Recap: NCAA Medal Footprint at the 2024 Paris Olympics

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, 272 former, current and incoming NCAA student-athletes combined to earn 330 medals for 26 countries. The medalists competed in 21 Olympic sports and represented 90 schools and 22 conferences.  

Of the medals earned by athletes with NCAA ties, 127 were gold, 95 were silver and 108 were bronze. Women accounted for 58% of all NCAA medalists and 80, or 63%, of the 127 gold medals.  

The United States included the most NCAA medalists of any country, with 184 medalists. 

Below are some other notable highlights of NCAA medalist data, based on the NCAA's comprehensive Olympic qualifier dashboard that includes more than 1,200 athletes.  

Top five NCAA schools, by number of medals 

1. Stanford: 34 medals won by 22 medalists — 12 gold, 11 silver and 11 bronze. 

2. California: 17 medals won by 13 medalists — 4 gold, 6 silver and 7 bronze.

3. Texas: 16 medals won by 13 medalists — 7 gold, 7 silver and 3 bronze. 

4. Virginia: 15 medals won by 8 medalists — 7 gold, 5 silver and 3 bronze. 

5. Southern California: 13 medals won by 12 medalists — 6 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze. 

Top five NCAA conferences, by number of medals 

1. Atlantic Coast Conference: 91 medals won by 65 medalists — 38 gold, 24 silver and 29 bronze. 

2. Southeastern Conference: 80 medals won by 62 medalists — 33 gold, 28 silver and 19 bronze. 

3. Big Ten Conference: 78 medals won by 73 medalists — 23 gold, 25 silver and 30 bronze. 

4. Big 12 Conference: 26 medals won by 21 medalists — 10 gold, 6 silver and 10 bronze. 

5. The Ivy League: 15 medals won by 11 medalists — 10 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze. 

Top five Olympic sports, by number of medals 

1. Swimming: 79 medals won by 40 medalists — 31 gold, 33 silver and 15 bronze.

2. Athletics (track and field): 76 medals won by 62 medalists — 34 gold, 22 silver and 20 bronze.    

3. Basketball: 28 medalists — 23 gold, 1 silver and 4 bronze. 

4. Volleyball: 27 medalists — 1 gold, 13 silver and 13 bronze. 

5. Water polo: 23 medalists — 1 gold, 5 silver and 17 bronze. 

Top countries, by number of medals 

1. United States: 236 medals won by 184 medalists — 103 gold, 69 silver and 64 bronze. 

T2. Canada: 14 medals won by 13 medalists — 4 gold, 6 silver and 4 bronze.

T2. Great Britain: 14 medals won by 13 medalists — 1 gold, 1 silver and 12 bronze. 

4. Australia: 10 medals won by 10 medalists — 6 silver and 4 bronze. 

5. France: 9 medals won by 5 medalists — 5 gold, 1 silver and 3 bronze. 

Data notes: A medalist is considered an athlete who earned an individual medal or was part of a team/relay that earned a medal. The data counts medals individually for relay/team events, whereas those are considered singular medals in traditional Olympic data counters. Medalists are credited for their current school, including incoming athletes for the 2024-25 academic year. In the case of former student-athletes who transferred, they are only credited to the school/conference in which they most recently competed. Additionally, this data only includes athletes with ties to NCAA championship sports or sports in the Emerging Sports for Women program.