Tom Bruce (swimmer)

Thomas Edwin Bruce (April 17, 1952 – April 9, 2020) was an American competitive swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Tom Bruce

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Edwin Bruce
Nickname	"Tom"
National team	United States
Born	(1952-04-17)April 17, 1952 Red Bluff, California, U.S.
Died	April 9, 2020(2020-04-09) (aged 67)
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	161 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Santa Clara Swim Club
College team	University of California, Los Angeles
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the United States Olympic Games 1972 Munich 4x100 m medley relay 1972 Munich 100 m breaststroke

Bruce was a graduate of Marian A. Peterson High School in Sunnyvale, California. He attended the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he swam for the UCLA Bruins swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition. He represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. At Munich, he won a silver medal in the men's 100-meter breaststroke, and also earned a gold medal swimming the breaststroke leg for the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×100-meter medley relay. Bruce, together with his relay teammates Mike Stamm (backstroke), Mark Spitz (butterfly) and Jerry Heidenreich (freestyle), set a new world record of 3:48.16.

Bruce died on April 9, 2020, at the age of 67.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of University of California, Los Angeles people
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay

External links

• Tom Bruce at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)