USA Swimming has revealed the medals for the 2024 US Olympic Trials. The gold and silver medals have the same design with the outline of the Eiffel Tower as a cutout.
Although it is notable that the gold and silver medals are the same, earning silver does not guarantee the athlete will compete for Team USA in Paris. In 2021 (for the 2020 Tokyo Games), the US men left the sixth-place finisher in the 100 freestyle Ryan Held home due to relay roster limitations.
Although all of the 2nd place finishers usually make the roster of 26 athletes, it is still a possibility that someone has to be left home even with the Eiffel Tower on their silver medal. Second place finishers are in the second level of priority to qualify.
- Top 4 in 100/200 frees, Winner of all other events
- 2nd-place finisher in all events (besides 100/200 free)
- 5th-place finisher in 100/200 free
- 6th-place finisher in 100/200 free
In total, a maximum of 20 athletes could qualify in priority 1 while 12 second-place finishers could qualify in priority 2, meaning if there are not enough doubles, someone could be staying home.
The bronze medal does not have the Eiffel Tower outlined and instead is a whole circular medal, instead of featuring the cutout from The Tower.
The US Olympic Trials will take place from June 15-23 in Indianapolis, Indiana inside Lucas Oil Stadium. USA Swimming opened up ticket sales for single sessions just over a week ago.
The Paris Olympic medals have also already been revealed as they were revealed back in February. Each medal features a piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower.
Will Paralympic Trials swimmers also get thoughtful custom Paris-themed medals, or the same rectangular hastyawards.com medals as usual? Can’t wait to see the vastly disparate team training camps this summer. In 2021, Olympians went to Hawaii for three weeks, while Paralympians went back home. Other countries have this “ONE Team” thing figured out. Why not the USA? It’s embarrassing.
I have been to trials 6 times. Never even knew there were medals
Did you never see the medal ceremonies? They have them every finals session
The women’s team seems more likely to field up to #5 (possibly #6) for the 100/200 freestyles due to multiples from R. Smith, Ledecky, and Douglass. Many others could have two events: Huske, the Walsh sisters, Curzan, Weitzeil, Manuel, King, Weinstein, and Grimes. The men are going to have a harder time (again).
Gonna need Dressel and Carson Foster to clutch up on some multi event qualifications
Fink, Finke and Murphy are prolly just as likely to double up as those two imo.
Of those five I bet only like two of them do tho.
Yeah but Dressel and Foster can triple up which is even better. Finke could possibly as well if he has a good 400 IM or chooses the 400 free instead.
He doesn’t have to choose anymore because they’re on different days.
At first I was thinking it was so weird that the bronze doesn’t match, but I guess only the gold and silver come with a ticket to Paris!
Whats even the point of the bronze medal in a non freestyle relay event when a 6th place finish in the 100/200 free is more prestigious