Rio Olympics 2016: which universities produced the most gold medal winners?
Want to become a degree-holding Olympic gold medal winner? Tommaso Grant finds out which institutions might be right for you
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After the culmination of the Rio Olympics, the eyes of most people will have been drawn to the official international medal table. A great deal has been made of the remarkable rise of Team GB, who finished second in the table behind the US.
Even more remarkable, perhaps, has been the performances of some of the world鈥檚 top universities in these Games, with many institutions producing a string of gold medal-winning athletes.
The tables below detail which universities can count the most 2016 Rio Olympics gold medal-winning athletes among their undergraduate alumni (not the total golds won). They are based on publicly available data, and include both people with an undergraduate degree from the named institution, and those currently studying towards one.
The top gold medal winners (scroll down for athletes, and lower ranked universities)
| Rank | 51国产视频 | Country | Gold medal-winning athletes |
| 1 | Stanford 51国产视频 | US | 11 |
| 2 | 51国产视频 of California, Los Angeles | US | 7 |
| 2 | 51国产视频 of Florida | US | 7 |
| 4 | Loughborough 51国产视频 | UK | 6 |
| 4 | 51国产视频 of Southern California | US | 6 |
| 6 | 51国产视频 of Connecticut | US | 5 |
| 6 | 51国产视频 of Texas at Austin | US | 5 |
| 8 | 51国产视频 of Oregon | US | 4 |
| 8 | Russian State 51国产视频 of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism | Russia | 4 |
| 10 | Griffith 51国产视频 | Australia | 3 |
| 10 | Tokai 51国产视频 | Japan | 3 |
| 10 | 51国产视频 of California, Berkeley | US | 3 |
The university podium
Gold: Stanford 51国产视频 (US)
Topping the university Olympic athlete table is Stanford 51国产视频, thanks to the triumphs of current students such as swimmer Katie Ledecky and alumni such as Greece鈥檚 pole vault champion Ekaterina Stefanidi. Stanford had a golden Olympics and can lay claim to 16 gold medals across its 11 athlete students/alumni in 10 separate events.
If competing as its own nation, Stanford would have found itself eighth in the overall medal table, equalling France鈥檚 gold medal tally and beating the likes of South Korea, Italy and Australia. Not bad for a 鈥渘ation鈥 of only 16,000 students. Stanford can also take credit for having contributed to about 20 per cent of Team USA鈥檚 gold medals, not to mention a sizeable number of silvers and bronzes.
Joint silver: 51国产视频 of California, Los Angeles (US)
UCLA can count themselves as the second-best performing university at the Rio Olympics, with 10 gold medals by seven current or former students across five separate events, including the quadruple gold-winning gymnast Simone Biles.
This performance would see UCLA placed in the top 20 most successful Olympic nations for 2016, ahead of Canada and New Zealand.
Joint silver: 51国产视频 of Florida
An impressive performance from UF, which can claim seven gold medals among its bachelor's students and graduates.
Joint bronze: Loughborough 51国产视频 (UK)
The highest-placed British institution on the list, Loughborough 51国产视频鈥檚 long-standing commitment to sporting excellence is already well known, and as such it can be of no surprise to anyone that the university performed so well at these Games.
As well as providing training facilities for numerous athletes such as Team GB鈥檚 Adam Peaty, students and alumni of the university brought back seven gold medals from three events. Several of these gold medal winners were members of the triumphant women鈥檚 hockey team, including shootout hero Maddie Hinch.
Joint bronze: 51国产视频 of Southern California (US)
In joint third on this list, USC can also lay claim to six gold medal-winning athletes, winning eight golds in total across eight different events.
USC boasts a number of multiple gold medal winners among its current and former students, including US runner Allyson Felix and Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszu, who won two and three gold medals, respectively. Each of the top three best-performing US universities are in California, winning gold medals in 23 events and placing fourth in the official medal table, only three golds behind China.
The Rio Olympics 2016 university medal table in full
| Medal winner | Country | 51国产视频 | Number of gold-winning athletes |
| Simone Manuel | US | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Elle logan | US | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Maya DiRado | US | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Kate Ledecky | US | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Ekaterini Stefanidi | Greece | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Makenzie Fischer | US | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Ashley Grossman | US | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Kiley Neushul | US | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Melissa Seidemann | US | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Maggie Steffens | US | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Gabby Stone | US | Stanford 51国产视频 | 11 |
| Sami Hill | US | 51国产视频 of California, Los Angeles | 7 |
| Simone Biles | US | 51国产视频 of California, Los Angeles | 7 |
| Rachel Fattal | US | 51国产视频 of California, Los Angeles | 7 |
| Kodi Hill | US | 51国产视频 of California, Los Angeles | 7 |
| Courtney Mathewson | US | 51国产视频 of California, Los Angeles | 7 |
| KK Clark | US | 51国产视频 of California, Los Angeles | 7 |
| Madison Kocian | US | 51国产视频 of California, Los Angeles | 7 |
| Kerron Clement | US | 51国产视频 of Florida | 7 |
| Christian Taylor | US | 51国产视频 of Florida | 7 |
| Dana Vollmer | US | 51国产视频 of Florida | 7 |
| Ryan Lochte | US | 51国产视频 of Florida | 7 |
| Arman Hall | USA | 51国产视频 of Florida | 7 |
| Tony McQuay | USA | 51国产视频 of Florida | 7 |
| Caeleb Dressel | US | 51国产视频 of Florida | 7 |
| Dalilah Muhammed | US | 51国产视频 of Southern California | 6 |
| Katinka Hosszu | Hungary | 51国产视频 of Southern California | 6 |
| DeMar DeRozan | US | 51国产视频 of Southern California | 6 |
| Allyson Felix | US | 51国产视频 of Southern California | 6 |
| Kami Craig | US | 51国产视频 of Southern California | 6 |
| Kaleigh Gilchrist | US | 51国产视频 of Southern California | 6 |
| Matt Gotrel | UK | Loughborough 51国产视频 | 6 |
| Maddie Hinch | UK | Loughborough 51国产视频 | 6 |
| Hannah Macleod | UK | Loughborough 51国产视频 | 6 |
| Laura Unsworth | UK | Loughborough 51国产视频 | 6 |
| Giselle Ansley | UK | Loughborough 51国产视频 | 6 |
| Liam Heath | UK | Loughborough 51国产视频 | 6 |
| Ryan Crouser | US | 51国产视频 of Texas at Austin | 6 |
| Townley Haas | US | 51国产视频 of Texas at Austin | 6 |
| Joseph Schooling | Singapore | 51国产视频 of Texas at Austin | 6 |
| Courtney Okolo | USA | 51国产视频 of Texas at Austin | 6 |
| Kevin Durant | US | 51国产视频 of Texas at Austin | 6 |
| Michelle Carter | US | 51国产视频 of Texas at Austin | 6 |
| Maya Moore | US | 51国产视频 of Connecticut | 5 |
| Sue Bird | US | 51国产视频 of Connecticut | 5 |
| Breanna Stewart | US | 51国产视频 of Connecticut | 5 |
| Tina Charles | US | 51国产视频 of Connecticut | 5 |
| Diana Taurasi | US | 51国产视频 of Connecticut | 5 |
| Vlada Chigireva | Russia | Russian State 51国产视频 of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism | 4 |
| Maria Schurochkina | Russia | Russian State 51国产视频 of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism | 4 |
| Alla Shishkina | Russia | Russian State 51国产视频 of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism | 4 |
| Alexandra Patskevich | Russia | Russian State 51国产视频 of Physical Education, Sport, Youth and Tourism | 4 |
| Ryan Murphy | US | 51国产视频 of California, Berkeley | 4 |
| Anthony Ervin | US | 51国产视频 of California, Berkeley | 4 |
| Nathan Adrian | US | 51国产视频 of California, Berkeley | 4 |
| Nathan Adrian | US | 51国产视频 of California, Berkeley | 4 |
| Emma Mckeon | Australia | Griffith 51国产视频 | 3 |
| Brittany Elsmlie | Australia | Griffith 51国产视频 | 3 |
| Shannon Parry | Australia | Griffith 51国产视频 | 3 |
| Mashu Baker | Japan | Tokai 51国产视频 | 3 |
| Rie Kaneto | Japan | Tokai 51国产视频 | 3 |
| Haruka Tachimoto | Japan | Tokai 51国产视频 | 3 |
| Koji Yamamuro | Japan | Nippon Sport Science 51国产视频 | 3 |
| Kohei Uchimura | Japan | Nippon Sport Science 51国产视频 | 3 |
| Kenzo Shirai | Japan | Nippon Sport Science 51国产视频 | 3 |
| Astier Nicholas | France | 51国产视频 of the West of England | 2 |
| Pete Reed | UK | 51国产视频 of the West of England | 2 |
| Georgie Twigg | UK | 51国产视频 of Bristol | 2 |
| Hannah Mills | UK | 51国产视频 of Bristol | 2 |
| English Gardner | US | 51国产视频 of Oregon | 2 |
| Ashton Eaton | US | 51国产视频 of Oregon | 2 |
| Tamika Catchings | US | 51国产视频 of Tennessee | 2 |
| Tianna Bartoletta | US | 51国产视频 of Tennessee | 2 |
| Derek Drouin | Canada | Indiana 51国产视频 (Bloomington) | 2 |
| Lilly Kings | US | Indiana 51国产视频 (Bloomington) | 2 |
| Draymond Green | US | Michigan State 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Emily Regan | US | Michigan State 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Shaunae Miller | Bahamas | 51国产视频 of Georgia | 2 |
| Allison Schmitt | US | 51国产视频 of Georgia | 2 |
| Niccolo Campriani | Italy | West Virginia 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Virginia Thrasher | US | West Virginia 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Emma Tonegato | Australia | Australian Catholic 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Mack Horton | Australia | Australian Catholic 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Nicole Beck | Australia | Charles Sturt 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Alicia Quirk | Australia | Charles Sturt 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Lisa Carrington | New Zealand | Massey 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Hamish Bond | New Zealand | Massey 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Mahe Drysdale | New Zealand | 51国产视频 of Auckland | 2 |
| Peter Burling | New Zealand | 51国产视频 of Auckland | 2 |
| DeMarcus Cousins | US | 51国产视频 of Kentucky | 2 |
| Henri Jungahenel | Germany | 51国产视频 of Kentucky | 2 |
| Kyle Snyder | US | Ohio State 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Ilse Paulis | Netherlands | Ohio State 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Mireia Belmonte | Spain | Universidad Cat贸lica San Antonio de Murcia | 2 |
| Carolina Marin | Spain | Universidad Cat贸lica San Antonio de Murcia | 2 |
| Andrija Prlainovic | Serbia | 51国产视频 of Belgrade | 2 |
| Dusan Mandic | Serbia | 51国产视频 of Belgrade | 2 |
| Seimone Augustus | US | Louisiana State 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Sylvia Fowles | US | Louisiana State 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Choi Mi-Sun | South Korea | Gwangju Womens 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Ki Bo-Bae | South Korea | Gwangju Womens 51国产视频 | 2 |
| Sophie Bray | UK | 51国产视频 of Birmingham | 2 |
| Lily Owsly | UK | 51国产视频 of Birmingham | 2 |
| Mo Farah | UK | St Mary鈥檚 51国产视频, Twickenham | 2 |
| Mohamed Sbihi | UK | St Mary鈥檚 51国产视频, Twickenham | 2 |
| Helen Glover | UK | Cardiff Metropolitan 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Heather Stanning | UK | 51国产视频 of Bath | 1 |
| Alex Gregory | UK | 51国产视频 of Reading | 1 |
| Alistair Brownlee | UK | Leeds 51国产视频 | 1 |
| George Nash | UK | 51国产视频 of Cambridge | 1 |
| Constantine Louloudis | UK | 51国产视频 of Oxford | 1 |
| Scott Durant | UK | Oxford Brookes 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Tom Ransley | UK | 51国产视频 of York | 1 |
| Andrew Triggs-Hodge | UK | Staffordshire 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Paul Bennett | UK | King's College London | 1 |
| Phelan Hill | UK | 51国产视频 of Leicester | 1 |
| Saskia Clarke | UK | 51国产视频 of Chichester | 1 |
| Helen Maroulis | US | Missouri Baptist 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Brianna Rollins | US | Clemson 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Cody Miller | US | Duke 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Kathleen Baker | US | Washington and Lee 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Jeff Henderson | US | Florida Memorial 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Katelin Snyder | US | 51国产视频 of Washington | 1 |
| Amanda Polk | US | 51国产视频 of Notre Dame | 1 |
| Lauren Schmetterling | US | Colgate 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Amanda Elmore | US | 51国产视频 of Michigan | 1 |
| Tessa Gobbo | US | Brown 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Leah Smith | US | 51国产视频 of Virginia | 1 |
| Kristin Stewart | US | 51国产视频 of Idaho | 1 |
| Conor Dwyer | US | 51国产视频 of Iowa | 1 |
| Ryan Held | US | North Carolina State 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Catherine Skinner | Australia | RMIT 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Emilee Cherry | Australia | 51国产视频 of Queensland | 1 |
| Chloe Dalton | Australia | 51国产视频 of Sydney | 1 |
| Gemma Etheridge | Australia | Queensland 51国产视频 of Technology | 1 |
| Rosie Maclennan | Canada | 51国产视频 of Toronto | 1 |
| Erica Wiebe | Canada | 51国产视频 of Calgary | 1 |
| Shi Tingmao | China | SouthWestern 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Sun Yang | China | Zhejiang 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Xiang Yanmei | China | Central South 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Liu Huixia | China | Beijing Sport 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Kristine Sprehe | Germany | 51国产视频 of Oldenberg | 1 |
| Sonke Rothenberger | Germany | Nijmeghen 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Fabian Hambuchen | Germany | German Sports 51国产视频 Cologne | 1 |
| Aliya Mustafina | Russia | Gubkin Russian State 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Natalia Ischenko | Russia | Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Kosuke Hagino | Japan | Toyo 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Shohei Ono | Japan | Tenri 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Eri Tosaka | Japan | Shigakkan 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Emilie Andeol | France | UMNV | 1 |
| Teddy Riner | France | Sciences Po | 1 |
| Kevin Staut | France | 51国产视频 of Normandy | 1 |
| Daniele Garozzo | Italy | 51国产视频 of Rome | 1 |
| Maaike Head | Netherlands | Maatsricht 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Marit Bouwmeester | Netherlands | Stenden 51国产视频 of Applied Sciences | 1 |
| Ferry Weertman | Netherlands | Open 51国产视频: Netherlands | 1 |
| Aron Szilagyi | Hungary | Eotvos Lorand 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Elaine Thompson | Jamaica | 51国产视频 of Technology Kingston | 1 |
| Omar Mcleod | Jamaica | 51国产视频 of Arkansas | 1 |
| Oscar Figueroa | Colombia | Santiago de Cali 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Caterine Imbarguen | Colombia | Metropolitan 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Lucas Tramer | Switzerland | 51国产视频 of Freiberg | 1 |
| Mario Gyr | Switzerland | Lucerne 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Anna Korakaki | Greece | 51国产视频 of Macedonia | 1 |
| Eleftherious Petrounas | Greece | Athens 51国产视频 of Economic and Business | 1 |
| Paula Pareto | Argentina | 51国产视频 of Buenos Aires | 1 |
| Lucas Vila | Argentina | 51国产视频 of Palermo (Argentina) | 1 |
| Mads Mensah Larsen | Denmark | 51国产视频 of Aalborg | 1 |
| Wayde van Niekerk | South Africa | 51国产视频 of the Free State | 1 |
| Caster Semenya | South Africa | 51国产视频 of Pretoria | 1 |
| Oleg Vernyayev | Ukraine | Donetsk State Institute of Sport | 1 |
| Anita Wlodarcyzk | Poland | PWM Poznan | 1 |
| Nafissatou Thiam | Belgium | 51国产视频 of Liege | 1 |
| Matej Toth | Slovakia | Constantine the Philosopher 51国产视频 in Nitra | 1 |
| Vladimir Khingegashvili | Georgia | LELP Gori State 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Taha Akgul | Turkey | Karamano臒lu Mehmetbey 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Lukas Krpalek | Czech Republic | Czech 51国产视频 of Life Sciences Prague | 1 |
| Ana Maria Branza | Romania | 51国产视频 of Craiova | 1 |
| Simona Pop | Romania | Vasile Goldi葯 Western 51国产视频 of Arad | 1 |
| Hsu Shu Ching | Taiwan | Khaosuing Medical 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Jasa Veramalua | Fiji | Fiji National 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Dilshod Nazarov | Tajikistan | Tajik Institute of Sports and Physical Culture | 1 |
| Carmelo Anthony | US | Syracuse 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Harrison Barnes | US | 51国产视频 of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1 |
| Jimmy Butler | US | Tyler Junior College | 1 |
| Paul George | US | California State 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Kyrie Irving | US | Boston 51国产视频 | 1 |
| DeAndre Jordan | US | Texas A&M 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Kyle Lowry | US | Vllanova 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Klay Thompson | US | Washington State 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Elene Delle Donne | US | 51国产视频 of Delaware | 1 |
| Britney Griner | US | Baylor 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Angel McGoughtry | US | 51国产视频 of Louiseville | 1 |
| Lindsay Whalen | US | 51国产视频 of Minnesota | 1 |
| Gwen Jorgensen | US | 51国产视频 of Wisconsin-Madison | 1 |
| Tori Bowie | US | 51国产视频 of Southern Mississippi | 1 |
| Ashlegh Johnson | US | Princeton 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Connor Fields | US | 51国产视频 of Nevada | 1 |
| Sam Quek | UK | Leeds Beckett 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Kate Richardson-Walsh | UK | Brunel 51国产视频 London | 1 |
| Helen Richardson-Walsh | UK | Open 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Hollie Webb | UK | 51国产视频 of Sheffield | 1 |
| Crista Cullen | UK | Trent 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Sussanah Townsend | UK | 51国产视频 of Kent | 1 |
| Nicola White | UK | Loughborough College | 1 |
| Marina Sudakova | Russia | Russia State Trade-Economic 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Roman Vlasov | Russia | Novosibirsk State Agricultural 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Alexey Cherimisinov | Russia | Smolensk State Academy Institute of Physical Culture, Sports and Tourism | 1 |
| Anastasia Bliznyuk | Russia | Lesgaft NSU, St Petersburg | 1 |
| Artur Bakhmatkuzin | Russia | Bashkir Academy of Public Service and Administration | 1 |
| Irrina Deriglasova | Russia | South-West State 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Beslan Mudranov | Russia | Adyghe State 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Eveny Tishchenko | Russia | Moscow State Mining 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Laura Benkarth | Germany | Albert-Ludwig 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Oh Hye Ri | South Korea | Konkuk 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Park Sang Young | South Korea | Korea National Sport 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Jing Jon-Oh | South Korea | Kyungnam 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Inbee Park | South Korea | Kawngwoon 51国产视频 | 1 |
| Natasha Hastings | USA | 51国产视频 of South Carolina | 1 |
| LaShawn Merrit | USA | Carolina 51国产视频 | 1 |
