Wisconsin Swimming Olympic Medal Watch

Olympic Medal Watch


Day 8		American swimmers topped off their Olympic performance with two world records on this the final day of swimming in Sydney. The women's 4x100m Medley Relay team of B.J. Bedford, Megan Quann, Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres led wall-to-wall to take the gold in a world record time of 3:58.30. Then the men finished the night off with their own world record time of 3:33.73. The team of Lenny Krayzelburg, Ed Moses, Ian Crocker and Gary Hall Jr. also led from start to finish over the Australian team anchored by Michael Klim. In the Men's 1500m Freestyle, Chris Thompson took a bronze medal. Dara Torres also claimed a bronze in the 50m Freestyle behind Inge de Bruihn of the Netherlands and Therese Alshammer of Sweden. Amy van Dyken finished fourth. The Americans finished with a total of 33 swimming medas including 14 gold, 8 silver and 11 bronze.

Day 7		In an exciting 50m Freestyle, Gary Hall Jr. and Anthony Ervin TIED for the gold, knocking off both Pieter van den Hoogenband and Alexander Popov. The two Americans swam identical 21.98 times in the sprint that ended Popov's chance at a third Olympic gold in the event. In the women's 800m Freestyle, Brooke Bennett set an Olympic record with a time of 8:19.67, with Kaitlin Sandeno placing third. Ian Crocker and Amanda Adkins finished out of medal contention in their events, the 100m Butterfly and the 200m Backstroke. In the women's 50m semi-finals, Dara Torres and Amy van Dyken both qualified for tomorrow's final behind a world record setting swim by Dutch swimmer Inge de Bruijn. Verona's Neil Walker has a chance to share in another relay medal, leading off the 4x100m Medley in prelims. Both the men's and women's relay teams qualified for tomorrow's final. Erik Vendt and Chris Thompson qualified for finals in the 1500m Freestyle.

Day 6		All eight Americans who swam finals tonight won medals. In the 200m Breaststroke, Kristy Kowal and Amanda Beard won silver and bronze awards. Lenny Krayzelburg was the lone gold medal winner swimming an Olympic record time of 1:56.76 in the 200m Backstroke. Aaron Peirsol finished second. In a surprising finish, Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson tied for the bronze in the 100m Freestyle behind Inge de Bruijn of the Netherlands and Therese Alshammar of Sweden. Tom Dolan and Tom Wilkens took silver and bronze in the 200m IM. In the semis, Gary Hall Jr. had the fastest qualifying time in the 50m Freestyle, with Anthony Ervin qualifying third. Amanda Adkins qualified in the 200m Backstroke and Ian Crocker in the 100m Butterfly.

Day 5		Gary Hall Jr. claimed bronze in an anti-climactic 100m Freestyle final that saw no world or Olympic records broken. Neil Walker finished fifth behind Pieter van den Hoogenband, Alexander Popov, Hall and Michael Klim. Misty Hyman upset Australian favorite, Susie O'Neill to win gold in the 200m Butterfly. Hyman swam an Olympic record 2:05.88. The women's 4x200m Free relay team also held off O'Neill and the Aussies. The team of Samantha Arsenault, Diana Munz, Lindsay Benko and Jenny Thompson took the gold medal with an Olympic record time of 7:57.80. In semi-final action, Tom Dolan, Tom Wilkens, Kristy Kowal, Amanda Beard, Aaron Peirsol, Lenny Krayzelburg, Dara Torres and Jenny Thompson all qualified for tomorrow's finals.

Day 4		Tom Malchow brought home gold in the 200m Butterfly swimming an Olympic record 1:55.35 as the Americans continued to pile up medals in Sydney. Cristina Teuscher scored for the women's team with a bronze medal in the 200m IM. The Aussie men were dominant in the 4x200m Free Relay capturing a world record while amassing over a 5 second lead over the pack. The U.S. team of Scott Goldblatt, Josh Davis, Jamie Rauch and Klete Keller finished second with Keller holding on to touch out Pieter van den Hoogenband of Holland. Gary Hall Jr. and Neil Walker qualified for tomorrow's final in the 100m Freestyle in a semi-final race that saw van den Hoogenband set a new world record. Kyle Salyards qualified for the 200m Breaststroke final while Misty Hyman and Kaitlin Sandeno qualified in the 200m Butterfly.

Day 3		American swimmers Lenny Krayzelburg and Megan Quann added two more gold medals to the total. Lenny swam to an Olympic record in the 100m Backstroke with a 53.72. In the women's 100m Breaststroke, Quann held off South African Penny Heyns to claim the gold with a time of 1:07.05. Americans Neil Walker, Josh Davis and B.J. Bedford all finished out of medal contention. In semi-final action, Tom Malchow set an Olympic record in the 200m Butterfly semi, with Michael Phelps also qualifying for the final. Gabrielle Rose and Cristina Teuscher both qualified for finals in the 200m IM.

Day 2		More world records crumbled as Tom Dolan sailed to a gold in the 400m IM to cap off day 2 of swimming in Sydney. The Americans roared back with two one-two finishes as Erik Vendt claimed silver behind Dolan's world record time of 4:11.76. Brooke Bennet and Diana Munz scored the first double with gold and silver medals in the 400m Freestyle. Ed Moses claimed silver in the 100m Breaststroke behind an Olympic record swim by Domenico Fioravanti of Italy. Dara Torres swam to a bronze behind a Dutch swimmer, Inge de Bruijn who set a world record. In semi-final heats, Lenny Krayzelburg, Neil Walker, Josh Davis, B.J. Bedford and Megan Quann all qualified for tomorrow's finals.

Day 1		U.S. Swimmers claimed gold, silver and bronze medals today, the first day of swimming at the Sydney Olympics. The women brought home the gold with a win in the 4x100m Freestyle relay. The team of Amy van Dyken, Dara Torres, Courtney Shealy and Jenny Thompson got the win with a world record time of 3:36.61. Neil Walker and the men's 4x100m Freestyle team were upset by the Aussie team, anchored by Ian Thorpe, just touching out Gary Hall Jr. Both the US and Australian teams beat the world record time. Klete Keller claimed the bronze medal in the 400m Freestyle, behind Thorpe's world record setting time.