July 27 – August 12
London, England
#SECOlympics12
Full Coverage From The SEC Digital Network (Stories by Mark Maloney)
July 28: Lochte Claims Gold
July 29: Schmitt Wins Silver
July 30: Lochte Gracious In Defeat
July 31: Georgia Schmitt Grabs Gold
August 1: Schmitt/Lochte Continue Winning Ways
August 2: Olympics: Lochte Wins Two More Medals
August 3: Olympics: Hoffa Claims First Career Olympic Medal
August 4: Olympics: Claye Garners Long Jump Medal
August 5: Olympics: Sunday Results
August 6: Olympics: Former UK Wrestler Takes Long Route To Olympics
August 7: Olympics: Jones Narrowly Misses Medal
August 8: Olympics: Two Former SEC Athletes Strike Gold
August 9: Olympics: Big Night for Gators in London
August 10: Olympics: SEC Flavor Helps Relays Impress
August 11: Olympics: SEC Helps Team USA Close Out Strong
August 11: Olympics: Team USA Women's Basketball Earns Fifth Straight Gold
August 12: Olympics: Davis Caps Magical Season with Gold Medal
SEC OLYMPIC UPDATE (Final - August 14, 2012)
#SECOlympics2012
Some notes about current & former SEC student-athletes at the 2012 Summer Olympics:
* - SEC current & former student-athletes have won 58 medals at the games. These include:
5 - Ryan Lochte (Florida-former S/A, Swimming, USA) – 2 Gold / 2 Silver / 1 Bronze
Gold – 400m Individual Medley
Gold – 4x200m Freestyle Relay
Silver – 200m Individual Medley
Silver – 4x100m Freestyle Relay
Bronze – 200m Backstroke
5 - Allison Schmitt (Georgia-current S/A, Swimming, USA) – 3 Gold / 1 Silver / 1 Bronze
Gold – 200m Freestyle
Gold – 4x400m Freestyle Relay
Gold – 4x100m Medley Relay
Silver – 400m Freestyle
Bronze – 4x100m Freestyle Relay
2 – Elizabeth Beisel (Florida-current S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Silver / 1 Bronze
Silver – 400m Individual Medley
Bronze – 200m Backstroke
2 – Veronica Campbell-Brown (Arkansas-former S/A, Track & Field, Jamaica) – 1 Silver / 1 Bronze
Silver – 4x100m Relay
Bronze – 100m
2 – Will Claye (Florida-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 / Silver / 1 Bronze
Silver – Triple Jump
Bronze – Long Jump
2 – Justin Gatlin (Tennessee-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Silver / 1 Bronze
Silver – 4x100m Relay
Bronze – 100m
2 – DeeDee Trotter (Tennessee-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold / 1 Bronze
Gold – 4x400m Relay
Bronze – 400m
1 – Shannon Vreeland (Georgia-current S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x200m Freestyle Relay
1 - Conor Dwyer (Florida-former S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x200m Freestyle Relay
1 – Tyler McGill (Auburn-former S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x100m Medley Relay (prelim)
1 – Eric Shanteau (Auburn-former S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x100m Medley Relay (prelim)
1 – Breeja Larson (Texas A&M-current S/A, Swimming, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x100m Medley Relay (prelim)
1 – Kirani James (Alabama-former S/A, Track & Field, Grenada) – 1 Gold
Gold – 400m
1 – Aries Merritt (Tennessee-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 110m Hurdles
1 – Tianna Madison (Tennessee-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x100m Relay
1 – Brittney Reese (Ole Miss-former S/A. Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Long Jump
1 – Christian Taylor (Florida-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Triple Jump
1 – Abby Wambach (Florida-former S/A, Women’s Soccer, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Soccer
1 – Heather Mitts (Florida-former S/A, Women’s Soccer, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Soccer
1 – Semoine Augustus (LSU-former S/A, Women’s Basketball, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Basketball
1 – Tamika Catchings (Tennessee-former S/A, Women’s Basketball, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Basketball
1 – Anthony Davis (Kentucky-former S/A, Men’s Basketball, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Men’s Basketball
1 – Sylvia Fowles (LSU-former S/A, Women’s Basketball, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Basketball
1 – Candace Parker (Tennessee-former S/A, Women’s Basketball, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – Women’s Basketball
1 – Demetrius Pinder (Texas A&M-former S/A, Track & Field, Bahamas) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x400m Relay
1 – Jeneba Tarmoh (Texas A&M-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Gold
Gold – 4x100m Relay (prelim)
1 – Lashinda Demus (South Carolina-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Silver
Silver – 400m Hurdles
1 – Jason Richardson (South Carolina-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Silver
Silver – 110m Hurdles
1 – Tony McQuay (Florida-current S/A, Track & Field, USA) 1 Silver
Silver – 4x400m Relay
1 – Tyson Gay (Arkansas-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Silver
Silver – 4x100m Relay
1 – Jeff Demps (Florida-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Silver
Silver – 4x100m Relay (prelim)
1 – Kerron Stewart (Auburn-former S/A, Track & Field, Jamaica) – 1 Silver
Silver – 4x100m Relay
1 – Samantha Henry-Robinson (LSU-former S/A, Track & Field, Jamaica) – 1 Silver
Silver – 4x100m Relay (prelim)
1 – Cesar Cielo (Auburn-former S/A, Swimming, Brazil) – 1 Bronze
Bronze - 50m Freestyle
1 – Lisa Raymond (Florida-former S/A, Tennis, USA) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – Mixed Doubles
1 – Matt Targett (Auburn-former S/A, Swimming, Australia) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x100m Medley Relay
1 – Reese Hoffa (Georgia-former S/A, Track & Field, USA) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – Shot put
1 – Rhian Wilkinson (Tennessee-former S/A, Women’s Soccer, Canada) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – Soccer
1 – Melanie Booth (Florida-former S/A, Women’s Soccer, Canada) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – Soccer
1 – Novele Williams-Mills (Florida-former S/A, Track & Field, Jamaica) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x400m Relay
1 – Richard Thompson (LSU-former S/A, Track & Field, Trinidad & Tobago) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x100m Relay
1 – Marc Burns (Auburn-former S/A, Track & Field, Trinidad & Tobago) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x100m Relay
1 – Marie-Eve Nault (Tennessee-former S/A, Women’s Soccer, Canada) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – Soccer
1 – Ade Alleyne-Forte (LSU-current S/A, Track & Field, Trinidad & Tobago) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x400m Relay
1 – Deon Lendore (Texas A&M-current S/A, Track & Field, Trinidad & Tobago) – 1 Bronze
Bronze – 4x400m Relay
SEC By Medal
Gold – 25
Silver – 14
Bronze – 19
* - If the SEC were a country, the 58 medals (counting multiple entries on teams and relays) would rank 5th among all countries:
1 - USA 104
2 - China 87
3 - Russia 82
4 - Great Britain 65
5 - Germany 44
* Not counting multiple entries and relays, SEC athletes medaled in 39 events at the Olympics, which would rank 6th among all countries:
* - If the SEC were a country, the 25 gold medals (counting multiple entries on teams and relays) would be 4th among all countries:
1 - USA 46
2 - China 38
3 - Great Britain 29
4 - Russia 24
5 - South Korea 13
* Not counting multiple entries and relays, SEC athletes gold medaled in 15 events at the Olympics, which would rank 5th among all countries.
Additional Notes
* - 11 of the 14 SEC schools have had a representative claim a medal at this year’s Olympics.
* - Florida leads among SEC schools in medals with 18, followed by Tennessee with 10, Georgia with 7, Auburn 6, LSU 5, Texas A&M 4, Arkansas 3 and South Carolina 2. Alabama, Kentucky, Ole Miss have one each.
* - An SEC athlete won 19.5 percent of all Track & Field medals (28 of 143) and 18.6 percent of all Swimming medals (19 of 102).
* - Ryan Lochte and Allison Schmitt are two of five athletes at the 2012 Olympic Games that have won five or more medals.
* - By Sport
Men’s Track & Field - 17
Women’s Track & Field – 11
Men’s Swimming – 10
Women’s Swimming - 9
Women’s Soccer – 5
Women’s Basketball – 4
Men’s Basketball – 1
Women’s Tennis - 1
Pre-Olympics Notes
* - 159 former and current SEC student-athletes and coaches participated in the 2008 Summer Olympics.
* - In the 2008 Summer Olympics, these SEC student-athletes won 51 medals. The top four medal winning countries were United States (110), China (100), Russia (72) and Great Britain (47).
* - Florida leads all SEC schools with 39 of its current and former student-athletes participating in the 2012 Summer Olympics.
* - 13 of the current 14 SEC schools will have representation in London at the Summer Olympics.
* - More than 10,000 athletes will be participating in the Summer Olympics, representing 204 countries. 29 sports and 36 disciplines will be contested in 302 medal events (162 men’s; 132 women’s and eight mixed).
* - SEC participants in the Summer Games will be competing in Track & Field (81 participants), Swimming (66), Basketball (10), Diving (4), Soccer (4), Tennis (3), Archery (2), Volleyball (1) and Gymnastics (1).
* - Among the former SEC student-athletes participating in these Summer Games are Florida swimmer Ryan Lochte (2005 SEC Male Kramer Athlete of the Year), Auburn swimmer Kirsty Coventry (2005 SEC Female Kramer Athlete of the Year), LSU basketball player Seimone Augustus (2006 SEC Female Athlete of the Year), Tennessee basketball player Candace Parker (2008 SEC Female Athlete of the Year) and Kentucky basketball player Anthony Davis (2012 SEC Male Athlete of the Year).
* - Former Georgia women’s basketball player Teresa Edwards is serving as the USA’s chef de mission. In her role, she will provide overall leadership to the USA team and function as the liaison officer between the London Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee and other National Olympic Committees at the Games.
* - The opening ceremonies will be held on Friday, July 27 and the games will conclude on Sunday, Aug. 12.
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