CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Current and former Harvard student-athletes orchestrated historic and incredible performances at the 2024 Paris Olympics, as Crimson athletes took home 13 medals across the Atlantic, setting a new school record for most Olympic medals won in a year.

Twenty-six Harvard student-athletes traveled to France for the 2024 Paris Olympics, including 14 members of Team USA. Harvard athletes also represented nine international nations at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including Australia, Canada, Colombia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, New Zealand, South Africa, and Thailand.

Harvard student-athletes won 11 medals for Team USA, which ranks third among all programs in the NCAA. Of those 11 American medals, seven were gold, which is tied for second among all schools with Virginia.

Across all nationalities, Harvard's 13 medals in Paris bests the previous school-high of 12 Olympic medals at the 1896 Athens Olympics, the first games in the modern Olympic era. In all, Crimson student-athletes won eight gold medals, one silver, and four bronze medals. Harvard leads the Ivy League, FCS and New England in medals won (13) and gold medals won (eight).

Nine individual Harvard student-athletes won a medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, including eight first-time Olympic medalists. Six athletes won gold in France, who were all first-time gold medalists at the Olympic Games. At the 2024 Paris Olympics, three athletes won multiple medals.

A rising senior on the Crimson fencing team, Lauren Scruggs cemented herself in American fencing history with unforgettable performances on the strip. In the women's foil individual event, Scruggs won a monumental silver medal, becoming the first Black American female fencer to win an individual medal at the Olympics.

In the team event for women's foil, Scruggs made even more history, anchoring the Americans to their first gold medal in a team fencing event at the Olympics. Scruggs is the first athlete in program history to win multiple Olympic medals. A native of Queens, New York, Scruggs won the 2023 NCAA women's foil national title.

Kristen Faulkner '16, a former Harvard-Radcliffe lightweight rower, produced remarkable performances in a pair of cycling events. During the women's road race event, Faulkner completed a stellar comeback, crossing the finish line in first place with a time of 3:59.23. Faulkner's gold in the women's road race was Team USA's first in the event since 1984.

Just three days later, Faulkner did it again, as she led Team USA to gold in the women's team pursuit event. In the gold medal match against New Zealand, Faulkner and her three American teammates posted a time of 4:04.927, winning Team USA's first gold in the event in Olympic history.

One of the brightest stars in American track & field, Gabby Thomas '19 won a staggering three gold medals at the Stade de France, taking first place in the women's 200m, women's 4x100m relay, and the women's 4x400m relay. A native of Northampton, Thomas is the first American since Allyson Felix at the 2012 London Olympics to win gold in the 200m, 4x100m, and the 4x400m at the Olympics. Across two Olympic appearances, Thomas has won five medals (three gold, one silver, one bronze).

After a ninth-place finish in the women's triathlon individual event, Lisa Tertsch '21 joined her teammates and led Germany to its first ever gold medal in the triathlon mixed relay event. Running the second leg of the relay, Tertsch posted a time of 5:34 in the running portion of the event, the top-time in the field.

Five Crimson rowers earned hardware at the 2024 Paris Olympics as well. Rowing with the United States' men's four, Liam Corrigan '19 won gold after the American boat posted a time of 5:49.03 to outlast New Zealand. In the same race, David Ambler '20 and Great Britian finished in third place to take home bronze. In the men's eight race, Clark Dean '23, Peter Quinton '20, and Christian Tabash '22 propelled the United States to bronze, the nation's first medal in the Olympic Men's Eight since 2008.

Dating back to the first-ever collegiate sporting event in 1852, Harvard has won 157 national titles and 456 Ivy League championships, providing an unparalleled experience in collegiate athletics in the United States.