| MURRAYHALBERG | Eketahuna-born athletics legend who won an Olympic gold medal (6,7) |
| STEVECRAM | Gateshead-born athletics commentator (5,4) |
| CODEINE | Postcode in Eketahuna is a pain - some relief required (7) |
| CARL | Athletics legend, - Lewis (4) |
| OWENS | Jesse ___, athletics legend (5) |
| JENNIFERJONES | Canadian curler who won an Olympic gold medal as skip of the Canadian women's team at the 2014 Sochi Games |
| ELLIOTT | Name an Australian runner who won an Olympic Gold Medal in 1960, Herb ... (7) |
| BOARDMAN | Chris ........, British cyclist who won an Olympic gold medal in 1992 (8) |
| PEDROSO | Ivan ___, Cuban long jumper who won an Olympic gold medal in Sydney in 2000 |
| KRISTI | Skater Yamaguchi who won an Olympic gold medal |
| ANITA | ..... Lonsbrough, British female swimmer who won an Olympic gold medal in 1960 (5) |
| SANDERSON | Tessa ___, British javelin thrower who won an Olympic gold medal in 1984 |
| LARSRIEDEL | German discus thrower who won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 |
| HERB | - Elliott, Australian middledistance runner who won an Olympic gold medal in Rome in 1960 for the 1500m (4) |
| DAVIDWILKIE | Scottish swimmer who won an Olympic gold medal in the 200m breaststroke in 1976 (5,6) |
| COODE | Ed ....., British rower who won an Olympic gold medal in the coxless fours in 2004 (5) |
| DICKMCTAGGART | The first Scottish boxer to win an Olympic gold medal (4,9) |
| MICHAELJORDAN | Hall of Fame Bulls legend who won both NCAA and NBA championships: 2 wds. |
| POLEVAULT | Event in which Steve Hooker won an Olympic gold medal (4,5) |
| SHOOTING | Sport in which Britain's Peter Wilson won an Olympic gold medal winner in 2012 (8) |