All-Time Olympians
Southern Illinois University has produced 53 Olympians — 16 from the United States, three Silver medalists and 13 top-10 individual finishes.
Men’s Swimming (20)
- Fernando Gonzales (Ecuador // 100 Meters // 200 Meters // 400 Meters // 1,500 Meter Freestyle): 1968-50th (100 meters Freestyle), 37th (200 meters Freestyle), 26th (400 meters Freestyle), 1972-made team in 3 events, did not swim
- Jorge Delgado (Ecuador // 100 Meters // 200 Meters // 200 Meters Butterfly // 400 Meters // 4x200 Meters Freestyle Relay): 1972-4th (200 Meters Butterfly), 17th (400 meters Freestyle), and 12th (400 meters IM), 1976-7th (200 Meters Butterfly), 25th (100 meters Freestyle), 14th (200 meters Freestyle), 14th (100 meters Butterfly), and 7th (200 meters Butterfly)
- Jorge Jaramillo (Colombia // 100 Meters Butterfly // 200 Meters Butterfly // 400 Meters Ind. Medley // 1,500 Meters Freestyle ): 1972-33rd (1,500 meters Freestyle) and 19th (200 meters Butterfly), 1976-19th (100 meters Butterfly) and 13th (200 meters Butterfly)
- Anders Norling (Sweden // 100 meters Breaststroke // 200 meters Breaststroke) // 4x100 meters Medley Relay): 1976-17th (100 meters Breaststroke), 13th (200 meters Breaststroke), and 11th (4X100 meters Medley Relay)
- David Parker (Great Britain // 1,500 meters Freestyle): 1976-12 (1,500 meters Freestyle)
- Conrado Porta (Argentina // 100 meters Backstroke) // 200 meters Backstroke): 1976-31st (100 meters Backstroke) and 21st (200 meters Backstroke)
- Ral Rosario (Philippines): 1980
- Kees Voervoorn (The Netherlands // 100 meters Butterfly // 4x100 meters Medley Relay // 4x200 meters Freestyle Relay // 200 meters Butterfly // 100 meters Freestyle): 1976, 1980, 1984
- Pablo Restrepo (Colombia // 100 meters Breaststroke // 200 meters Breaststroke // 200 meters Ind. Medley): 1980-7th (100 meters Breaststroke) and 9th (200 meters Breaststroke), 1984-12th (100 meters Breaststroke), 6th (200 meters Breaststroke) and 15th (200 meters Ind. Medley), 1988-19th (100 meters Breaststroke) and 20th (200 meters Breaststroke)
- Gus Torrigos (Spain): 1980
- Nigel Stanton (Great Britain // Springboard): 1984
- Giovanni Frigo (Venezuela // 100 meters Backstroke // 200 meters Backstroke) // 4x100 meters Medley Relay): 1984-25th (100 meters Backstroke), 21st (200 meters Backstroke), and 13th (4x100 meters Medley Relay)
- Anders Grillhammer (Sweden): 1984
- Alex Yokochi (Portugal // 100 meters Breaststroke // 200 meters Breaststroke): 1984-34th (100 meters Breaststroke, and 7th (200 meters Breaststroke), 1988-40th (100 meters Breaststroke) and 9th (200 meters Breaststroke), 1992-39th (100 meters Breaststroke) and 25th (200 meters Breaststroke)
- Harri Garmendia (Spain // 100 meters Butterfly // 200 meters Butterfly // 200 meters Ind. Medley): 1984-20th (100 meters Butterfly), 15th (200 meters Butterfly), and 19th (200 meters Ind. Medley)
- Hans Kroes (The Netherlands // 100 meters Freestyle // 200 meters Freestyle // 4x100 meters Freestyle Relay // 4X 200 meters Freestyle Relay // 100 meters Backstroke // 50 meters Freestyle // ): 1984-13th (100 meters Freestyle), 11th (200 meters Freestyle), 11th (4x100 meters Freestyle Relay), 7th (4x200 meters Freestyle Relay), and 8th (100 meters Backstroke), 1988-20th (50 meters Freestyle), 29th (100 meters Freestyle), 11th (4x100 meters Freestyle Relay) and 7th (4x100 meters Medley Relay)
- V-Meng Tan (Singapore // 200 meters Backstroke // 100 meters Butterfly // 200 meters Butterfly // 200 meters Ind. Medley): 1992-38th (200 meters Backstroke), 51st (100 meters Butterfly), 37th (200 meters Butterfly), and 40th (200 meters Ind. Medley)
- Chrysanthos Papachrysanthou (Cyprus // 50 meters Freestyle // 100 meters Freestyle): 2000-57th (100 meters Freestyle), 2004
- Csaba Gercsak (Hungary // 10K Open Water): 2008, 2012-18th (10K Open Water)
- Mazen Aziz (Egypt // 10K Open Water): 2012-24th (10K Open Water)
Men’s Track & Field (14)
- Phil Coleman (USA // 3,000 meter Steeplechase): 1956, 1960
- Oscar Moore (USA // 10,000 meters): 1964
- Ross MacKenzie (Canada // 400 meters // 4x400 relay): 1968
- George Woods (USA // Shot Put): 1968-SILVER, 1972-SILVER, 1976-7th
- David Hill (Canada // 1500 meters): 1976
- Phil Robbins (Bahamas // Triple Jump): 1976
- Richard Rock (Canada // Long Jump): 1976
- David Lee (USA // 400 meters Hurdles): 1980
- Ken Lorraway (Australia // Triple Jump): 1980-8th, 1984
- Elvis Forde (Barbados // 400 meters // 4x400 relay): 1984-6th, 1988
- Stephen Wray (Bahamas // High Jump): 1984
- Eddie Wedderburn (Great Britain // 3000 Meters Steeplechase): 1988
- Darrin Plab (USA // High Jump): 1992
- Cameron Wright (USA // High Jump): 1996
Women’s Track & Field (6)
- Connie Price-Smith (USA // Shot Put // Discus): 1988, 1992, 1996-5th, 2000, 2016 (Head Women's Track & Field Coach)
- Carlon Blackman (Barbados // 400 meters): 1984
- Dora Kyriakou (Cyprus // 200 Meters // 400 meters): 1996
- Bianca Stuart (Bahamas // Long Jump): 2012-17th, 2016-16th
- DeAnna Price (USA // Hammer Throw): 2016-8th, 2020-8th
- Gwen Berry (USA // Hammer Throw): 2016-14th, 2020-11th
Women’s Swimming (4)
- Armi Airaksinen (Sweden // 100 Meters // 200 Meters // 4x100 Meters Relay): 1980-17th (100 meters Butterfly) and 15th (200 meters Butterfly)
- Wendy Lucero (USA // Springboard Diving): 1988-6th (Springboard)
- Antonia Mahaira (Machaira) (Greece // 100 Meters // 200 Meters // 400 Meters // 400 Meters Medley Relay): 1996, 2000
- Pamela Benitez (El Salvador // 800 Meters): 2012-33rd (800 meters)
Wrestling (3)
- Joseph Burge (Guatemala // Featherweight): 1972-7th
- Larry Kristoff (USA // Heavyweight): 1964, 1968-5th
- Bob Roop (USA // Heavyweight): 1968-7th
Men’s Gymnastics (2)
- Fred Orlofsky (USA // Team & Ind. All-Around): 1960-5th (Team All-Around), 44th (Ind. All-Around)
- Rusty Mitchell (USA // Team & Ind. All-Around): 1964-7th (Team All-Around)
Men's Basketball (1)
- Kai Nürnberger (Germany): 1992-7th (Team)
Women’s Individual Road Cycling (1)
- Sally Zack (USA): 1988-16th, 1992-10th
4-Man Bobsled (1)
- Garrett Hines (USA): 2002-SILVER
Women’s Gymnastics (1)
- Irene Haworth (Canada): 1964 (qualified for the Olympics, but did not compete for financial reasons; Canada only traveled one gymnast to the Games)