Team USA wins first gold at 2024 Olympics in men’s 4×100-meter freestyle relay

Team USA is on the gold medal board. It took until late in the day on Saturday, but in the last swimming race of Saturday night, the U.S. took its first gold medal of the 2024 Olympics, winning the 4×100-meter freestyle relay behind a foursome of Chris Guiliano, Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel.

Team USA is on the gold medal board.

It took until late in the day on Saturday, but in the last swimming race of Saturday night, the U.S. took its first gold medal of the 2024 Olympics, winning the 4×100-meter freestyle relay behind a foursome of Chris Guiliano, Jack Alexy, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel.

The United States, at 3:09.28 finished a little over a second ahead of Australia, which took silver with a 3:10.35.

Italy finished third with a 3:10.70.

Gold medallists USA's Caeleb Dressel, USA's Hunter Armstrong, USA's Chris Guiliano and USA's Jack Alexy celebrate following the final of the men's 4x100m freestyle relay swimming on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024 in Nanterre, France.
Gold medallists USA’s Caeleb Dressel, USA’s Hunter Armstrong, USA’s Chris Guiliano and USA’s Jack Alexy celebrate following the final of the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay swimming on day 1 of the Olympic Games 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024 in Nanterre, France. Getty Images

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Dressel, who anchored the relay, won his eighth gold medal in the effort, but the Americans controlled the race throughout, meaning that he merely had to defend the lead during the final leg.

Alexy, a local product from Morristown, N.J., led off the relay in winning his first Olympic medal.

Australia ended the night as the biggest winner in swimming, winning a pair of golds in the women’s 400-meter freestyle and women’s 4×100 freestyle relay. 

Gold Medalists, Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel of Team United States look on during the Medal Ceremony after the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024 in Nanterre, France.
Gold Medalists, Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong and Caeleb Dressel of Team United States look on during the Medal Ceremony after the Men’s 4x100m Freestyle Relay Final on day one of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Paris La Defense Arena on July 27, 2024 in Nanterre, France. Getty Images

Medals for the men’s 400-meter individual medley, women’s 100-meter butterfly and men’s 100-meter breastroke are on tap Sunday.

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