Shannon Rowbury

  • Shannon Rowbury
    Shannon Rowbury
  • Sport
    Track & Field
  • Medals
    • Gold 0
    • Silver 0
    • Bronze 0
  • Country
    United States
  • Date of Birth
    19 September 1984
  • Height
    5' 4" (1.65m)
  • Weight
    115lbs. (52kg)
  • Age
    28
  • Gender
    Female
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Schedule & Results

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Dates and times are in MYT.
Time Event Type Sport Event Stage Match
6/8/12 6:50 PM Track & Field Women's 1500 Meters Heats See Results
9/8/12 2:45 AM Track & Field Women's 1500 Meters Semifinal See Results
11/8/12 3:55 AM Medal/Final Track & Field Women's 1500 Meters Final See Results

Shannon Rowbury Biography

Rowbury seems to have put a difficult 2011 behind her, and heads into the 2012 Games as one of the favorites to medal in the 1,500. This will be her second Olympic appearance after running the 1,500 at the Beijing Games in 4:03.58 to take seventh place - the best finish by an American woman at the modern Olympics. Rowbury, the U.S. outdoor champ in 2008 and ’09, followed up that performance by taking the bronze in the 2009 world championships with a time of 4:04.18. Things didn't go quite as smoothly in 2011, when she suffered a pair of injuries and dealt with the deaths of her grandmother and Duke teammate Sally Meyerhoff, and didn't qualify for the finals at the world championships. She has since regrouped, and qualified for London by finishing second at the U.S. trials with a time of 4:05.11. "I’m so ecstatic to make the team and represent USA," Rowbury said. "Relief has to be the biggest emotion." At Duke, Rowbury was a six-time All-American and was the NCAA champion in the mile in 2007.

Overall Medal Count

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 United States 46 29 29 104
2 China 38 27 23 88
3 Great Britain 29 17 19 65
4 Russia 24 26 32 82
5 South Korea 13 8 7 28
6 Germany 11 19 14 44
7 France 11 11 12 34
63 Malaysia 0 1 1 2
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