In the 108 years since the first modern Games in 1896, Ivy Leaguers have combined to win 406 Winter and Summer Olympic medals. Thebreakdown is top-heavy: 164 gold medals, 143 silver medals, and 99 bronze medals.
Yale leads the gold medal count, with 51. The Crimson come in second with 39, but boasts the most Olympians of any Ivy League school. After Harvard comes Penn with 21, Cornell with 17, and Princeton with 13 gold medalists. Dartmouth accounts for 10 Ivy Olympic champions, Brown for eight, and Columbia for five.
Swimmer Don Schollander (Yale '68) won six medals, including five gold medals, over two Games -- 1964 Tokyo and 1968 Mexico City. After the Tokyo Games, he was named U.S. and World Athlete of the Year.
Alvin C. Kraenzlein (Penn '00) won four gold medals at the 1900 Paris Games, where he dominated the track and field competition with 12 of his Red and Blue teammates.
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| Ivy League Gold Medalists |
| Athlete/School |
Event |
Home Country |
Olympics |
| Thomas E. Burke, Harvard (1901) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| Thomas E. Burke, Harvard (1901) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| Ellery H. Clark, Harvard (1896) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| Ellery H. Clark, Harvard (1896) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| James B. Connolly, Harvard (1896) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| Thomas P. Curtis, Columbia |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| Robert Garrett, Jr., Princeton (1897) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| Robert Garrett, Jr., Princeton (1897) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| William Welles Hoyt, Harvard (1898) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| John B. Paine, Harvard (1892) |
Men's Shooting |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| Sumner Paine, Harvard (1890) |
Men's Shooting |
United States |
1896 Athens Summer Games |
| Irving K. Baxter, Penn (1901) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Irving K. Baxter, Penn (1901) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Frank W. Jarvis, Princeton (1900) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Alvin C. Kraenzlein, Penn (1900) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Alvin C. Kraenzlein, Penn (1900) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Alvin C. Kraenzlein, Penn (1900) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Alvin C. Kraenzlein, Penn (1900) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Maxwell Long, Columbia |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Dr. George W. Orto, Penn (1894) |
Men's Athletics |
Canada |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Richard Sheldon, Yale (1898) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Dr. J. Walter B. Tewksbury, Penn (1900) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Dr. J. Walter B. Tewksbury, Penn (1900) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1900 Paris Summer Games |
| Henry C. Egan, Harvard |
Men's Golf |
United States |
1904 St. Louis Summer Games |
| Walter E. Egan, Harvard |
Men's Golf |
United States |
1904 St. Louis Summer Games |
| Edgar W. Leonard, Harvard (1903) |
Men's Tennis |
United States |
1904 St. Louis Summer Games |
| David C. Munson, Cornell (1906) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1904 St. Louis Summer Games |
| Beals Coleman Wright, Harvard (1903) |
Men's Tennis |
United States |
1904 St. Louis Summer Games |
| Beals Coleman Wright, Harvard (1903) |
Men's Tennis |
United States |
1904 St. Louis Summer Games |
| Nathaniel J. Cartmell, Penn (1908) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1908 London Summer Games |
| Edward Cook, Cornell (1910) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1908 London Summer Games |
| George Dole, Yale (1906) |
Men's Wrestling |
United States |
1908 London Summer Games |
| A.C. Gilbert, Yale (1909) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1908 London Summer Games |
| Harry Porter, Cornell (1905) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1908 London Summer Games |
| John Baxter Taylor, Penn |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1908 London Summer Games |
| Harry Babcock, Columbia (1912) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1912 Stockholm Summer Games |
| Tel Berna, Cornell (1912) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1912 Stockholm Summer Games |
| James E. "Ted" Meredith, Penn |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1912 Stockholm Summer Games |
| James E. "Ted" Meredith, Penn |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1912 Stockholm Summer Games |
| Alma Richards, Cornell (1917) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1912 Stockholm Summer Games |
| Charles E. "Ed" Ackerly, Cornell (1920) |
Men's Wrestling |
United States |
1920 Antwerp Summer Games |
| Ivan Dresser, Cornell (1919) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1920 Antwerp Summer Games |
| Edward Eagan, Yale (1921) |
Men's Boxing |
United States |
1920 Antwerp Summer Games |
| Frank Foss, Cornell (1917) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1920 Antwerp Summer Games |
| Karl T. Frederick, Princeton (1903) |
Men's Shooting |
United States |
1920 Antwerp Summer Games |
| Karl T. Frederick, Princeton (1903) |
Men's Shooting |
United States |
1920 Antwerp Summer Games |
| Karl T. Frederick, Princeton (1903) |
Men's Shooting |
United States |
1920 Antwerp Summer Games |
| Richmond Landon, Yale (1921) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1920 Antwerp Summer Games |
| Earl J. Thomson, Dartmouth (1920) |
Men's Athletics |
Canada |
1920 Antwerp Summer Games |
| Leonard Carpenter, Yale (1924) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| Francis T. "Frank" Hunter, Cornell (1916) |
Men's Tennis |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| Francis Hussey, Columbia (1931) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| Howard Kingsbury, Yale (1926) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| A.D. Lindley, Yale (1925) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| J. Oliver MacDonald, Penn (1927) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| J. Lester Miller, Yale (1925) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| James Stillman Rockefeller, Yale (1924) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| Frederick Sheffield, Yale (1924) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| John F. Spellman, Brown (1924) |
Men's Wrestling |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| Benjamin Spock, Yale (1925) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| William E. Stevenson, Princeton (1922) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| Laurence Stoddard, Yale (1925) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| Frederick Morgan Taylor, Dartmouth (1925) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| Alan Williams, Cornell (1915) |
Men's Rugby |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| Alfred M. Wilson, Yale |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1924 Paris Summer Games |
| Sabin Carr, Yale (1928) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1928 Amsterdam Summer Games |
| Albina Osipowich, Brown (1933) |
Women's Swimming |
United States |
1928 Amsterdam Summer Games |
| Albina Osipowich, Brown (1933) |
Women's Swimming |
United States |
1928 Amsterdam Summer Games |
| Henry Russell, Cornell (1926) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1928 Amsterdam Summer Games |
| Edward Eagan, Yale (1921) |
Men's Bobsled |
United States |
1932 Lake Placid Winter Games |
| John A. Shea, Dartmouth (1934) |
Men's Speed Skating |
United States |
1932 Lake Placid Winter Games |
| John A. Shea, Dartmouth (1934) |
Men's Speed Skating |
United States |
1932 Lake Placid Winter Games |
| John Anderson, Cornell (1929) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1932 Los Angeles Summer Games |
| William A. Carr, Penn (1933) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1932 Los Angeles Summer Games |
| William A. Carr, Penn (1933) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1932 Los Angeles Summer Games |
| Helen Johns, Brown (1936) |
Women's Swimming |
United States |
1932 Los Angeles Summer Games |
| Karl Warner, Yale (1934) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1932 Los Angeles Summer Games |
| Alfred E. Loomis, Harvard (1950) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1948 London Summer Games |
| James McLane, Yale (1953) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1948 London Summer Games |
| James McLane, Yale (1953) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1948 London Summer Games |
| Hilary H. Smart, Harvard (1947) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1948 London Summer Games |
| Paul H. Smart, Harvard (1914) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1948 London Summer Games |
| James H. Smith, Jr., Harvard (1948) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1948 London Summer Games |
| Allen Stack, Yale (1949) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1948 London Summer Games |
| James H. Weekes, Harvard |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1948 London Summer Games |
| Richard Button, Harvard (1952) |
Men's Figure Skating |
United States |
1948 St. Moritz Winter Games |
| Britton Chance, Penn (1935) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1952 Helsinki Summer Games |
| James McLane, Yale (1953) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1952 Helsinki Summer Games |
| Charles Moore, Cornell (1951) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1952 Helsinki Summer Games |
| Wayne Moore, Yale (1953) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1952 Helsinki Summer Games |
| Eric Ridder, Harvard (1940) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1952 Helsinki Summer Games |
| Julian K. Roosevelt, Harvard (1950) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1952 Helsinki Summer Games |
| Michael Schoettle, Yale (1958) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1952 Helsinki Summer Games |
| Edgar P.E. White, Harvard (1952) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1952 Helsinki Summer Games |
| Sumner W. White, III, Harvard (1952) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1952 Helsinki Summer Games |
| Richard Button, Harvard (1952) |
Men's Figure Skating |
United States |
1952 Oslo Winter Games |
| Tenley Albright, Harvard (1953) |
Women's Figure Skating |
United States |
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games |
| Hayes A. Jenkins, Harvard (1959) |
Men's Figure Skating |
United States |
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Winter Games |
| William Becklean, Yale (1958) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1956 Melbourne Summer Games |
| Donald A.E. Beer, Yale (1957) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1956 Melbourne Summer Games |
| Thomas Charlton, Yale (1956) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1956 Melbourne Summer Games |
| John Cooke, Yale (1958) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1956 Melbourne Summer Games |
| Caldwell Esselstyn, Yale (1956) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1956 Melbourne Summer Games |
| Charles Grimes, Yale (1957) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1956 Melbourne Summer Games |
| Robert Morey, Yale (1958) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1956 Melbourne Summer Games |
| Richard Wailes, Yale (1958) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1956 Melbourne Summer Games |
| David Wight, Yale (1956) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1956 Melbourne Summer Games |
| Jeffrey Farrell, Yale (1963) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1960 Rome Summer Games |
| Jeffrey Farrell, Yale (1963) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1960 Rome Summer Games |
| George D. O'Day, Harvard (1945) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1960 Rome Summer Games |
| Richard Wailes, Yale (1958) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1960 Rome Summer Games |
| Robert B. Cleary, Harvard (1958) |
Men's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games |
| William J. Cleary, Jr., Harvard (1956) |
Men's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games |
| Robert P. McVey, Harvard (1958) |
Men's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games |
| Robert E. Owen, Harvard (1958) |
Men's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1960 Squaw Valley Winter Games |
| Peter M. Kirby, Dartmouth (1954) |
Men's Bobsled |
Canada |
1964 Innsbruck Winter Games |
| Gerald H. Ashworth, Dartmouth (1963) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Michael Austin, Yale |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| William Bradley, Princeton (1965) |
Men's Basketball |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Boyce Budd, Yale (1961) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Emory Clark, Yale (1960) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Stephen Clark, Yale (1965) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Stephen Clark, Yale (1965) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Stephen Clark, Yale (1965) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Jed Graef, Princeton (1964) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Donald Schollander, Yale (1968) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Donald Schollander, Yale (1968) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Donald Schollander, Yale (1968) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Donald Schollander, Yale (1968) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Bill Stowe, Cornell (1962) |
Men's Rowing |
United States |
1964 Tokyo Summer Games |
| Peter J. Barrett, Cornell (1957) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1968 Mexico City Summer Games |
| Eleanor S. Daniel, Penn (1973) |
Women's Swimming |
United States |
1968 Mexico City Summer Games |
| John Nelson, Yale (1970) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1968 Mexico City Summer Games |
| Donald Schollander, Yale (1968) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1968 Mexico City Summer Games |
| William Steinkraus, Yale (1948) |
Men's Equestrian |
United States |
1968 Mexico City Summer Games |
| Frank Shorter, Yale (1969) |
Men's Athletics |
United States |
1972 Munich Summer Games |
| Mike Evans, Princeton (1981) |
Men's Rowing |
Canada |
1984 Los Angeles Summer Games |
| Jonathan McKee, Yale (1983) |
Men's Sailing |
United States |
1984 Los Angeles Summer Games |
| Norman Bellingham, Harvard (1994) |
Men's Kayaking |
United States |
1988 Seoul Summer Games |
| David Berkoff, Harvard (1989) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1988 Seoul Summer Games |
| David Berkoff, Harvard (1989) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1992 Barcelona Summer Games |
| Nelson Diebel, Princeton (1994) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1992 Barcelona Summer Games |
| Nelson Diebel, Princeton (1994) |
Men's Swimming |
United States |
1992 Barcelona Summer Games |
| Kay Worthington, Penn |
Women's Rowing |
Canada |
1992 Barcelona Summer Games |
| Kay Worthington, Penn |
Women's Rowing |
Canada |
1992 Barcelona Summer Games |
| Xeno Muller, Brown (1994) |
Men's Rowing |
Switzerland |
1996 Atlanta Summer Games |
| Cristina Teuscher, Columbia (2000) |
Women's Swimming |
United States |
1996 Atlanta Summer Games |
| Katie King, Brown (1997) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1998 Nagano Winter Games |
| Lisa Miller-Brown, Princeton |
Women's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1998 Nagano Winter Games |
| A.J. Mleczko, Harvard (1999) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1998 Nagano Winter Games |
| Tara Mounsey, Brown (2001) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1998 Nagano Winter Games |
| Angela Ruggerio, Harvard (2002) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1998 Nagano Winter Games |
| Sarah Tueting, Dartmouth (1998) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1998 Nagano Winter Games |
| Gretchen Ulion, Dartmouth (1994) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1998 Nagano Winter Games |
| Sandra Whyte, Harvard (1992) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
United States |
1998 Nagano Winter Games |
| Brandon Slay, Penn (1998) |
Men's Wrestling |
United States |
2000 Sydney Summer Games |
| Dana Antall, Cornell |
Women's Ice Hockey |
Canada |
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games |
| Jen Botterill, Harvard (2002) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
Canada |
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games |
| Correne Bredin, Dartmouth (2002) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
Canada |
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games |
| Sarah Hughes, Yale |
Women's Figure Skating |
United States |
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games |
| Becky Kellar, Brown (1997) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
Canada |
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games |
| Joe Nieuwendyk, Cornell (1988) |
Men's Ice Hockey |
Canada |
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games |
| Cherie Piper, Dartmouth (2005) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
Canada |
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games |
| Tammy Shewchuk, Harvard (2001) |
Women's Ice Hockey |
Canada |
2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games |
