The United States dominated the final medal count at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, winning 104 medals in total. The New York area played a major role in supplying athletes for Team USA. Native New Yorkers took home 23 medals among 14 representatives. Unsurprisingly, the swimmers were the most decorated. Ryan Lochte, Dana Vollmer and Cullen Jones combined to win 11 medals.
You can check out the full list of New York athletes taking home hardware below:
Ryan Lochte, Canandaigua - Gold, Men's 4x200-meter Freestyle Relay; Gold, 400-meter IM; Silver, 200-meter IM; Silver, 4x100-meter Freestyle Relay; Bronze 200-meter Backstroke (Swimming)
Dana Vollmer, Syracuse - Gold, Women's 100-meter Butterfly; Gold, 4x100-meter IM Relay; Gold, 4x200-meter Freestyle Relay (Swimming)
Cullen Jones, New York City - Gold, Men's 4x100-meter IM Relay; Silver, 50-meter Freestyle; Silver, 4x100-meter Freestyle Relay (Swimming)
Justin Gatlin, Brooklyn - Silver, Men's 4x100-meter Relay; Bronze 100-meter (Track & Field)
Carmelo Anthony, New York City - Gold, Men's Basketball
Meghan Musnicki, Naples - Gold, Women's 8 Rowing
Abby Wambach, Rochester - Gold, Women's Soccer
Heather O'Reilly, New Brunswick, NJ - Gold, Women's Soccer
Tobin Heath, Morristown, NJ - Gold, Women's Soccer
Brigetta Barrett, Westchester - Silver, Women's High Jump
Maya Lawrence, Teaneck, NJ - Bronze, Women's Team Epee (Fencing)
Charlie Cole, New York City - Bronze, Men's 4 Rowing
Henrik Rummel, Pittsford - Bronze, Men's 4 Rowing
Lia Neal, New York City - Bronze, Women's 4x100 Freestyle Relay (Swimming)
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