List of high schools producing multiple Olympic gold medalists

The Olympic Gold medal is the mark of achievement of the highest level in a particular sport. Many high schools proudly point to an alumnus who has been to the Olympics. Relatively few high schools have the depth to have produced more than one Olympic Gold medalist.

Notes: T=team gold medalist WR=also hold the current world record

• Jefferson High School (Los Angeles, California) Mal Whitfield^[1][2] 1948 Charles Dumas^[3][4] 1956
• Jordan High School (Los Angeles, California) Florence Griffith Joyner^[5][6] 1988 & WR Kevin Young^[7][8] 1992 & WR
• Samuel F. B. Morse High School, San Diego Arnie Robinson^[9][10] 1976 Monique Henderson^[11][12] 2004T, 2008T
• John Muir High School (Pasadena, California) Alice Brown^[13][14] 1984T Inger Miller^[15][16] 1996T Linetta Wilson 1996 T^[17][18]
• Santa Clara High School (Santa Clara, California) Donna de Varona^[19][20] 1964 Don Schollander^[21][22] 1964, 1968T Claudia Kolb^[19][23] 1968 Mark Spitz^[24][25] 1968T, 1972 Joe Bottom^[19][26] 1976T Heather Simmons-Carrasco 1996T^[19][27]
• Silver Creek High School, San Jose, California Millard Hampton^[28][29] 1976T Andre Phillips^[28][30] 1988
• Tulare Union High School, Tulare, California Bob Matthias^[31][32] 1948, 1952 Sim Iness^[31][33] 1952
• St. Patrick's High School (Iten, Kenya) Peter Rono^[34][35] 1988 Matthew Birir^[34][36] 1992 Note: Between Wilson Kipketer and David Rudisha the school has held the world record for 800 metres since August 13, 1997

• Lincoln High School, East St. Louis, Illinois Al Joyner^[37] 1984 Jackie Joyner-Kersee^[38] 1988 & WR, 1992 brother and sister
• North Salinas High School Calvin Harrison^[39][40] 2000T (team later disqualified) Alvin Harrison^[39][41] 1996T, 2000T (team later disqualified) identical twin brothers
• San Gorgonio High School and John F. Kennedy High School (Los Angeles) Sherri Howard and Denean Howard, sisters who both won a Gold medal on the same 1984 4x400 relay team (Denean ran in the preliminary round). The sisters transferred to Kennedy in 1981 after setting the NFHS record in the same relay at San Gorgonio with two other sisters (Howard, Howard, Howard, Howard)

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