Carolyn House

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]

Carolyn House
Carolyn House in 1962
Personal information
Full nameCarolyn House
National team United States
Born (1945-08-23) August 23, 1945
Los Angeles, California
Height5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)
Weight110 lb (50 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
ClubLos Angeles Athletic Club

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; et al. "Carolyn House". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
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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