A total of fourteen Utrecht athletes won an Olympic medal. Hockey players Lars Balk, Luna Fokke, Jonas de Geus, Jip Janssen, Renée van Laarhoven, Duco Telgenkamp, Anne Veenendaal and Derck de Vilder received a gold medal in hockey. Sarah Buis and Vivian Sevenich took bronze in water polo. Diede de Groot won silver in wheelchair tennis, Ylonne Post won gold in wheelchair basketball. Nico van der Burgt took home bronze in the triathlon. And Jacob van de Kerkhof won a silver medal in rowing.
Luna Fokke, Jonas de Geus, Jip Janssen, Duco Telgenkamp, Derck de Vilder and Ylonne Post received the sports medal from the mayor because they won a gold medal for the first time at the Games.