| 100% | IAN | 3 | ___ Thorpe, 2000 and 2004 Olympic swimming sensation |
| 55% | THORPE | 6 | 2000 and 2004 swimming gold medalist Ian |
| 47% | MICHAELPHELPS | 13 | Olympic swimming gold medalist featured on Wheaties boxes in 2004 and 2012: 2 wds. |
| 43% | EDMOSES | 7 | 2000 Olympic men's 4 x 100m swimming medley gold and 100m breaststroke silver medallist |
| 43% | MARKSPITZ | 9 | 1972 Olympic swimming sensation |
| 43% | BUSH | 4 | Winner in 2000 and 2004 |
| 41% | MOSES | 5 | Ed —, 2000 Olympic men's 4 x 100m swimming medley gold and 100m breaststroke silver medallist |
| 39% | COUGHLIN | 8 | Natalie —, 2004 and 2008 Olympic 100m backstroke swimming gold medallist |
| 38% | IANS | 4 | Olympic swimmers Crocker and Thorpe |
| 36% | PONOR | 5 | Catalina —, 2004 Olympic balance beam and floor exercise gold medallist |
| 34% | PAULHAMM | 8 | Gymnast who competed with his twin brother, Morgan, at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics: 2 wds. |
| 34% | GEBRSELASSIE | 12 | Haile —, 1996 and 2000 Olympic 10,000m gold medallist |
| 34% | TERGAT | 6 | Paul —, 1996 and 2000 Olympic 10,000m silver medallist |
| 33% | ANGELO | 6 | & 18D 2000 and 2008 Olympic men's 400m hurdles gold medallist |
| 31% | HERAS | 5 | Roberto —, cyclist; 2000, 2003, 2004 and 2005 Vuelta a Espana winner |
| 31% | BENAINSLIE | 10 | 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympic sailing Finn class gold medallist |
| 30% | KATE | 4 | Swimming sensation Douglass |
| 30% | SPITZ | 5 | Olympic swimming legend |
| 30% | PHELPS | 6 | Olympic swimming champion |
| 30% | MEDLEY | 6 | Olympic swimming event |
| 30% | RERAN | 5 | What Ralph Nader did in 2000, 2004 and 2008 |
| 30% | NADER | 5 | Third-place finisher in 2000, 2004 and 2008 |
| 30% | EDERLE | 6 | Swimming sensation of 1926 |
| 30% | SPITZ | 5 | Olympic swimming legend Mark |
| 30% | KATIE | 5 | Olympic swimming star Ledecky |
| 30% | DARA | 4 | Olympic swimming great Torres |
| 30% | SPITZ | 5 | Olympic swimming great Mark |
| 30% | SUMMERSANDERS | 13 | Olympic swimming gold medalist who cohosted 18-Across from 1998-2004: 2 wds. |
| 29% | BRANDICHASTAIN | 14 | 1996 and 2004 US soccer Olympic gold medalist who wrote the memoir "It's Not About the Bra": 2 wds. |
| 29% | NADER | 5 | Unsuccessful presidential candidate in 1996, 2000, 2004, and 2008 |