NCAA athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics, by the numbers

The GIST: While Paris gave us countless memories and infinite good vibes, the success of current and former NCAA athletes at the Games can be seen in cold, hard data. Here’s how college sports’ best and brightest performed:

1,238: The number of NCAAers who competed for their nations in Paris, representing 253 different schools. The sport with the most college stars? Athletics, aka track & field/cross country, with a whopping 409 contenders — and 77 medals to show for their efforts.

55.6%: The percentage of those 1,238 athletes who competed in women’s sports. Who run the world?

125: How many countries had NCAA athletes or alumni on their Olympic rosters. Team USA unsurprisingly led the way with 393 reps (over 66% of their entire Olympic contingent), followed by Canada with 131, Australia with 46, and Nigeria with 38. Gone global.

7: Team USA medals won by squads composed entirely of current and/or former NCAA athletes, including a record eighth straight gold for the U.S. women’s 5x5 basketball team. With 12 NCAA hoops championships between them, it’s no surprise they took the world by storm.

21: How many Stanford students and alumni, out of the 54 competing in Paris, went home with hardware — more than any other U.S. college by far. Might need to change their school color from Cardinal red to gold.