Complete Coverage of Gators at the Olympics on August 4 - Florida Gators (2024)

PARIS, France – The final day of swimming action added a gold and silver to the Gators tally of nine 2024 Olympic medals. Bobby Finke defended his 1500m freestyle gold in a world record time and Caeleb Dressel's butterfly swim was the fastest splitfor the U.S.'s silver medal 4x100m medley relay.

🇺🇸 Bobby Finke took gold in the men's 1,500-meter freestyle, setting a world record with a time of 14 minutes 30.67 seconds. See more visualizations of the greatest performances in the pool at the 2024 Olympics here: https://t.co/8mcvjfwOPe pic.twitter.com/Duac83OB9w

— The New York Times (@nytimes) August 4, 2024

Golf
Alejandro Tosti and Camilo Villegas completed their Olympic debuts in the final round at Le Golf National. Representing Argentina, Tosti finished T18 with a 72-hole score of 276 (-8). He shot all four rounds under par; 68-69-69-70.

Villegas shot his best round of the tournament behind an even-par 70 to finish 57th.

Final Standings

Swimming

The phrase "saved the best for last" can surely be used to describe the final session of 2024 Paris Olympic swimming, as Bobby Finke was Team USA's last chance of keeping the 120-year Olympic gold medal streak in men's individual events alive.

Men's 1500m Freestyle Final:
The reigning Olympic champion headed into Sunday's final as the sixth seed after posting a 14:45.31 in prelims, five seconds behind top-seeded Daniel Wiffen[IRL].Known for making his move in the final stretch of therace, Finke led from the start. By the halfway mark, he was under the World Record pace andmaintaining a consistent 29 second split.

In the final stretch, Finke had secured the gold and was competing against the World Record time. He posted a 26.27 in the final 50 to defend his title in 14:30.67. Finke beat the previous World Record Sun Yang of China's 14:31.02 by.35 seconds. It is Finke's third Olympic gold medal and brings the Gator program total to 73golds.

Bobby Finke is the only man to bring home an individual swimming gold medal for the USA 👏 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/uiTNpY4025

— ESPN (@espn) August 4, 2024

Defended his title in WORLD RECORD TIME 🥇#GoGators x #OlympiansMadeHere pic.twitter.com/RTXFKytfy3

— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) August 4, 2024

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay Final:
Caeleb Dressel swam the butterfly leg in the final men's event of the meet. Entering the water in fourth place, Dressel's 49.41 split was the fastest in the relay and put his team in second. The U.S. held on for silver after posting a time of 3:28.01.

Dressel concludes his 2024 Paris Olympics with two gold medals and one silver. He now has a total of 10 Olympic gold medals and one silver.

49.41 butterfly split 🔥#GoGators x #olympiansmadehere pic.twitter.com/QcVvZGdKbW

— Gators Swimming & Diving (@GatorsSwimDv) August 4, 2024

Track and Field

Never a doubt for Grant Holloway as he took a commanding win in 110m hurdles heats. #ParisOlympics

📺 USA Network & Peaco*ck pic.twitter.com/zOojJMbTtg

— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 4, 2024

"The wait's finally over, you know. I'm able to get out there on the track. Looking forward to just continuing each round and, obviously, it's the Olympic games, so you gotta be on your P's and Q's each round. … As long as I'm able to get better each round, that's the main thing. And obviously, in the final, let's go for the gold. Everybody's talking about a world record. If it comes, it comes. But the first thing that we have to take care of is winning."

Grant Holloway following Sunday qualifying round

Jevaughn Powell finished third in his heat for the first round of the 400m. He led coming around the second turn and was able to outlast the final efforts of the field. His 45:12 time secured third place and a spot in Tuesday's semifinal action.

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown of Japan set his 100m personal best, with a 9.96 time that placed fourth in his semifinal heat. He did not advance to the final.

Thomas Mardal competed in the hammer throw final in his Olympic debut, finishing with the 11th-best mark in the final. His best throw unfortunately landed narrowly outside of the sector, and his 74.25m mark from his first throw remained his highest accepted score.

3x3 Basketball
U.S. Men Group Play
Netherlands 21, U.S. 6

The U.S. was eliminated with a 21-6 loss to Netherlands in the final day of Olympics' pool play. The Netherlands took a 5-4 lead three minutes in and pushed it out to a12-5 advantage at the halfway point. The U.S. could only add one more point as the Netherlands went on to end the game by reaching 21 points. Each of the U.S. players, including UF gradCanyon Barry, turned in two points each Sunday.

For the third day of 3x3 action, Jimmer Fredette did not play due to a leg injury, requiring the three other U.S. team members – Barry, Kareem Maddox and Dylan Travis - to play the entirety of the game.

Gators at The Games