| Athlete |
Nation(s) |
Sport(s) |
Role(s) |
Era |
Notes |
| Andre Agassi |
 USA |
TEN |
Olympics |
1996 |
1999 |
| Simone Biles |
USA |
GAR |
Olympics / Other |
2016—2020 |
2016 (women), 2018 (women) |
| Usain Bolt |
 JAM |
ATH |
Olympics / Other |
2004—2016 |
2008, 2009, 2012 (men), 2015 (men), 2016 (men) |
| Sergey Bubka |
 URS
 UKR
 EUN |
ATH |
Olympics / Non-starter / Other / Administrator |
1988—2022 |
1985, 1997 |
| Seb Coe |
 GBR |
ATH |
Olympics / Other / Administrator |
1980—2020 |
1981 |
| Novak Đoković |
 SRB |
TEN |
Olympics / Other |
2008—2020 |
2021 (men) |
| Jonathan Edwards |
GBR |
ATH |
Olympics |
1988—2000 |
1995 |
| Roger Federer |
 SUI |
TEN |
Olympics / Other |
2000—2012 |
2005, 2006, 2007, 2017 (men, shared) |
| Florence Griffith Joyner |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1984—1988 |
1988 |
| Hicham El Guerrouj |
 MAR |
ATH |
Olympics / Administrator |
1996—2012 |
2004 |
| Eric Heiden |
USA |
SSK |
Olympics / Other |
1976—1980 |
1980 |
| Marcel Hirscher |
 AUT |
ALP |
Olympics |
2010—2018 |
2018 (men) |
| Ben Johnson |
 CAN |
ATH |
Olympics |
1984—1992 |
1987 (later withdrawn) |
| Michael Johnson |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1992—2000 |
1996 |
| Michael Jordan |
USA |
BKB |
Olympics |
1984—1992 |
1992 |
| Renaud Lavillenie |
 FRA |
ATH |
Olympics |
2012—2020 |
2014 (men) |
| Katie Ledecky |
USA |
SWM |
Olympics |
2012—2020 |
2014 (women), 2017 (women) |
| Carl Lewis |
USA |
ATH |
Olympics |
1984—1996 |
1983, 1984, 1991 |
| Lionel Messi |
 ARG |
FBL |
Olympics |
2008 |
2011, 2022 (men) |
| Noureddine Morceli |
 ALG |
ATH |
Olympics |
1992—2000 |
1993 |
| Rafael Nadal |
 ESP |
TEN |
Olympics / Other |
2004—2016 |
2010, 2013 (men), 2017 (men, shared) |
| Marte Olsbu Røiseland |
 NOR |
BTH |
Olympics / Other |
2018—2022 |
2020 (women) |
| Romário |
 BRA |
FBL |
Olympics |
1988 |
1994 |
| Iga Świątek |
 POL |
TEN |
Olympics / YOG / Other |
2018—2020 |
2022 (women) |
| Elaine Thompson-Herah |
JAM |
ATH |
Olympics |
2016—2020 |
2021 (women) |
| Serena Williams |
USA |
TEN |
Olympics |
2000—2016 |
2012 (women), 2013 (women), 2015 (women) |