Who are the swimming announcers for Paris Olympics 2024 on NBC? Everything you need to know about the broadcaster's lineup

By Anirudh

Modified Jul 27, 2024 20:57 GMT

NBC Universal recently announced a star-studded team of Olympic swimming announcers for the Paris Olympics 2024. Veterans Rowdy Gaines and Dan Hicks are set to be the main commentators for the Games.

This will be the eighth consecutive Olympics that the pair will work together, which adds another chapter to their legendary partnership in broadcasting.

Hicks will be doing the play-by-play commentary in the finals and he will be joined by analysts Gaines and Olympic legend Michael Phelps. Elizabeth Beisel and Melissa Stark will be their correspondents for the same.

For the heats, Jason Knapp will be calling the play-by-play, and Amy Van Dyken will serve as the analyst in the NBC's team of Olympic swimming announcers for the Paris Olympics 2024.

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Paris Olympics: USA win men's relay gold, women's 4x100m free relay and women's 400m freestyle

Katie Ledecky with her women's 400m freestyle bronze medal - Getty Images

Team USA opened their swimming medal haul at the Paris Olympics on Saturday (July 27). They won a total of five medals, one gold, two silver, and two bronze. The women's 400m freestyle was the first blockbuster event of the day.

With Summer McIntosh, Ariarne Titmus, and Katie Ledecky going head-to-head, excitement in the build-up reached fever pitch. Australian Titmus started strong and stayed in front throughout to clinch the gold medal in 3:57.49.

Canada's McIntosh finished second without much of a challenge in 3:58.37 while American Ledecky had to fight for the bronze medal. At one point in the race, her Paige Madden looked certain to finish third before Ledecky turned on the afterburners and took the final spot on the podium, clocking 4:00.86.

In the women's 4x100m freestyle relay, Australia's Mollie O’Callaghan, Shayna Jack, Emma McKeon, and Meg Harris won the gold medal. They broke their own Olympic record with a 3:28.52 effort to win the country’s first gold medal in Paris.

The American quartet of Kate Douglass, Gretchen Walsh, Torrie Huske, and Simone Manuel won the silver medal in an American record of 3:30.20. China's Yang Junxuan, Cheng Yujie, Zhang Yufei, and Wu Qingfeng won the bronze medal.

In the men's 4x100m relay, Team USA's Jack Alexy, Chris Guiliano, Hunter Armstrong, and Caeleb Dressel won the gold medal. They finished 1.07 seconds before Australia, who took home the silver in 3:10.35. Italy clinched the bronze medal. The USA has now the gold medal in this event in 11 of the last 14 editions of the Games.