Aries Merritt with his 110m Hurdles gold

Aug. 13, 2012

Tennessee products collected a school-record 10 medals at the 2012 Olympics in London, surpassing the mark of eight set at Atlanta in 1996. The mark of 10 also ranked seventh among all schools and second among SEC programs.

Former Vols and Lady Vols collected five gold medals, one silver and four bronze. Here is a full rundown of the Tennessee medalists:

Gold
Tamika Catchings (USA, Women's basketball) » Story
Tianna Madison (USA, Women's track 4x100m relay) » Story
Aries Merritt (USA, Men's track 110-meter hurdles) » Story
Candace Parker (USA, Women's basketball) » Story
DeeDee Trotter (USA, Women's track 4x400-meter relay) » Story

Silver
Justin Gatlin (USA, Men's 4x100-meter relay) » Story

Bronze
Justin Gatlin (USA, Men's track 100m run) » Story
Marie-Eve Nault (Canada, Women's soccer) » Story
DeeDee Trotter (USA, Women's track 400-meter run) » Story
Rhian Wilkinson (Canada, Women's soccer) » Story

Here's a list of the Top 10 colleges that had athletes claim medals in London (Courtesy CollegeSports360.com). Tennessee listed seventh, and second most among SEC schools, behind only Florida (21).

1. USC (24 medals - 12 gold, 9 silver, 3 bronze)
2. Florida (21 medals - 9 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze)
3. California (17 medals - 11 gold, 1 silver, 5 bronze)
4. Stanford (16 medals - 12 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze)
5. Texas (13 medals - 6 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze)
6. Washington (11 medals - 2 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze)
7. TENNESSEE (10 medals - 5 gold, 1 silver, 4 bronze)
8. UCLA (8 medals - 6 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
9. Princeton (7 medals - 1 gold 2 silver, 4 bronze)
10T. Connecticut (6 medals - 6 gold)
10T. Michigan (6 medals - 4 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze)
10T. Georgia (6 medals - 3 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze)
10T. Auburn (6 medals - 2 gold, 1 silver, 3 bronze)

Here's a list of the Top 10 colleges in terms of gold medals as Tennessee ranked eighth on that list: (Courtesy CollegeSports360.com).

1T. USC (12 gold)
1T. Stanford (12 gold)
3. California (11 gold)
4. Florida (9 gold)
5T. Connecticut (6 gold)
5T. Texas (6 gold)
5T. UCLA (6 gold)
8. TENNESSEE (5 gold)
9. Michigan (4 gold)
10T. Georgia (3 gold)
10T. Arizona (3 gold)
10T. Texas A&M (3 gold)

Take a look at all of Tennessee's 2012 Olympians: 2012 UT OLYMPIANS

Here are Tennessee's all-time Olympic Medalists: ALL-TIME UT MEDALISTS