Johnny Weissmuller Swimming Records and Awards

Earned 5 Olympic Gold Medals in Swimming
Won 52 National Championships in Swimming
Set 76 World Records in Swimming

- 1968, Awarded “Sportsman’s World Award/Swimming”
- 1971, Awarded “American Patriot Award”
- 1972, Awarded Dewars Merit Award for “Sports Immortal”
- 1972, Awarded honorary sixth Gold Medal at Olympic Games in Germany
- 1972, Declared “Sports World King”
- 1974, Declared “King of Swimming Undefeated” by the International Palace of Sports

Awarded the Helms Hall of Fame Award three times
Named Chairman of International Swimming Hall of Fame
Voted the Greatest Swimmer of the first half of the Century 1900-1950 by the Sportswriters of America
Portrayed Tarzan in 19 feature films
Starred in the Jungle Jim television series