Paige Madden Wins Silver in 4x200 Free Relay

PARIS – Virginia women’s swimming alumna Paige Madden won silver in the 4×200 Free Relay on Thursday (Aug. 1) in the swimming competition at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games being held at the Paris La Defense Arena in Paris, France.

Madden swam the second leg of the race in 1:55.65, helping the American team finish second with a time of 7:40.86. Australia won gold in an Olympic-record time of 7:38.08. The U.S. has medalled in this event at every Olympic Games since it first took place in 1996, making it 8 medals in a row. Madden was also a member of the 4×200 Relay in Tokyo which also won silver. Katie Ledecky, Claire Weinstein and Erin Gemmell were the other three swimmers on the American relay for the final.

This is Madden’s third career Olympic silver medal having also grabbed an individual silver in the 800 Free in Tokyo. She will swim the prelim for this year’s race on Friday morning. The top eight times in the prelims will advance to Saturday’s final.

Kate Douglass and Alex Walsh will also be in action on Friday morning, swimming prelims for the 200 IM. The semifinals for the event will run in the afternoon session.

Madden graduated in 2021 as a two-time ACC Swimmer of the Year with three individual NCAA titles, 14 All-America honors and 13 ACC individual and relay titles. This is her second time swimming for Team USA at the Olympics.

Cavalier Running Medal Tally: 5
Gold (1): 200 Breaststroke (Kate Douglass)
Silver (4): 4×100 Free (Douglass, Gretchen Walsh), 100 Fly (G Walsh), 4×200 Relay (Paige Madden)

American Records
Kate Douglass, 200 Breast, 2:19.24
4×100 Free Relay (Douglass, G Walsh), 3:30.20

Olympic Records
100 Fly (G Walsh), 55.38