Final Michigan Olympic Medal Count

The total medal count for Olympic athletes with Michigan ties is 19. Even if the medals are counted by event rather than by athlete, Michigan still beats both New Zealand and Poland. For the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Michigan has a connection with four bronze, four silver and eleven gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics:

Elizabeth (Betsey) Armstrong

• Silver in Women’s Water Polo

Alison Gregorka

• Silver in Women’s Water Polo

Kara Lynn Joyce (Swimming):

• Silver in Women’s 4 x100m Freestyle Relay
• Silver in Women’s 4 x100m Medley Relay

Kate Markgraf

• Gold in Women’s Soccer (Football)

Randi Miller (Wrestling)

• Bronze in Women’s Freestyle 63 kg

Michael Phelps (Swimming):

• Gold in Men's 100m Butterfly
• Gold in Men's 200m Freestyle
• Gold in Men's 200m Butterfly
• Gold in Men's 200m Individual Medley
• Gold in Men's 400m Individual Medley
• Gold in Men's 4 x100m Freestyle Relay
• Gold in Men's 4 x100m Medley Relay
• Gold in Men's 4 x200m Freestyle Relay

Allison Schmitt (Swimming):

• Bronze in 4 x200m Freestyle Relay

Lindsay Tarpley

• Gold in Women’s Soccer (Football)

Peter Vanderkaay (Swimming):

• Gold in Men's 4 x200m Freestyle Relay
• Bronze in Men's 200m Freestyle

Adam Wheeler (Wrestling):

• Bronze in Men’s Greco-Roman 96