2012 Summer Olympics - Athletes
| Athlete | Sport |
|---|---|
 Absalon, Julien | Mountain bike racing |
 Adlington, Rebecca | 800m, 400m and 4x200m freestyle |
| Ainslie, Ben | Laser, Finn |
| Bauge, Gregory | Track cycling (sprint) |
 Bekele, Kenenisa | long distance and cross-country |
 Blake, Yohan | 100m, 200m , 4x100m |
| Bolt, Usain | 100m, 200m , 4x100m |
 Bryant, Kobe | Basketball |
| Campbell-Brown, Veronica | 100m, 200m, 4x100m sprints |
 Cancellara, Fabian | road bicycle racing |
| Cavendish, Mark | Road racing, track cycling |
 Cheruiyot, Vivian | |
 Cielo, Cesar | 50m, 100m, 4x100m freestyle, 50m butterfly |
| Daley, Thomas | 10m platform, 10m synchronised |
 Drysdale, Mahe | Single sculls, quadruple sculls |
| Farah, Mohamed | 5000m, 10,000m, cross-country |
| Federer, Roger | |
| Franklin, Melissa | backstroke, freestyle and relays |
 Gasol, Pau | |
| Gay, Tyson | 100m, 200m, 4x100m relay |
| Hoy, Chris | |
| Idowu, Phillips | Triple jump |
 Isinbayeva, Yelena | pole vault |
| James, LeBron | Basketball |
| Jeter, Carmelita | 100m, 200m, 4x100m |
 Kitajima, Kosuke | |
 Li, Na | |
| Liu, Xiang | 60 m hurdles, 110 m hurdles |
| Lochte, Ryan | 100m, 200m backstroke, 200m, 400m medley, relays |
 Magnussen, James | 100m freestyle, relays |
| Merritt, Lashawn | 400m, 4x400m relay |
| Murofushi, Koji | Hammer |
| Nadal, Rafael | 2001 |
 Pellegrini, Federica | 200m, 400m, 800m freestye, relays |
| Pendleton, Victoria | Sprint, keirin |
| Phelps, Michael | 200m individual medley, 400m individual medley, butterfly, freestyle relay |
| Phillips, Dwight | long-jump |
| Powell, Asafa | 100m, 4x100m |
| Riner, Teddy | Judo, open weight category (over 100kg) |
 Robles, Dayron | 60m hurdles, 110m hurdles |
| Rudisha, David | 800m |
| Scheidt, Robert | Laser and Star |
 Semenya, Caster | 800m |
| Sun, Yang | 400m free, 800m free and 1500m free |
| Uchimura, Kohei | gymnastics |
| Vezzali, Valentina | Foil |
 Vlasic, Blanka | High jump |
 Vos, Marianne | Road, track and cyclo-cross |
| Wieber, Jordyn | Gymnastics |
| Wiggins, Bradley | |
| Zagunis, Mariel | Sabre |
| van Grunsven, Anky | Dressage |
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