James N. Hartung

(1960- ) born in Omaha, lives in Lincoln. Athlete, won team gold medal in gymnastics for the United States at 1984 Olympics, the only time in Olympic history that the U.S. men have claimed the team gold medal; while at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, his team won four straight national championships, he was a 22-time NCAA All-American and seven-time NCAA champion; served as coach of the National Gymnastics team and a judge with international credentials, recipient of Nissen Award in 1982. Consult Lincoln Star, November 15, 1984, pp. 35, 38 and David Wallechinsky, The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Little, Brown, 1996) 489 and Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald, October 21, 2001, p. B-7.

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