Cal at 2024 Paris Olympics Update: Plenty of Medals

Time to check the Olympic Medal count now that swimming and rowing are over

Cal fans know it is less of an IF but more of a HOW MANY Olympic Medals the “Calympians” will bring home.

This is the Cal Medal Count through Day 10 of the Paris Olympics:

Given Cal Athletics’ prowess in and above water in swimming and rowing, respectively, that is the source of all Olympic medals so far (water polo with several Calympians is just heading into the knockout stage).

GOLD MEDALS: 3

• USA Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay (Ryan Murphy - Final Backstroke in a WORLD RECORD swim, Abbey Weitzeil - Prelim Freestyle)

• USA Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay (Jack Alexy)

SILVER MEDALS: 7

• USA Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay (Abbey Weitzeil - Prelim)

• USA Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay (Ryan Murphy - Final Backstroke, Jack Alexy - Prelim Freestyle)

• New Zealand Men’s Four (Ollie Maclean)

• Netherlands Men’s Eight (Olav Molenaar)

• Canada Women’s Eight (Sydney Payne, Caileigh Filmer)

BRONZE MEDALS: 3

• Great Britain Women’s Eight (Rowan McKellar)

• USA Men’s Eight (Christian Tabash)

• Ryan Murphy - Men’s 100m Backstroke

Cal/USA Swimmers Ryan Murphy, Abbey Weitzeil, and Jack Alexy showing off their medals (Photo Credit: Abbey Weitzeil Instagram)

https://www.instagram.com/abbeyweitzeil/

Cal Affiliate Medals (Cal Athletics are including these in their count, even though these athletes never competed for Cal but are training on campus)

GOLD: 1

• USA Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay (Hunter Armstrong)

SILVER: 2

• USA Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay (Hunter Armstrong - Final Freestyle, Prelim Backstroke)

• USA Men’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay (Brooks Curry - Prelim)

Future Cal Bear Count (A pair of 2025 Cal commits, AKA Cal Class of 2029, have earned some hardware)

GOLD: 1

• USA Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay (Alex Shackell - Prelim Butterfly)

SILVER: 2

• USA Women’s 4x200m Freestyle Relay (Claire Weinstein - Final, Alex Shackell - Prelim)

CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF THESE ATHLETES!

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List of Cal Finalists (future bears are denoted with *) who just missed the podium

• 4th - Frederik Breuer (Germany) - Men’s Eight Rowing

• 4th - Mewen Tomac* (France) - Men’s 200m Backstroke

• 4th - Lilou Ressencourt* (France) - Mixed 4x100m Medley Relay (Prelim Butterfly)

• 5th - Keaton Jones (USA) - Men’s 200m Backstroke

• 5th - Kara Kohler (USA) - Women’s Single Sculls

• 6th - Hugo Gonzalez (Spain) - Men’s 100m Backstroke

• 6th - Hugo Gonzalez (Spain) - Men’s 200m Backstroke

• 6th- Alex Shackell* (USA) - Women’s 200m Butterfly

• 6th - Angus Dawson (Australia) - Men’s Eight Rowing

• 6th - Mary-Ambre Moluh* (France) - Women’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay

• 6th - Mary-Ambre Moluh* (France) - Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay (Prelim Freestyle)

• 6th - Inger Kavlie (Norway) - Women’s Double Sculls

• 8th- Claire Weinstein* (USA) - Women’s 200m Freestyle

• 9th - Rowan Hamilton (Canada) - Men’s Hammer Throw (by the way, Rowan Hamilton has the same hair/mustache as fellow Canadian Olympian and Gold Medalist at this event Ethan Katzberg)

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Calympians still in contention for medals

In addition to swimming and rowing, Cal could also earn medals in throwing events and water polo. All times listed below are in Pacific Time.

• Camryn Rogers (Canada) - Women’s Hammer Throw Final: 10:57 AM August 6th (today)

• Mykolas Alekna (Lithuania) - Men’s Discus Final: 11:25 AM August 7th

Water Polo Knockout Stage

• Netherlands Women’s Water Polo (Kitty Lynn Joustra) vs. Italy - Quarterfinal 7:15 AM August 6th (today)

• Greece Men’s Water Polo (Nikolaos Papanikolaou) vs. Serbia - Quarterfinal 6:35 AM August 7th

• USA Men’s Water Polo (Adrian Weinberg, Johnny Hooper, Luca Cupido) vs. Australia - Quarterfinal 10:00 AM August 7th

In addition to at least another recap post or two in the future, I will also attempt to reflect on some of my favorite moments in this Olympics viewed with some Cal blue and gold colored glasses.

GO BEARS!