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Cullen Jones has competed for USA Cullen Jones has won 2 gold medals at the Olympic Games Cullen Jones has won 2 silver medals at the Olympic Games 

Cullen Jones is a swimmer who has competed for the United States. He competed at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Jones started his Olympic career in Beijing 2008. There, he recorded a fastest split of the U.S. men's team (47.61) through the second leg in the heats of the 4x100 metres freestyle relay before his teammates Nathan Adrian, Ben Wildman-Tobriner, and Matthew Grevers completed the race with a new world record time (3:12.23). A few days later, he helped the U.S. men's team of Jason Lezak, Garrett Weber-Gale, and Michael Phelps lower their world record to 3:08.24 to reclaim their title in the final round.

Four years later in London, Jones recorded a third-leg split of 47.60 to maintain the lead for the U.S. men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay team. When he handed Ryan Lochte the relay duties at the final exchange, the latter's split of 47.74 was a full second slower than the Frenchmen that sealed a victory, leaving Adrian and the rest of the U.S. team with a silver. On the individual side, he rebounded from an early semifinal exit in the 100 metres freestyle to claim his first individual medal with a silver in the 50. Throughout his Olympic career, Jones became the first African-American swimmer to hold a world record and the second overall to win a medal.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Rank
2008 Men's 4x100m freestyle relay Gold
2012 Men's 50m freestyle Silver
Men's 100m freestyle 14th
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay Silver
Men's 4x100m medley relay Gold

2008[]

Discipline Round Time
4x100 metres freestyle relay Heats 3:12.23
(47.61 split)
WR
Final 3:08.24
(Reserve)
WR

2012[]

Discipline Round Time
50 metres freestyle Heats 21.95
Semifinal 21.54
Final 21.54
100 metres freestyle Heats 48.61
Semifinal 48.60
Final Did not advance
4x100 metres freestyle relay Heats 3:12.59
(Reserve)
Final 3:10.38
(47.60 split)
4x100 metres medley relay Heats 3:32.65
(48.12)
Final 3:29.35
(Reserve)
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