ot_varsity-o-olympians
Updated: March 8, 2011
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OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY - OLYMPIANS
1908-2008
WOMEN
YEAR NAME COUNTRY COMPETITION SPORT-EVENT MEDAL MARK 1964 Jean Saubert USA Innsbruck, AT Skiing-Giant Slalom Silver 1:53.11 ----- ----- ----- ----- Skiing-Slalom Bronze 1:31.36 1976 Joni Huntley USA Montreal, CAN Athletics-High Jump 5th 1.89m/6-2.5 1976 Kathy Weston USA Montreal, CAN Athletics-800m Heats 2:03.31 1976 Lynne Winbigler USA Montreal, CAN Athletics-Discus 14th 48.22m/158-2.5 1980 Patti Jo Knorr Canada Moscow, USSR Gymnastics Country boycott 1980 Lynne Winbigler USA Moscow, USSR Athletics-Discus Country boycott 1984 Cindy Greiner USA Los Angeles, USA Athletics-Heptathlon 4th 6281 1984 Joni Huntley USA Los Angeles, USA Athletics-High Jump Bronze 1.97m/6-5.5 1984 Carol Menken USA Los Angeles, USA Basketball Gold 6-0 1988 Cindy Greiner USA Seoul, S KOR Track & Field-Heptathlon 8th 6297 1992 Cindy Greiner USA Barcelona, ES Track & Field-Heptathlon 9th 6300 2000 Amy Martin USA Sydney, AU Rowing-Women's 8 6th 6:16.87 2000 Selina Scoble Australia Sydney, AU Volleyball ----- 1-4 2002 Jill Bakken USA Salt Lake City, USA Bobsleigh-2-Women Gold 1:37.76 2004 Crystal Draper Greece Athens, GR Softball ----- 2-5 2004 Birte Steven Germany Athens, GR Swimming-Breaststroke-200m Semis 11th 2:29.22 2008 Saori Haruguchi Japan Beijing, CN Swimming-Individual Medley-400m Heats 4:45.22 2008 Olivia Vivian Australia Beijing, CN Gymnastics-Artistic-Uneven QR 14.925 MEN YEAR NAME COUNTRY COMPETITION SPORT-EVENT MEDAL MARK 1908 Forrest Smithson USA London, UK Athletics-110m-High hurdles Gold 15.0* WR 1920 Louis "Happy" Kuehn USA Anterp, BEL Diving-Springboard Gold 675.4 1920 Clarence Pinkston USA Anterp, BEL Diving-Platform Gold 503.3 1920 Clarence Pinkston USA Anterp, BEL Diving-Springboard Silver 655.3 1924 Ray Dodge USA Paris, FRN Athletics-800m 6th nt (1st 1:52.0) 1924 David Fall USA Paris, FRN Diving-Platform Silver 97.3 1924 Chester "Chet" Newton USA Paris, FRN Wrestling-Freestyle, 134.5 Silver ----- 1924 Clarence Pinkston USA Paris, FRN Diving-Springboard Bronze 653 1924 Clarence Pinkston USA Paris, FRN Diving-Platform Bronze 94.6 1924 Robin Reed USA Paris, FRN Wrestling-Freestyle, 134.5 Gold ----- 1948 Lewis "Lew" Beck USA London, UK Basketball Gold 8-0 1960 Lynn Eves Canada Rome, IT Athletics-100m Heats 10.8 1960 Lynn Eves Canada Rome, IT Athletics-200m Heats 21.9 1960 Lynn Eves Canada Rome, IT Athletics-4x100m Relay Semis 41.1 1960 Fritz Fivian USA Rome, IT Wrestling-Greco-Roman, 73kg/160.75 20th ----- 1964 Mel Counts USA Tokyo, JPN Basketball Gold 9-0 1964 Ron Finley USA Tokyo, JPN Wrestling-Greco-Roman, 63kg/138.75 4th ----- 1964 Morgan Groth USA Tokyo, JPN Athletics-800m Heats 1:51.4 1968 Richard "Dick" Fosbury USA Mexico City, MEX Athletics-High Jump Gold 2.24m/7-4.5 *OR 1968 Jess Lewis USA Mexico City, MEX Wrestling-Freestyle, 97kg/213.5 6th ----- 1968 Bob McLaren Canada Mexico City, MEX Athletics-400M Hurdles Heats 51.8 1968 Lahcen Samsame Morocco Mexico City, MEX Athletics-Shot Put 18 QR ----- 1968 Henk Schenk USA Mexico City, MEX Wrestling-Greco-Roman, 97kg/213.5 AC ----- 1968 Tracy Smith USA Mexico City, MEX Athletics-10,000m 11th 30:14.6 1968 Gary Stenlund USA Mexico City, MEX Athletics-Javelin QR 241-2.5 1972 Ed Bennett USA Munic, W GER Yatching-Finn Class 10th 27 1972 Hailu Ebba Ethopia Munic, W GER Athletics-1500m Semis 3:43.7 1972 Lahcen Samsame Morocco Munic, W GER Athletics-Shot Put 15th 63-6.25 1972 Henk Schenk USA Munic, W GER Wrestling-Freestyle, 100kg/220.0 AC ----- 1972 Tim Vollmer USA Munic, W GER Athletics-Discus 8th 60.24m/197-07.5+ 1976 Hailu Ebba Ethopia Montreal, CAN Athletics-1500m Country boycott 1976 ElKasheef Hassan Sudan Montreal, CAN Athletics-400m Country boycott 1976 John Okoro Nigeria Montreal, CAN Athletics-Long Jump Country boycott 1976 Robert Zagunis USA Montreal, CAN Rowing-Men's 4+ (M4+) 11th 6:54.92 1980 ElKasheef Hassan Sudan Moscow, USSR Athletics-400m Country boycott 1980 Tom Woodman USA Moscow, USSR Rowing-Men's 8+ (M8+) Country boycott 1984 Ron Finley USA Los Angeles, USA Wrestling-Greco-Roman-Coach ----- ----- 1984 ElKasheef Hassan Sudan Los Angeles, USA Athletics-400m Heats ----- 1988 Horst Niehaus Costa Rica Seoul, S KOR Swimming-Backstroke-100m Heats 1:01.91 1988 Horst Niehaus Costa Rica Seoul, S KOR Swimming-Backstroke-200m Heats 2:12.83 1988 Horst Niehaus Costa Rica Seoul, S KOR Swimming-Individual Medley-200m Heats 2:16.16 1988 Jose Ortiz Pureto Rico Seoul, S KOR Basketball 7th 4-4 1992 Jose Ortiz Puerto Rico Barcelona, ES Basketball 8th 3-5 1996 Les Gutches USA Atlanta, USA Wrestling-Freestyle, 82kg/180.5 7th ----- 1996 Mike R. Jones USA Atlanta, USA Wrestling-Freestyle-Assistant Coach ----- ----- 1996 Jose Ortiz Puerto Rico Atlanta, USA Basketball 10th 2-5 1996 Gary Payton USA Atlanta, USA Basketball Gold 7-0 1996 Greg Strobel USA Atlanta, USA Wrestling-Freestyle-Assistant Coach ----- ----- 2000 Gary Payton USA Sydney, AU Basketball Gold 7-0 2000 Greg Strobel USA Sydney, AU Wrestling-Freestyle-Co-Coach ----- ----- 2004 Joseph Hansen USA Athens, GR Rowing-Men's 8 Gold 5:42.48 2004 Jose Ortiz Puerto Rico Athens, GR Basketball 6th 3-4 2004 Oscar Wood USA Athens, GR Wrestling-Greco-Roman, 66kg/145.5 dnp ----- 2008 Brian Barden USA Beijing, CN Baseball Bronze 6-3 2008 Heinrich Barnes South Africa Beijing, CN Wrestling-Freestyle, 66kg/141.5 QR 2-9 2008 Robbie Findley USA Beijing, CN Soccer Alternate ----- 2008 Josh Inman USA Beijing, CN Rowing-Men's 8+ (M8+) Bronze 5:23.34
