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Medal Name Sport Event Date Gold: Nelson Diebel: Swimming: Men's 100 meter breaststroke: July 26 Gold: Pablo Morales: Swimming: Men's 100 meter butterfly
That year, Gabby Douglas won the gold medal in individual all-around, and Aly Raisman won the gold medal on floor exercise and the bronze medal on balance beam. McKayla Maroney won silver on vault. [12] [13] In 2016 the U.S. won the team gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics, and the third title overall. The team was nicknamed "The ...
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
Note: The International Gymnastics Federation recommended to the IOC that the medals of the Chinese team be stripped, and awarded to the fourth-placed United States team, as it was revealed that Dong Fangxiao was underage (14, with age limit >16) at the time. The IOC upheld the FIG decision in April 2010.
Mead returned gold to Team USA in the men's coxless four rowing race after 64 years, and Ledecky is Team USA's most decorated female swimmer of all time. ... Thursday that gold medal winners Katie ...
United States: Alice Brown United States: Merlene Ottey Jamaica: 1988 Seoul details: Florence Griffith Joyner United States: Evelyn Ashford United States: Heike Drechsler East Germany: 1992 Barcelona details: Gail Devers United States: Juliet Cuthbert Jamaica: Irina Privalova Unified Team: 1996 Atlanta details: Gail Devers United States ...
Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone wears a crown after breaking the world record in her gold medal win in the womens 400-meter hurdle final at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games on Aug. 8, 2024, in Paris ...
PARIS — A Caeleb Dressel-anchored American relay roared to Team USA’s first gold medal of the 2024 Olympics with dominant swims, flexed muscles, tears and a full-circle moment.