Glenn Buchanan

Glenn Buchanan

Personal information
Full name	Glenn Robert Buchanan
National team	Australia
Born	19 November 1962 Townsville, Queensland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Carlisle SC
Medal record Men's swimming Competitor for Australia Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles 100 m butterfly 1984 Los Angeles 4x100 m medley

Glenn Robert Buchanan (born 19 November 1962) is an Australian former butterfly swimmer of the 1980s who won two bronze medals in the 100-metre butterfly and the 4x100-metre medley relay, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Pitted against the United States' world record-holder Pablo Morales and West Germany's Michael Gross, Buchanan swam at such a pace in a vain attempt to keep up that he broke the Australian record, finishing 0.77 of a second behind Gross, who set a new world record. Each of the first six finishers had improved their respective national records. Buchanan then combined with Mark Stockwell, Peter Evans and Mark Kerry to claim another bronze in the 4x100-metre medley relay.

Buchanan continues to reside in Townsville and runs a swim school.

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)

References

• Andrews, Malcolm (2000). Australia at the Olympic Games. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. p. 68. ISBN 0-7333-0884-8.