| 100% | NOBELPRIZE | 10 | Gold medal once given to the Olympic runner Philip Noel-Baker |
| 31% | BRONZE | 6 | The medal given to the person who finishes third |
| 31% | EYED | 4 | Gave the once-over to |
| 31% | EYE | 3 | Give the once-over to |
| 31% | EYES | 4 | Gives the once-over to |
| 30% | PANDAS | 6 | Stuffed critters given to some medal winners at the Beijing Olympics |
| 30% | TARALIPINSKI | 12 | Gold medal-winning Olympic figure skater who wrote the memoir "Triumph on Ice" (2 wds.) |
| 30% | THORPE | 6 | First Native American to win an Olympic gold medal for the United States |
| 29% | EVELYNASHFORD | 13 | The first track and field athlete to run 100 meters under 11 seconds in an Olympic Games and who has won a total of 5 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 29% | MARK | 4 | Gold medal-winning Olympic swimmer ___ Spitz who is a member of the Boy Scouts of America |
| 29% | TITHED | 6 | Gave to the church |
| 28% | COE | 3 | Olympic gold-medal runner Sebastian |
| 28% | SENT | 4 | Given to the bike courier |
| 28% | RETTON | 6 | First American woman to win the all-around gold in Olympic gymnastics |
| 28% | LASORDA | 7 | He managed the U.S. to its first Olympic gold in baseball |
| 28% | MAX | 3 | ___ Mirnyi and Victoria Azarenka, tennis pair that won the Olympic gold medal in Mixed Doubles in 2012 |
| 28% | KATARINAWITT | 12 | Two-time gold medal-winning Olympic figure skater who wrote the memoir "Only with Passion" (2 wds.) |
| 28% | BENOIT | 6 | Runner Joan ___ Samuelson, who won gold in the first women’s Olympic marathon, in 1984 |
| 28% | MARK | 4 | ___ Schultz, athlete who was the first Olympic gold medalist to enter the UFC |
| 28% | RONDA | 5 | Rousey who was the first American woman to win an Olympic judo medal |
| 28% | TOWER | 5 | Eiffel ___, a piece of which was used to embellish the 2024 Olympic medal |
| 28% | ANCHOR | 6 | Final leg in a relay, given to the fastest runner |
| 27% | FERNANDO | 8 | ___ Gonzalez and Nicolas Massu, tennis pair that won the Olympic gold medal in men's doubles in 2004 |
| 27% | SUN | 3 | ___ Tiantian and Li Ting, tennis pair that won the Olympic gold medal in women's doubles in 2004 |
| 27% | SHAWNJOHNSON | 12 | Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast who won "Dancing with the Stars" with Mark Ballas (2 wds.) |
| 27% | SIMONEBILES | 11 | Olympic gold medal gymnast who was Time's Athlete of the Year in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | ALIBI | 5 | Excuse given to the cops |
| 27% | ALMS | 4 | Money given to the poor |
| 27% | OFFERING | 8 | Money given to the church |
| 27% | EULOGY | 6 | Speech given to the dead |