Paul Hait

Bennett, Hait, Clark and Gillanders after breaking 4×100-meter world record in 1960 Olympic heats
Personal information
Full name	Paul William Hait
National team	United States
Born	(1940-05-25) May 25, 1940 (age 84) Pasadena, California, U.S.
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	198 lb (90 kg)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Santa Clara Swim Club
College team	Stanford University
Medal record Men's swimming Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1960 Rome 4×100 m medley

Paul William Hait (born May 25, 1940) is an American former competition swimmer and breaststroke specialist who is an Olympic champion and former world record-holder.

Hait won a gold medal in the 4×100 m medley relay at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, where he swam in the preliminary heats (with Steve Clark, Bob Bennett and Dave Gillanders) and in the final (with Frank McKinney, Lance Larson and Jeff Farrell), breaking the world record in both the heats and the finals. Individually, he finished eighth in the men's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2:41.4.^[1]

• List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
• List of Stanford University people
• World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay