UCLA ranked amongst the nation's most successful universities at the recently completed Summer Olympic Games, ranking No. 1 among all universities in number of different medalists (19) and number of Olympians (56 representing the United States and 13 foreign countries). Current and former Bruins earned a total of 19 medals, including eight gold, to rank second in both categories.

If UCLA were a country, it would have placed 14th overall in the medal count. Overall, UCLA has won 214 medals - 106 gold, 54 silver and 54 bronze. The Bruins have had at least one competitor in every Olympics since 1920 with one exception (1924), and UCLA has won a gold medal in every Olympics since 1932 with the exception of 1980 (boycott).