USA Swimming finished strong on the final night of pool competition at the 2024 Paris Olympics, claiming two world records and three medals. In the men's 1500-meter freestyle, Bobby Finke (Clearwater, Fla./Gator Swim Club) led wire-to-wire, grabbing gold and setting a new world record of 14:30.67. In the next event, the team of Ryan Murphy (Ponte Vedra Beach, Calif./California Aquatics), Nic Fink (Morristown, N.J./New York Athletic Club), Caeleb Dressel (Green Cove Springs, Fla./Gator Swim Club), and Hunter Armstrong (Dover, Ohio/New York Athletic Club) added a silver in the men's 4x100m medley relay.

In the final event of the competition, Regan Smith (Lakeville, Minn./Longhorn Aquatics), Lilly King (Evansville, Ind./Indiana Swim Club), Gretchen Walsh (Nashville, Tenn./University of Virginia), and Torri Huske (Arlington, Va./Arlington Aquatic Club) dominated the women's 4x100 medley relay. Finishing over three seconds ahead of the second-place Australians, their final time of 3:49.63 established a new world record.

USA Swimming finished the pool competition atop the leaderboard with 28 medals—ten more than any other country.

USA Swimming fast facts from the pool competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games:

• 28 total medals (8g, 13s, 7b)
• Three world records
• Two additional Olympic records
• Three additional American records
• USA Swimming placed two athletes on the podium in four races - women's 100m backstroke, women's 100m butterfly, women's 400m individual medley, and women's 800m freestyle.
• Katie Ledecky earned four medals, making her the most decorated American female Olympian in history and tying her for most female Olympic gold medals.
• Torri Huske (3g, 2s) and Regan Smith (2g, 3s) secured the most medals of the American swimmers in Paris with five.
• Kate Douglass (2g, 2s), Katie Ledecky (2g, 1s, 1b), and Gretchen Walsh (2g, 2s) each earned four total medals.
• USA Swimming won gold or silver in all seven relays (3g, 4s).
• Two relays (the mixed 4x100m medley and the women's 4x100m medley) established new world records, and the women's 4x100m freestyle relay set a new American record.
• USA Swimming surpassed 600 Olympic medals on day four, finishing the competition with 615.

Women’s head coach Todd DeSorbo on the meet: “I think the meet was great. There was a lot of talk about a slow pool, but there were a lot of Olympic records set by all countries, including the U.S. I think it is great to come out on top, the gold medal standings and overall medal standings. (It is a) young team, with a lot of ups and downs, but it was a great meet overall and I had a good time working with an amazing staff and amazing athletes. USA Swimming does everything the best anywhere and set our team up to be really good this week.”

Men’s head coach Anthony Nesty on USA Swimming’s accomplishments: “We’re coaches, we always want to be better. This meet is about being resilient and overcoming bad breaks and trying to be better every session. I think we caught our stride on the second half of the meet and the results showed.”

DeSorbo on times throughout the meet: “I think ultimately, from a time perspective, when you get to the Olympics it’s not about time, right? I don’t think anyone cares what their time is when they hit the wall and they get a gold medal or silver medal or bronze medal. It’s just about racing and executing as well as you can.”

Women’s 50m Freestyle – FINAL

4 – Gretchen Walsh (Nashville, Tenn./University of Virginia), 24.21

Walsh on her race: “It was tough, obviously, seeing fourth by .01. I feel like that always stings a little bit, but I was really proud of my race regardless. I feel like that event in general doesn’t have that much pressure for me in it, so I wasn’t really disappointed. I just knew I had an even bigger and better opportunity to get on top of the podium in the relay. So, I did what I did last night, move on quick and try to put out the best possible time I could for these (4x100 medley relay) ladies.”

Men’s 1500m Freestyle – FINAL

Gold – Robert Finke (Clearwater, Fla./Gator Swim Club), 14:30.67*

*World record

Finke on his race strategy: “That really was not my strategy to go into the race. I didn’t know how the race was going to play out. I saw I had a pretty decent lead at around the 300 and I knew I had to keep going and hopefully try and make the guys hurt a little bit trying to catch up to me. They started catching up to me and I was worried, but I knew I had to keep pushing. I knew if I could keep a little bit of a distance I was in good shape for the end of the race.”

Finke on taking it out fast: “I never really felt like I took it out too quick. I was feeling pretty good at the 300 and I knew as long as I could maintain a slight distance, not necessarily building my lead but maintaining where I was, I found it a lot easier and a lot less stressful. As long as I was focusing on what I could control in the race, I knew I was going to be in pretty good shape.”

Men’s 4x100m Medley Relay – FINAL

Silver, 3:28.01

Ryan Murphy (Ponte Vedra Beach, Calif./California Aquatics)

Nic Fink (Morristown, N.J./New York Athletic Club)

Caeleb Dressel (Green Cove Springs, Fla./Gator Swim Club

Hunter Armstrong (Dover, Ohio/New York Athletic Club)

*Charlie Swanson (Richmond, Va./NOVA of Virginia), Thomas Heilman (Crozet, Va./Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont Family YMCA), and Jack Alexy (Mendham, N.J./California Aquatics) receive medals for their prelim swims

Dressel on the U.S. being dominant for so long: “Every time you step on deck, I still feel we have that target on our back, and we are the team to beat, and that probably won’t change ever. I don’t think the goals need to change because the world is getting faster. We want to be the most dominant team, and we were at these Games. It’s just that other countries are getting faster, and it’s great for the sport. It’s not like it’s a bad thing at all. It just makes for faster and more intense swimming.”

Fink on the young team: “We got a lot of young kids too that were really happy and proud of (themselves). I think half the team are Olympic rookies, for the guys, and I feel that’s a pretty big margin. I know a bunch of the old guys are here (at the press conference), but we are excited. Those (younger) guys are kind of getting a taste for (earning gold) and they will be hunting golds for sure.”

Women’s 4x100m Medley Relay – FINAL

Gold, 3:49.63*

Regan Smith (Lakeville, Minn./Longhorn Aquatics)

Lilly King (Evansville, Ind./Indiana Swim Club)

Gretchen Walsh (Nashville, Tenn./University of Virginia)

Torri Huske (Arlington, Va./Arlington Aquatic Club)

* Katharine Berkoff (Missoula, Mont./NC State), Emma Weber (Boulder, Colo./Cavalier Aquatics/Piedmont Family YMCA), Alex Shackell (Carmel, Ind./Carmel Swim Club), and Kate Douglass (Pelham, N.Y./ New York Athletic Club) receive medals for their prelim swims

King on the world record: “It’s really cool to continue being a part of that (record breaking) relay, and watching it get faster and faster with pretty much the same people. It’s awesome to see everybody improving and just an awesome way to cap off the meet.”

Walsh on how Finke’s swim brought momentum to the relay: “Bobby (Finke’s) swim was electric, and that was amazing. It definitely got my energy going for the relay, so I was pumped to hopefully assert that lead and get the gold.”

While the pool competition has concluded, open water competition starts Thursday, August 8, at Pont Alexandre III, with the women's 10k and continues on Friday, August 9, with the men's 10k. Both races start at 7:30 a.m. CET/1:30 a.m. ET.

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