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Richard Michael McGeagh (born March 11 1944) is an American former competition swimmer and former world record-holder. McGeagh participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo Japan. He swam the backstroke leg for the gold medal-winning U.S. team in the men’s 4×100-meter medley relay during the preliminary heats of the event. He did not receive a medal however; under the 1964 Olympic swimming rules only swimmers who competed in the event final were medal-eligible.