Frank Heckl

American swimmer

Frank Heckl

Personal information

Full name| Frank Heckl
National team|  United States
Born| c. 1950
Sport
Sport| Swimming
Strokes| Freestyle, butterfly
College team| University of Southern California

Medal record

Men's swimming
Representing the United States
Pan American Games
| 1971 Cali | 100 m freestyle
| 1971 Cali | 200 m freestyle
| 1971 Cali | 100 m butterfly
| 1971 Cali | 4×100 m freestyle
| 1971 Cali | 4×200 m freestyle
| 1971 Cali | 4×100 m medley
| 1971 Cali | 200 m medley
Universiade
| 1970 Turin | 100 m freestyle
| 1970 Turin | 4×100 m freestyle
| 1970 Turin | 4×200 m freestyle
| 1970 Turin | 4×100 m medley

Frank Heckl (born c. 1950) is an American former competition swimmer, seven-time Pan American Games medalist, and former world record-holder in two relay events.

At the 1971 Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia, Heckl won a remarkable seven medals, six of them gold and one silver. His gold medal performances included three individual races: the 100- and 200-meter freestyle, and 100-meter butterfly (56.92); and three relay races: the 4x100-meter freestyle (3:32.15), 4x200-meter freestyle (7:45.82), and 4x100-meter medley (3:56.08). He also won a silver medal in the 200-meter medley (2:12.11).[1][2]

Heckl attended the University of Southern California (USC), where he swam for the USC Trojans swimming and diving team from 1969 to 1972. As Trojan swimmer, he was a member of seven NCAA championship relay teams.[3]

Heckl subsequently graduated from USC with his bachelor's and medical degrees, and has served as a team doctor for the U.S. national team, including the 1984 Olympics. As of 2015, he works in New Mexico as an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine and arthroscopy.[4]

## See also

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* World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
* World record progression 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay

## References

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1. ^ Steven Olderr, The Pan American Games: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, McFarland & Company, Inc., Jefferson, North Carolina, pp. 237–245 (2009). Retrieved August 20, 2015.
2. ^ "Medalists" (PDF). ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 10, 2014. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
3. ^ "USC" (PDF). USC Trojans. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
4. ^ "Frank Heckl, MD". New Mexico Orthopaedics. Retrieved August 20, 2015.

International medals won by Frank Heckl

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Pan American Champions in Men's 100 m freestyle

* 1951:  Dick Cleveland (USA)
* 1955:  Clarke Scholes (USA)
* 1959:  Jeff Farrell (USA)
* 1963:  Steve Clark (USA)
* 1967:  Don Havens (USA)
* 1971:  Frank Heckl (USA)
* 1975:  Richard Abbott (USA)
* 1979:  David McCagg (USA)
* 1983:  Rowdy Gaines (USA)
* 1987:  Todd Dudley (USA)
* 1991:  Gustavo Borges (BRA)
* 1995:  Gustavo Borges (BRA)
* 1999:  Fernando Scherer (BRA)
* 2003:  José Meolans (ARG)
* 2007:  César Cielo (BRA)
* 2011:  César Cielo (BRA)
* 2015:  Federico Grabich (ARG)
* 2019:  Marcelo Chierighini (BRA)
* 2023:  Guilherme Caribé (BRA)

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Pan American Champions in Men's 200 m freestyle

* 1967:  Don Schollander (USA)
* 1971:  Frank Heckl (USA)
* 1975:  Jorge Delgado (ECU)
* 1979:  Rowdy Gaines (USA)
* 1983:  Bruce Hayes (USA)
* 1987:  John Witchell (USA)
* 1991:  Eric Diehl (USA)
* 1995:  Gustavo Borges (BRA)
* 1999:  Gustavo Borges (BRA)
* 2003:  George Bovell (TTO)
* 2007:  Matthew Owen (USA)
* 2011:  Brett Fraser (CAY)
* 2015:  João de Lucca (BRA)
* 2019:  Fernando Scheffer (BRA)
* 2023:  Coby Carrozza (USA)

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Pan American Champions in Men's 100 m butterfly

* 1967:  Mark Spitz (USA)
* 1971:  Frank Heckl (USA)
* 1975:  Mike Currington (USA)
* 1979:  Robert Placak (USA)
* 1983:  Matt Gribble (USA)
* 1987:  Anthony Nesty (SUR)
* 1991:  Anthony Nesty (SUR)
* 1995:  Mark Henderson (USA)
* 1999:  Francisco Sánchez (VEN)
* 2003:  Ben Michaelson (USA)
* 2007:  Kaio de Almeida (BRA)
* 2011:  Albert Subirats (VEN)
* 2015:  Giles Smith (USA)
* 2019:  Tom Shields (USA)
* 2023:  Lukas Miller (USA)

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Pan American Champions in Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay

* 1967:  K. Walsh, M. Fitzmaurice, M. Spitz, D. Schollander (USA)
* 1971:  D. Edgar, S. Genter, J. Heidenreich, F. Heckl (USA)
* 1975:  J. Babashoff, A. Ruby, M. Grattan, R. Abbott (USA)
* 1979:  R. Gaines, J. Babashoff, J. Newton, D. McCagg (USA)
* 1983:  R. Leamy, M. Gribble, C. Cavanaugh, R. Gaines (USA)
* 1987:  J. Born, S. McCadam, P. Robinson, T. Dudley (USA)
* 1991:  T. Ferreira, E. Nascimento, J. Rebolal, G. Borges (BRA)
* 1995:  G. Hall Jr., T. Jager, J. Davis, J. Olsen (USA)
* 1999:  F. Scherer, C. Quintaes, A. Cordeiro, G. Borges (BRA)
* 2003:  C. Jayme, G. Borges, F. Scherer, J. Souza (BRA)
* 2007:  F. Silva, E. Deboni, N. Oliveira, C. Cielo (BRA)
* 2011:  C. Cielo, B. Fratus, N. Santos, N. Oliveira (BRA)
* 2015:  M. Santana, J. de Lucca, B. Fratus, M. Chierighini (BRA)
* 2019:  B. Correia, M. Chierighini, B. Fratus, P. Spajari (BRA)
* 2023:  G. Caribé, M. Chierighini, V. Alcará, F. Ribeiro (BRA)

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Pan American Champions in men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay

* 1951:  R. Gora, B. Jones, D. Cleveland, B. Heusner (USA)
* 1955:  M. Smith, W. Yorzyk, W. Moore, J. McLane (USA)
* 1959:  D. Blick, P. Sintz, J. Rounsavelle, F. Winters (USA)
* 1963:  G. Ilman, R. McDonough, D. Lyons, E. Townsend (USA)
* 1967:  D. Schollander, C. Hickcox, G. Charlton, M. Spitz (USA)
* 1971:  J. Heidenreich, J. McConica, S. Genter, F. Heckl (USA)
* 1975:  R. DeMont, R. Favero, B. Horner, M. Curington (USA)
* 1979:  B. Goodell, D. Larson, K. Kirshner, R. Gaines (USA)
* 1983:  D. Larson, R. Saeger, B. Hayes, R. Gaines (USA)
* 1987:  P. Robinson, B. Jones, M. O'Brien, J. Witchell (USA)
* 1991:  J. Keppeler, J. Wells, C. Tippins, E. Diehl (USA)
* 1995:  J. Olsen, J. Davis, R. Berube, G. Burgess (USA)
* 1999:  A. Messner, D. Phillips, D. Howard, S. Tucker (USA)
* 2003:  R. Lochte, B. Goldberg, J. Lee, D. Ketchum (USA)
* 2007:  T. Pereira, R. Castro, L. Salatta, N. Oliveira (BRA)
* 2011:  C. Dwyer, S. Robison, C. Houchin, M. Patton, D. Madwed, R. Feeley, R. Tullius, R. Margalis (USA)
* 2015:  L. Altamir Melo, J. de Lucca, T. Pereira, N. Oliveira, H. Rodrigues, K. de Almeida, T. Simon (BRA)
* 2019:  L. Altamir Melo, F. Scheffer, J. de Lucca, B. Correia (BRA)
* 2023:  M. Sartori, B. Correia, F. Scheffer, G. Costa, L. Altamir Melo, L. Coelho Santos, F. Ribeiro de Souza (BRA)

Italics: Swimmers who participated in the heats only and received medals.

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Pan American Champions in Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay

* 1951:  A. Stack, B. Stassforth, D. Cleveland (USA)
* 1955:  F. McKinney, F. Maguire, L. Baarcke, C. Scholes (USA)
* 1959:  F. McKinney, F. Munsch, M. Troy, J. Farrell (USA)
* 1963:  R. McGeagh, B. Craig, W. Richardson, N. Kirby (USA)
* 1967:  D. Russell, R. Webb, M. Spitz, K. Walsh (USA)
* 1971:  J. Murphy, B. Job, J. Heidenreich, F. Heckl (USA)
* 1975:  P. Rocca, R. Colella, M. Curington, J. Babashoff (USA)
* 1979:  B. Jackson, S. Lundquist, R. Placak, D. McCagg (USA)
* 1983:  R. Carey, S. Lundquist, M. Gribble, R. Gaines (USA)
* 1987:  A. Gill, R. Korhammer, W. King, T. Dudley (USA)
* 1991:  A. Gill, H. Dersch, M. Merrell, J. Thomas (USA)
* 1995:  J. Rouse, S. Van Neerden, M. Henderson, J. Olsen (USA)
* 1999:  A. Massura, M. Tomazini, F. Scherer, G. Borges (BRA)
* 2003:  P. Marshall, M. Gangloff, B. Michaelson, N. Brunelli (USA)
* 2007:  R. Bal, M. Gangloff, R. Berens, A. Grant (USA)
* 2011:  G. Guido, F. França, G. Mangabeira, C. Cielo (BRA)
* 2015:  G. Guido, F. França, A. Mendes, M. Chierighini (BRA)
* 2019:  D. Carr, N. Fink, T. Shields, N. Adrian (USA)
* 2023:  J. Aikins, J. Foster, L. Miller, J. Kulow (USA)

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Summer Universiade Champions in men's 100 m freestyle

* 1959: Igor Luzhkovsky (URS)
* 1961: Keigo Shimizu (JPN)
* 1963 – 1965: Hans-Joachim Klein (FRG)
* 1967: Don Havens (USA)
* 1970: Frank Heckl (USA)
* 1973: Vladimir Bure (URS)
* 1977: John Ebuna (USA)
* 1979: Marcello Guarducci (ITA)
* 1981: Kris Kirchner (USA)
* 1983: Sergey Smiryagin (URS)
* 1985: Matt Biondi (USA)
* 1987: Andy Jameson (GBR)
* 1991: Stéphan Caron (FRA)
* 1993: David Fox (USA)
* 1995: Fernando Scherer (BRA)
* 1997: Marcos Hernández (CUB)
* 1999: Denis Pimankov (RUS)
* 2001: Romain Barnier (FRA)
* 2003: Andrey Kapralov (RUS)
* 2005: Yevgeny Lagunov (RUS)
* 2007: Andrey Grechin (RUS)
* 2009: Sergey Fesikov (RUS)
* 2011: Jimmy Feigen (USA)
* 2013: Vladimir Morozov (RUS)
* 2015: Henrique Martins (BRA)
* 2017: Ryan Held (USA)
* 2019: Zach Apple (USA)
* 2021: Kamil Sieradzki (POL)

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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

* 1959: Great Britain: Unknown
* 1961: Japan: (Shimizu, Fukui, Yoshimuta, Fujimoto)
* 1963: Japan: (Umemoto, Fukui, Yoshimuta, Fujimoto)
* 1965: United States: (Roth, Saari, Dilley, Ilman)
* 1967: United States: (Walsh, Havens, Charlton, Zorn)
* 1970: United States: (Havens, McConica, O'Mallay, Heckl)
* 1973: United States: (Elliot, Tietre, Anderson, Knox)
* 1977: United States: (Coan, Lambert, Curington, Ebuna)
* 1979: Not held
* 1981: United States: (Spencer, Schmidt, Goodridge, Kirschner)
* 1983: Soviet Union:
* 1985: United States: (McCadam, Born, Oppel, Biondi)
* 1987: United States: (Hansen, Kerska, Williams, Thomas)
* 1991: United States: (Anderson, Davis, Hansen, Towne)
* 1993: United States: (Kurza, Pepper, Picotte, Fox)
* 1995: United States: (Schumacher, Tucker, Gumbril, Davis)
* 1997: United States: (Newman, Esway, Lezak, Jones)
* 1999: Australia: (Goudie, Upton, Wyllie, Pine)
* 2001: Great Britain: (Kidd, Scotcher, Cozens, Belk)
* 2003: Great Britain: (Cozens, Scotcher, Davenport, Kidd)
* 2005: France: (Galavtine, Bodet, Madelaine, Bernard)
* 2007: United States: (McGinnis, Grevers, Lundquist, Ritter)
* 2009: United States: (Copeland, Brady, Mcginnis, Robison)
* 2011: United States: (Feigen, Phillips, Norys, Savulich)
* 2013: Russia: (Grechin, Lobintsev, Morozov, Izotov)
* 2015: United States: (Ellis, Wynalda, Conger, Stubblefield)
* 2017: United States: (Rooney, Held, Ress, Lynch)
* 2019: United States: (Apple, Farris, Howard, Jackson)
* 2021: Poland: (Sieradzki, Dudys, Chowaniec, Kraska)

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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×200 m Freestyle Relay

* 1959: Italy: Unknown
* 1961: Not held
* 1963: Not held
* 1965: United States: (Roth, Saari, Roth, Ilman)
* 1967: United States: (Charlton, Nelson, Hickcox, Robie)
* 1970: United States: (Strenk, O'Mallay, McConica, Heckl)
* 1973: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1977: United States: (Weston, Curington, Ebuna, Hannula Jr.)
* 1979: United States: (Sharpe, Dickson, O'Brien, Hillencamp)
* 1981: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1985: United States: (Oppel, Siroky, Dillon, Biondi)
* 1987: United States: (Parker, Lang, Hodge, Olsen)
* 1991: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1993: United States: (Keppeler, Phillips, Van Tassell, Berube)
* 1995: United States: (Davis, Kanner, Rumley, Schumacher)
* 1997: United States: (Eckerman, Goldblatt, Rauch, Schryver)
* 1999: United States: (Godsman, Hartzel, Leonard, Warkentin)
* 2001: Italy: (Beccari, Selleri, Pelliciari, Cappellazzo)
* 2003: Russia: (Kapralov, Kuznetsov, Chernyshov, Prilukov)
* 2005: Italy: (Frovi, Calvi, Pasteris, Cassio)
* 2007: United States: (McGinnis, Ritter, Van Wie, Klueh)
* 2009: Japan: (Uchida, Hihara, Kuzuhara, Mononobe)
* 2011: United States: (Klueh, Hill, Bartlett, McLean)
* 2013: Russia: (Izotov, Lobintsev, Lobuzov, Sukhorukov)
* 2015: United States: (Youngquist, Malone, Wynalda, Whitaker)
* 2017: Japan: (Matsumoto, Sakata, Kobori, Hagino)
* 2019: United States: (Farris, House, Julian, Apple)
* 2021: Japan: (Yanagimoto, Imoto, Terakado, Kurokawa)

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Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 4×100 m Medley Relay

* 1959: Italy: Unknown
* 1961: Japan: (Fukushima, Shikiishi ,Yoshimuta, Fujimoto)
* 1963: Hungary: Unknown
* 1965: United States: (Mann, Tretheway, Riker, Roth)
* 1967: United States: (Hickcox, Merten, Russell, Walsh)
* 1970: United States: (Ivey, Shilling, Ferris, Heckl)
* 1973: United States: (Johnson, Chatfield, Poucher, Knox)
* 1977: United States: (Ballard, Michaelis, Curington, Ebuna)
* 1979: United States: (Manganiello, Lundberg, Bottom, Peppas)
* 1981: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1983: Soviet Union: Unknown
* 1985: United States: (Rhodenbaugh, Moffet, O'Neil, McCadam)
* 1987: United States: (Berkoff, Torres, Mortenson, Hansen)
* 1991: United States: (Hansen, Kutler, Pajer, Schwenk)
* 1993: United States: (Schwenk, Crawford, Pepper, Fox)
* 1995: United States: (Jachimowski, Engstrom-Heg, Lancaster, Davis)
* 1997: United States: (Brewer, Kling, Martyak, Jones)
* 1999: United States: (Ulrickson, McDonnell, Pierce, Busse)
* 2001: United States: (Marshall, Denniston, Haidinyak, VonSchoff)
* 2003: Ukraine: (Nikolaychuk, Lisohor, Serdinov, Yegoshin)
* 2005: Ukraine: (Bugayov, Lisohor, Advena, Syzonenko)
* 2007: Russia: (Smirnov, Falko, Korotyshkin, Grechin)
* 2009: Japan: (R. Irie, Sakimoto, S. Irie, Harada)
* 2011: Japan: (Irie, Tateishi, Kishida, Shioura)
* 2013: Russia: (Morozov, Strelnikov, Koptelov, Grechin)
* 2015: Russia: (Shabasov, Kostin, Koptelov, Polischuk)
* 2017: United States: (Ress, Wilson, Lynch, Held)
* 2019: United States: (Ress, Finnerty, Shebat, Apple)
* 2021: China: (Wang, Qin, Chen, Lin)

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NCAA Champions in Men's 200 y Individual Medley

* 1956: Albert Wiggins (Ohio State)
* 1957: Timothy Jecko (Yale)
* 1958: Joe Hunsaker (Illinois)
* 1959: George Harrison (Stanford)
* 1960: Lance Larson (USC)
* 1961: John Kelso (Denver)
* 1962: Harley Mull (Ohio State)
* 1963: Harley Mull (Ohio State)
* 1964: Roy Saari (USC)
* 1965: Robert Hopper (Ohio State)
* 1966: Bill Utley (Indiana)
* 1967: Dick Roth (Stanford)
* 1968: Charlie Hickcox (Indiana)
* 1969: Charlie Hickcox (Indiana)
* 1970: Frank Heckl (USC)
* 1971: Gary Hall Sr. (Indiana)
* 1972: Gary Hall Sr. (Indiana)
* 1973: Steve Furniss (USC)
* 1974: Steve Furniss (USC)
* 1975: Fred Tyler (Indiana)
* 1976: Leroy Engstrand (Tennessee)
* 1977: Scott Spann Sr. (Auburn)
* 1978: Scott Spann Sr. (Auburn)
* 1979: D. Graham Smith (California)
* 1980: Bill Barrett (UCLA)
* 1981: Bill Barrett (UCLA)
* 1982: Bill Barrett (UCLA)
* 1983: Steve Lundquist (SMU)
* 1984: Ricardo Prado (SMU)
* 1985: Pablo Morales (Stanford)
* 1986: Pablo Morales (Stanford)
* 1987: Pablo Morales (Stanford)
* 1988: David Wharton (USC)
* 1989: David Wharton (USC)
* 1990: David Wharton (USC)
* 1991: Martín López-Zubero (Florida)
* 1992: Jeff Rouse (Stanford)
* 1993: Greg Burgess (Florida)
* 1994: Greg Burgess (Florida)
* 1995: Kurt Jachimowski (Auburn)
* 1996: Ryan Berube (SMU)
* 1997: Kris Babylon (Georgia)
* 1998: Tom Wilkens (Stanford)
* 1999: Lionel Moreau (Auburn)
* 2001: Nate Dusing (Texas)
* 2002: Markus Rogan (Stanford)
* 2003: George Bovell (Auburn)
* 2005: Ryan Lochte (Florida)
* 2006: Ryan Lochte (Florida)
* 2007: Adam Ritter (Arizona)
* 2008: Darian Townsend (Arizona)
* 2009: Bradley Ally (Florida)
* 2010: Austin Surhoff (Texas)
* 2011: Austin Staab (Stanford)
* 2012: Marcin Tarczyński (California)
* 2013: David Nolan (Stanford)
* 2014: Marcin Cieślak (Florida)
* 2015: David Nolan (Stanford)
* 2016: Will Licon (Texas)
* 2017: Will Licon (Texas)
2017: Mark Szaranek (Florida)
* 2018: Jan Świtkowski (Florida)
* 2019: Andrew Seliskar (California)
* ~~2020~~ : Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
* 2021: Shaine Casas (Texas A&M)
* 2022: Léon Marchand (Arizona State)
* 2023: Léon Marchand (Arizona State)
* 2024: Destin Lasco (California)
* 2025: Hubert Kós (Texas)

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