This list of University of Nebraska–Lincoln Olympians is a list of the athletes and coaches associated with the University of Nebraska–Lincoln who have competed in the modern Olympic Games, plus five who participated in either the 1976 or 1980 Summer Olympics boycotts.
A total of 120 Nebraska athletes have combined to make in 176 appearances in the Olympic Games. Nebraska athletes and coaches have won sixty-two medals, including nineteen gold medals, while representing thirty-one countries. Merlene Ottey is Nebraska's most decorated Olympian in terms of medals won, winning three silver and six bronze across seven Olympic Games, a record for track and field competitors.[1] South African swimmer Penelope Heyns – the only Cornhusker with multiple gold medals – is the only woman to ever win the 100- and 200-meter breaststroke events at the same Olympic Games.[2]
| Gold medalist | Silver medalist | Bronze medalist | Boycotted |
| Olympiad | Sport | Athlete | Country | Medal(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1912 (V)  Stockholm | ||||
| 1936 (XI) Berlin | ||||
| 1956 (XVI) Melbourne | ||||
| 1960 (XVII) Rome | Keith Gardner | 4 × 400 m relay | ||
| Freestyle middleweight | ||||
| 1964 (XVIII) Tokyo | ||||
| 1968 (XIX) Mexico City | ||||
| Lynn Headley | ||||
 United States | 4 x 100 m relay 100 m | |||
| 1972 (XX) Munich | Garth Case | |||
| Horace Levy | ||||
| 1976 (XXI) Montreal | Leighton Priestley | |||
| Don Quarrie | 200 m 100 m | |||
| John Ebito |  Nigeria | |||
| 1980 (XXII) Moscow | ||||
| Phil Cahoy | United States | |||
| Larry Gerard | ||||
| Jim Hartung | ||||
| 200 m | ||||
| Don Quarrie | 200 m | |||
| John Ebito | ||||
| 1984 (XXIII) Los Angeles | Reynaldo Castro | |||
| Jim Hartung | All-around (team) | |||
| Scott Johnson | ||||
| Jim Mikus | ||||
| Merlene Ottey | 100 m 200 m | |||
| Don Quarrie | 4 x 100 relay | |||
| 1988 (XXIV) Seoul | ||||
| Scott Johnson | ||||
| Tom Schlesinger | ||||
| Merlene Ottey | ||||
| Bill Trott | ||||
| Cathy Noth | United States | |||
| Freestyle 100 kg | ||||
| 1992 (XXV) Barcelona | Horizontal bar | |||
| Karen Kruger | ||||
| Merlene Ottey | 200 m | |||
| 400 m | ||||
 South Africa | ||||
| United States | Indoor volleyball (team) | |||
| Lori Sippel | ||||
| Frank Mensah | ||||
| Merlene Ottey | 100 m 200 m 4 x 100 m relay | |||
| 4 x 400 m relay | ||||
| Roberto Bonilla | ||||
| Penelope Heyns | 100 m breaststroke 200 m breaststroke | |||
| 4 x 200 m freestyle relay | ||||
| Lori Endicott | United States | |||
| 2000 (XXVII) Sydney | Merlene Ottey | 4 x 100 m relay 100 m | ||
| Ximena Ristrepo | ||||
| Therese Alshammar | 50 m freestyle 100 m freestyle 4 x 100 m freestyle relay | |||
| Juan Benavides | ||||
| Penelope Heyns | 100 m breaststroke | |||
| Helene Muller | ||||
| Valērijs Kalmikovs | ||||
| Adam Pine | 4 x 100 m freestyle relay 4 x 100 m medley relay | |||
| Greco-Roman 130 kg | ||||
| Greco-Roman 76 kg | ||||
| 2004 (XXVIII) Athens | ||||
 Canada | ||||
 Latvia | ||||
| Canada | ||||
| Latvia | ||||
| Merlene Ottey | ||||
| Therese Alshammar | ||||
| Adam Pine | ||||
| Rulon Gardner | Greco-Roman 120 kg | |||
| 2008 (XXIX) Beijing | Baseball (team) | |||
| Adam Stern | ||||
| United States | ||||
| United States | ||||
| Priscilla Lopes | Canada | 100 m hurdles | ||
| Ineta Radēviča | ||||
| Canada | ||||
| Sheena Lawrick | ||||
| Robin Mackin | ||||
| Dmitrijs Miļkevičs | Latvia | |||
| Therese Alshammar | ||||
| Adam Pine | 4 x 100 m medley relay | |||
| Brad Vering | United States | |||
| 2012 (XXX) London | ||||
| Amber Neben | ||||
| Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas | ||||
| Ineta Radēviča | ||||
| Karina LeBlanc | Canada | Soccer (team) | ||
| Brittany Timko | ||||
| Therese Alshammar | ||||
| United States | Indoor volleyball (team) | |||
| Freestyle 74 kg | ||||
| 2016 (XXXI) Rio de Janeiro | Basketball (team) | |||
| Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas | ||||
| Therese Alshammar | ||||
| Indoor volleyball (team) | ||||
| Jordan Larson | ||||
| Kelsey Robinson | ||||
| Jordan Burroughs | United States | |||
| 2020 (XXXII) Tokyo | ||||
| Amber Neben | ||||
| Jordan Larson | United States | Indoor volleyball (team) | ||
| Kelsey Robinson | ||||
| Justine Wong-Orantes | ||||
| Sarah Pavan | ||||
| 2024 (XXXIII) Paris | ||||
| Keisei Tominaga | ||||
| Jordan Larson | United States | Indoor volleyball (team) | ||
| Kelsey Robinson | ||||
| Justine Wong-Orantes |
| Olympiad | Sport | Athlete | Country | Medal(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 (XXII) Moscow | Francis Allen | United States | |||
| 1984 (XXIII) Los Angeles | Francis Allen | All-around | |||
| 1992 (XXV) Barcelona | John Cook (asst.) | Indoor volleyball | |||
| 2000 (XXVII) Sydney | |||||
| Jan Bidrman (asst.) | |||||
| 2004 (XXVIII) Athens | Peggy Liddick | ||||
| Jan Bidrman (asst.) | |||||
| 2008 (XXIX) Beijing | Peggy Liddick | ||||
| Jan Bidrman (asst.) | |||||
| Lori Sippel | |||||
| 2012 (XXX) London | Peggy Liddick | ||||
| Jan Bidrman (asst.) | |||||
| Mark Manning (asst.) | |||||
| 2016 (XXXI) Rio de Janeiro | Ashley MacAllister | ||||
| Mark Manning (asst.) | |||||
| 2020 (XXXII) Tokyo | Tyler Hildebrand | Beach volleyball | |||
| 2024 (XXXIII) Paris | Basketball |
| Olympiad | Sport | Athlete | Country | Medal(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 (XX) Turin | |||||
| 2010 (XXI) Vancouver | Two-woman | ||||
| Curtis Tomasevicz | Four-man | ||||
| 2014 (XXII) Sochi | Curtis Tomasevicz | Four-man |
| Medals by country | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | Total | |||||||
| 15 | 6 | 10 | 31 | |||||
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | |||||
| 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |||||
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||
 Colombia | ||||||||
 Serbia | ||||||||
| Total | style=background:gold | 19 | style=background:silver | 16 | style=background:#c96 | 27 | 62 | |