2019 NEBRASKA TRACK & FIELD 79 NCAA CHAMPIONS | 638 ALL-AMERICANS | 29 NCAA TOP-FIVE TEAM FINISHES | 66 OLYMPIANS 108 CONFERENCE TEAM TITLES | 59 COSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS | 929 CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS Huskers in the Olympics Medals by Event Event Gold Silver Bronze 1968 () 100-Meter Dash 0 1 1 Carol Frost (), discus, 14th. 200-Meter Dash 0 1 3 400-Meter Dash 0 0 1 1980 () 100-Meter Hurdles 0 0 1 Merlene Ottey (), 200-meter dash, 3rd; 4x400-meter relay, DNP. 4x100-Meter Relay 0 1 1 4x400-Meter Relay 1 0 0 1984 () Merlene Ottey (Jamaica), 100-meter dash, 3rd; 200-meter dash, 3rd; DNP in 4x100-meter relay or 4x400-meter relay; Janet Burke (Jamaica), 200-meter dash, DNP; Marcia Tate (Jamaica), 4x400-meter relay, DNP; Angela Thacker (United States), long jump, 4th.

1988 () Merlene Ottey (Jamaica), 200-meter dash, 4th; 100-meter dash, DNP; Marcia Tate (Jamaica), 4x400-meter relay, DNP; Sharon Powell (Jamaica), 800-meter run, DNP; Denise Thiemard (), javelin, 9th.

1992 () Merlene Ottey (Jamaica), 100-meter dash, 5th, 200-meter dash, 3rd, 4x100-meter relay, DNP; Ximena Restrepo (), 400-meter dash, 3rd; Karen Kruger (South Africa), long jump, DNP.

1996 () Merlene Ottey (Jamaica), 100-meter dash, 2nd, 200-meter dash, 2nd, 4x100-meter relay, 3rd; Linetta Wilson (United States), 4x400-meter relay (heats), 1st; Nicola Martial (Guyana), triple jump, DNP; Patricia Nadler (Switzerland), heptathlon, 23rd.

2000 () Merlene Ottey (Jamaica), 100-meter dash, 4th; 4x100-meter relay, 2nd; Ximena Restrepo (Colombia), 4x100-meter relay, DNP; Jelena Stanisavljevic (Yugoslavia), 4x400-meter relay, DNP.

2004 () Priscilla Lopes (Canada), 100-meter hurdles, DNP; Merlene Ottey (Jamaica), 100-meter dash, 10th, 200-meter dash, DNP; Ineta Radevica (Latvia), long jump, DNP, triple jump, DNP; Dace Ruskule (Latvia), discus, DNP.

2008 (Beijing) Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Canada), 100-meter hurdles, 3rd; Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (), heptathlon, 28th; Ineta Radevica (Latvia), long jump, qualified for the team, but did not compete.

2012 () Chantae McMillan (USA), heptathlon, 29th; Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (Hungary), heptathlon, 22nd; Ineta Radevica (Latvia), long jump, 4th; Amber Neben (USA), cycling time trial, 7th, cycling road race, 36th.

2016 (Rio de Janeiro) Marusa Cernjul (), high jump, 21st; Györgyi Zsivoczky-Farkas (Hungary), heptathlon, 8th.

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep was the first Husker on the men’s or women’s side to win a medal in the hurdles at the Olympics. With her bronze medal at the 2008 Games in Beijing, Lopes-Schliep became the first athlete to win a medal in for Canada since Donovan Bailey in 1996. Olympic Representation by Event Event Times Competed Most Recently Cycling 1 2012, Amber Neben (USA) 100-Meter Dash 6 2004, Merlene Ottey (Slovenia) 200-Meter Dash 7 2004, Merlene Ottey (Slovenia) 400-Meter Dash 1 1992, Ximena Restrepo (Colombia) 800-Meter Run 1 1988, Sharon Powell (Jamaica) 100-Meter Hurdles 2 2008, Priscilla Lopes-Schliep (Canada) 4x100-Meter Relay 5 2000, Merlene Ottey (Slovenia) 2000, Ximena Restrepo (Colombia) 4x400-Meter Relay 6 1996, Linetta Wilson (United States) High Jump 1 2016, Marusa Cernjul (Slovenia) Long Jump 4 2012, Ineta Radevica (Latvia) Triple Jump 2 2004, Ineta Radevica (Latvia) Discus 2 2004, Dace Ruskule (Latvia) Javelin 1 1988, Denise Thiemard (Switzerland) Heptathlon 5 2016, Györgyi Farkas (Hungary) Merlene Ottey made trips to the 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 and 2000 for Jamaica before competing for Slovenia in 2004. Ottey won eight Olympic medals in her career with her first being a bronze in the 200 meters at the 1984 Games in Moscow.

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