Texas completes Rio Olympics with 13 total medals, including 10 gold

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AUSTIN — Current and former University of Texas student-athletes accounted for a total of 13 medals, including 10 gold, during the 2016 Rio Olympics. If these athletes were competing as a separate country, Texas would have ranked in a tie for seventh place among all nations in the number of gold medals earned and tied for 20th in the number of total medals won.

UT's total of 10 gold medals tied for the second-most number of golds won by the Longhorns in an Olympiad. Texas won a record 11 golds at the 2004 Athens Games and also claimed 10 golds at the 2008 Beijing Games and the 2000 Sydney Games.

The success rate in winning medals by the Longhorns Olympians was simply staggering. UT had 25 total medal opportunities from its representatives and brought home 13 medals, better than a 50 percent mark for its entire roster in Rio.

Texas' sweep of the men's and women's track and field shot put competition was historical. Michelle Carter and Ryan Crouser not only won the events, but both set American records in the process. Crouser was the Longhorns' first-ever individual men's track and field event Olympic Champion. He and Carter also became the only shot putters from the same country ever to sweep gold medals in the same Olympic Games.

Kevin Durant (Men's Basketball) was the Longhorns' only repeat gold medalist, and UT had a member (Rachael Adams, bronze) of the medal-winning USA Volleyball team for the second straight Olympics. Courtney Okolo's gold as a member of the USA's 4x400-meter relay team marked the fourth consecutive Games that Texas has had a member of that Olympic Champion relay squad (Sanya Richards-Ross in 2012 and 2008, Richards-Ross and Moushaumi Robinson in 2004).

A total of 20 current or former University of Texas student-athletes and five coaches with ties to UT Athletics participated in the Rio Olympics. All told, UT athletes and coaches competed in 10 different sports (men's basketball, men's golf, women's rowing, men's swimming, women's swimming, men's tennis, men's track and field, women's track and field, men's volleyball and women's volleyball) and represented seven different countries (The Bahamas, Jamaica, Mexico, Singapore, South Africa, United States and Venezuela).

In its storied Olympics history, current and former UT student-athletes have now produced a total of 144 medals, including 83 gold, 38 silver and 23 bronze.

Most Gold Medals Won at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Rank	Country	Number
1.	United States	46
2.	Great Britain	27
3.	China	26
4.	Russia	19
5.	Germany	17
6.	Japan	12
7.	The University of Texas	10
	France	10
9.	South Korea	9
10.	Italy	8
	Australia	8
	The Netherlands	8
	Hungary	8

Most Gold Medals Won by Texas Athletes in a Single Olympiad

Rank	Year (Location)	Number
1.	2004 (Athens)	11
2.	2016 (Rio)	10
	2008 (Beijing)	10
	2000 (Sydney)	10

Most Total Medals Won at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Rank	Country	Number
1.	United States	121
2.	China	70
3.	Great Britain	67
4.	Russia	56
5.	Germany	42
	France	42
7.	Japan	41
8.	Australia	29
9.	Italy	28
10.	Canada	22
11.	South Korea	21
12.	The Netherlands	19
	Brazil	19
14.	New Zealand	18
	Azerbaijan	18
16.	Spain	17
	Kazakhstan	17
18.	Hungary	15
	Denmark	15
20.	The University of Texas	13
	Kenya	13
	Uzbekistan	13

Longhorns Medal Tracker at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Medal	Athlete	Country	Sport	Event	Time/Score
Gold	Morolake Akinosun	USA	Track & Field	4x100m relay	41.77 (qualifying heat)
Gold	Michelle Carter	USA	Track & Field	Shot put	20.68 meters (American record)
Gold	Jack Conger	USA	Swimming	4x200m freestyle relay	7:06.74 (qualifying heat)
Gold	Ryan Crouser	USA	Track & Field	Shot put	22.52 meters (Olympic record)
Gold	Kevin Durant	USA	Basketball	Team Basketball	Defeated Serbia, 96-66
Gold	Jimmy Feigen	USA	Swimming	4x100m freestyle relay	3:12.48 (qualifying heat)
Gold	Townley Haas	USA	Swimming	4x200m freestyle relay	7:00.66
Gold	Courtney Okolo	USA	Track & Field	4x400m relay	3:19.06
Gold	Joseph Schooling	Singapore	Swimming	100m butterfly	50.39 (Olympic record)
Gold	Clark Smith	USA	Swimming	4x200m freestyle relay	7:06.74 (qualifying heat)
Silver	Chrisann Gordon	Jamaica	Track & Field	4x400m relay	3:22.38 (qualifying heat)
Bronze	Rachael Adams	USA	Volleyball	Team Indoor Volleyball	Defeated The Netherlands, 3-1
Bronze	Ashley Spencer	USA	Track & Field	400m hurdles	53.72

Individual Performance Recap of Longhorns at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Name	Sport	Country	Result
Rachael Adams	Women's Volleyball	United States	Bronze Medal, Team Indoor Volleyball
Morolake Akinosun	Women's Track & Field	United States	Gold Medal, 4x100m relay (qualifying heat)
Kate Bertko	Women's Rowing	United States	4th in Final B, Lightweight Women's Double Sculls
Michelle Carter	Women's Track & Field	United States	Gold Medal, Shot Put
Jack Conger	Men's Swimming	United States	Gold Medal, 4x200m freestyle relay (qualifying heat)
Ryan Crouser	Men's Track & Field	United States	Gold Medal, Shot Put
Kevin Durant	Men's Basketball	United States	Gold Medal, Team Basketball
Joanna Evans	Women's Swimming	The Bahamas	13th, 400m freestyle 37th, 200m freestyle 23rd, 800m freestyle
Jimmy Feigen	Men's Swimming	United States	Gold Medal, 4x100m freestyle relay (qualifying heat)
Chrisann Gordon	Women's Track & Field	Jamaica	Silver Medal, 4x400m relay (qualifying heat)
Townley Haas	Men's Swimming	United States	Gold Medal, 4x200m freestyle relay 5th, 200m freestyle
Marielle Hall	Women's Track & Field	United States	33rd, 10,000 meters
Robyne Johnson	Women's Track & Field	United States	Assistant Coach (Jumps/Combined Events)
Courtney Okolo	Women's Track & Field	United States	Gold Medal, 4x400m relay
Eddie Reese	Men's Swimming	Singapore	Personal Coach (Joseph Schooling)
Miguel Reyes Varela	Men's Tennis	Mexico	Advanced to 2^nd Round, Men's Doubles
Byron Robinson	Men's Track & Field	United States	9th, 400m hurdles
Mario Sategna	Men's Track & Field	United States	Assistant Coach (Throws)
Joseph Schooling	Men's Swimming	Singapore	Gold Medal, 100m butterfly 16th, 100m freestyle
Clark Smith	Men's Swimming	United States	Gold Medal, 4x200m freestyle relay (qualifying heat)
Ashley Spencer	Women's Track & Field	United States	Bronze Medal, 400m hurdles
Brandon Stone	Men's Golf	South Africa	Tie 55th, Individual Stroke Play
Erik Sullivan	Men's Volleyball	United States	Team Manager (USA won bronze medal)
Jhonattan Vegas	Men's Golf	Venezuela	Tie 50th, Individual Stroke Play
Jamal Wilson	Men's Track & Field	The Bahamas	Tie 25th, High Jump

The University of Texas at Austin Athletics

Texas completes Rio Olympics with 13 total medals, including 10 gold