| CATECAMPBELL | Bronte's sister with eight Olympic medals who called US swimmers "sore losers' (4,8) |
| SUSIEONEILL | Mackay-born "Madame Butterfly" with eight Olympic medals (5,6) |
| RYANLOCHTE | American swimmer with 12 Olympic medals who was suspended by USA Swimming after falsely claiming to have been robbed at gunpoint after a night out in Rio in 2016 (4,6) |
| CRABBE | Buster ---, one of two US swimmers to portray Tarzan in the 1930s |
| ENKE | Speed skater Karin who won eight Olympic medals |
| SPEEDO | Brand worn by Team USA swimmers |
| HOY | With six gold medals, who is Britain's all-time most successful Olympian? (3) |
| AINSLIE | Ben ___, English sailor, winner of four Olympic gold medals, who is Team Principal, CEO and Skipper of INEOS Britannia |
| BUSTERCRABBE | US swimmer-come-actor who played Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers in film series (6,6) |
| AISTERERBIUM | Element used by a sore loser? |
| BITTERERBIUM | Element used by a sore loser? |
| USAINBOLT | *Jamaican sprinter with eight Olympic gold medals |
| USAIN | Track star Bolt with eight Olympic gold medals |
| JENNYTHOMPSON | American former swimmer with eight Olympic golds the highest number of wins ever: 2 wds. |
| BOLT | Usain with eight Olympic golds |
| MATT | Biondi, American swimmer who won eight Olympic gold medals (4) |
| NURMI | Paavo ....., Finnish athlete who won eight Olympic gold medals (5) |
| TAKEI | George who co-wrote the graphic memoir "They Called Us Enemy" |
| BIONDI | Swimmer Matt who won eight Olympic gold medals |
| INDIA | Country that has won eight Olympic gold medals for hockey (5) |
