If you are thinking about playing your sport at the collegiate level, here is a statistic that you should consider: 1,238 athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics were either current, former, or incoming students at 253 NCAA-member schools.
Another handful of athletes attended NAIA institutions.
Within the NCAA, all three Divisions were represented at the 2024 Games: Division I had 1,186 student-athletes; Division II, 55; and Division III, 13. Overall, 550 students competed in men’s sports and 688 in women’s sports.
While the greatest number of the student-athletes played for the United States and Canada, there were 125 countries from all seven continents in Paris with athletes from NCAA schools.
| Top 10 Countries | Number of Athletes | Percent of Total |
| United States | 393 | 32% |
| Canada | 131 | 11% |
| Australia | 46 | 4% |
| Nigeria | 38 | 3% |
| Germany | 36 | 3% |
| Jamaica | 34 | 3% |
| Puerto Rico | 32 | 3% |
| Spain | 31 | 3% |
| Great Britain | 29 | 2% |
| New Zealand | 24 | 2% |
| France | 19 | 2% |
| Total | 813 | 66% |
| All others | 425 | 34% |
| Top 10 Sports | Number of Athletes | Percent of Total |
| Athletics* | 409 | 33% |
| Swimming | 223 | 18% |
| Basketball | 154 | 12% |
| Soccer | 69 | 6% |
| Golf | 65 | 5% |
| Water polo | 60 | 5% |
| Rowing | 53 | 4% |
| Fencing | 38 | 3% |
| Volleyball | 37 | 3% |
| Diving | 27 | 2% |
| Tennis | 23 | 2% |
| Total | 1158 | 94% |
| All others | 80 | 6% |
*combines track & field and cross country
| Top 10 Schools | Number of Athletes | Percent of Total |
| USC | 59 | 5% |
| Stanford | 54 | 4% |
| Cal | 41 | 3% |
| Michigan | 41 | 3% |
| Florida | 40 | 3% |
| UCLA | 34 | 3% |
| LSU | 33 | 3% |
| Tennessee | 33 | 3% |
| Texas | 32 | 3% |
| Florida Stat | 28 | 2% |
| Georgia | 28 | 2% |
| Penn State | 28 | 2% |
| Total | 451 | 36% |
| All others | 787 | 64% |
Of the 1,238 athletes, 272 of them combined to win 330 medals for 26 countries. The schools that produced the most medalists were:
1. Stanford (34)
- GOLD (12): Torri Huske (swimming, 3), Katie Ledecky (swimming, 2), Regan Smith (swimming, 2), Tierna Davidson (soccer), Naomi Girma (soccer), Sophia Smith (soccer), Valarie Allman (discus), Vivian Kong (fencing)
- SILVER (11): Regan Smith (swimming, 3), Torri Huske (swimming, 2), Simone Manuel (swimming, 2), Katie Ledecky (swimming), Kassidy Cook (diving), Kathryn Plummer (volleyball), Dani Jackovich (water polo)
- BRONZE (11): Grant Fisher (running, 2), Alex Bowen (water polo), Ben Hallock (water polo), Drew Holland (water polo), Dylan Woodhead (water polo), Asher Hong (gymnastics), Brody Malone (gymnastics), Alanna Smith (basketball), Erik Shoji (volleyball), Katie Ledecky (swimming)
2. Cal (17)
- GOLD (4): Jack Alexy (swimming), Ryan Murphy (swimming), Abbey Weitzeil (swimming), Camryn Rogers (hammer throw)
- SILVER (6): Jack Alexy (swimming), Ryan Murphy (swimming), Sydney Payne (swimming), Abbey Weitzeil (swimming), Mykolas Alekna (discus), Caileigh Filmer (rowing)
- BRONZE (7): Luca Cupido (water polo), Johnny Hooper (water polo), Kitty Lynn Joustra (water polo), Adrian Weinberg (water polo), Rowan McKellar (rowing), Georgia Bell (running), Ryan Murphy (swimming)
3. Texas (16)
- GOLD (6): Kevin Durant (basketball), Scottie Scheffler (golf), Tara Davis-Woodhall (jumping), Ryan Crouser (shot put), Julien Alfred (sprinting), Hubert Kos (swimming)
- SILVER (7): Carson Foster (swimming), Erin Gemmell (swimming), Luke Hobson (swimming), Drew Kibler (swimming), Leo Neugebauer (decathlon), Julien Alfred (sprinting), Chiaka Ogbogu (volleyball)
- BRONZE (3): Caspar Corbeau (swimming), Carson Foster (swimming), Luke Hobson (swimming)
4. Virginia (14)
- GOLD (7): Kate Douglass (swimming, 2), Gretchen Walsh (swimming, 2), Emma Weber (swimming), Pien Dicke (field hockey), Emily Sonnett (soccer)
- SILVER (5): Kate Douglass (swimming, 2), Gretchen Walsh (swimming, 2), Paige Madden (swimming)
- BRONZE (2): Paige Madden (swimming), Heidi Long (rowing)
5. USC (13)
- GOLD (6): Rai Benjamin (sprinting, 2), Aaron Brown (sprinting), Andre De Grasse (sprinting), Twanisha Terry (sprinting), Anni Espar (water polo)
- SILVER (2): Anna Cockrell (sprinting), Tilly Kearns (water polo)
- BRONZE (5): Yemi John (sprinting), Nicole Yeargin (sprinting), Hannes Daube (water polo), Marko Vavic (water polo), Micah Christenson (volleyball)