<p>How'd various US schools do in the Olympics?
How'd they do compared to nations?
How'd their star athletes do?</p>
<p>This is not a comprehensive ranking. I just quickly looked at the usual suspects of Olympic glory Stanford, Berkeley, and UCLA; and of course Michigan (Phelps) had to be included. These numbers include alumni:</p>
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<li>Phelps earned 8 of Michigan's medals, the all-time gold medal winner.</li>
<li>Natalie Coughlin earned 6 of Berkeley's medals, the all-time US female medal winner.</li>
<li>Stanford's total ties that of Japan; Phelps individual total outdoes the gold total of many countries. Berkeley's total puts it above the Netherlands.</li>
<li>Did I get Michigan's total right?</li>
<li>What other schools should be ranked?</li>
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<p>CoffeeBreak: Frankly I got too lazy counting Michigan's medals beyond Phelps' so I can't remember if they got 14 or 15. So maybe UCLA is free-and-clear tied with Brazil -- and Michigan is actually tied with Kenya. ;)</p>
<p>And I have no idea if there were other schools that did really well. Like I said, I just went to look at the schools that have really rich Olympic performance records.</p>
If the USC were a nation, its 21 medals would rank 13th in the world
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Three-hundred eighty-four Trojans have competed in Olympic history -- tops among any university. They've collected 257 medals (121 gold, 76 silver, 60 bronze).