Results of Rio: which universities have brought medals of the US team Olympics

Students and graduates of Stanford University brought 27 medals to the American team at the 2016 Olympics. Among them are swimmers Katie Ledecky, Maya Dirado and Simone Manuel, as well as fencer Alexander Massialas.

Ledeka has achieved the greatest success in Rio of all US women's team (4 gold and 1 silver, as well as two new world records), Dirado and Manuel have 4 awards each. 20-year-old Simone Manuel became, among other things, first black womanwhich managed to win a personal medal in swimming at the Olympics.

The Greek swordsman, Massialas, became the second in the individual championship and won bronze in a team tournament with partners in the US team.

As reported today by ForumDaily, Stanford University has banned students from drinking spirits at the university in an effort, as they say, to end the growing "culture" of drunkenness.

According to the National University Sports Association (NCAA), a total of 121 medal of the Olympic team brought representatives of 78 universities in the country.

The largest representation is from colleges and universities that are part of the so-called Pac-12 conference, which includes the leading universities in the western part of the United States, from an athletic point of view. They took the entire top three and 6 places in the Top 15.

The rating also includes athletes from other countries who studied or are active students of American universities.

Top 10 rating (the most famous athletes in brackets):

1. Stanford University – 27 medals (Katie Ledecky, Maya Dirado and Simone Manuel - swimming, Alexander Massialas - fencing, Maggie Stephens - water polo, Kerri Walsh-Jennings - beach volleyball, as well as Katerina Stefanidi from Greece, who sensationally became the Games champion in pole vault ).

2. University of California at Berkeley - 22 medals (Nathan Adrian, Ryan Murphy, Dana Volmer, Anthony Erwin, Missy Franklin - swimming).

3. University of Southern California - 21 Medal (Allison Felix, Dalila muhammad, Nia Ali - athletics, April Ross - beach volleyball, Demar DeRozan - basketball, as well as the Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hoshu, who became a three-time Olympic champion, and the Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse, who challenged Usain Bolt himself and won 3 medals at once, in including in the relay race).

4. University of Florida — 13 medals (Caleb Dressel, Conor Dwyer and Ryan Lochte - swimming, Kelly Murphy - volleyball, Christian Taylor, Kerron Clement, Will Clay - athletics, as well as Jamaican runner Novlen Williams-Mills, who won a silver medal as part of the relay team).

4. University Texas - 13 medals (Kevin Durant - basketball, Jimmy Fagen, Townley Haas - swimming, Michelle Carter, Ashley Spencer - track and field).

6. University of Georgia - 10 medals (Allison Schmitt, Chase Kalich, Gunnar Benz, Olivia Smoliga - swimming, as well as athlete Shauna Miller from the Bahamas team, who won gold in the 400 meters thanks to a "dive" at the finish line).

7. University of California at Los Angeles – 9 medals (Madison Koshan - artistic gymnastics, Karsta Love - volleyball, Sami Hill, Courtney Mathewson, Maddie Musselman - water polo).

8. Indiana University - 8 medals (Lilly king, Cody Miller - swimming, Michael Hixon - diving, as well as Canadian athlete Derek Drouin, who became the Olympic champion in high jump).

8. University of Pennsylvania – 8 medals (Matthew Anderson, Aaron Russell, Maxwell Holt - volleyball, Joe Kovacs - athletics, Miles Charlie-Watson - fencing).

10. University of Connecticut – 6 medals (Diana Taurasi, Sue Bird, Tina Charles, Maya Moore, Brianna Stewart - basketball).

10. University of Oregon – 6 medals (Ashton Eaton, English Gardner, Matt Centrowitz, Galen Rupp - athletics, as well as Canadian athlete Brianna Theisen-Eaton, wife of Ashton Eaton, who won a bronze medal in the heptathlon).

10. West Virginia University - 6 medals (19-year-old Virginia Thrasher, who brought the US first Rio gold in shooting, as well as the Italian shooter Nikko Kampriani, who managed to win two gold medals at once).

10. University of Tennessee – 6 medals (Justin Gatlin, Tianna Bartoletta - athletics, Tamika Catchings - basketball, Kelsey Robertson - volleyball).

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