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{{Short description|American swimmer (1918–1988)}}
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{{Infobox swimmer
| name           = Ralph Flanagan
| image          = Ralph Flanagan 1938.jpg
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| alt            =
| caption        = Flanagan in 1938
| fullname       = Ralph Drew Flanagan
| nicknames      =
| national_team  = {{USA}}
| strokes        = [[Freestyle swimming|Freestyle]]
| club           = Greater Miami Athletic Club
| collegeteam    = [[Texas Longhorns swimming and diving|University of Texas]]
| birth_date     = {{Birth date|1918|12|14|mf=y}}
| birth_place    = [[Los Alamitos, California]]
| death_date     = {{Death date and age|1988|2|8|1918|12|14|mf=y}}
| death_place    = [[Los Alamitos, California]]
| height         = <!-- {{convert|x|ft|xx|in|m|abbr=on}} -->
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| medaltemplates =
{{MedalCountry | the United States}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Swimming at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1936 Summer Olympics|1936 Berlin]] | [[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|4×200 m freestyle]]}}
}}
'''Ralph Drew Flanagan''' (December 14, 1918 – February 8, 1988) was an American competitive [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who represented the United States at two consecutive [[Summer Olympics]] during the 1930s.<ref name=sroprofile>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001821/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fl/ralph-flanagan-1.html  Ralph Flanagan].  Retrieved January 30, 2013.</ref>
As a 13-year-old at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]] in Los Angeles, California, Flanagan competed in the semifinals of the [[Swimming at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle|men's 1,500-meter freestyle]].<ref name=sroprofile/><ref>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165224/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/SWI/mens-1500-metres-freestyle-final.html  Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Final].  Retrieved January 30, 2013.</ref>  Four years later at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin, Germany, he won a silver medal as a member of the second-place U.S. team in the [[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay|men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay]].<ref name=sroprofile/><ref>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045153/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/USA/summer/1936/SWI/  United States Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games].  Retrieved January 30, 2013.</ref>  Individually, he finished fourth in the [[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metre freestyle|men's 400-meter freestyle]] and fifth in the [[Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle|men's 1,500-meter freestyle]].<ref name=sroprofile/><ref>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090811/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/SWI/mens-400-metres-freestyle-final.html  Men's 400 metres Freestyle Final].  Retrieved January 30, 2013.</ref><ref>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1936 Berlin Summer Games, [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417090813/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1936/SWI/mens-1500-metres-freestyle-final.html  Men's 1,500 metres Freestyle Final].  Retrieved January 30, 2013.</ref>
Flanagan was inducted into the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1978.<ref name=ishofprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/ralph-flanagan-(usa).html |title=Ralph Flanagan (USA) |website=ISHOF.org |publisher=[[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] |access-date=March 16, 2015 |archive-date=October 28, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171028154624/http://www.ishof.org/ralph-flanagan-(usa).html |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==See also==
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]
* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)]]
* [[List of University of Texas at Austin alumni]]
==References==
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{{Reflist}}
{{Footer USA Swimming 1932 Summer Olympics}}
{{Footer USA Swimming 1936 Summer Olympics}}
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[[Category:1918 births]]
[[Category:1988 deaths]]
[[Category:American male freestyle swimmers]]
[[Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Los Alamitos, California]]
[[Category:Swimmers from California]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Texas Longhorns men's swimmers]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]