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401:. Suffering from an illness in early competition, he recovered sufficiently to just capture the 100 meter butterfly gold medal only 0.02 seconds ahead of second placed East German Roger Pyttel. He held the record until April 1981.
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500:200 m butterfly
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328:4×100 m medley
27:Personal information
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682:February 4,
510:18 Aug 1979
480:11 Apr 1980
259:1978 Berlin
231:1980 Moscow
50:Nationality
1485:Categories
829:Matt Vogel
806:Mark Spitz
650:References
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587:– B final;
489:Austin, TX
323:1981 Split
304:1981 Split
64:1960-02-27
1378:Ove Nylén
530:Legend:
461:Location
424:in 1985.
368:butterfly
125:butterfly
614:Records
504:2:00.42
364:Finspång
184:swimming
111:Swimming
75:Finspång
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