019t just clip the previous standard, he cut more than four seconds off the previous record.<\/p>\n<p>As DeMont prepared for the Munich Games, he met with United States Olympic Committee officials as part of the athlete processing protocol. During the meeting, which included medical personnel, DeMont completed paperwork and noted he was an asthmatic who took medications (Marax, Actefed and Sudafed) to treat the condition.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;Not once during the meeting was a red flag raised!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2020\/swimming-world-magazine-august-2020-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>To read the full story of how Rick DeMont lost his Olympic gold,<br \/>\nclick here to download the August issue of Swimming World Magazine, available <\/strong><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>now!<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/issues\/2020\/swimming-world-magazine-august-2020-issue-pdf-only\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"442313\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/swimming-world-magazine-august-2020-issue-the-high-school-record-breakers-available-now\/sw-august-2020-the-record-breakers-cover\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover-.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,1070\" 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=\"SW August 2020 The Record Breakers &#8211; Cover\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;SW August 2020 The Record Breakers &#8211; Cover&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--766x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-442313 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover-.jpg\" alt=\"SW August 2020 The Record Breakers - Cover\" width=\"800\" height=\"1070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover-.jpg 800w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--766x1024.jpg 766w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--150x201.jpg 150w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--300x401.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--450x602.jpg 450w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--673x900.jpg 673w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--374x500.jpg 374w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--245x327.jpg 245w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/SW-August-2020-The-Record-Breakers-Cover--533x713.jpg 533w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Get <em>Swimming World Magazine<\/em> and <em>Swimming World Biweekly<\/em> FREE When You<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/shop.swimmingworld.com\/collections\/donation-options\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/product-category\/ishof-membership\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1522345712821000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGfwbLD2OaI21g28efcR0DZZlQSOQ\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Become A Member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Want More? 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When the COVID-19 pandemic hit in mid-March, some high schools had already completed their championships, others saw their season canceled&#8230;while still others were interrupted during the middle of their meet! Here are a few examples of how the coronavirus affected high school swimming.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>016 A GOOD INDICATOR OF FUTURE SUCCESS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Andy Ross<\/strong><br \/>\nSince Swimming World first honored its Male and Female High School Swimmers of the Year in 1997, 60 percent of those athletes have gone on to compete in the Olympics from 2000 through 2016.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>019 TOP HIGH SCHOOL RECRUITS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Chandler Brandes<\/strong><br \/>\nSwimming World takes a look at the swimmers it considers to be the 10 best high school recruits\u2014both male and female\u2014from the Class of 2020 and where they\u2019ll be attending college in the fall.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>022 THE RECORD BREAKERS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by David Rieder<\/strong><br \/>\nNine high school swimmers from eight different states combined for 11 public or independent school records and eight overall national high school records\u2014including three times in one event!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>026 A GROSS INJUSTICE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by John Lohn<\/strong><br \/>\nIn 1972 at the Munich Olympics, 16-year-old Rick DeMont had won the 400 meter freestyle only to have his gold medal taken away several days later in one of the biggest injustices in Olympic history.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">029 ISHOF: THE TOM AND MATT SHOW<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Bruce Wigo<\/strong><br \/>\nAs explained in last month\u2019s issue,sprinters are considered a different breed of swimmer. They\u2019re not just free spirits, but they seem to be rule breakers and troublemakers of the sport. In July, Swimming World featured two of swimming\u2019s notorious female rebels, Eleanor Holm and Dawn Fraser. This month\u2019s article takes a look at two male disruptors who paved the way for professional swimming, Tom Jager and Matt Biondi.<\/p>\n<p>COACHING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>012 SWIMMING TECHNIQUE CONCEPTS: DEVELOPMENT OF AN OPTIMAL MODEL FOR TECHNIQUE: PART VIII\u2014BODY BASE OF SUPPORT FOR BREASTSTROKE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Rod Havriluk<\/strong><br \/>\nThe torso is the swimmer\u2019s base of support (BOS). During a stroke cycle of a typical breaststroker, excess vertical motion of the shoulder distorts the BOS, which compromises the ability to maximize propulsion and, as a result, limits swimming velocity. This article offers suggestions for how to stabilize the BOS to generate more propulsion to swim faster.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>033 SUMMER LEAGUE: HAVING FUN AND GETTING THE WORK DONE<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nNo matter what tomorrow or next year brings, one can hope that the benefits of summer league as we know them will persist.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>035 SPECIAL SETS: TRAINING FROM TRIALS TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><br \/>\nThrough the voice of Michigan associate coach Josh White, this month\u2019s \u201cSpecial Sets\u201d traces the training Connor Jaeger did in the period between the U.S. Olympic Trials to the Olympic Games in 2012 and 2016.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">041 Q&amp;A WITH COACH NEIL HARPER<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #666699;\">042 HOW THEY TRAIN ANNA HOPKIN<\/span> <\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>by Michael J. Stott<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>TRAINING<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>010 DRYSIDE TRAINING: EXERCISES FOR EXPLOSIVE STARTS &amp; TURNS<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by J.R. Rosania<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>JUNIOR SWIMMER<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>039 GOLDMINDS: HOW TO BECOME AN \u201cA\u201d SWIMMER<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Wayne Goldsmith<\/strong><br \/>\nUltimately, success comes to those amazing people who make the decision to be successful and who then live that decision in practice and performance\u2014in and out of the pool\u2014until they realize their potential.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>045 UP &amp; COMERS: ABBY REICH<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>by Shoshanna Rutemiller<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>COLUMNS<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>008 A VOICE FOR THE SPORT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>032 DID YOU KNOW? PETER JACKSON: \u201cTHE BLACK PRINCE\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>046 GUTTERTALK<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>048 PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Gross Injustice: How Rick DeMont Lost His 1972 Olympic Gold Days After Winning It By John Lohn In 1972 at the Munich Olympics, 16-year-old Rick DeMont had won 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