page_title: Bowen Stassforth
hierarchical_section_title: Bowen Stassforth
caption_attribution_description: 1952 Press Photo John Davies and Bowen D. Stassforth with Swimming Awards
context_page_description: Bowen Dow Stassforth was an American competition swimmer. He won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1952 Olympics and set two world records in the 200-yard breaststroke. and one world record in the 100 meter breaststroke
  Stassforth died at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, California on November 22, 2019 at the age of 93.
context_section_description: Bowen Dow Stassforth (August 7, 1926 – November 22, 2019) was an American competition swimmer. He won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1952 Olympics and set two world records in the 200-yard (long course) breaststroke. and one world record in the 100 meter (long course) breaststroke
  Stassforth died at his home in Rancho Palos Verdes, California on November 22, 2019 at the age of 93.
caption: Stassforth in 1952
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