Bruce Furniss

Who is Bruce Furniss?

Bruce MacFarlane Furniss is an American former competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, he won the 200-meter freestyle and was a member of the winning U.S. team in the 4x200-meter freestyle relay, both in world record time.

He attended Foothill High School and the University of Southern California.

During an illustrious swimming career spanning seventeen years, Furniss broke ten world and nineteen American records, and won 11 AAU and six NCAA titles. He was a member of the 1976 U.S. Olympic Swimming Team, a team regarded by most sports historians as the most dominating Olympic sports team ever assembled, winning 12 of 13 possible Gold Medals and 28 of 35 possible total medals. Furniss won Olympic Gold in the 200 meter Freestyle, and the 4×200 meter Freestyle Relay, setting world records in each event. In the 200 meter Freestyle he led a U.S.A. sweep finishing ahead of fellow Americans John Naber and Jim Montgomery. He teamed up with Naber, Montgomery and Mike Bruner on the 4 × 200-meter Freestyle Relay.