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Who was the first swimmer to cover 100m in less than a minute please? I have 11 letters in the surname.
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.In 1922, Johnny Weissmuller became the first person to swim the 100 m in less than a minute, using a six kicks per cycle Australian crawl. Johnny Weissmuller started the golden age of swimming and was the world's most famous swimmer, winning five Olympic medals and 36 national championships and never losing a race in his ten-year career, until he retired from swimming and started his second career as Tarzan.