Allen Stack

Allen McIntyre Stack (January 23, 1928 – September 12, 1999) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.

Key Information

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

Stack attended Yale University, where he swam for the Yale Bulldogs swimming and diving team in 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 from 1951 to 1954, and graduated from Columbia University Law School in 1956. He practiced law in Honolulu, Hawaii until 1998.^[2]

Stack was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1979.^[3]

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Yale University people
• World record progression 200 metres backstroke

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Allen Stack". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
• Allen Stack (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-02)