List of American universities with Olympic medals
The list of American universities with Olympic medals shows the number of Olympic medals won by students and alumni of American universities in Olympic Games up through 2016 Rio 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 little 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.[1][2][3][4]
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.[5][6] The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) division of a university for school year 2017–2018 is shown for comparison. A university with remarks "I" means the count might be incomplete due to the lack of reliable sources. In this list, universities are presented in descending order starting from those with the most Olympic medals.
In the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics, the university with the most Olympic medals in the U.S. was Stanford University (27 medals), followed by UC Berkeley (22 medals) and the University of Southern California (21 medals); the University of Florida (13 medals) and UT Austin (13 medals) tied for 4th place.[7][8][9]
Top 10
Rank | University | State | NCAA | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Reference & Remarks |
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1 | University of Southern California | California | Div I | 144 | 93 | 72 | 309 | [10][11] |
2 | Stanford University | California | Div I | 139 | 73 | 58 | 270 | [12] |
3 | University of California, Los Angeles | California | Div I | 123 | 54 | 56 | 233 | [13] This count is fewer than UCLA's official count because UCLA's official count also includes coaches, managers, etc. |
4 | University of California, Berkeley | California | Div I | 117 | 51 | 39 | 207 | [14] |
5 | University of Michigan | Michigan | Div I | 68 | 39 | 37 | 144 | [7][15] This count is fewer than Michigan's official count because Michigan's official count also includes coaches, staff, etc. |
6 | University of Texas, Austin | Texas | Div I | 83 | 38 | 22 | 143 | [7][16][17][18] |
7 | University of Florida | Florida | Div I | 60 | 33 | 33 | 126 | [19] |
8 | Harvard University | Massachusetts | Div I | 46 | 41 | 21 | 108 | [20] This count is fewer than Harvard's official count because Harvard's official count also includes coaches, staff, etc. |
9 | Yale University | Connecticut | Div I | 51 | 26 | 30 | 107 | [21][22] The two "official counts" of Yale are both different from this count. The first official count includes non-athlete medals and does not include 2012 Olympics, while the second includes coaches and athletes. |
10 (Tie) | Indiana University Bloomington | Indiana | Div I | 55 | 17 | 32 | 104 | [23] |
10 (Tie) | Ohio State University | Ohio | Div I | 46 | 35 | 23 | 104 | [24][25] |
12th - 20th
Rank | University | State | NCAA | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Reference & Remarks |
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12 | University of Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania | Div I | 24 | 28 | 22 | 74 | [26] |
13 (Tie) | Dartmouth College | New Hampshire | Div I | 24 | 24 | 15 | 63 | [16][27][28][29] |
13 (Tie) | University of Arizona | Arizona | Div I | 26 | 23 | 14 | 63 | [30] |
15 (Tie) | Arizona State University | Arizona | Div I | 25 | 12 | 23 | 60 | [31] |
15 (Tie) | Princeton University | New Jersey | Div I | 17 | 60 | [16][32][33] | ||
17 | Cornell University | New York | Div I | 28 | 19 | 8 | 55 | [34] |
18 | University of Tennessee | Tennessee | Div I | 30 | 12 | 9 | 51 | [35] |
19 | University of Wisconsin, Madison | Wisconsin | Div I | 13 | 24 | 13 | 50 | [36] |
20 | UNC at Chapel Hill | North Carolina | Div I | 34 | 9 | 4 | 47 | [37] |
21st - 30th
Rank | University | State | NCAA | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | Reference & Remarks |
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21 | University of Washington | Washington | Div I | 46 | [16][38] (The source does not show the breakdown of medals) | |||
22 (tie) | Pennsylvania State University | Pennsylvania | Div I | 7 | 10 | 25 | 42 | [39][16][40][41][42] (See also: List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians) |
22 (tie) | California State University, Long Beach | California | Div I | 14 | 16 | 12 | 42 | [43] |
24 | Brown University | Rhode Island | Div I | 11 | 8 | 16 | 35 | [44] |
25 (Tie) | Auburn University | Alabama | Div I | 34 | [16][45] I | |||
25 (Tie) | Northern Michigan University | Michigan | Div II | 5 | 11 | 18 | 34 | [46][47] |
27 (Tie) | University of Georgia | Georgia | Div I | 31 | [16][48] | |||
27 (Tie) | Michigan State University | Michigan | Div I | 14 | 12 | 5 | 31 | [16][49] |
29 (Tie) | Louisiana State University | Louisiana | Div I | 15 | 8 | 7 | 30 | [50] |
29 (Tie) | Oklahoma State University | Oklahoma | Div I | 21 | 4 | 5 | 30 | [51] |
31st - 42nd
43rd - 53rd
Other colleges and universities (54th- )
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