June Croft is a swimmer who has competed for Great Britain. She competed at the 1980, 1984, and 1988 Summer Olympic Games.
Croft was the top British female swimmer in the freestyle events through the 1980s. She enjoyed a glorious success at her first Olympics in 1980 when she helped the British women secure the runner-up spot behind the East Germans in the 4x100 metres medley relay.
Four years later in Los Angeles, the absence of many swimmers from Eastern Bloc countries heightened Croft's chances for a medal in the distance-freestyle treble (200-400-800). In the 400 metres freestyle, she snared a bronze with a lifetime best of 4:11.49, lagging more than a second behind her teammate Sarah Hardcastle. Croft also entered the finals of four other races in her swimming schedule but she finished outside the medal contention in either of them.
Seoul 1988 turned to be lackluster for Croft as she failed to advance from the prelims in her distance-freestyle treble (100, 200, and 400) and missed the final by more than a second with the British women's team in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay. She retired from competitive swimming two years later.
Olympic Results[]
Year | Event | Rank |
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1980 | Women's 100m freestyle | 9th |
Women's 200m freestyle | 6th | |
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay | 4th | |
Women's 4x100m medley relay | ||
1984 | Women's 100m freestyle | 6th |
Women's 200m freestyle | 6th | |
Women's 400m freestyle | ||
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay | 6th | |
Women's 4x100m medley relay | 4th | |
1988 | Women's 100m freestyle | 28th |
Women's 200m freestyle | 21st | |
Women's 400m freestyle | 27th | |
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay | 10th |
1980[]
Discipline | Round | Time |
---|---|---|
100 metres freestyle | Heats | 57.88 |
Final | Did not advance | |
200 metres freestyle | Heats | 2:03.95 |
Final | 2:03.15 | |
4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:53.08 (57.30 split) |
Final | 3:51.71 (56.85 split) | |
4x100 metres medley relay | Heats | 4:16.29 (57.69 split) |
Final | 4:12.24 (55.92 split) |
1984[]
Discipline | Round | Time | |
---|---|---|---|
100 metres freestyle | Heats | 57.12 | |
A Final | 56.90 | ||
200 metres freestyle | Heats | 2:01.05 | |
A Final | 2:00.64 | ||
400 metres freestyle | Heats | 4:15.51 | |
A Final | 4:11.49 | PR | |
4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:51.47 (57.06 split) |
|
Final | 3:50.12 (57.49 split) |
NR | |
4x100 metres medley relay | Heats | 4:16.83 (56.76 split) |
|
Final | 4:14.05 (56.08 split) |
1988[]
Discipline | Round | Time |
---|---|---|
100 metres freestyle | Heats | 58.19 |
Final | Did not advance | |
200 metres freestyle | Heats | 2:03.63 |
Final | Did not advance | |
400 metres freestyle | Heats | 4:21.98 |
Final | Did not advance | |
4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:50.84 (57.70 split) |
Final | Did not advance |