| COCHAMP | Penny or Simone, in the 100-metre freestyle at the Rio Olympics |
| FRASER | Winner of three successive Olympic gold medals in the 100 metres freestyle (6) |
| ADDINGTON | Swimmer who won two gold medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 400- and 800-metre freestyle (9) |
| RICHARDS | Matt, swimmer who won silver in the 200 metres freestyle at the 2024 Summer Olympics (8) |
| TOMDEAN | British swimmer who won gold in the 200 metres freestyle at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics (3,4) |
| CURRIE | Edwina, ex-Conservative minister partnered by Vincent Simone in the 2011 series of Strictly (6) |
| NINA | Singer Simone in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame |
| TOKYO | Dawn Fraser won her third gold medal for the 100m freestyle at the 1964 Olympics, held in this Japan |
| FIJI | Which country won gold in the men's rugby sevens at the Rio Olympics? (4) |
| BOLT | The first sprinter to win gold medals in the 100-metre and 200-metre races in three straight Olympics |
| GRENADA | At the Rio Olympics, which country won the most medals per head of population? (7) |
| RAELENEBOYLE | Which Australian athlete won silver medals in the 100 metre and 200 metre sprints at the 1972 Olympi |
| MICHAELPHELPS | US swimmer who came out of retirement in 2014 to swim at the Rio Olympics: 2 wds. |
| RISE | 2016 Katy Perry hit prominently featured at the Rio Olympics |
| USA | Team with 121 medals at the Rio Olympics |
| ESTELLE | Boxer Mossely who won gold at the Rio Olympics |
| RYANLOCHTE | US swimmer who claimed he was mugged at the Rio Olympics (4,6) |
| PEATY | Adam, British swimmer who won gold in the 100 metres breaststroke at the Rio and Tokyo Olympics (5) |
| BORZOV | After his two chief American challengers missed their qualifying races, this Soviet sprinter won the gold medal in the 100-metre dash in 1972, Valery ___ (6) |
| ZIKA | Viral concern at the Rio Olympics |
