UNLV Rebels
Olympians
Table:
Last
First
Year
Sport
Event
Medal
Country

Andersson
Jonas
2008
Swimming
100m Breaststroke

Sweden

Andersson
Jonas
2008
Swimming
4 × 100 m Relay (Medley)

Sweden

Augmon
Stacey
1988
Basketball

Bronze
United States

Bartoch
Joe
2008
Swimming
100m Butterfly

Canada

Diaconescu
Ioana
2000
Swimming
4 × 100 m Relay (Freestyle)

Romania

Diaconescu
Ioana
2000
Swimming
4 × 200 m Relay (Freestyle)

Romania

Diaconescu
Ioana
2000
Swimming
4 × 100 m Relay (Medley)

Romania

Dickel
Mark
2000
Basketball

New Zealand

Dickel
Mark
2004
Basketball

New Zealand

Harrigan
Lori
1996
Softball

Gold
United States

Harrigan
Lori
2000
Softball

Gold
United States

Harrigan
Lori
2004
Softball

Gold
United States

Hortness
Richard
2008
Swimming
50m Freestyle

Canada

Hutchinson
Ayanna
2000
Track and Field
100m

Trinidad and Tobago

Hutchinson
Ayanna
2004
Track and Field
100m

Trinidad and Tobago

Hutchinson
Ayanna
2004
Track and Field
4 × 100 m relay

Trinidad and Tobago

Livingston
Andrew
2000
Swimming
100m Butterfly

Puerto Rico

Livingston
Andrew
2000
Swimming
200m Butterfly

Puerto Rico

Livingston
Andrew
2004
Swimming
200m Butterfly

Puerto Rico

Marion
Shawn
2004
Basketball

Bronze
United States

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Jonas Carl Andersson ( born 2 June 1984 ) is a Swedish swimmer from Stockholm , representing SK Neptun from Stockholm .
The 2008 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad ( Chinese : 第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会 ; pinyin : Dì Èrshíjiǔ Jiè Xiàjì Àolínpǐkè Yùndònghuì ) and commonly known as Beijing 2008 , was an international multi-sport event that was held from 8 to 24 August 2008 in Beijing , China . [ b ] A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees ( NOCs ) competed in 28 sports and 302 events ( one event more than those scheduled for the 2004 Summer Olympics ) . This was the first time that China had hosted the Summer Olympics , but the third time that the Games had been held in East Asia , following the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo , Japan , and the Seoul 1988 Summer Olympics . These were the second summer Olympic Games staged in a Communist country , after the Moscow 1980 Summer Olympics and the third in a developing country after the Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics in the Soviet Union and the first overall Olympics to be hosted by a Communist state since the former Yugoslavia hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo . Beijing was awarded the 2008 Games over four competitors on 13 July 2001 , having won a majority of votes from members of the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) after two rounds of voting . The Government of the People 's Republic of China promoted the Games and invested heavily in new facilities and transport systems . A total of 37 venues were used to host the events , including twelve constructed specifically for the 2008 Olympics . The equestrian events were held in Hong Kong , making this the third Olympics for which the events were held under the jurisdiction of two different NOCs . [ c ] The sailing events were contested in Qingdao , while the football events took place across several different cities . The official logo for the 2008 Games , titled Dancing Beijing , featured a stylised calligraphic character jīng ( 京 , means capital ) in reference to the host city . The Beijing Olympics was watched by 3,500,000,000 people worldwide and featured the longest distance for an Olympic Torch relay . The event sets numerous world and Olympics records in the history of sports , and is also the most expensive Summer Olympics of all time and second-most expensive overall , after the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi .
The swimming competitions at the 2008 Summer Olympics took place from 9 to 17 August 2008 at the Beijing National Aquatics Centre . The newly introduced open water marathon events ( 10 km ) were held on 20 and 21 August 2008 at Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park . Swimming featured 34 events ( 17 male , 17 female ) , including two 10 km open-water marathons . The remaining 32 were contested in a 50 m long course pool within the Olympic Park . United States claimed a total of 31 medals ( 12 golds , 9 silver , and 10 bronze ) in the leaderboard to maintain its standings as the most successful nation in swimming . A stellar performance in the pool also made an Olympic history for Michael Phelps , who captured eight gold medals to break Mark Spitz 's 1972 record , a total of seven , at a single Games . Despite the male swimmers failing to attain a single gold in swimming , Australia managed to repeat a second-place effort on its third consecutive Olympics with 20 medals ( six golds , six silver , and eight bronze ) . Meanwhile , Great Britain finished third with a total of six medals by the benefit of a sterling long-distance freestyle double from Rebecca Adlington . A total of 25 world records and 65 Olympic records were set during the competition .
Sweden sent a team to compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , People 's Republic of China . This is a list of all of the Swedish athletes who have qualified for the Olympics .
Canada , which is represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee ( COC ) , competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing , People 's Republic of China , from August 8 to 24 , 2008 . Canadian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games since 1900 , except the 1980 Summer Olympics which they boycotted . Canada sent 332 athletes in 25 sports , the seventh largest team at the games and Canada 's largest since 1988 . Canada did not send a team in handball , volleyball or basketball . Kayaker and 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist Adam van Koeverden was the flag bearer at the opening ceremonies ; Karen Cockburn bore the flag at the closing . The COC had set a goal of finishing in the top 16 in total medals ; at the 2004 Summer Olympics , Canada finished 19th . Despite failing to win a single medal in the first week of the Games , Canada would rebound , winning a combined 18 medals in the next 9 days . This 9-day medal haul exceeded the 12 medals Canada won in Athens four years earlier . The country would wind up finishing 19th in gold medals and 14th in total medals in Beijing . Equestrian show jumper Ian Millar competed at his ninth Summer Olympics , tying the record set by Hubert Raudaschl . He has been named to ten straight Olympic teams , but did not compete at the 1980 Summer Olympics due to the Canadian boycott . For the first time , Canadian athletes were paid for medals earned .
Ioana Lorena Diaconescu ( born 30 June 1979 in Bucharest ) is a former freestyle swimmer from Romania , who represented her native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics , starting in 1996 in Atlanta , Georgia . In 2000 , at the European LC Championships in Helsinki , Finland , she was on the women 's relay team , that won the gold medal in the 4×200 m freestyle .
The 2000 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and commonly known as Sydney 2000 or the Millennium Olympic Games/Games of the New Millennium , was an international multi-sport event held between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney , New South Wales , Australia . It was the second time the Summer Olympics were held in Australia , and also the Southern Hemisphere , the first being in Melbourne , Victoria , in 1956 .
The swimming competitions at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney took place from 16 to 23 September 2000 at the Sydney International Aquatic Centre in Homebush Bay . It featured 32 events ( 16 male , 16 female ) , and a total of 954 swimmers from 150 nations . The swimming program for 2000 was expanded from 1996 , with the inclusion of the semifinal phase in each of the events except for some special cases . Long-distance swimming events ( 400 m freestyle , 800 m freestyle , 1500 m freestyle , and 400 m individual medley ) and all relays still maintained the old format with only two phases : heats and final . Because of the radical changes in the competition format , it was extended into an eight-day program and thereby continued into the present era . Swimmers from the United States were the most successful , winning 14 golds , 8 silver , and 11 bronze to lead the overall medal count with 33 . Meanwhile , Australia had produced a total of 18 medals ( five golds , nine silver , and four bronze ) to claim the second spot in the tally . A total of fourteen world records and thirty-eight Olympic records were set during the competition .
Romania competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia . 145 competitors , 71 men and 74 women , took part in 116 events in 16 sports . At the Games , there was some controversy when gymnast Andreea Răducan was stripped of her individual all-around gold medal after testing positive for a stimulant . Răducan had taken cold medicine containing pseudoephedrine given to her by a team doctor .
Mark Robert Dickel ( born 21 December 1976 ) is a New Zealand-Australian former professional basketball player and the current team consultant of the TNT KaTropa of the Philippine Basketball Association ( PBA ) .
Basketball contests at the 2000 Summer Olympics was the fifteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event . It was held from 16 September 2000 to 1 October 2000 . Games took place at the Sydney SuperDome and the Dome in Sydney , Australia . The United States claimed the gold medals in both the men 's and women 's competitions .
New Zealand competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia . The New Zealand Olympic Committee was represented by 151 athletes and 100 officials .
Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was the sixteenth appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event . It took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena , a part of the Hellinikon Olympic Complex , in Athens , for the preliminary rounds , with the later stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex .
New Zealand competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , from 13 to 29 August 2004 . This was the nation 's twenty-second appearance at the Olympics since its debut in 1908 as part of Australasia . The New Zealand Olympic Committee sent a total of 148 athletes , 81 men , and 67 women to the Games to compete in 18 sports , surpassing a single athlete short of the record from Sydney four years earlier . Basketball and field hockey were the only team-based sports in which New Zealand had its representation at these Olympic Games . There was only a single competitor in archery , boxing , and fencing . Thirty-four athletes from the New Zealand team had previously competed in Sydney , including Olympic bronze medallist Barbara Kendall in women 's Mistral windsurfing , equestrian eventing rider Blyth Tait , sprint kayaker and former breaststroke swimmer Steven Ferguson , table tennis sisters Chunli and Karen Li , and discus thrower Beatrice Faumuina , who was appointed by the committee to carry the New Zealand flag in the opening ceremony . Tait 's compatriot Andrew Nicholson participated in his fifth Olympic appearance since the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles ( except 2000 , in which he was not chosen ) , as the most experienced athlete . While Tait shared the same age with Nicholson at 43 , and served as the oldest member of the team by a month difference , breaststroke swimmer Annabelle Carey , aged 15 , was the youngest ever New Zealand athlete to compete at the Olympics since 1976 . New Zealand left Athens with a total of five Olympic medals , three golds and two silver , finishing twenty-fourth in the overall medal count . Four New Zealand athletes won Olympic gold medals for the first time in history : Hamish Carter in men 's triathlon , track cyclist Sarah Ulmer in women 's individual pursuit , and twin sisters and rowers Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell in women 's double sculls . ( In other games , notably Los Angeles 1984 , more than 4 New Zealand athletes won Gold Medals . )
Lori Harrigan-Mack ( born September 5 , 1970 ) is an American , former collegiate All-American , right-handed hitting , left-handed softball pitcher originally from Anaheim , California . She was a three-time Olympic Champion as a member of the Team USA winning in 1996 , 2000 and 2004 . Harrigan played collegiately from 1989-1992 at the University of Nevada , Las Vegas where she owns numerous records ; she is the Big West career leader in shutouts and innings pitched and is a USA Softball Hall of Fame honoree .
The 1996 Summer Olympics , officially known as the Games of the XXVI Olympiad , commonly known as Atlanta 1996 , and also referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games , were an international multi-sport event that was held from July 19 to August 4 , 1996 , in Atlanta , Georgia , U.S . These Games , which were the fourth Summer Olympics to be hosted by the United States , marked the centennial of the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens - the inaugural edition of the modern Olympic Games . They were also the first since 1924 to be held in a different year from a Winter Olympics , under a new IOC practice implemented in 1994 to hold the Summer and Winter Games in alternating , even-numbered years . More than 10,000 athletes from 197 National Olympic Committees competed in 26 sports , including the Olympic debuts of beach volleyball , mountain biking , and softball , as well as the new disciplines of lightweight rowing and women 's football ( soccer ) . 24 countries made their Summer Olympic debut in Atlanta , including eleven former Soviet republics participating for the first time as independent nations . The hosting United States led the medal count with a total of 101 medals , and the most gold ( 44 ) and silver ( 32 ) medals out of all countries . The U.S. topped the medal count for the first time since 1984 , and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics . Notable performances during competition included those of Andre Agassi - who became the first men 's singles tennis player to combine a career Grand Slam with an Olympic gold medal , Donovan Bailey - who set a new world record of 9.84 for the men 's 100 meters , and Lilia Podkopayeva - who became the second gymnast to win an individual event gold after winning the all-round title in the same Olympics . The festivities were marred by violence on July 27 , when Eric Rudolph detonated pipe bombs at Centennial Olympic Park - a downtown park that was built to serve as a public focal point for the Games ' festivities , killing 1 and injuring 111 . In 2003 , Rudolph confessed to the bombing and a series of related attacks on abortion centers and a gay bar , and was sentenced to life in prison . He claimed that the bombing was meant to protest the U.S. government 's sanctioning of abortion on demand . The Games turned a profit , helped by record revenue from sponsorship deals and broadcast rights , and reliance on private funding ( as opposed to the extensive public funding used on later Olympics ) , among other factors .
Womens Softball made its first appearance as an official medal sport at the 1996 Summer Olympics . The competition was held at historic Golden Park in Columbus , Georgia , United States . Final results for the Softball competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics :
The United States was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Georgia . 646 competitors , 375 men and 271 women , took part in 263 events in 31 sports . The team finished first in the overall medal rankings for the first time since 1984 .
Final results for the Softball competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics :
The United States competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia . 586 competitors , 333 men and 253 women , took part in 265 events in 31 sports .
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( Greek : Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004 , Therinoí Olympiakoí Agónes 2004 ) , officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad and commonly known as Athens 2004 , was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens , Greece , from 13 to 29 August 2004 with the motto Welcome Home . The Games saw 10,625 athletes compete , some 600 more than expected , accompanied by 5,501 team officials from 201 countries . There were 301 medal events in 28 different sports . Athens 2004 marked the first time since the 1996 Summer Olympics that all countries with a National Olympic Committee were in attendance . 2004 also marked the return of the Olympic Games to the city where they began . Having previously hosted the Olympics in 1896 , Athens became one of only four cities to have hosted the Summer Olympic Games on two separate occasions at the time ( together with Paris , London , and Los Angeles ) . A new medal obverse was introduced at these Games , replacing the design by Giuseppe Cassioli that had been used since the 1928 Games . This rectified the long lasting mistake of using a depiction of the Roman Colosseum rather than a Greek venue . The new design features the Panathenaic Stadium . The 2004 Summer Games were hailed as unforgettable , dream games by IOC President Jacques Rogge , and left Athens with a significantly improved infrastructure , including a new airport , ring road , and subway system . There have been arguments ( mostly in popular media ) regarding the cost of the 2004 Athens Summer Games and their possible contribution to the 2010-2018 Greek government-debt crisis , however , there is little or no evidence for such a correlation . The 2004 Olympics were generally deemed to be a success , with the rising standard of competition amongst nations across the world .
Softball at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held at the Olympic Softball Stadium in the Helliniko Olympic Complex from August 14 to 23 . The United States ( USA ) won the gold while Australia ( AUS ) took silver and Japan ( JPN ) got bronze . It was one of the three sports at the Athens Olympics that was for women only along with Synchronized Swimming and Rhythmic Gymnastics . Eight teams competed for the gold medal in only the third appearance of the sport at the Summer Olympics .
The United States competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece . 533 competitors , 279 men and 254 women , took part in 254 events in 31 sports .
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , 46 events in athletics were contested , 24 for men and 22 for women . There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries .
Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia .
At the 2004 Summer Olympics , the athletics events were held at the Athens Olympic Stadium from August 18 to August 29 , except for the marathons ( run from Marathonas to the Kallimarmaro Stadium ) , the race walks ( on the streets of Athens ) , and the shot put ( held at the Ancient Olympia Stadium ) . A total of 46 events were contested , of which 24 by male and 22 by female athletes .
Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , from 13 to 29 August 2004 . This was the nation 's sixteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics as an independent nation , although it had previously appeared in four editions as part of the British colony and the West Indies Federation . Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee sent a total of nineteen athletes to the Games , ten men and nine women , to compete only in track and field ( the largest by sport ) , shooting , swimming , and taekwondo , which made its Olympic debut ; the nation 's team size was relatively similar to the record in Sydney four years earlier . Eight athletes from the Trinidad and Tobago team had previously competed in Sydney , including swimmer and double Pan American Games champion George Bovell , sprinters Ato Modibo , who later married to Caymanian athlete Cydonie Mothersille , and Ato Boldon , who became the most decorated athlete for Trinidad and Tobago with a staggering record of four Olympic medals . Because of his repeated successes and being the most sophisticated athlete of the team as a four-time Olympian , Boldon reprised his role to carry the Trinidad and Tobago flag in the opening ceremony for the second time . Trinidad and Tobago left Athens with a remarkable historic milestone from George Bovell , being the nation 's first ever swimmer to win an Olympic bronze medal in the men 's 200 m individual medley .
Andrew Joseph Livingston Conners ( born November 12 , 1978 ) is a butterfly stroke swimmer from the United States , who competed for Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics . His mother is from Puerto Rico . He competed for United States at the 1997 World University Games , but has represented Puerto Rico in swimming since then . Livingston attended the University of Nevada Las Vegas . He was also named the 2001 UNLV Sportsman of the Year .
Puerto Rico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney , Australia . 29 competitors , 23 men and 6 women , took part in 31 events in 10 sports .
The swimming competitions at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens took place from 14 to 21 August 2004 at the Athens Olympic Aquatic Centre in Marousi . It featured 32 events ( 16 male , 16 female ) , a total of 937 swimmers from 152 nations , and the program 's changes instituted in the previous Games , including notably the three-phase format ( heats , semifinals , and final ) for all short-distance races ( 200 metres and under ) . Swimmers from the United States continued to dominate the medal tally with a total of 28 , earning twelve golds , nine silver , and seven bronze . Australia still maintained the second spot from Sydney in 2000 , but produced a total of 15 more medals ( seven golds , five silver , and three bronze ) to its historical hardware in swimming . Meanwhile , Japan moved from behind to third overall in the medal board with eight medals after a sterling breaststroke double from Kosuke Kitajima . A total of eight world records and twenty-five Olympic records were set during the competition .
Puerto Rico competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens , Greece , from 13 to 29 August 2004 . This was the nation 's fifteenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics . Puerto Rico Olympic Committee sent the nation 's largest delegation to the Games since 1992 due to the presence of the men 's basketball team . A total of 43 athletes , 32 men and 11 women , had competed in 15 sports , roughly larger by two thirds of the nation 's team size from the previous Games . Five Puerto Rican athletes had previously competed in Sydney , including four-time Olympian and Tornado sailor Enrique Figueroa and freestyle swimmer and two-time Olympic finalist Ricardo Busquets . Men 's basketball was the only team-based sport in which Puerto Rico had its representation at these Games . Because of the nation 's emerging presence to the team sport , team captain and NBA 's Utah Jazz player Carlos Arroyo was appointed by the committee to carry the Puerto Rican flag in the opening ceremony . Puerto Rico also marked its Olympic debut in synchronized swimming and taekwondo . Puerto Rico left Athens without receiving a single Olympic medal for the second consecutive time . Figueroa and his new partner Jorge Hernández achieved the nation 's highest placement at these Games after finishing seventh in the Tornado class . Meanwhile , Mabel Fonseca originally claimed the fifth position in women 's wrestling , but she committed an anti-doping violation , as she was tested positive for the steroid stanozolol .
Shawn Dwayne Marion ( born May 7 , 1978 ) is an American former professional basketball player who played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association ( NBA ) . Marion finished his career as a four-time NBA All-Star and a one-time NBA champion , helping the Dallas Mavericks win their maiden title in 2011 . Nicknamed The Matrix by former NBA player Kenny Smith during the preseason of his rookie year , he was widely regarded as one of the most versatile players in the league because of his athleticism and ability to play and defend many positions . He was also known for his unorthodox shooting form .