| 100% | PENTATHLON | 10 | Women's Summer Olympic event where the USA has only won a single medal: silver in Sydney, 2000 |
| 39% | EGYPT | 5 | Country that has won only a single Olympic gold medal - in Men's Greco-Roman wrestling - in the past 70 years |
| 30% | NAGANO | 6 | Where the U.S. won the first gold medal in women's ice hockey |
| 29% | TRIATHLON | 9 | Event. won by Canada's Simon Whitfield, that debuted at the Olympics in summer of 2000 |
| 29% | ALLYSONFELIX | 12 | American track and field sprinter who won the 2012 Olympic gold in 200 meters and has a total of 9 Olympic medals: 2 wds. |
| 28% | ROMERO | 6 | Yoel ___, MMA athlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics |
| 28% | LINDLAND | 8 | Matt ___, former MMA athlete who won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics |
| 28% | LEDGER | 6 | Heath ___ who won his only Oscar for playing "The Joker" and has a wax statue in Madame Tussauds, Sydney |
| 27% | STEFFIGRAF | 10 | Tennis player who is the only player (man or woman) to win a Grand Slam and Olympic gold medal in one year: 2 wds. |
| 27% | MOMIJINISHIYA | 13 | Japanese skateboarder who won a gold medal in women's street skateboarding at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 (2 wds.) |
| 27% | MARY | 4 | ___ Pierce, former tennis player who won the French Open Women's singles in 2000 |
| 27% | PAW | 3 | Where the lion had a thorn, in one of Aesop's fables |
| 26% | WINTER | 6 | ___ Olympics, athletic event held in Beijing in 2022, where Norway won the most gold medals |
| 26% | MARIONJONES | 11 | American track star who won three gold medals and two bronze medals at the Summer Olympics in Sydney in 2000 (2 wds.) |
| 26% | RIO | 3 | Where the U.S. won its 1,000th Summer Olympic gold |
| 26% | RUDOLPH | 7 | Wilma ___, late American sprinter who was the first American woman to win three gold medals in a single Olympic Games |
| 26% | ALBERTVILLE | 11 | Where women's biathlon was introduced as a medal event |
| 26% | RICHARDSROSS | 12 | Former track and field athlete Sanya ___ who was the world's best 400 m runner for a decade and who has won 5 Olympic medals: Hyph. |
| 25% | JORDANLARSON | 12 | Volleyball player who has won Olympic bronze, silver, and gold medals with the United States national team (2 wds.) |
| 25% | PERU | 4 | Country with a "cake pull" wedding tradition where single women try to find the ring hidden in the dessert |
| 25% | JACKIE | 6 | Some call her the First Lady of American athletics and has won several Olympic medals in heptathlon and long jump |
| 25% | USC | 3 | Sch. that has had a former athlete win at least one gold medal in every summer 18-Across since 1912 |
| 25% | DECATHLON | 9 | Olympic event in which 33-Across won a gold medal in 1976 |
| 25% | CANOEING | 8 | Summer Olympic sport which has the slalom and sprint events |
| 25% | ISSUANT | 7 | Having only the forepart visible, as a beast in heraldry |
| 25% | ONTV | 4 | Where the sun always shone in A-ha's hit |
| 25% | CHRISEVERT | 10 | Tennis player who won a record seven women's singles titles at the French Open: 2 wds. |
| 25% | ALLYSONFELIX | 12 | Sprinter who has won six Olympic gold medals in the 4x100 and 4x400 relay with the United States national team (2 wds.) |
| 24% | SUN | 3 | ___ Tiantian and Li Ting, tennis pair that won the Olympic gold medal in women's doubles in 2004 |
| 24% | METGALA | 7 | NYC fundraising event where the character in 44a plans a heist in the all-female spinoff of the Ocean's trilogy: 2 wds. |