List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians
The list of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Penn State University students and coaches and faculty members who have appeared as athletes at the Olympic Games, plus one athlete for the boycotted 1980 Summer Olympics. The university had its most representatives participating in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris with 36 participants earning fourteen medals, the most ever by Penn State athletes in a single Olympic Games.
Appearances and medal winners by sport
Totals are through the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.| Sport | Appearances† | Total♦ | |||
| Track and field | 56 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| Gymnastics | 24 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fencing | 22 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 18 | 2‡ | 2# | 5¶ | 9 |
| Wrestling | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Soccer | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| Swimming & Diving | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Basketball | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Cycling | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rifle | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field Hockey | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3§ | 3 |
| Short Track Speedskating | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Archery | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rowing | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Figure skating | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Kayaking | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobsled | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Beach Volleyball | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ice hockey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rugby | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tug-of-war | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 193 | 17 | 15 | 28 | 60 |
† an athlete is considered to have appeared once in each sport entered each time the Games of an Olympiad or Winter Games were held, including athletes who were alternates
♦ number of times that a person received an Olympic medal or honor for finishing among the top three in an event
‡ both on the 2020 gold medal-winning USA women's team
# both on the 2012 silver medal-winning USA women's team
¶ all on the 2016 bronze medal-winning USA men's and women's teams
§ all on the 1984 bronze medal-winning USA women's team
Olympians
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