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AUBURN AT THE 2008 SUMMER OLYMPIC GAMESAuburn in the Olympic GamesAuburn Olympic History Swimming & Diving Track & Field Auburn Medalists, By Name Auburn Medalists, By Gold, Bronze, Silver Auburn 2008 Olympians - ** Swimming ** - ** Track & Field ** Auburn in the Olympic Games* 29 (27 athletes, 2 coaches) current and former Auburn athletes competed at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, tying the most Auburn athletes in a single Olympics with 2000 and 2004. * Including four swimming newcomers, Auburn was represented by 31 athletes and two coaches in Beijing. * The 31 athletes ranked sixth in the country according to an article by Forbes magazine: Stanford (46), Southern California (41), Cal-Berkeley (41), Florida (34), UCLA (32), Auburn (31), Arizona (27), Texas (22), Michigan (22), North Carolina (20). * Auburn athletes hailed from 13 different countries and competed in 24 events, winning medals 18 total medals in 13 events. * Auburn athletes finished the Games with 18 medals, tripling the former Auburn record of six medals at a single Olympics. * If Auburn were its own country, its 18 medals would rank in a tie for 14th in the world with Spain and Canada. * Collectively, Auburn athletes won three gold medals, 10 silver and five bronze. * Auburn won more medals in swimming (13) than any other school in the country.
Auburn Olympic History* Auburn now has 46 Olympic medals all-time from 27 different athletes. * The total number of Auburn Olympians all-time now stands at 81 individuals
Swimming & Diving* 16 current and former Auburn swimmers competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the second-most in school history. * The swimmers earned 13 Olympic medals, shattering the school record of six medals in a single Olympiad (three gold, seven silver, three bronze). * Kirsty Coventry set the Auburn record of career Olympic medals and medals in a single Olympiad as she earned four to give her a career total of seven. * The 13 medals gave Auburn the most among all colleges and universities during the swimming portion of the Beijing Olympics. California-Berkeley finished second to Auburn with 10 medals, followed by Texas (9), Florida (8) and Southern California (7). Other SEC schools winning swimming medals were Georgia (3) and Tennessee (2). * Cesar Cielo's gold medal in the 50m freestyle is Auburn's first in the event and is also Brazil's first Olympic swimming gold medal. * Current, former and future Auburn swimmers broke 51 national, territorial, continental, Olympic or world records at the Games. * Kirsty Coventry set world records in the 100 back and in the 200 back. * Cesar Cielo and Kirsty Coventry combined to break eight Olympic records in four different events at the 2008 Games. * The total of 13 medals in 2008 nearly doubles Auburn's all-time total in swimming: Auburn swimming now has 28 Olympic medals all-time, beginning with Bill Forrester's bronze medal in 1976. * Auburn swimmers represented 14 different countries at the Beijing Games. * Two former Auburn swimmers participated in the Games by serving as television commentators: Rowdy Gaines in the U.S. and Yoav Bruck in Israel. * The Bahamanian national team was made up of four swimmers, three of which are Auburn swimmers (one former, one current, one future). * In four separate events, Auburn swimmers competed against each other in the final and both medaled: 100 backstroke (Coventry-S, Hoelzer-B); 200 backstroke (Coventry-G, Hoelzer-S), 400 freestyle relay (Bousquet-S, Targett-B), 400 medley relay (Gangloff-G, Targett-S). * Four newcomers competed at the 2008 Olympics: three freshmen and a junior college transfer. Track & Field* 12 former Auburn track and field athletes competed in the 2008 Beijing Olympics - tied for the most in school history. * The 12 athletes won a combined five medals, which is the first time in school history that former Auburn track and field athletes have won multiple medals at an Olympics. * Kerron Stewart of Jamaica became the first Auburn woman to win a medal in track and field, earning a silver medal in the 100 meters and a bronze in the 200 meters. * Stewart also became the first Auburn track and field athlete to win multiple medals at a single Olympic Games. * Leevan Sands of the Bahamas won a bronze medal in the triple jump, becoming the first Auburn athlete to win an Olympic medal in one of the jumps. * Sands set a Bahamian national record of 17.59 meters (57-8.5) to win the bronze medal. * Marc Burns of Trinidad and Tobago won a silver medal in the 4x100-meter relay, becoming the third former Tiger to win an Olympic medal in that event, joining Americans Harvey Glance and Coby Miller. * Burns also qualified for the finals of the men's 100 meters, finishing seventh. * Avard Moncur of the Bahamas won a silver medal in the 4x400-meter relay, becoming the third former Tiger to win an Olympic medal in that event, joining Willie Smith of the United States and Sanjay Ayre of the Bahamas. Auburn Medalists, By NameFred Bousquet – France – Swimming Marc Burns - Trinidad & Tobago – Track & Field Cesar Cielo - Brazil– Swimming Kirsty Coventry - Zimbabwe– Swimming Mark Gangloff - United States– Swimming Margaret Hoelzer - United States– Swimming Avard Moncur - Bahamas – Track & Field Leevan Sands - Bahamas – Track & Field Kerron Stewart - Jamaica – Track & Field Matt Targett - Australia– Swimming Auburn Medalists, By Gold, Bronze, SilverGOLD (3): SILVER (10): BRONZE (5): Auburn 2008 OlympiansJakob Andkjaer - Denmark Fred Bousquet - France George Bovell - Trinidad & Tobago Nick Bovell - Trinidad & Tobago Cesar Cielo - Brazil Kirsty Coventry - Zimbabwe Alana Dillette - Bahamas Mark Gangloff - United States Margaret Hoelzer - United States Jeremy Knowles - Bahamas Gisela Morales - Guatemala Alexei Puninski - Croatia Eric Shanteau - United States Matt Targett - Australia Erin Volcan - Venezuela Sanjay Ayre - Jamaica Marc Burns - Trinidad & Tobago Timicka Clarke - Bahamas Vonette Dixon – Jamaica Josanne Lucas - Trinidad & Tobago Gabor Mate - Hungary Avard Moncur - Bahamas Leevan Sands - Bahamas Shamar Sands - Bahamas Maurice Smith - Jamaica Kerron Stewart - Jamaica Donald Thomas - Bahamas |
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