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set the world record for the 200 meter breaststroke in 1941 in an outdoor long course pool, it was broken by Joe
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894:Olympic trials with a time of 2:36.3.
2470:Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics
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1344:Joseph Verdeur Class of 1950
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779:Joseph Thomas Verdeur
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829:1948 Summer Olympics
793:Verdeur was born in
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1386:Alfred Nakache
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818:Robert Brawner
814:Alfred Nakache
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2390:LΓ©on Marchand
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1611:Forbes Norris
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1495:Burwell Jones
1486:
1477:
1473:
1463:
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1453:
1452:Tetsuo Hamuro
1446:
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1437:Herbert Klein
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944:"Joe Verdeur"
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822:Herbert Klein
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90:March 7, 1926
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78:
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74:United States
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60:
56:
50:
46:
42:
37:
30:
25:
2183:JΓ³zsef SzabΓ³
2160:Victor Davis
2114:David Wilkie
2091:John Hencken
2068:Felipe MuΓ±oz
1952:
1815:Walter Bathe
1703:Clara LaMore
1671:Women's Team
1645:
1606:Jimmy McLane
1601:Bill Heusner
1571:Keith Carter
1518:Jimmy Thomas
1505:
1482:
1472:Jerry Holan
1457:
1422:
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1360:
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1327:
1318:
1309:
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956:the original
947:
940:Mallon, Bill
933:
887:
884:Record notes
878:
869:
867:
846:Jimmy McLane
838:
826:
803:
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778:
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175:Medal record
158:College team
152:Breaststroke
107:(1991-08-06)
2425:1991 deaths
2420:1926 births
2045:Ian O'Brien
1976:John Davies
1953:Joe Verdeur
1861:Bob Skelton
1718:Penny Pence
1646:Joe Verdeur
1641:Allen Stack
1441:John Davies
1246:Joe Verdeur
211:1948 London
21:Joe Verdeur
2414:Categories
1708:Nancy Lees
1683:Ann Curtis
1651:Wally Wolf
1631:Bill Smith
1576:Bob Cowell
1564:Men's Team
925:References
854:Wally Wolf
850:Bill Smith
86:1926-03-07
1621:Wally Ris
1586:Alan Ford
858:Wally Ris
1636:Bob Sohl
1591:Bob Gibe
1377:Records
1298:Archived
898:See also
138:Swimming
53:Nickname
783:swimmer
148:Strokes
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789:Career
121:Height
115:, U.S.
96:, U.S.
71:
134:Sport
129:Sport
57:"Joe"
2380:2024
2357:2020
2334:2016
2311:2012
2288:2008
2265:2004
2242:2000
2219:1996
2196:1992
2173:1988
2150:1984
2127:1980
2104:1976
2081:1972
2058:1968
2035:1964
2012:1960
1989:1956
1966:1952
1943:1948
1920:1936
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1874:1928
1851:1924
1828:1920
1805:1912
1782:1908
852:and
639:NCAA
102:Died
80:Born
2396:FRA
2373:AUS
2350:KAZ
2327:HUN
2304:JPN
2281:JPN
2258:ITA
2235:HUN
2212:USA
2189:HUN
2166:CAN
2143:URS
2120:GBR
2097:USA
2074:MEX
2051:AUS
2028:USA
2005:JPN
1982:AUS
1959:USA
1936:JPN
1913:JPN
1890:JPN
1867:USA
1844:SWE
1821:GER
1798:GBR
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