RIO DE JANEIRO – Gator Greats
Christian Taylor (United States) and
Will Claye (United States) repeated as gold and silver medalists, becoming the first triple jumpers in history to post 1-2 finishes in consecutive Olympiads.
Taylor is just the fifth man in history to successfully defend his Olympic title, joining America's Myer Prinstein (1900 & 1904), Brazil's Adhemar da Silva (1952 & 1956), Poland's Jozef Szmidt (1960 & 1964), and USSR's Viktor Saneyev (1968, 1972, 1976) as the only others to accomplish the feat.
The American record holder's gold medal is the fifth in Florida track and field history.
With his second straight silver medal, Claye became just the fifth American triple jumper in history to win multiple Olympic medals.
UF track and field now boasts 19 Olympic medals in its history.
Kerron Clement (United States), this year's Olympic Trials champion and 2008 Olympic silver medalist in the 400 hurdles, qualified for Thursday (Aug. 18) morning's final with the top overall time (48.26) in the semifinals.
Genevieve LaCaze (Australia), UF's school record holder in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, ran a personal record in the 5,000 meters preliminary to qualify for Friday (Aug. 19) night's final. It's her second event final of these Olympics.
Fellow Gator Great
Shara Proctor (Great Britain), making her second Olympics appearance, did not advance through the long jump qualifying.
Athlete-specific schedules, broken down daily, can be found below.
In addition to television broadcasts on NBC and NBC Sports Network, all track and field events will be streamed online. Links to each day's streaming links can be found in the broadcast schedule below.
2016 OLYMPIC GAMES MEET INFORMATION (All times Eastern)
- Live Results
- Venue: Joao Havelange Olympic Stadium (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
| Television Broadcast Schedule |
| Date (Events) |
Time (Network & Streaming Link) |
| Thursday, August 18th (SP [M]; 400mH [M]) |
8:00 a.m.-11:20 a.m. (NBC Sports Network)
10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. (NBC) |
| Thursday, August 18th (SP [M]) |
8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (NBC) |
| Friday, August 19th (4x400 [M/W]; 5,000m [W] |
8:00-10:30 p.m. (NBC) |
| Saturday, August 20th (4x400 [M/W]) |
8:00 p.m.-12:00 a.m. (NBC) |
| Day Five – Tuesday, August 16th |
| Event |
Place, Athlete (Country) – Time/Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| 5,000m (W)* |
12. Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – 15:20.45 | Advanced to semifinals (time) |
| TJ (M) |
1. Christian Taylor (United States) – 17.86 meters (58-7.25) [+0.7] | WON GOLD MEDAL |
|
2. Will Claye (United States) – 17.76 meters (58-3.25) [+0.4] | WON SILVER MEDAL |
| LJ (W) |
21. Shara Proctor (Great Britain) – 6.36 meters (20-10.5) [-0.3] |
| 400mH (M)^ |
1. Kerron Clement (United States) – 48.26 | Season-best time; advanced to final (automatic) |
| Day Seven – Thursday, August 18th |
| Time |
Athlete (Country) – Event |
| 8:55 a.m. |
Kemal Mesic (Bosnia); Stipe Zunic (Croatia) – Men's Shot Put (Qualifying) |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Kerron Clement (United States) – Men's 400-meter Hurdles |
| 7:30 p.m. |
Kemal Mesic (Bosnia); Stipe Zunic (Croatia) – Men's Shot Put |
| Day Eight – Friday, August 19th |
| Time |
Athlete (Country) – Event |
| 7:40 p.m. |
Jamaica (Novlene Williams-Mills) – Women's 4x400 Relay (Prelims) |
| 8:10 p.m. |
United States (Arman Hall, Tony McQuay) – Men's 4x400 Relay (Prelims) |
| 8:40 p.m. |
Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – Women's 5,000 meters |
| Day Nine – Saturday, August 20th |
| Time |
Athlete (Country) – Event |
| 9:00 p.m. |
Jamaica (Novlene Williams-Mills) – Women's 4x400 Relay |
| 9:35 p.m. |
United States (Arman Hall, Tony McQuay) – Men's 4x400 Relay |
Completed Events
| Day One – Friday, August 12th |
| Event |
Place, Athlete (Country) – Time/Mark | Notes |
| 800m (M)* |
11. Andres Arroyo (Puerto Rico) – 1:46.17 | Advanced to semifinals (automatic) |
| Day Two – Saturday, August 13th |
| Event |
Place, Athlete (Country) – Time/Mark | Notes |
| 3kSC (W)* |
11. Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – 9:26.25 | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 800m (M)^ |
22. Andres Arroyo (Puerto Rico) – 1:46.74 |
| Day Four – Monday, August 15th |
| Event |
Place, Athlete (Country) – Time/Mark [Wind] | Notes |
| TJ (M)* |
1. Christian Taylor (United States) – 17.24 meters (56-6.75) [+0.2] | Advanced to final (automatic) |
|
3. Will Claye (United States) – 17.05 meters (55-11.25) [+0.4] | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 3kSC (W) |
9. Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – 9:21.21 | Topped PR by 1.98 seconds |
| 400mH (M)* |
16. Kerron Clement (United States) – 49.17 | Advanced to semifinals (automatic) |
| 110mH (M)* |
30. Eddie Lovett (U.S. Virgin Islands) – 13.77 [+1.4] |
Notes: Bold italics denotes final; * - denotes preliminary/qualifying round; ^ - denotes semifinal round
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