| Athlete Name | Event(s) / Position | Finish | Location, Year | Country | BYU Years |
| Alma Richards | High Jump (set world record) | Gold | Stockholm Summer, 1912 | USA | 1912-13 |
| Dale Schofield | 400m Hurdles | 7th | Berlin Summer, 1936 | USA | 1930s |
| Clarence Robison | 5,000m | Heats | London Summer, 1948 | USA | 1940-43 |
| Jaakko Tuominen | 400m Hurdles | Heats | Tokyo Summer, 1964 | Finland | 1968? |
| Jay Silvester * # | Discus | 4th | Tokyo Summer, 1964 | USA | 1969-99 |
| Jaakko Tuominen | 400m Hurdles | Heats | Mexico City Summer, 1968 | Finland | 1968? |
| Jay Silvester * # | Discus | 5th | Mexico City Summer, 1968 | USA | 1969-99 |
| Kenneth Lundmark | High Jump | 22nd | Mexico City Summer, 1968 | Sweden | 1970 |
| Pekka Vasala | 1,500m | Heats | Mexico City Summer, 1968 | Finland | 1970 |
| Pertti Pousi | Long Jump, Triple Jump | 18th, 18th | Mexico City Summer, 1968 | Finland | 1967-70 |
| Altti Alarotu | Pole Vault | 14th | Mexico City Summer, 1968 | Finland | 1967-70 |
| Pekka Vasala | 1,500m | Gold | Munich Summer, 1972 | Finland | 1970 |
| Jay Silvester * # | Discus | Silver | Munich Summer, 1972 | USA | 1969-99 |
| Lasse Viren | 5,000m, 10,000m | Gold, Gold | Munich Summer, 1972 | Finland | 1969-70 |
| Ralph Mann | 400m Hurdles | Silver | Munich Summer, 1972 | USA | 1969-71 |
| Usaia Sotutu | 5k, 10k, 3k steeplechase | Heats, Heats, Heats | Munich Summer, 1972 | Fiji | 1972, 1975-77? |
| Zdravko Pecar | Discus | 18th | Munich Summer, 1972 | Yugoslavia | 1974? |
| Saimoni Tamani | 400m | Qualified, did not compete | Munich Summer, 1972 | Fiji | 1972 |
| Anders Arrhenius | Shot put | Montreal Summer, 1976 | Sweden | 1975 | |
| Henry Marsh | Steeplechase | 10th | Montreal Summer, 1976 | USA | 1988-93 |
| Jay Silvester * # | Discus | 8th | Montreal Summer, 1976 | USA | 1969-99 |
| Richard George | Javelin | 18th | Montreal Summer, 1976 | USA | 1971-73, 75-77 |
| Lasse Viren | 5k, 10k, marathon | Gold, Gold, 5th | Montreal Summer, 1976 | Finland | 1969-70 |
| Raimo Pihl | Decathlon | 4th | Montreal Summer, 1976 | Sweden | 1973-76 |
| Kenth Gardenkrans | Discus | 12th | Moscow Summer, 1980 | Sweden | 1978? |
| Lasse Viren | 10,000m, marathon | 5th, DNF | Moscow Summer, 1980 | Finland | 1969-70 |
| Henry Marsh | 3,000SC | Qualified, did not compete | Moscow Summer, 1980 | USA | 1988-93 |
| Paul Cummings | 10,000m | Heats | Los Angeles Summer, 1984 | USA | 1971-75 |
| Soren Tallhem | Shot Put | 7th | Los Angeles Summer, 1984 | Sweden | 1984-85 |
| Stefan Fernholm | Discus | 8th | Los Angeles Summer, 1984 | Sweden | - |
| Doug Padilla | 5,000m | 7th | Los Angeles Summer, 1984 | USA | 1978-80 |
| Henry Marsh | Steeplechase | 4th | Los Angeles Summer, 1984 | USA | 1988-93 |
| Ed Eyestone | Marathon | 29th | Seoul Summer, 1988 | USA | 1982-85 |
| Doug Padilla | 5,000m | Heats | Seoul Summer, 1988 | USA | 1978-80 |
| Henry Marsh | Steeplechase | 6th | Seoul Summer, 1988 | USA | 1988-93 |
| Soren Tallhem | Shot Put | 12th | Barcelona Summer, 1992 | Sweden | 1984-85 |
| Ed Eyestone | Marathon | 13th | Barcelona Summer, 1992 | USA | 1982-85 |
| Frank Fredericks | 100m, 200m | Silver, Silver | Barcelona Summer, 1992 | Namibia | 1988-91 |
| Oluyemi Kayode | 4x100, 200m | Silver, 7th | Barcelona Summer, 1992 | Nigeria | 1999-2004 |
| Jason Pyrah | 1500m | Heats | Atlanta Summer, 1996 | USA | 1987, 1991-94 |
| Frank Fredericks | 100m, 200m | Silver, Silver | Atlanta Summer, 1996 | Namibia | 1988-91 |
| Jason Pyrah | 1500m | 10th | Sydney Summer, 2000 | USA | 1987, 1991-94 |
| Kenneth Andam | 4x100, 100m | Heats | Sydney Summer, 2000 | Ghana | 1999-2004 |
| Leonard Myles-Mills | 100m, 4x100 | Heats, Heats | Sydney Summer, 2000 | Ghana | 1996-99 |
| Frank Fredericks | 100m, 200m | Heats, 4th | Athens Summer, 2004 | Namibia | 1988-91 |
| Leonard Myles-Mills | 100m, 4x100 | Heats, Heats | Athens Summer, 2004 | Ghana | 1996-99 |
| Josh McAdams | Steeplechase | 9th | Beijing Summer, 2008 | USA | 2003-05 |
| Niklas Arrhenius | Discus | 32nd | Beijing Summer, 2008 | Sweden | 2003-08 |
| Jared Ward | Marathon | 6th | Rio de Janeiro Summer, 2016 | USA | 2010-2014 |
| Tatenda Tsumba | 200m | Heats | Rio de Janeiro Summer, 2016 | Zimbabwe | 2015-17 |
| Rory Linkletter | Marathon | 47th | Paris Summer, 2024 | Canada | 2015-19 |
| Clayton Young | Marathon | 9th | Paris Summer, 2024 | USA | 2015-19 |
| Conner Mantz | Marathon | 8th | Paris Summer, 2024 | USA | 2017-21 |
| Kenneth Rooks | 3000m SC | Silver | Paris Summer, 2024 | USA | 2018, 21-23 |
| James Corrigan | 3000m SC | Heats | Paris Summer, 2024 | USA | 2023-present |
* Attended BYU, but was not an intercollegiate athlete at BYU
# Professor at BYU, but was not an intercollegiate athlete at BYU