Gators Perform Well in Paris
Mary Howard
8/12/2024
Gators combined to win 11 total Olympic medals in the Paris Summer Games - four gold, four silver and three bronze.
The 2024 Summer Olympic Games in Paris saw Gators performing from the day prior to the opening ceremonies and in each of the 16 consecutive days of competition.
Gators combined to win 11 total Olympic medals. This is the ninth Summer Games since the 1984 Los Angeles Games Gators won 11 or more medals.
| 2024 Gator Olympic Medalists | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Sport | Event | Medal |
| Caeleb Dressel | Swimming | 4x100 free relay | Gold |
| Caeleb Dressel | Swimming | 4x100 mixed medley relay | Gold |
| Caeleb Dressel | Swimming | 4x100 medley relay | Silver |
| Bobby Finke | Swimming | 800m free | Silver |
| Bobby Finke | Swimming | 1500 free | Gold |
| Grant Holloway | Track & Field | 110m hurdles | Gold |
| Josh Liendo | Swimming | 100m fly | Silver |
| Jasmine Moore | Track & Field | Triple Jump | Bronze |
| Jasmine Moore | Track & Field | Long Jump | Bronze |
| Kieran Smith | Swimming | 4x200m relay | Silver |
| Emma Weyant | Swimming | 400 IM | Bronze |
More on the Gators performance in the City of Lights:
- Gators won the 11 medals in two different sports: swimming (8) and track & field (3)
- Florida's 11 medals (including U.S. and international competitors) stood No. 11 among all NCAA programs.
- Florida shared seventh with Kentucky with 10 medals by TeamUSA athletes.
- If the Gator Nation was a recognized country at the 2024 Olympic Games, it would have tied for 16th in the total medal count, winning 11 medals (4 gold, 4 silver, 3 bronze). Four golds also ties for 16th among the 84 nations that earned a 2024 Olympic medal.
- The 39 Gators in Paris equals the most ever in a single Olympic Games (39 competed in Beijing/2008 and 35 in Tokyo/2020). Those with Gator ties came from eight sports - Basketball (includes 3v3), Diving, Golf, Gymnastics, Soccer, Swimming, Tennis and Track & Field.
- Florida was No. 4 among NCAA programs with 39 representatives and led the Southeastern Conference.
Gator Medalists:
Swimming:
The eight medals claimed in the 2024 Olympics were earned by five Gators.
The FIRST gold medal for Team USA at the #ParisOlympics comes from the pool! ?? pic.twitter.com/MIATH1QX3m
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) July 28, 2024
Caeleb Dressel’s two Olympic gold medals in 2024 gives him nine for his career. He is one of seven in Olympic history with nine or more Olympic golds. Dressel is one of five U.S. athletes with nine or more golds.
Caeleb Dressel won two golds (4x100 free and 4x100 mixed medley-prelims gold; 4x100 medley relay silver)
Appreciation post for Caeleb Dressel’s 49.41 split on the medley relay ????@TeamUSA | #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/9MU0LAnJld
— USA Swimming (@USASwimming) August 4, 2024
Wow! What a race! Congrats to #TeamUSA's Bobby Finke on winning the gold medal AND setting a new world record in the men's 1500m swim!
— TODAY (@TODAYshow) August 4, 2024
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BACK-TO-BACK BOBBY. ??????
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 4, 2024
Bobby Finke successfully defends gold and sets a new WORLD RECORD in the men's 1500m free! #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/twiA6dVVjL
One of the four world swimming records set in the 2024 Olympics was achieved by Bobby Finke. His time of 14:30.67 defended his 2020 gold in the 1500 freestyle. The previous record of 14:31.02 was set by China’s Sun Yang at the 2012 London Games.
Bobby Finke was only U.S. man to win an individual gold in 2024. He also won silver in the 800m free.
Kieran Smith delivered as a late addition to the U.S.’s 4x200 free relay team. Smith anchored with the second-fastest split overall of 1:44.80 as the U.S. won silver.
Capping off the day with a relay medal ??#ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/N1pJVzCTnX
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) July 30, 2024
Olympic Medalist ??#GoGators x #OlympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/dRAiqZ3hE8
— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) August 3, 2024
Rising junior Josh Liendo won silver in the 100 butterfly in 49.99. That time lowers his Canadian record and makes his one of just five swimmers in history to go under 50 seconds in the 100 fly.
There will be another 2024 Olympic medalist on Florida’s swimming roster next season. Gator grad Emma Weyant won bronze in the 400 individual medley. She’ll use her Covid season to compete again for the Gators in the 2024-25 campaign.
Track & Field:
Three medals were won by a pair of Gators in Paris.
Grant. Holloway. ??
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 8, 2024
DOMINATION on his way to 110m hurdles gold! #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/G3bqBRXYsD
Grant Holloway added Olympic gold to his three world (2019 Doha, 2022 Eugene, 2023 Budapest) 110-meter hurdles titles.
He won the U.S.’s 20th 110m hurdle Olympic title in 2024 and the first since the 2012 London Games.
HISTORY. MADE. ??#ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/4P4zxBoPVX
— Team USA (@TeamUSA) August 9, 2024
Jasmine Moore came to the Paris Olympics as the first U.S. woman to qualify for both the long and triple jump. At the 2024 Games, Moore extended that distinction to became the first for the U.S. to medal in both, winning bronze in each event.
Moore is the first U.S. woman to medal in the triple jump. She joins Russia’s Tatyana Lebedeva (2004 gold in long; bronze in triple jump) as the only women to medal in both events at a single Games.
More Gator Olympic Notes:
Current Florida women’s basketball assistant coach Rhyne Howard won bronze as part of the U.S.’s 3x3 basketball team.
PODIUM. ??
— USA Basketball 3x3 (@usab3x3) August 5, 2024
???? #3x3WNT's run in Paris ends with Bronze! pic.twitter.com/44dk9uehZz
Grant Holloway and Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone were selected as U.S. Track & Field team captains.
Eddie Garcia was U.S. Virgin Islands flag bearer for the 2024 Olympic Closing Cermonies.
TEAM CAPTAINS! ??????
— USATF (@usatf) August 1, 2024
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone and Grant Holloway are leading the way for track and field on the world’s biggest stage. ??#JourneyToGold #Paris2024 #OneForAll pic.twitter.com/Rgf4YzefVE
Four Gator coaches were in Paris:
- Anthony Nesty, USA Head Coach – Men’s Swimming
- Nic Petersen, USA Jumps/Multis Coach - Men’s Track & Field
- Whitney Hite, USA Assistant/Personal Coach – Swimming
- Owen Field, Leanne Wong Coach – USA Gymnastics
