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Tokyo 2020 Collegiate Resources
For the first time in 57 years, the city of Tokyo welcomed athletes from across the world to participate in the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020. One year and one day after its original scheduled date, the Games of the XXXII Olympiad kicked off July 23 and ran through Aug. 8, 2021. During this time, more than 11,000 athletes from 206 nations gathered to compete across the region. Several new sports were added to the Olympic schedule, including softball, which made its return to the Olympic Games for the first time since 2008. Three-on-three basketball also made its Olympic debut, where the U.S. women's team earned the first-ever gold in the sport, while the women’s water polo team captured its third-consecutive Olympic gold medal.
Shortly following the Olympic Games, Japan welcomed 4,400 athletes from around the world to participate in the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020. The Paralympic Games began Aug. 24 and ran through Sept. 5, 2021. Following a strong Paralympic performance in 2016, the U.S. expected to once again showcase a highly competitive team in Tokyo. The 2020 U.S. Paralympic Team was comprised of 240 athletes – many of whom competed collegiately. Returning for her sixth Paralympic appearance was wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), who earned four medals in Tokyo, bringing her total haul to 20 medals across both the summer and winter Games. Meanwhile, the men's wheelchair basketball team defended its gold medal from Rio.
Previous Games
Pan American Games Lima 2019
Results, opens in a new tabCollegiate athletes will make up a strong contingent for Team USA at the Pan American Games Lima 2019, with over 30 sports sending current or former collegiate athletes.
Student-athlete: Any individual on Team USA who is/was a member of a collegiate roster (varsity/club/other) and/or competed in outside competition for a university or college.
PeyongChang 2018
Of the 244 athletes on the 2018 U.S. Olympic Team, 76 percent attended college at 87 different institutions, and more than one-third competed collegiately at 48 schools. Team USA had representation from NCAA Division I, II and III schools, including 43 conference affiliations. Sports with large collegiate footprints were ice hockey (94 percent), bobsled (88 percent), cross-country skiing (75 percent), biathlon (50 percent) and skeleton (50 percent).
Rio 2016
Sport Breakdown, opens in a new tabCollegiate athletes contributed to Team USA’s historic performance at the Olympic Games Rio 2016. Nearly 80 percent of the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team – and nearly 85 percent of Team USA medalists – had collegiate ties.