Olympic Participation
Between the Los Angeles 1932 games and the Athens 2004 games at least one former alumni medaled at every Summer Olympics. In world record times, Mark Spitz captured seven swimming gold medals in at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Following the Beijing games, at least 173 IU athletes have competed in the Summer Olympics, of these are representatives of 15 nations. On twelve occasions, Olympic coaches have come from Indiana University. In total, the IU medal count is 84, which include 49 gold, 16 silver and 21 bronze.
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