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Kara Lynn Joyce has competed for USA Kara Lynn Joyce has won 4 silver medals at the Olympic Games 

Kara Lynn Joyce is a swimmer who has competed for the United States. She competed at the 2004, 2008, and 2012 Summer Olympic Games.

Joyce started her Olympic career in Athens 2004. There, she scored a pair of silver each as a member of the U.S. women's team in the 4x100 metres freestyle relay and 4x100 metres medley relay. On the individual side, she landed on the fifth spot each in the sprint freestyle double (50 and 100).

Four years later in Beijing, Joyce added another pair of silver in the same relay races for the U.S. women's team. She also entered again the top eight finals of the 50 metres freestyle, but she dropped off the podium to sixth.

Joyce tied for the sixteenth spot with Amy Smith and Sarah Blake Bateman in the heats of the 50 metres freestyle at London 2012. She lost the three-way swim-off to Smith by 0.24 of a second.

Olympic Results[]

Year Event Rank
2004 Women's 50m freestyle 5th
Women's 100m freestyle 5th
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay Silver
Women's 4x100m medley relay Silver
2008 Women's 50m freestyle 6th
Women's 4x100m freestyle relay Silver
Women's 4x100m medley relay Silver
2012 Women's 50m freestyle 17th

2004[]

Discipline Round Time
50 metres freestyle Heats 25.06
Semifinal 25.06
Final 25.00
100 metres freestyle Heats 54.53
Semifinal 54.81
Final 54.54
4x100 metres freestyle relay Heats 3:39.46
(Reserve)
Final 3:36.39
(54.74 split)
AR
4x100 metres medley relay Heats 4:02.82
(Reserve)
Final 3:59.12
(54.31 split)

2008[]

Discipline Round Time
50 metres freestyle Heats 25.01
Semifinal 24.63
Final 24.63
4x100 metres freestyle relay Heats 3:37.53
(54.13 split)
Final 3:34.33
(53.98 split)
AR
4x100 metres medley relay Heats 3:59.15
(54.10 split)
Final 3:53.30
(Reserve)
AR

2012[]

Discipline Round Time
50 metres freestyle Heats 25.28
Swim-off 25.16
Semifinal Did not advance
Final
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