PHOENIX, Ariz. August 9. SWIMINFO has brought you our special Olympic Section (See entry at top of site), including our prognostications. We've also provided you the USA today picks. Recently the Associated Press beat writers picked the medals at the Athens Summer Olympics. Their selections follow.
The Games start on Friday. Better make your picks in a hurry!
SWIMMING
MEN
50 freestyle
Gold – Gary Hall Jr., United States
Silver – Alexander Popov, Russia
Bronze – Roland Schoeman, South Africa
100 freestyle
Gold – Pieter van den Hoogenband, Netherlands
Silver – Jason Lezak, United States
Bronze – Ian Thorpe, Australia
200 freestyle
Gold – Ian Thorpe, Australia
Silver – Michael Phelps, United States
Bronze – Grant Hackett, Australia
400 freestyle
Gold – Ian Thorpe, Australia
Silver – Grant Hackett, Australia
Bronze – Klete Keller, United States
1500 freestyle
Gold – Grant Hackett, Australia
Silver – Larsen Jensen, United States
Bronze – David Davies, Britain
100 backstroke
Gold – Aaron Peirsol, United States
Silver – Lenny Krayzelburg, United States
Bronze – Matt Welsh, Australia
200 backstroke
Gold – Aaron Peirsol, United States
Silver – Gregor Tait, Britain
Bronze – Bryce Hunt, United States
100 breaststroke
Gold – Brendan Hansen, United States
Silver – Kosuke Kitajima, Japan
Bronze – Darren Mew, Britain
200 breaststroke
Gold – Brendan Hansen, United States
Silver – Kosuke Kitajima, Japan
Bronze – Jim Piper, Australia
100 butterfly
Gold – Ian Crocker, United States
Silver – Michael Phelps, United States
Bronze – Igor Marchenko, Russia
200 butterfly
Gold – Michael Phelps, United States
Silver – Takeshi Matsuda, Japan
Bronze – Justin Norris, Australia
200 Individual Medley
Gold – Michael Phelps, United States
Silver – Thiago Pereira, Brazil
Bronze – Jani Sievinen, Finland
400 Individual Medley
Gold – Michael Phelps, United States
Silver – Alessio Boggiatto, Italy
Bronze – Laszio Cseh, Hungary
4×100 freestyle relay
Gold – United States
Silver – Australia
Bronze – Italy
4×100 Medley Relay
Gold – United States
Silver – Australia
Bronze – Ukraine
4×200 Freestyle relay
Gold – Australia
Silver – United States
Bronze – Italy
WOMEN
50 freestyle
Gold – Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands
Silver – Lisbeth Lenton, Australia
Bronze – Michelle Engelsman, Australia
100 freestyle
Gold – Lisbeth Lenton, Australia
Silver – Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands
Bronze – Natalie Coughlin, United States
200 freestyle
Gold – Franziska van Almsick, Germany
Silver – Melanie Marshall, Britain
Silver – Petria Thomas, Australia
400 freestyle
Gold – Camelia Potec, Romania
Silver – Hannah Stockbauer, Germany
Bronze – Kaitlin Sandeno, United States
800 freestyle
Gold – Sanchiko Yamada, Japan
Silver – Diana Munz, United States
Bronze – Kalyn Keller, United States
100 Backstroke
Gold – Natalie Coughlin, United States
Silver – Reiko Nakamura, Japan
Bronze – Antje Buschschulte, Germany
200 backstroke
Gold – Reiko Nakamura, Japan
Silver – Stanislava Komarova, Russia
Bronze – Katy Sexton, Britain
100 breaststroke
Gold – Leisel Jones, Australia
Silver – Amanda Beard, United States
Bronze – Brooke Hanson, Australia
200 breaststroke
Gold – Amanda Beard, United States
Silver – Leisel Jones, Australia
Bronze – Hui Qi, China
100 butterfly
Gold – Petria Thomas, Australia
Silver – Inge de Bruijn, Netherlands
Bronze – Martina Moravcova, Slovakia
200 butterfly
Gold – Petria Thomas, Australia
Silver – Otylia Jedrejczak, Poland
Bronze – Yuko Nakanishi, Japan
200 Individual Medley
Gold – Amanda Beard, United States
Silver – Alice Mills, Australia
Bronze – Katie Hoff, United States
400 Individual Medley
Gold – Katie Hoff, United States
Silver – Yana Klochkova, Ukraine
Bronze – Kaitlin Sandeno, United States
4×100 Freestyle Relay
Gold – United States
Silver – Australia
Bronze – Germany
4 x 100 Medley Relay
Gold – United States
Silver – China
Bronze – Australia
4×200 Freestyle relay
Gold – United States
Silver – Australia
Bronze – China
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