Gold, silver and bronze medals won by Stanford athletes to date: 193
Gold medals won by Stanford athletes at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta: 17
Gold medals won by the People’s Republic of China in 1996: 16
Medals earned by Jenny Thompson, ’95, the most decorated Olympian in American history: 12
Year the first Stanford Olympians competed: 1908
Olympic games without any Stanford participants: 4
Stanford athletes who hope to compete at the 2008 Beijing Games: 97
Sources: International Olympic Committee; Stanford Athletics; Stanford: Home of Champions
