List of American universities with Olympic medalist students and alumni

The list of American universities with Olympic medalist students and alumni shows the number of Olympic medals won by students and alumni of American universities in the Olympic Games up through 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics. Many of these athletes did not compete for the United States; the American college sports model, in which post-secondary institutions sponsor a wide range of athletic competitions and provide scholarships and subsidies to athletes with no regard for their origin, has the effect of drawing university-age athletes from all over the world to the United States for both academic and athletic study.

This list considers both summer and winter Olympic games, and only those who actually received Olympic medals are counted. Therefore, the list includes Olympic athletes only and excludes coaches, staff managers and so on. In addition, if an athlete attended more than one university, that athlete might show up in the medal count of each university attended. For example, Alma Richards who won the gold medal in the 1912 Stockholm Olympics in the high jump attended BYU prep school (degree), Cornell University (degree), the University of Southern California (degree) and Stanford University. He is listed in the medal count for BYU, Cornell and the University of Southern California, but Stanford does not include him in its list. Finally, in this list, universities are presented in descending order starting from those with the most Olympic medals.

In the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics, the university with the most Olympic medals in the U.S. was University of Southern California (31 medals) , followed by Stanford University (26 medals), the University of Florida (17 medals), UCLA (16 medals) and UC Berkeley (16 medals).

Although the 2024 Summer Olympics results have been announced, some have not yet been added to the tables below.

Top 10 Rank University State NCAA TotalTokyo 2020Beijing 2022 References 1 University of Southern California CaliforniaDiv I 163 96 77 336312Stanford UniversityCaliforniaDiv I 151 81 68 300263University of California, Los AngelesCaliforniaDiv I 1367163 270164 University of California, BerkeleyCaliforniaDiv I 120 56 46 220165 University of Texas at AustinTexasDiv I 88 42 25 155116 University of MichiganMichiganDiv I 71 44 40 155117 University of Florida FloridaDiv I 69 38 36 143178Ohio State UniversityOhioDiv I52402611849 Yale UniversityConnecticutDiv I 52 26 32 110310Harvard UniversityMassachusettsDiv I4642221102

11th – 50th Rank University State NCAA TotalTokyo 2020Beijing 2022 References11Indiana University BloomingtonIndianaDiv I51212395812 University of WashingtonWashingtonDiv I40 20 21 81813University of ArizonaArizonaDiv I37271579514University of MinnesotaMinnesotaDiv I26321876315 University of PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaDiv I 26 28 22 76016University of GeorgiaGeorgiaDiv I302020701117Princeton UniversityNew JerseyDiv I20242670318 Arizona State UniversityArizonaDiv I 29 12 28 69019University of TennesseeTennesseeDiv I41151268520Cornell UniversityNew YorkDiv I28241163221Pennsylvania State UniversityPennsylvaniaDiv I141434626 with comments. Mallon's spreadsheet is here. Full list22Auburn UniversityAlabamaDiv I22??60623University of Wisconsin–MadisonWisconsinDiv I15251353?24University of Nebraska–LincolnNebraskaDiv I151325533 Full list25University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNorth CarolinaDiv I358851326Dartmouth CollegeNew HampshireDiv I20201151027California State University, Long BeachCaliforniaDiv I18141547028University of KansasKansasDiv I32??45029Louisiana State UniversityLouisianaDiv I241011451130University of HoustonTexasDiv I2013841031Boston UniversityMassachusettsDiv I1617740032Brown UniversityRhode IslandDiv I12101739133Northern Michigan UniversityMichiganDiv II6122139334Columbia UniversityNew YorkDiv I1712938035Brigham Young UniversityUtahDiv I1518437036University of VirginiaVirginiaDiv I179935937University of California, IrvineCaliforniaDiv I1417233638Michigan State UniversityMichiganDiv I1512532139University of Notre DameIndianaDiv I1531432840University of OregonOregonDiv I13127325Full list41University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIllinoisDiv I1271332242Oklahoma State UniversityOklahomaDiv I204731243Texas A&M UniversityTexasDiv I166628744Purdue UniversityIndianaDiv I147627145University of MiamiFloridaDiv I911727046University of North DakotaNorth DakotaDiv I712726?47Syracuse UniversityNew YorkDiv I148325048Northwestern UniversityIllinoisDiv I136524249Tennessee State UniversityTennesseeDiv I137424050University of ArkansasArkansasDiv I1284242

Other universities (51st–)

University State NCAA TotalTokyo 2020Beijing 2022 ReferencesOregon State UniversityOregonDiv I1346231Duke UniversityNorth CarolinaDiv I1274234University of IowaIowaDiv I1445231University of Colorado BoulderColoradoDiv I1057222San Jose State UniversityCaliforniaDiv I777212University of OklahomaOklahomaDiv I1163200Northeastern UniversityMassachusettsDiv I487191Santa Clara UniversityCaliforniaDiv I144018? At least 17 athletes with 24 Olympic appearances, including the winners of 11 rugby gold medals. Full listNorth Carolina State UniversityNorth CarolinaDiv I1053181Texas Tech UniversityTexasDiv I6831711Full listUniversity of AlabamaAlabamaDiv I557175Baylor UniversityTexasDiv I1231162Georgetown UniversityDistrict of ColumbiaDiv I555150University of California, Santa BarbaraCaliforniaDiv I1122150University of ConnecticutConnecticutDiv I271735California State University, NorthridgeCaliforniaDiv I94114Evidence of being former students at CSUN mentioned in these sources:

Jeanette Bolden (gold medal): Valerie Brisco-Hooks (three gold medals and one silver medal): Alice Brown (two gold medals and one silver medal): Florence Griffith Joyner (three gold medals and two silver medals): Bob Samuelson (bronze medal): San Diego State UniversityCaliforniaDiv I833142University of South CarolinaSouth CarolinaDiv I16714Partial listUniversity of KentuckyKentuckyDiv I8311212Williams CollegeMassachusettsDiv III30912Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMassachusettsDiv III34512University of CincinnatiOhioDiv I64111West Virginia UniversityWest VirginiaDiv I73111Iowa State UniversityIowaDiv I61411University of Maryland, College ParkMarylandDiv I62311Washington State UniversityWashingtonDiv I731111University of MissouriMissouriDiv I442100University of California, DavisCaliforniaDiv I1000100Florida State UniversityFloridaDiv I4239Georgia TechGeorgiaDiv I6028Full listFurman UniversitySouth CarolinaDiv I4048 University of ChicagoIllinoisDiv III5218California State Polytechnic University, PomonaCaliforniaDiv II3137New York UniversityNew YorkDiv III1247Abilene Christian UniversityTexasDiv I4206DeVry University – –1146Westminster UniversityUtahDiv II0516Fordham UniversityNew YorkDiv I3115Indiana State UniversityIndianaDiv I3115University of IdahoIdahoDiv I4105 University of PittsburghPennsylvaniaDiv I3025 Vanderbilt UniversityTennesseeDiv I2305Wake Forest UniversityNorth CarolinaDiv I3025California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoCaliforniaDiv I1315Middlebury CollegeVermontDiv III0415Rice UniversityTexasDiv I1124University of Alaska FairbanksAlaskaDiv II2114Boston CollegeMassachusettsDiv I0303George Washington UniversityDistrict of ColumbiaDiv I0123University of UtahUtahDiv I0303California Institute of TechnologyCaliforniaDiv III0213College of the Holy CrossMassachusettsDiv I1012University of Central FloridaFloridaDiv I2002Pennsylvania Western University, CaliforniaPennsylvaniaDiv II1012Robert Morris UniversityPennsylvaniaDiv I0202University of New HampshireNew HampshireDiv I0112Utah Valley UniversityUtahDiv I0112Virginia TechVirginiaDiv I0022 Texas State UniversityTexasDiv I1001University of South FloridaFloridaDiv I1001Brandeis UniversityMassachusettsDiv III0101Colorado Technical UniversityColorado –0101Northern Arizona UniversityArizonaDiv I0011Community College of Rhode IslandRhode Island –0011Emerson CollegeMassachusettsDiv III0011New York Institute of TechnologyNew YorkDiv II0011Saddleback CollegeCalifornia –0011University of Colorado Colorado SpringsColoradoDiv II0011Utah State UniversityUtahDiv I0101

See also Olympic Games Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games

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