LSU’s All-Time Olympic Medalists
A listing of LSU student-athletes who won Olympic medals before, during or after representing the Tigers in collegiate competition.
A total of 45 Olympic medals have been captured by 34 student-athlete spanning 14 Summer Olympic Games.
Among these, women’s basketball All-Americans Sylvia Fowles (4) and Seimone Augustus (3), track stars Richard Thompson (3), Glenn “Slats” Harbin (2), Derrick Brew (2), and Vernon Norwood (2) are multiple medal winners.
LSU’s Olympic Medalists
NOTE: Coaches, athletic trainers and other staff do not receive Olympic medals is most circumstances.
24 Gold | 10 Silver | 11 Bronze
| Year | Name (Country) | Medal | Sport (Event) | Location |
| 1932 | Glenn “Slats” Hardin (USA) | Silver | Men’s Track (400 Hurdles) | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1936 | Glenn “Slats” Hardin (USA) | Gold | Men’s Track (400 Hurdles) | Berlin, Germany |
| 1964 | Dick Davies (USA) | Gold | Men’s Basketball (Guard) | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1976 | Pam Jiles * (USA) | Silver | Women’s Track (4×400 Relay) | Montreal, Canada |
| 1984 | Rose Magers (USA) | Silver | Women’s Volleyball (Middle Blocker) | Los Angeles, Calif. |
| Joe Atiyeh ** (Syria) | Silver | Men’s Wrestling (100 kg) | ||
| 1988 | Ben McDonald (USA) | Gold | Baseball (Pitcher) | Seoul, South Korea |
| Sheila Echols (USA) | Gold | Track (4×100 Relay) | ||
| 1992 | Esther Jones (USA) | Gold | Track (4×100 Relay) | Barcelona, Spain |
| Kevin Jackson (USA) | Gold | Men’s Wrestling (82 kg) | ||
| 1996 | Warren Morris (USA) | Bronze | Baseball (Infield) | Atlanta, Ga. |
| Jason Williams (USA) | Bronze | Baseball (Infield) | ||
| Shaquille O’Neal (USA) | Gold | Men’s Basketball (Center) | ||
| Glenroy Gilbert (Canada) | Gold | Men’s Track (4×100 Relay) | ||
| 2000 | Kurt Ainsworth (USA) | Gold | Baseball (Pitcher) | Sydney, Australia |
| 2004 | Derrick Brew (USA) | Gold | Men’s Track (4×400 Relay) | Athens, Greece |
| Bronze | Men’s Track (400 Meters) | |||
| Nadia Davy (Jamaica) | Bronze | Women’s Track (4×400 Relay) | ||
| John Moffitt (USA) | Silver | Men’s Track (Long Jump) | ||
| Ronetta Smith (Jamaica) | Bronze | Women’s Track (4×400 Relay) | ||
| Kelly Willie (USA) | Gold | Men’s Track (4×400 Relay) | ||
| 2008 | Seimone Augustus (USA) | Gold | Women’s Basketball (Guard) | Beijing, China |
| Sylvia Fowles (USA) | Gold | Women’s Basketball (Center) | ||
| Richard Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago) |
Silver | Men’s Track (100 Meters) | ||
| Gold*** | Men’s Track (4×100 Relay) | |||
| 2012 | Samantha Henry-Robinson (Jamaica) | Silver | Women’s Track (4×100 Relay) | London, England |
| Ade Alleyne-Forte (Trinidad & Tobago) | Bronze | Men’s Track (4×400 Relay) | ||
| Richard Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago) |
Bronze | Men’s Track (4×100 Relay) | ||
| Seimone Augustus (USA) | Gold | Women’s Basketball (Guard) | ||
| Sylvia Fowles (USA) | Gold | Women’s Basketball (Center) | ||
| 2016 | Seimone Augustus (USA) | Gold | Women’s Basketball (Guard) | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| Sylvia Fowles (USA) | Gold | Women’s Basketball (Center) | ||
| Allysha Chapman (Canada) | Bronze | Women’s Soccer | ||
| Fitzroy Dunkley (Jamaica) | Silver | Men’s Track (4×400 Relay) | ||
| 2020^ | Allysha Chapman (Canada) | Gold | Women’s Soccer | Tokyo, Japan |
| Michael Cherry (USA) | Gold | Men’s Track (4×400 Relay) | ||
| Brooks Curry (USA) | Gold | Men’s Swimming (4×100 Freestyle Relay) | ||
| Mondo Duplantis (Sweden) | Gold | Men’s Track (Pole Vault) | ||
| Sylvia Fowles (USA) | Gold | Women’s Basketball (Center) | ||
| Aleia Hobbs (USA) | Silver | Women’s Track (4×100 Relay) | ||
| Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake (Great Britain) | Silver | Men’s Track (4×100 Relay) | ||
| Vernon Norwood (USA) | Gold | Men’s Track (4×400 Relay) | ||
| Bronze | Men’s Track (4×400 Mixed Relay) | |||
| Duop Reath (Australia) | Bronze | Men’s Basketball (Center) | ||
| Michael Venus (New Zealand) | Bronze | Men’s Tennis (Doubles) |
* won medal prior to attending/running at LSU
** first medalists in his country’s history.
*** originally awarded a silver medal; in 2017, gold medal team DQ’ed and T&T advanced.
^ games held in July-August 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic