The Back Alley Archives

It's been a great summer to be a Florida Gator, as athletes associated with the University of Florida collected a total of 22 medals: 9 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze. The final two medals came on Saturday night, when the U.S. men's 4x100m relay won a silver, with the help of Jeff Demps' run in the preliminaries, and Novlene Williams-Mill assisted the Jamaican women in the 4x400m relay, which won a bronze medal.

The medal total eclipses the Gators' 1984 mark of 20 medals. If UF were a country, it would have been 11th in the total medal count. The only other university that won more medals in these Olympic Games was USC, with Trojan athletes winning 25 medals.

Here is a summary of which UF athletes medaled in the London Games:

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[TD="colspan: 5"]Gator 2012 Olympic Games Medal Count:
(22 Medals: 9 Gold, 6 Silver, 7 Bronze)
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[TD]Gator
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[TD]Sport
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[TD]Country
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[TD]Event
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[TD]Medal
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[TD]Ryan Lochte
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]400m IM
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[TD]Gold
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[TD]Peter Vanderkaay*[/TD]
[TD]Swimming[/TD]
[TD]U.S.A.[/TD]
[TD]400m Freestyle[/TD]
[TD]Bronze[/TD]
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[TD]Dana Vollmer
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A
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[TD]100m Butterfly
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[TD]Gold
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[TD]Elizabeth Beisel
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]400m IM
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[TD]Silver
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[TD]Ryan Lochte
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A
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[TD]4x100m Free Relay
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[TD]Silver
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[TD]Ryan Lochte
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]4x200m Free Relay
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[TD]Gold
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[TD]Conor Dwyer
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A
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[TD]4x200m Free Relay
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[TD]Gold
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[TD]Dana Vollmer
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]4x200m Free Relay
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[TD]Gold
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[TD]Ryan Lochte
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]200m Backstroke
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[TD]Bronze
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[TD]Ryan Lochte
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]200m IM
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[TD]Silver
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[TD]Elizabeth Beisel
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]200m Backstroke
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[TD]Bronze
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[TD]Dana Vollmer
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[TD]Swimming
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]4x100m Medley Relay
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[TD]Gold
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[TD]Will Claye
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[TD]Track & Field
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]Long Jump
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[TD]Bronze
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[TD]Lisa Raymond
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[TD]Tennis
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]Mixed Doubles
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[TD]Bronze
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[TD]Mel Booth
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[TD]Soccer
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[TD]Canada
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[TD]Soccer
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[TD]Bronze
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[TD]Christian Taylor
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[TD]Track & Field
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]Triple Jump
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[TD]Gold
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[TD]Will Claye
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[TD]Track & Field
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]Triple Jump
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[TD]Silver
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[TD]Heather Mitts
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[TD]Soccer
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]Final vs. Japan
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[TD]Gold
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[TD]Abby Wambach
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[TD]Soccer
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]Final vs. Japan
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[TD]Gold
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[TD]Tony McQuay
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[TD]Track & Field
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]4x400m Relay
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[TD]Silver
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[TD]Novlene Williams-Mills
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[TD]Track & Field
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[TD]Jamaica
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[TD]4x400m Relay
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[TD]Bronze
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[TD]Jeff Demps
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[TD]Track & Field
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[TD]U.S.A.
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[TD]4x100m Relay
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[TD]Silver
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[TD="colspan: 5"]* Vanderkaay is a Michigan graduate, however he trains with UF Swimming Coach Gregg Troy.[/TD]
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Now, LET THE FOOTBALL SEASON BEGIN.