Justin Lemberg was an Australia

Australia

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n middle-long distance freestyle

Freestyle swimming

Freestyle is an unregulated swimming style used in swimming competitions according to the rules of FINA. The front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a freestyle race, as this style is generally the fastest...

 swimmer of the 1980s, who won a bronze medal in the 400m freestyle, swimming at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

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. He was coached by the flamboyant Laurie Lawrence

Laurie Lawrence

Laurie Joseph Lawrence , is an Australian swimming coach. He was also an Australia national rugby union team member in 1964.-Early life:...

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Born and raised in Brisbane

Brisbane

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, Queensland

Queensland

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, Lemberg put in the best performance of his life to improve his Australian record by more than 2 seconds to claim bronze, just 0.56s behind the American

United States

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 duo of George DiCarlo

George DiCarlo

George Thomas DiCarlo is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won the gold medal in the men's 400 m freestyle event breaking the Olympic record at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California...

 and John Mykkanen

John Mykkanen

John Cary Mykkanen is a former freestyle swimmer from the United States, who won the silver medal in the men's 400m freestyle event at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. He finished second behind George DiCarlo.-References:*...

. He also competed in the 200m and 1500m freestyle events, but was eliminated in the heats. He narrowly missed a second bronze, coming 4th as part of the 4x200m freestyle relay.