Top Universities with Athletes in the Olympics

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PARIS (Aug. 13, 2024) — The 2024 Paris Olympics have officially concluded, marking the incredible display of athleticism across 32 sports and 45 disciplines.

The world watched athletes break 125 Olympic records and 32 world records across the 19 days of competition.

The University of Kentucky set a school record with 24 student-athletes, alumni and coaches in the Paris Olympics who represented nine countries across six sports in the Games. Eleven Wildcats won 13 medals — nine gold, two silver and two bronze.

UK was in the top 11 colleges with the most American athletes in the 2024 Paris Olympics — tied for 7th place with the University of Virginia.

Team USA finished the Paris Games with 126 medals — the most of any competing country. Of those medals, Team USA earned 40 gold, 44 silver and 42 bronze medals.

Wildcats are credited with earning nine medals for Team USA, including seven golds (team medals count as one medal).

Here’s how those Wildcats finished in the Paris Olympics (by country):

TEAM USA:

3x3 Basketball

• Rhyne Howard (UK 2018-22) — Bronze medal

Men’s Basketball

• Bam Adebayo (UK 2016-17) — Gold medal
• Devin Booker (UK 2014-15) — Gold medal
• Anthony Davis (UK 2011-12) — Gold medal

Women’s Volleyball

• Avery Skinner (UK 2017-21) — Silver medal

Athletics/Track and Field

• Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (UK 2018) — Gold medal in 400m hurdles (broke her own world record), gold medal in 4x400m relay (broke the American record)
• Alexis Holmes (UK 2019-22) — Gold medal in 4x400m relay (anchor leg and broke American record) and sixth place in 400m final
• Masai Russell (UK 2018-23) — Gold medal in 100m hurdles
• Daniel Roberts (UK 2017-19) — Silver medal in 110m hurdles
• Andrew Evans (UK 2012-14)—17th place, discus qualifying round
• Ashley Kovacs (nee Muffet), USA Throws coach (2007-10) — Coached three medalists

Fencing

• Lee Kiefer (UK College of Medicine/Notre Dame alum) — Gold medal in individual foil and gold medal in team foil
• Gerek Meinhardt (UK College of Medicine/Notre Dame alum) — Fourth place in men’s team foil and table of 16 in men’s individual foil

BAHAMAS:

Athletics/Track and Field

• Devynne Charlton (Volunteer assistant coach/Purdue alum) — Sixth place in 100m hurdles final

CANADA:

Men’s Basketball

• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (UK 2017-18) — Quarterfinalist
• Jamal Murray (UK 2015-16) — Quarterfinalist
• Trey Lyles (UK 2014-15) — Quarterfinalist

JAMAICA:

Athletics/Track and Field

• Jelani Walker (UK 2018) — 11th place in 4x100m relay first round

NIGERIA:

Women’s Basketball

• Adebola Adeyeye (2022-23) — Quarterfinalist

PUERTO RICO:

Athletics/Track and Field

• Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (UK 2016-18) — Bronze medal in 100m hurdles

SOUTH AFRICA:

Diving

• Julia Vincent (Assistant coach/South Carolina alum) —11th place in 3m springboard diving
• Ted Hautau, South Africa diving coach —Coached Julia Vincent to 11th place in 3m springboard diving

SOUTH SUDAN:

Men’s Basketball

• Wenyen Gabriel (UK 2016-18) — Ninth place after group stage (Part of the country’s first-ever win in Olympic history in men’s basketball)

ZIMBABWE:

Athletics/Track and Field

• Tapiwanashe Makarawu (Incoming team member) — Sixth place in 200m final

 

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