Stanford University athletes win a record 39 medals, including 12 gold at Paris Olympics 2024
According to the university, Stanford¡¯s haul of 39 medals, including 12 gold, 14 silver, and 13 bronze, is the most by any school at one Olympics. What makes it even better is the fact that Stanford shattered its own record of 27, which was set in 2016 at the Rio Olympics.
If Stanford University were a country, it would have finished in the top 10 in the medal tally at the Paris Olympics 2024. With a total of 39 medals, Stanford University, located in Stanford, California, would have been placed in the 10th spot, after Italy and ahead of the likes of Germany, New Zealand, and Canada in the medal tally.
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Best performance by any school at Olympics
According to the university, Stanford¡¯s haul of 39 medals, including 12 gold, 14 silver, and 13 bronze, is the most by any school at one Olympics. What makes it even better is the fact that Stanford shattered its own record of 27, which was set in 2016 at the Rio Olympics.
Two weeks we're never going to forget.
¡ª Stanford Cardinal ?? (@GoStanford) August 11, 2024
The best Olympics performance for Stanford. EVER.#Paris2024 recap: https://t.co/qbn9uZ9Pbw#GoStanford pic.twitter.com/b85zAFWg0u
Stanford athletes at Paris
Athletes from Stanford won Olympic medals in artistic swimming, women¡¯s basketball, women¡¯s fencing, men¡¯s gymnastics, sailing, men¡¯s rowing, women¡¯s soccer, women¡¯s swimming and diving, men¡¯s track and field, men¡¯s volleyball, women¡¯s volleyball, men¡¯s water polo, and women¡¯s water polo.
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Swimmers Torri Huske and Regan Smith, who won five medals apiece (Huske: 3 golds and 2 silvers; Smith: 2 golds and 3 silvers), were the most decorated athletes from Stanford at the Paris Olympics 2024.
Harvard bags its highest medal haul
Another top US university, Harvard, also had a good outing in the French capital this year.
Athletes from Harvard returned home from Paris with 13 Olympic medals, the highest ever for the university.
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For Harvard, track and field athlete Gabby Thomas was the standout performer, winning an incredible three gold medals in Paris.
One for the Record Books ??#OlympiansMadeHere #GoCrimson #Paris2024 pic.twitter.com/LeZ2BEY3gt
¡ª Harvard Athletics (@harvardcrimson) August 12, 2024
Many on social media noted that the achievements of Stanford and Harvard athletes should not come as a surprise, as they have a long history of identifying, nurturing, and supporting the best sporting talent in the country.
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