Fabien Gilot is a swimmer who has competed for France. He competed at the 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympic Games.
Gilot started his Olympic career as a relay-only swimmer in Athens 2004, but he and the French men's team missed the podium with a seventh place time in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay.
Beijing 2008 marked the peak of Gilot's swimming career. There, he completed the second leg with a split of 47.05 to tighten the gap with the Americans towards the front. A fine third leg from Frédérick Bousquet put him and the French men's team into the lead over the Americans by more than half a second (0.59). As Alain Bernard dove into the final exchange, he led almost the entire leg until Jason Lezak passed him near the wall at the closest margins to touch the wall first with a new world record time (3:08.24), leaving Gilot and the French men's team with a silver and a European record by 0.08 of a second. On the individual side, he dropped to last of the eight swimmers in his semifinal heat of the 100 metres freestyle, placing fifteenth overall.
Four years later in London, Gilot helped the French men's team of Amaury Leveaux, Clément Lefert, and Yannick Agnel beat the Americans by 0.55 seconds to snatch a gold for the first time in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay. He capped off his Olympic career with a second silver as a member of the French men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay team at his fourth Games in 2016.
Olympic Results[]
Year | Event | Rank |
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2004 | Men's 4x100m freestyle relay | 7th |
2008 | Men's 100m freestyle | 15th |
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay | ||
Men's 4x100m medley relay | 9th | |
2012 | Men's 100m freestyle | 11th |
Men's 4x100m freestyle relay | ||
2016 | Men's 4x100m freestyle relay |
2004[]
Discipline | Round | Time |
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4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:17.64 (49.21 split) |
Final | 3:16.23 (48.95 split) |
2008[]
Discipline | Round | Time | |
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100 metres freestyle | Heats | 48.42 | |
Semifinal | 49.00 | ||
Final | Did not advance | ||
4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:12.36 (Reserve) |
AR |
Final | 3:08.32 (47.05 split) |
AR | |
4x100 metres medley relay | Heats | 3:34.78 (48.06 split) |
|
Final | Did not advance |
2012[]
Discipline | Round | Time |
---|---|---|
100 metres freestyle | Heats | 48.95 |
Semifinal | 48.49 | |
Final | Did not advance | |
4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:13.38 (Reserve) |
Final | 3:09.93 (47.67 split) |
2016[]
Discipline | Round | Time |
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4x100 metres freestyle relay | Heats | 3:13.27 (47.88 split) |
Final | 3:10.53 (48.20 split) |