Full name: Kevin John Berry
Gender: Male
Height: 5-7.5 (172 cm)
Weight: 157 lbs (71 kg)
Born: April 10, 1945 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died: December 7, 2006 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Affiliations: ?, South Australia, (AUS)
Country: Australia
Sport: Swimming
Medals: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze (3 Total)
Discovered as a talented butterfly swimmer early on, Kevin Berry débuted at the Olympics when he was only 15. He made the final of the 200 m butterfly and swam in the heats of 4 x 100 m medley relay, in which Australia earned a silver medal. Berry first bettered the world record in this distance two years later, one of 12 set during his career (including Imperial distances). At the 1962 Commonwealth Games, Berry earned three golds, winning both individual butterfly events and the medley relay. At the 1964 Olympics, he overwhelmingly won the 200 m butterfly gold, lowering his own world record to 2:06.6. He also won a bronze with the Australian relay squad. A six-time Australian champion, Berry lost his form after the Tokyo Games, and became a sports journalist. Starting out as a photographer, he eventually became head of sports at Australian channel ABC. A noted Olympic historian, he was an early member of the International Society of Olympic Historians (ISOH) and published "2000 Things You Didn’t Know About The Olympic Games". |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Event | Team | NOC | Rank | Medal | |
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1960 Summer | 15 | Roma | Swimming | Men's 200 metres Butterfly | Australia | AUS | 6 | ||
1960 Summer | 15 | Roma | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay | Australia | AUS | 2 | Silver | OR |
1964 Summer | 19 | Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 200 metres Butterfly | Australia | AUS | 1 | Gold | WR |
1964 Summer | 19 | Tokyo | Swimming | Men's 4 × 100 metres Medley Relay | Australia | AUS | 3 | Bronze |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Country | Phase | Unit | Rank | T | |
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1960 Summer | 15 | Roma | Swimming | Australia | Final | 6 | 2:18.5 | ||
1960 Summer | 15 | Roma | Swimming | Australia | Semi-Finals | Heat One | 4 | QU | 2:23.1 |
1960 Summer | 15 | Roma | Swimming | Australia | Round One | Heat Five | 1 | QU | 2:18.9 |
1964 Summer | 19 | Tokyo | Swimming | Australia | Final | 1 | WR | 2:06.6 | |
1964 Summer | 19 | Tokyo | Swimming | Australia | Semi-Finals | Heat Two | 1 | QU | 2:09.8 |
1964 Summer | 19 | Tokyo | Swimming | Australia | Round One | Heat Two | 1 | QU | 2:11.0 |
Games | Age | City | Sport | Team | NOC | Phase | Unit | Rank | T | IST | CTAS | |
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1960 Summer | 15 | Roma | Swimming | Australia | AUS | Round One | Heat One | 1 | QU/OR | 4:14.8 | 1:01.7 | 3:19.6 |
1964 Summer | 19 | Tokyo | Swimming | Australia | AUS | Final | 3 | 4:02.3 | 57.7 | 3:08.5 | ||
1964 Summer | 19 | Tokyo | Swimming | Australia | AUS | Round One | Heat Two | 4 | QU | 4:11.4 | 1:00.1 | 3:16.5 |