The most U.S. athletes in the Olympics attend this college.

American colleges and universities are major training grounds for future Olympians.

According to the U.S. Olympic Committee, three out of four of the 592 members of Team USA this year played at the collegiate level.

Katie Ledecky, a swimmer from Stanford, has won 12 Olympics medals in her career, including eight golds, tying the record for the most by any female swimmer in Olympic history.

An American woman has the chance to set a new Olympic record with two more events in Paris at the age of 27.

UCLA and USC follow Stanford on the list of universities with the most athletes, with 17 and 16 respectively.

The top 10 colleges and universities with the most American athletes in the 2024 Olympics are:

45 different athletic conferences will have one or more U.S. Olympians competing in Paris, ranging from Santa Barbara City College to Princeton University.

The NCAA divisions that make up Team USA's college footprint include junior colleges, collegiate club programs, and schools in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.

Some colleges and universities specialize in producing athletes in niche Olympic sports.

The five-person pistol team of Team USA has three current and former students from Ohio State University, while the entire men's saber team in fencing is made up of athletes from Harvard, including three alumni and one incoming freshman.

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