Gator Affiliates representing Team USA in Paris.
14 Gators Represent Florida Swimming & Diving at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games
Thursday, July 25, 2024 | Men's Swimming & Diving, Women's Swimming & Diving, Olympics
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – As the 2024 Paris Olympics formally get underway on Friday, 14 Gators will represent Florida's swimming and diving program in the City of Lights. Pool swimming runs from July 27 through Aug. 4 inside the La Défense Arena. Diving will take place at the Paris Aquatics Centre from July 27 through Aug. 10. Open Water swimming will take place Aug. 8-9 at the Pont Alexandre III venue.
Current Florida swimmers competing at the 2024 Olympics are: Julie Brousseau, Josh Liendo, Jonny Marshall, Nicole Maier, Aleksas Savickas, Emma Weyant and Luke Whitlock. Former Gators that will be competing are: Amro Al-Wir, Maha Amer, Caeleb Dressel, Bobby Finke, Alberto Mestre, Alfonso Mestre and Kieran Smith.
In addition, Florida's Head Coach Anthony Nesty serves as the U.S. men's swimming head coach. Assistant coach Whitney Hite joins Nesty on staff as an assistant/personal coach for USA Swimming.
Three former Gator swimmers are also present in Paris. Gator Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel will help the NBC coverage, while current UF team physician Dr. Katie Edenfield is team doctor for U.S. Swimming and six-time NCAA champion/Gator Great Julia Gorman is the U.S. open water swimming physical therapist.
How to Watch:
Prelims begin at 5:00 a.m. ET, with semifinals/final events taking place at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Every day, the NBC broadcast network will provide Olympic fans, including live finals coverage of swimming. Additionally, each swimming session will be available on NBC Olympics' website and on Peacock.
Furthermore, fans can follow @GatorsOlympics and Florida's Olympic website page for full coverage of Gators results in Paris.
Swimming & Diving Roster Review:
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Saturday, July 27
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
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Current Florida swimmers competing at the 2024 Olympics are: Julie Brousseau, Josh Liendo, Jonny Marshall, Nicole Maier, Aleksas Savickas, Emma Weyant and Luke Whitlock. Former Gators that will be competing are: Amro Al-Wir, Maha Amer, Caeleb Dressel, Bobby Finke, Alberto Mestre, Alfonso Mestre and Kieran Smith.
In addition, Florida's Head Coach Anthony Nesty serves as the U.S. men's swimming head coach. Assistant coach Whitney Hite joins Nesty on staff as an assistant/personal coach for USA Swimming.
Three former Gator swimmers are also present in Paris. Gator Olympic medalist Elizabeth Beisel will help the NBC coverage, while current UF team physician Dr. Katie Edenfield is team doctor for U.S. Swimming and six-time NCAA champion/Gator Great Julia Gorman is the U.S. open water swimming physical therapist.
| Athlete | Events | Representing Country |
| Amro Al-Wir | 200 Breaststroke |
Jordan |
| Maha Amer | 3-Meter Springboard | Egypt |
| Julie Brousseau | 4x200 Free Relay | Canada |
| Caeleb Dressel | 100 Butterfly 50 Freestyle 4x100 Free Relay |
USA |
| Bobby Finke | 800 Freestyle 1500 Freestyle |
USA |
| Josh Liendo | 50 Freestyle 100 Butterfly 100 Freestyle 4x100 Free Relay 4x100 Medley Relay |
Canada |
| Jonny Marshall | 100 Backstroke | Great Britain |
| Nicole Maier | 4x200 Free Relay | Germany |
| Aleksas Savickas | 200 Breaststroke | Lithuania |
| Alberto Mestre | 50 Freestyle 100 Freestyle |
Venezuela |
| Alfonso Mestre | 400 Freestyle 800 Freestyle |
Venezuela |
| Kieran Smith | 400 Freestyle | USA |
| Emma Weyant | 400 IM | USA |
| Luke Whitlock | 800 Freestyle | USA |
Prelims begin at 5:00 a.m. ET, with semifinals/final events taking place at 2:30 p.m. ET.
Every day, the NBC broadcast network will provide Olympic fans, including live finals coverage of swimming. Additionally, each swimming session will be available on NBC Olympics' website and on Peacock.
Furthermore, fans can follow @GatorsOlympics and Florida's Olympic website page for full coverage of Gators results in Paris.
Swimming & Diving Roster Review:
- Nine Gators are Repeat Olympians: Amro Al-Wir (Jordan 2x), Maha Amer (Egypt 2x), Caeleb Dressel (U.S. 3x), Bobby Finke (U.S. 2x), Josh Liendo (Canada 2x), Alberto Mestre (Venezuela 2x), Alfonso Mestre (Venezuela 2x), Kieran Smith (U.S. 2x) and Emma Weyant (U.S. 2x)
- Gators are representing 8 different countries in Paris: Canada (2), Egypt (1), Germany (1), Great Britain (1), Jordan (1), Lithuania (1), United States (5) and Venezuela (2).
- Five Gators are making their Olympic Debut: Julie Brousseau, Nicole Maier, Jonny Marshall, Aleksas Savickas and Luke Whitlock
- Five with Gator ties on U.S. Olympic Swimming roster is among the nation's leaders for collegiate programs. California and Virginia tie for first with seven, while Florida, Indiana and Texas follow with five.
- Four Gators heading to Paris already have won an Olympic medal: Caeleb Dressel (USA: 7 golds), Bobby Finke (USA: 2 gold), Kieran Smith (USA: 1 bronze) and Emma Weyant (USA: 1 silver)
- Four earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-America honors during their Gator careers
| Gator | Year | Team |
| Caeleb Dressel | 2018 | 2nd |
| Alfonso Mestre | 2023 | 2nd |
| Emma Weyant | 2024 | 2nd |
| Maha Amer | 2023 | 3rd |
- Fifty-one different student-athletes on 2024 Paris Olympic teams won a total of 78 NCAA individual titles in 2023-24. Josh Liendo and Emma Weyant are two of Five Gators who lead those Olympians with 13 NCAA 2023-24 individual titles:
| Gator | 2023-24 NCAA Titles |
| Josh Liendo | 50 & 100 free, 100 fly, 200 free & medley relays |
| Emma Weyant | 800 freestyle relay |
- Of the USA Teams with head coaches, Anthony Nesty is one of four who won Olympic gold as a competitor
- Caeleb Dressel is one of 25 Olympians all-time with seven golds. U.S. gold medal leaders
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Saturday, July 27
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
- Women's 100 butterfly preliminaries
- Women's 400m freestyle preliminaries
- Men's 100 breaststroke preliminaries
- Men's 400 freestyle preliminaries
- Women's 4x100 freestyle relay preliminaries
- Men's 4x100 freestyle relay preliminaries
- 2:30 p.m. - Women's 100 butterfly semifinals
- 2:42 p.m. - Men's 400 freestyle final
- 2:52 p.m. - Women's 400 freestyle final
- 3:12 p.m. - Men's 100 breaststroke semifinals
- 3:34 p.m. - Women's 4x100 freestyle relay final
- 3:44 p.m. - Men's 4x100 freestyle relay final
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
- Men's 200 freestyle preliminaries
- Men's 400 IM preliminaries
- Women's 100 breaststroke preliminaries
- Men's 100 backstroke preliminaries
- Women's 200 freestyle preliminaries
- 2:30 p.m. - Men's 400 IM final
- 2:40 p.m. - Women's 100 butterfly final
- 2:46 p.m. - Men's 200 freestyle semifinals
- 3:10 p.m. - Women's 100 breaststroke semifinals
- 3:32 p.m. - Men's 100 backstroke semifinals
- 3:44 p.m. - Men's 100 breaststroke final
- 3:50 p.m. - Women's 200 freestyle semifinals
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
- Women's 400 IM preliminaries
- Women's 100 backstroke preliminaries
- Men's 800 freestyle preliminaries
- 2:30 p.m. - Women's 400 IM final
- 2:40 p.m. - Men's 200 freestyle final
- 2:57 p.m. - Women's 100 backstroke semifinals
- 3:19 p.m. - Men's 100 backstroke final
- 3:25 p.m. - Women's 100 breaststroke final
- 3:41 p.m. - Women's 200 freestyle final
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
- Men's 200 butterfly preliminaries
- Men's 100 freestyle preliminaries
- Women's 1500 freestyle preliminaries
- Women's 100 freestyle preliminaries
- Men's 200 breaststroke preliminaries
- Men's 4x200 freestyle relay preliminaries
- 2:30 p.m. - Men's 100 freestyle semifinals
- 2:42 p.m. – Men's 200 butterfly semifinals
- 2:56 p.m. - Women's 100 backstroke final
- 3:02 p.m. - Men's 800 freestyle final
- 3:25 p.m. - Women's 100 freestyle semifinals
- 3:47 p.m. - Men's 200 breaststroke semifinals
- 4:01 p.m. - Men's 4x200 freestyle relay final
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
- Women's 200 breaststroke preliminaries
- Men's 200 backstroke preliminaries
- Women's 200 butterfly preliminaries
- 2:30 p.m. – Women's 100 freestyle final
- 2:36 p.m. - Men's 200 butterfly final
- 2:43 p.m. - Women's 200 butterfly semifinals
- 3:07 p.m. - Women's 1500 freestyle final
- 3:37 p.m. - Men's 200 backstroke semifinals
- 3:51 p.m. - Women's 200 breaststroke semifinals
- 4:15 p.m. - Men's 200 breaststroke final
- 4:22 p.m. - Men's 100 freestyle final
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
- Women's 200 backstroke preliminaries
- Men's 50 freestyle preliminaries
- Women's 200 IM preliminaries
- Women's 4x200 freestyle relay preliminaries
- 2:30 p.m. – Women's 200 butterfly final
- 2:37 p.m. – Men's 200 backstroke final
- 2:44 p.m. – Men's 50 freestyle semifinals
- 3:04 p.m. – Women's 200 breaststroke final
- 3:11 p.m. – Women's 200 backstroke semifinals
- 3:35 p.m. – Men's 200 IM semifinals
- 3:49 p.m. – Women's 4x200 freestyle relay final
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
- Men's 100 butterfly preliminaries
- Women's 200 IM preliminaries
- Women's 800 freestyle preliminaries
- Mixed 4x100 medley relay preliminaries
- 2:30 p.m. - Men's 50 freestyle final
- 2:36 p.m. - Women's 200 backstroke final
- 2:43 p.m. – Men's 200 IM final
- 3:00 p.m. - Men's 100 butterfly semifinals
- 3:22 p.m. - Women's 200 IM semifinals
Morning heats begin at 5:00 a.m.
- Women's 50 freestyle preliminaries
- Men's 1500 freestyle preliminaries
- Men's 4x100 medley relay preliminaries
- Women's 4x100 medley relay preliminaries
- 2:30 p.m. - Men's 100 butterfly final
- 2:37 p.m. - Women's 50 freestyle semifinals
- 3:01 p.m. - Women's 200 IM final
- 3:08 p.m. - Women's 800 freestyle final
- 3:34 p.m. - Mixed 4x100 medley relay final
- 12:30 p.m. - Women's 50 freestyle final
- 12:36 p.m. - Men's 1500 freestyle final
- 1:06 p.m. - Men's 4x100 medley relay final
- 1:26 p.m. - Women's 4x100 medley relay final
- 9:00 a.m. - Women's 3m springboard preliminary
- 4:00 a.m. - Women's 3m springboard semifinals
- 9:00 a.m. - Women's 3m springboard final
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