# Allen Stack

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American swimmer and lawyer (1928–1999)

Allen Stack Personal information Full name Allen McIntyre Stack National team United States Born (1928-01-23)January 23, 1928 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. Died September 12, 1999(1999-09-12) (aged 71) Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S. Sport Sport Swimming Strokes Backstroke College team Yale University Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1948 London 100 m backstroke Pan American Games 1951 Buenos Aires 100 m backstroke 1951 Buenos Aires 3×100 m medley

**Allen McIntyre Stack** (January 23, 1928 – September 12, 1999) was an American [competition swimmer](/source/Swimming_(sport)), [Olympic](/source/Olympic_Games) champion, and former [world record](/source/World_record)-holder.

Stack won the gold medal in the [men's 100-meter backstroke](/source/Swimming_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_-_Men's_100_metre_backstroke) at the [1948 Summer Olympics](/source/1948_Summer_Olympics) in London.[1] Four years later at the [1952 Summer Olympics](/source/1952_Summer_Olympics) in [Helsinki](/source/Helsinki), [Finland](/source/Finland). He placed fourth in the final of the same event.[1]

Stack attended [Yale University](/source/Yale_University), where he swam for the [Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving](/source/Yale_Bulldogs_swimming_and_diving) team in [National Collegiate Athletic Association](/source/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association) (NCAA) competition from 1947 to 1949. He graduated from Yale with a bachelor's degree in 1949. He served in the [U.S. Navy](/source/United_States_Navy) from 1951 to 1954, and graduated from [Columbia University Law School](/source/Columbia_University_Law_School) in 1956. He practiced law in [Honolulu, Hawaii](/source/Honolulu%2C_Hawaii) until 1998.[2]

Stack was inducted into the [International Swimming Hall of Fame](/source/International_Swimming_Hall_of_Fame) as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1979.[3]

## See also

- [List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame](/source/List_of_members_of_the_International_Swimming_Hall_of_Fame)

- [List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)](/source/List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_swimming_(men))

- [List of Yale University people](/source/List_of_Yale_University_people)

- [World record progression 200 metres backstroke](/source/World_record_progression_200_metres_backstroke)

## References

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-sroprofile_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-sroprofile_1-1) Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [Allen Stack](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170123/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/allen-stack-1.html). Retrieved October 3, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-litsky9191999_2-0)** Frank Litsky, "[Allen Stack, 71, a Swimmer Who Broke 6 World Records](https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FB0A12FB3B580C7A8DDDA00894D1494D81)," *The New York Times* (September 19, 1999). Retrieved October 3, 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ishofprofile_3-0)** ["Allen Stack (USA)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124910/http://www.ishof.org/allen-stack-(usa).html). *ISHOF.org*. [International Swimming Hall of Fame](/source/International_Swimming_Hall_of_Fame). Archived from [the original](http://www.ishof.org/allen-stack-(usa).html) on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 12, 2015.

## External links

- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; [Mallon, Bill](/source/Bill_Mallon); et al. ["Allen Stack"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200417170123/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/allen-stack-1.html). *Olympics at Sports-Reference.com*. [Sports Reference LLC](/source/Sports_Reference). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/allen-stack-1.html) on April 17, 2020.

- [Allen Stack (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame](https://web.archive.org/web/20150402124910/http://www.ishof.org/allen-stack-(usa).html) at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) (archived 2015-04-02)

v t e 1948 USA Olympic swimming team Men's Team Keith Carter Bob Cowell William Dudley Alan Ford Bob Gibe Edwin Gilbert Bill Heusner Jimmy McLane Forbes Norris Howard Patterson Wally Ris Eugene Rogers Bill Smith Bob Sohl Allen Stack Joe Verdeur Wally Wolf Women's Team Marie Corridon Ann Curtis Brenda Helser Barbara Jensen Thelma Kalama Clara LaMore Nancy Lees Muriel Mellon Penny Pence Jeanne Wilson Suzanne Zimmerman

v t e 1952 USA Olympic swimming team Men's Team Dick Cleveland Frank Dooley Ronald Gora Jerry Holan Burwell Jones Ford Konno Jimmy McLane Wayne Moore Monte Nitzkowski Yoshi Oyakawa Clarke Scholes Don Sheff Allen Stack Bowen Stassforth Jack Taylor Wally Wolf Bill Woolsey Women's Team Jody Alderson Julia Cornell Mary Freeman Carolyn Green Evelyn Kawamoto Jackie LaVine Delia Meulenkamp Coralie O'Connor Gail Peters Judith Roberts Della Sehorn Barbara Stark Marilee Stepan

v t e Olympic champions in men's 100 m backstroke 100 yards 1904: Walter Brack (GER) 100 metres 1908: Arno Bieberstein (GER) 1912: Harry Hebner (USA) 1920: Warren Kealoha (USA) 1924: Warren Kealoha (USA) 1928: George Kojac (USA) 1932: Masaji Kiyokawa (JPN) 1936: Adolph Kiefer (USA) 1948: Allen Stack (USA) 1952: Yoshi Oyakawa (USA) 1956: David Theile (AUS) 1960: David Theile (AUS) 1968: Roland Matthes (GDR) 1972: Roland Matthes (GDR) 1976: John Naber (USA) 1980: Bengt Baron (SWE) 1984: Rick Carey (USA) 1988: Daichi Suzuki (JPN) 1992: Mark Tewksbury (CAN) 1996: Jeff Rouse (USA) 2000: Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) 2004: Aaron Peirsol (USA) 2008: Aaron Peirsol (USA) 2012: Matt Grevers (USA) 2016: Ryan Murphy (USA) 2020: Evgeny Rylov (ROC) 2024: Thomas Ceccon (ITA)

v t e Pan American Champions in Men's 100 m backstroke 1951: Allen Stack (USA) 1955: Frank McKinney (USA) 1959: Frank McKinney (USA) 1963: Ed Bartsch (USA) 1967: Charlie Hickcox (USA) 1971: Melvin Nash (USA) 1975: Peter Rocca (USA) 1979: Bob Jackson (USA) 1983: Rick Carey (USA) 1987: Andrew Gill (USA) 1991: Andrew Gill (USA) 1995: Jeff Rouse (USA) 1999: Rodolfo Falcón (CUB) 2003: Peter Marshall (USA) 2007: Randall Bal (USA) 2011: Thiago Pereira (BRA) 2015: Nick Thoman (USA) 2019: Daniel Carr (USA) 2023: Adam Chaney (USA)

v t e Pan American Champions in Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay 1951: A. Stack, B. Stassforth, D. Cleveland (USA) 1955: F. McKinney, F. Maguire, L. Baarcke, C. Scholes (USA) 1959: F. McKinney, F. Munsch, M. Troy, J. Farrell (USA) 1963: R. McGeagh, B. Craig, W. Richardson, N. Kirby (USA) 1967: D. Russell, R. Webb, M. Spitz, K. Walsh (USA) 1971: J. Murphy, B. Job, J. Heidenreich, F. Heckl (USA) 1975: P. Rocca, R. Colella, M. Curington, J. Babashoff (USA) 1979: B. Jackson, S. Lundquist, R. Placak, D. McCagg (USA) 1983: R. Carey, S. Lundquist, M. Gribble, R. Gaines (USA) 1987: A. Gill, R. Korhammer, W. King, T. Dudley (USA) 1991: A. Gill, H. Dersch, M. Merrell, J. Thomas (USA) 1995: J. Rouse, S. Van Neerden, M. Henderson, J. Olsen (USA) 1999: A. Massura, M. Tomazini, F. Scherer, G. Borges (BRA) 2003: P. Marshall, M. Gangloff, B. Michaelson, N. Brunelli (USA) 2007: R. Bal, M. Gangloff, R. Berens, A. Grant (USA) 2011: G. Guido, F. França, G. Mangabeira, C. Cielo (BRA) 2015: G. Guido, F. França, A. Mendes, M. Chierighini (BRA) 2019: D. Carr, N. Fink, T. Shields, N. Adrian (USA) 2023: J. Aikins, J. Foster, L. Miller, J. Kulow (USA)

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