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This article includes lists of all Olympic medalists since 1896, organized by each Olympic sport or discipline, and also by Olympiad.

Medalist with most medals by sport

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Summer Olympic sports

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Sports that will appear in the 2028 Summer Olympics are listed below, except for squash and flag football, making their first appearance in 2028.

Discipline (link to medalists list) Contested Number of Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals
(gold–silver–bronze) 		Athlete(s) with the most gold medals
Olympics
(up to conclusion of 2024) 		Medal events
(in 2024) 		      Total
  Archery 1900–1908; 1920; since 1972 18 5 76 74 66 216   Hubert van Innis (BEL) (6–3–0)   Hubert van Innis (BEL) (6–3–0)
  Artistic swimming Since 1984 11 2 22 20 21 63   Svetlana Romashina (RUS) (7–0–0)
  Huang Xuechen (CHN) (0–5–2) 		  Svetlana Romashina (RUS) (7–0–0)
  Athletics
(men, women) 		Since 1896 30 48 1075 1084 1073 3232   Paavo Nurmi (FIN) (9–3–0)   Paavo Nurmi (FIN) (9–3–0)
  Carl Lewis (USA) (9–1–0)
  Badminton Since 1992 9 5 44 44 48 136   Gao Ling (CHN) (2–1–1)   Gao Ling (CHN) (2–1–1)
  Fu Haifeng (CHN) (2–1–0)
  Viktor Axelsen (DEN) (2–0–1)
  Kim Dong-moon (KOR) (2–0–1)
  Zhang Nan (CHN) (2–0–1)
  Zhao Yunlei (CHN) (2–0–1)
  Ge Fei (CHN) (2–0–0)
  Gu Jun (CHN) (2–0–0)
  Lee Yang (TPE) (2–0–0)
  Lin Dan (CHN) (2–0–0)
  Wang Chi-lin (TPE) (2–0–0)
  Zhang Jun (CHN) (2–0–0)
  Zhang Ning (CHN) (2–0–0)
  Baseball and   Softball 1992–2008; 2020; 2028 6 0 11 11 11 33   Pedro Luis Lazo (CUB) (2–2–0)
  Laura Berg (USA) (3–0–1)
  Tanya Harding (AUS) (0–1–3)
  Melanie Roche (AUS) (0–1–3)
  Natalie Ward (AUS) (0–1–3) 		  Laura Berg (USA) (3–0–1)
  Lisa Fernandez (USA) (3–0–0)
  Lori Harrigan (USA) (3–0–0)
  Leah O'Brien (USA) (3–0–0)
  Basketball Since 1936 21 4 34 34 34 102   Diana Taurasi (USA) (6–0–0)   Diana Taurasi (USA) (6–0–0)
  Canoeing
and Kayaking
(men, women) 		Since 1936 21 16 258 258 260 776   Birgit Fischer (GER) (8–4–0)   Birgit Fischer (GER) (8–4–0)
  Lisa Carrington (NZL) (8–0–1)
  Cricket 1900, 2028 1 0 1 1 0 2 see list see list
  Cycling
(men, women) 		Since 1896 30 22 305 304 298 907   Jason Kenny (GBR) (7–2–0)   Jason Kenny (GBR) (7–2–0)
  Diving Since 1904 28 8 138 138 139 405   Dmitri Sautin (RUS) (2–2–4)   Wu Minxia (CHN) (5–1–1)
  Chen Ruolin (CHN) (5–0–0)
  Equestrian 1900;
since 1912 		28 6 159 157 157 473   Isabell Werth (GER) (8–6–0)   Isabell Werth (GER) (8–6–0)
  Fencing
(men, women) 		Since 1896 30 12 235 235 234 704   Edoardo Mangiarotti (ITA) (6–5–2)   Aladár Gerevich (HUN) (7–1–2)
  Field hockey 1908; 1920;
since 1928 		25 2 37 37 38 112   Leslie Claudius (IND) (3–1–0)
  Udham Singh (IND) (3–1–0)
  Eva de Goede (NED) (3–1–0)
  Teun de Nooijer (NED) (2–2–0)
  Luciana Aymar (ARG) (0–2–2) 		  Leslie Claudius (IND) (3–1–0)
  Udham Singh (IND) (3–1–0)
  Richard Allen (IND) (3–0–0)
  Dhyan Chand (IND) (3–0–0)
  Ranganandhan Francis (IND) (3–0–0)
  Randhir Singh Gentle (IND) (3–0–0)
  Rechelle Hawkes (AUS) (3–0–0)
  Balbir Singh, Sr. (IND) (3–0–0)
  Eva de Goede (NED) (3–1–0)
  Football 1900–1928;
since 1936 		29 2 36 36 38 110   Christie Rampone (USA) (3–1–0)
   Christie Rampone (USA) (3–1–0)
  Shannon Boxx (USA) (3–0–0)
  Heather Mitts (USA) (3–0–0)
  Heather O'Reilly (USA) (3–0–0)
  Golf 1900–1904;
since 2016 		5 2 10 10 11 31   Lydia Ko (NZL) (1–1–1) see list
  Gymnastics
(men, women) 		Since 1896 30 18 392 372 378 1142   Larisa Latynina (URS) (9–5–4)   Larisa Latynina (URS) (9–5–4)
  Handball
(men, women) 		1936;
since 1972 		15 2 28 28 28 84   Katrine Lunde (NOR) (3–0–2)   Nikola Karabatić (FRA) (3–1–0)
  Katrine Lunde (NOR) (3–0–2)
  Andrey Lavrov (RUS) (3–0–1)
  Judo 1964;
since 1972 		15 15 167 166 334 667   Teddy Riner (FRA) (5–0–2)   Teddy Riner (FRA) (5–0–2)
  Lacrosse 1904–1908, 2028 2 0 2 2 1 5 see list see list
  Modern pentathlon Since 1912 26 2 44 44 44 132   Pavel Lednyov (URS) (2–2–3)   András Balczó (HUN) (3–2–0)
  Rowing
(men, women) 		Since 1900 29 14 282 282 286 850   Elisabeta Lipă (ROU) (5–2–1)   Elisabeta Lipă (ROU) (5–2–1)
  Georgeta Damian (ROU) (5–0–1)
  Steve Redgrave (GBR) (5–0–1)
  Rugby 1900; 1908;
1920; 1924; (Rugby sevens from 2016) 		7 2 10 11 7 28   Theresa Fitzpatrick (NZL) (2–1–0)
  Sarah Hirini (NZL) (2–1–0)
  Tyla King (NZL) (2–1–0)
  Jerry Tuwai (FIJ) (2–1–0)
  Portia Woodman (NZL) (2–1–0) 		  Theresa Fitzpatrick (NZL) (2–1–0)
  Sarah Hirini (NZL) (2–1–0)
  Tyla King (NZL) (2–1–0)
  Jerry Tuwai (FIJ) (2–1–0)
  Portia Woodman (NZL) (2–1–0)
  Michaela Blyde (NZL) (2–0–0)
 /  Daniel Carroll (USA)/(AUS) (2–0–0)
  Charles Doe (USA) (2–0–0)
  Joseph Hunter (USA) (2–0–0)
  Charles Lee Tilden, Jr. (USA) (2–0–0)
  Charles Mehan (USA) (2–0–0)
  John O'Neil (USA) (2–0–0)
  John Patrick (USA) (2–0–0)
  Risi Pouri-Lane (NZL) (2–0–0)
  Alena Saili (NZL) (2–0–0)
  Rudolph Scholz (USA) (2–0–0)
  Colby Slater (USA) (2–0–0)
  Stacey Waaka (NZL) (2–0–0)
  Sailing 1900;
since 1908 		29 10 205 197 190 592   Ben Ainslie (GBR) (4–1–0)
  Robert Scheidt (BRA) (2–2–1)
  Torben Grael (BRA) (2–1–2) 		  Ben Ainslie (GBR) (4–1–0)
  Paul Elvstrøm (DEN) (4–0–0)
  Shooting 1896; 1900;
1908–1924;
since 1932 		28 15 302 303 301 906   Carl Osburn (USA) (5–4–2)   Carl Osburn (USA) (5–4–2)
  Willis Augustus Lee (USA) (5–1–1)
  Ole Lilloe-Olsen (NOR) (5–1–0)
  Alfred Lane (USA) (5–0–1)
  Morris Fisher (USA) (5–0–0)
  Skateboarding Since 2020 2 4 8 8 8 24   Yuto Horigome (JPN) (2–0–0)
  Keegan Palmer (AUS) (2–0–0)
  Kokona Hiraki (JPN) (0–2–0)
  Rayssa Leal (BRA) (0–1–1)
  Jagger Eaton (USA) (0–1–1)
  Sky Brown (GBR) (0–0–2) 		  Yuto Horigome (JPN) (2–0–0)
  Keegan Palmer (AUS) (2–0–0)
  Sport climbing Since 2020 2 4 6 6 6 18   Janja Garnbret (SLO) (2–0–0)
  Jakob Schubert (AUT) (0–0–2) 		  Janja Garnbret (SLO) (2–0–0)
  Surfing Since 2020 2 2 4 4 4 12 see list   Italo Ferreira (BRA) (1–0–0)
  Kauli Vaast (FRA) (1–0–0)
  Carissa Moore (USA) (1–0–0)
  Caroline Marks (USA) (1–0–0)
  Swimming
(men, women) 		Since 1896 30 37 633 632 631 1896   Michael Phelps (USA) (23–3–2)   Michael Phelps (USA) (23–3–2)
  Table tennis Since 1988 10 5 42 42 46 130   Ma Long (CHN) (6–0–0)
  Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) (0–2–4) 		  Ma Long (CHN) (6–0–0)
  Taekwondo Since 2000 7 8 56 56 96 208   Hwang Kyung-seon (KOR) (2–0–1)
  Steven López (USA) (2–0–1)
  Hadi Saei (IRI) (2–0–1)
  Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) (2–0–1)
  María Espinoza (MEX) (1–1–1) 		  Hwang Kyung-seon (KOR) (2–0–1)
  Steven López (USA) (2–0–1)
  Hadi Saei (IRI) (2–0–1)
  Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) (2–0–1)
  Chen Zhong (CHN) (2–0–0)
  Jade Jones (GBR) (2–0–0)
  Ulugbek Rashitov (UZB) (2–0–0)
  Wu Jingyu (CHN) (2–0–0)
  Tennis 1896–1924;
since 1988 		17 5 76 76 91 243   Venus Williams (USA) (4–1–0)
  Kitty McKane (GBR) (1–2–2) 		  Venus Williams (USA) (4–1–0)
  Serena Williams (USA) (4–0–0)
  Triathlon Since 2000 7 2 16 16 16 48   Alex Yee (GBR) (2–1–1)   Alex Yee (GBR) (2–1–1)
  Alistair Brownlee (GBR) (2–0–0)
  Volleyball Since 1964 16 4 48 48 48 144   Ana Fernández (CUB) (3–0–1)
  Inna Ryskal (URS) (2–2–0)
  Sérgio Santos (BRA) (2–2–0)
  Jordan Larson (USA) (1–2–1)
  Sergey Tetyukhin (RUS) (1–1–2)
  Samuele Papi (ITA) (0–2–2)
  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) (3–0–1) 		  Ana Fernández (CUB) (3–0–1)
  Regla Bell (CUB) (3–0–0)
  Marlenis Costa (CUB) (3–0–0)
  Idalmis Gato (CUB) (3–0–0)
  Lilia Izquierdo (CUB) (3–0–0)
  Karch Kiraly (USA) (3–0–0)
  Mireya Luis (CUB) (3–0–0)
  Regla Torres (CUB) (3–0–0)
  Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) (3–0–1)
  Misty May-Treanor (USA) (3–0–0)
  Water polo
(men, women) 		1900;
since 1908 		28 2 36 35 35 106   Dezső Gyarmati (HUN) (3–1–1)   Dezső Gyarmati (HUN) (3–1–1)
  György Kárpáti (HUN) (3–0–1)
  Dušan Mandić (SRB) (3–0–1)
  Tibor Benedek (HUN) (3–0–0)
  Péter Biros (HUN) (3–0–0)
  Nikola Jakšić (SRB) (3–0–0)
  Tamás Kásás (HUN) (3–0–0)
  Gergely Kiss (HUN) (3–0–0)
  Tamás Molnár (HUN) (3–0–0)
  Paulo Radmilovic (GBR) (3–0–0)
  Sava Ranđelović (SRB) (3–0–0)
  Melissa Seidemann (USA) (3–0–0)
  Charles Smith (GBR) (3–0–0)
  Maggie Steffens (USA) (3–0–0)
  Zoltán Szécsi (HUN) (3–0–0)
  Weightlifting 1896; 1904;
since 1920 		27 10 238 235 236 709   Pyrros Dimas (GRE) (3–0–1)
  Ronny Weller (GER) (1–2–1)
  Nikolaj Pešalov (BUL, CRO) (1–1–2)
  Norbert Schemansky (USA) (1–1–2)
  Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) (0–2–2) 		  Pyrros Dimas (GRE) (3–0–1)
  Kakhi Kakhiashvili (GRE) (3–0–0)
  Halil Mutlu (TUR) (3–0–0)
  Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR) (3–0–0)
  Lu Xiaojun (CHN) (3–0–0)
  Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) (3–0–0)
  Wrestling
(freestyle, Greco-Roman) 		1896;
since 1904 		29 18 446 446 536 1428   Mijaín López (CUB) (5–0–0)
  Wilfried Dietrich (FRG) (1–2–2) 		  Mijaín López (CUB) (5–0–0)

Winter Olympic sports

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Sports that will appear in the 2026 Winter Olympics are listed below, except for Ski mountaineering are making their first appearance in 2026.

Discipline (link to medalists list) Contested Number of Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals
(gold-silver-bronze) 		Athlete(s) with the most gold medals
Olympics
(up to 2022) 		Medal events
(in 2022) 		      Total
  Alpine skiing Since 1936 19 11 167 168 165 500   Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) (4–2–2)   Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) (4–2–2)
  Janica Kostelić (CRO) (4–2–0)
  Biathlon 1924[a];
since 1960 		16 11 97 97 96 190   Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (8–4–1)   Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (8–4–1)
  Bobsleigh 1924–1956;
since 1964 		21 4 44 46 47 137   Bogdan Musioł (GDR) (1–5–1)   Kevin Kuske (GER) (4–2–0)
  André Lange (GER) (4–1–0)
  Francesco Friedrich (GER) (4–0–0)
  Thorsten Margis (GER) (4–0–0)
  Cross-country skiing Since 1924 22 12 134 132 133 399   Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (8–4–3)   Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (8–4–3)
  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) (8–4–0)
  Curling 1924;
since 1998 		6 3 7 7 7 21   Oskar Eriksson (SWE) (1–1–2)   Anna Le Moine (SWE) (2–0–0)
  Cathrine Lindahl (SWE) (2–0–0)
  Eva Lund (SWE) (2–0–0)
  Anette Norberg (SWE) (2–0–0)
  John Morris (CAN) (2–0–0)
  Kaitlyn Lawes (CAN) (2–0–0)
  Figure skating Summer: 1908; 1920
Winter: since 1924[b] 		24 5 77 75 76 228   Scott Moir (CAN) (3–2–0)
  Tessa Virtue (CAN) (3–2–0) 		  Scott Moir (CAN) (3–2–0)
  Tessa Virtue (CAN) (3–2–0)
  Gillis Grafström (SWE) (3–1–0)
  Sonja Henie (NOR) (3–0–0)
  Irina Rodnina (URS) (3–0–0)
  Freestyle skiing Since 1992 7 10 18 18 18 54   Ailing Eileen Gu (CHN) (2–1–0)
  David Wise (USA) (2–1–0)
  Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) (1–2–0)
  Xu Mengtao (CHN) (1–2–0)
  Mathilde Gremaud (SUI) (1–1–1)
  Kari Traa (NOR) (1–1–1)
  Nick Goepper (USA) (0–2–1)
  Jia Zongyang (CHN) (0–2–1) 		  Ailing Eileen Gu (CHN) (2–1–0)
  David Wise (USA) (2–1–0)
  Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN) (2–0–0)
  Ice hockey Summer: 1920
Winter: since 1924[c] 		23 2 24 24 24 72   Jayna Hefford (CAN) (4–1–0)
  Hayley Wickenheiser (CAN) (4–1–0) 		  Jayna Hefford (CAN) (4–1–0)
  Hayley Wickenheiser (CAN) (4–1–0)
  Caroline Ouellette (CAN) (4–0–0)
  Luge Since 1964 14 4 37 35 36 108   Natalie Geisenberger (GER) (6–0–1)   Natalie Geisenberger (GER) (6–0–1)
  Tobias Arlt (GER) (6–0–0)
  Tobias Wendl (GER) (6–0–0)
  Nordic combined Since 1924 22 3 40 40 40 120   Felix Gottwald (AUT) (3–1–3)   Samppa Lajunen (FIN) (3–2–0)
  Felix Gottwald (AUT) (3–1–3)
  Eric Frenzel (GER) (3–1–2)
  Ulrich Wehling (GDR) (3–0–0)
  Short track speed skating Since 1992 7 8 32 32 32 96   Arianna Fontana (ITA) (2–4–5)   Viktor Ahn (RUS) /
  Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) (6–0–2)
  Skeleton 1924; 1948;
since 2002 		6 2 14 14 14 42   Lizzy Yarnold (GBR) (2–0–0)
  Martins Dukurs (LAT) (0–2–0)
  John Heaton (USA) (0–2–0)
  Gregor Stähli (SUI) (0–0–2) 		  Lizzy Yarnold (GBR) (2–0–0)
  Ski jumping Since 1924 22 4 53 54 52 159   Matti Nykänen (FIN) (4–1–0)   Matti Nykänen (FIN) (4–1–0)
  Simon Ammann (SUI) (4–0–0)
  Snowboarding Since 1998 5 10 51 51 51 103   Shaun White (USA) (3–0–0)
  Jamie Anderson (USA) (2–1–0)
  Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) (2–1–0)
  Vic Wild (RUS) (2–0–1)
  Ayumu Hirano (JPN) (1–2–0)
  Benjamin Karl (AUT) (1–1–1)
  Max Parrot (CAN) (1–1–1)
  Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL) (1–1–1)
  Kelly Clark (USA) (1–0–2)
  Žan Košir (SLO) (0–1–2)
  Mark McMorris (CAN) (0–0–3) 		  Shaun White (USA) (3–0–0)
  Speed skating Since 1924 22 12 152 155 148 455   Ireen Wüst (NED) (6–5–1)   Ireen Wüst (NED) (6–5–1)
  Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) (6–0–0)

Discontinued summer sports

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Discipline Contested Number of
Olympics 		Medals awarded
      Total
  Basque pelota 1900 1 1 0 0 1
  Boxing 1904; 1908;
1920–2024 		25 226 226 389 841
  Breaking 2024 1 2 2 2 6
  Croquet 1900 1 3 2 2 7
  Jeu de paume 1908 1 1 1 1 3
  Karate 2020 1 8 8 16 32
  Polo 1900; 1908; 1920;
1924; 1936 		5 5 6 5 16
  Rackets 1908 1 2 2 3 7
  Roque 1904 1 1 1 1 3
  Tug of war 1900–1920 5 5 5 3 13
  Water motorsports 1908 1 3 0 0 3

Medalist with most medals by Olympiad

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Summer Olympic Games

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Games Medal Host Number of
medal events 		Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals
(gold–silver–bronze) 		Athlete(s) with the most gold medals
      Total
1896 winners table   Athens, Greece 43 43 43 36 122   Hermann Weingärtner (GER) (3–2–1)   Carl Schuhmann (GER) (4–0–0)
1900 winners table   Paris, France 95[d] 96 95 93 284   Irving Baxter (USA) (2–3–0)
  Walter Tewksbury (USA) (2–2–1) 		  Alvin Kraenzlein (USA) (4–0–0)
1904 winners table   St. Louis, United States 95[e] 96 96 93 285   Anton Heida (USA) (5–1–0)
  George Eyser (USA) (3–2–1)
  Burton Downing (USA) (2–3–1) 		  Anton Heida (USA) (5–1–0)
1908 winners table   London, United Kingdom 110 110 107 107 324   Mel Sheppard (USA) (3–0–0)
  Henry Taylor (GBR) (3–0–0)
  Benjamin Jones (GBR) (2–1–0)
  Oscar Swahn (SWE) (2–0–1)
  Martin Sheridan (USA) (2–0–1)
  Josiah Ritchie (GBR) (1–1–1)
  Ted Ranken (GBR) (0–3–0) 		  Mel Sheppard (USA) (3–0–0)
  Henry Taylor (GBR) (3–0–0)
1912 winners table   Stockholm, Sweden 102 103 104 103 310   Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE) (3–2–0)   Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE) (3–2–0)
  Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) (3–1–0)
  Alfred Lane (USA) (3–0–0)
1920 winners table   Antwerp, Belgium 156[f] 156 147 136 439   Willis Lee (USA) (5–1–1)
  Lloyd Spooner (USA) (4–1–2) 		  Willis Lee (USA) (5–1–1)
  Nedo Nadi (ITA) (5–0–0)
1924 winners table   Paris, France 126 126 127 125 378   Ville Ritola (FIN) (4–2–0)   Paavo Nurmi (FIN) (5–0–0)
1928 winners table   Amsterdam, Netherlands 109 110 108 109 327   Georges Miez (SUI) (3–1–0)
  Hermann Hänggi (SUI) (2–1–1) 		  Georges Miez (SUI) (3–1–0)
1932 winners table   Los Angeles, United States 116 116 116 114 346   István Pelle (HUN) (2–2–0)
  Giulio Gaudini (ITA) 0–3–1)
  Heikki Savolainen (FIN) (0–1–3) 		  Helene Madison (USA) (3–0–0)
  Romeo Neri (ITA) (3–0–0)
1936 winners table   Berlin, Germany 129 130 128 130 388   Konrad Frey (GER) (3–1–2)   Jesse Owens (USA) (4–0–0)
1948 winners table   London, United Kingdom 136 138 135 138 411   Veikko Huhtanen (FIN) (3–1–1)   Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) (4–0–0)
1952 winners table   Helsinki, Finland 149 149 152 158 459   Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) (2–5–0)   Viktor Chukarin (URS) (4–2–0)
1956 winners table   Melbourne, Australia
  Stockholm, Sweden[g] 		151[h] 153 153 163 469   Ágnes Keleti (HUN) (4–2–0)
  Larisa Latynina (URS) (4–1–1) 		  Ágnes Keleti (HUN) (4–2–0)
  Larisa Latynina (URS) (4–1–1)
1960 winners table   Rome, Italy 150 152 149 160 461   Boris Shakhlin (URS) (4–2–1)   Boris Shakhlin (URS) (4–2–1)
1964 winners table   Tokyo, Japan 163 163 167 174 504   Larisa Latynina (URS) (2–2–2)   Don Schollander (USA) (4–0–0)
1968 winners table   Mexico City, Mexico 172 174 170 183 527   Mikhail Voronin (URS) (2–4–1)   Věra Čáslavská (TCH) (4–2–0)
  Akinori Nakayama (JPN) (4–1–1)
1972 winners table   Munich, West Germany 195 195 195 210 600   Mark Spitz (USA) (7–0–0)   Mark Spitz (USA) (7–0–0)
1976 winners table   Montreal, Quebec, Canada 198 198 199 216 613   Nikolai Andrianov (URS) (4–2–1)   Nikolai Andrianov (URS) (4–2–1)
  Kornelia Ender (GDR) (4–1–0)
  John Naber (USA) (4–1–0)
1980 winners table   Moscow, Soviet Union 203 204 204 223 631   Alexander Dityatin (URS) (3–4–1)   Alexander Dityatin (URS) (3–4–1)
  Caren Metschuck (GDR) (3–1–0)
  Barbara Krause (GDR) (3–0–0)
  Vladimir Parfenovich (URS) (3–0–0)
  Rica Reinisch (GDR) (3–0–0)
  Vladimir Salnikov (URS) (3–0–0)
1984 winners table   Los Angeles, United States 221 226 219 243 688   Li Ning (CHN) (3–2–1)   Ecaterina Szabo (ROU) (4–1–0)
  Carl Lewis (USA) (4–0–0)
1988 winners table   Seoul, South Korea 237 241 234 264 739   Matt Biondi (USA) (5–1–1)   Kristin Otto (GDR) (6–0–0)
1992 winners table   Barcelona, Spain 257 260 257 298 815   Vitaly Scherbo (EUN) (6–0–0)   Vitaly Scherbo (EUN) (6–0–0)
1996 winners table   Atlanta, United States 271 271 273 298 842   Alexei Nemov (RUS) (2–1–3)   Amy Van Dyken (USA) (4–0–0)
2000 winners table   Sydney, Australia 300 300 300 327 927   Alexei Nemov (RUS) (2–1–3)   Ian Thorpe (AUS) (3–2–0)
  Inge de Bruijn (NED) (3–1–0)
  Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (NED) (3–1–0)
  Jenny Thompson (USA) (3–0–1)
  Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) (3–0–0)
2004 winners table   Athens, Greece 301 301 300 326 927   Michael Phelps (USA) (6–0–2)   Michael Phelps (USA) (6–0–2)
2008 winners table   Beijing, China 302 302 303 353 958   Michael Phelps (USA) (8–0–0)   Michael Phelps (USA) (8–0–0)
2012 winners table   London, United Kingdom 302 302 301 357 960   Michael Phelps (USA) (4–2–0)   Michael Phelps (USA) (4–2–0)
  Missy Franklin (USA) (4–0–1)
2016 winners table   Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 306 307 307 359 973   Michael Phelps (USA) (5–1–0)   Michael Phelps (USA) (5–1–0)
2020 winners table   Tokyo, Japan 339 340 338 402 1,080   Emma McKeon (AUS) (4–0–3)   Caeleb Dressel (USA) (5–0–0)
2024 winners table   Paris, France 329 329 330 385 1,044   Zhang Yufei (CHN) (0–1–5)   Léon Marchand (FRA) (4–0–1)

Winter Olympic Games

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Games Medal Host Number of
medal events 		Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals
(gold–silver–bronze) 		Athlete(s) with the most gold medals
      Total
1924 winners table   Chamonix, France 16 16 16 17 49   Clas Thunberg (FIN) (3–1–1)
  Roald Larsen (NOR) (0–2–3) 		  Clas Thunberg (FIN) (3–1–1)
  Thorleif Haug (NOR) (3–0–0)
1928 winners table   St. Moritz, Switzerland 14 14 12 15 41   Bernt Evensen (NOR) (1–1–1)   Johan Grøttumsbraaten (NOR) (2–0–0)
  Clas Thunberg (FIN) (2–0–0)
1932 winners table   Lake Placid, United States 14 14 14 14 42   Irving Jaffee (USA) (2–0–0)
  Jack Shea (USA) (2–0–0)
  Veli Saarinen (FIN) (1–0–1)
  Alexander Hurd (CAN) (0–1–1)
  Willy Logan (CAN) (0–0–2) 		  Irving Jaffee (USA) (2–0–0)
  Jack Shea (USA) (2–0–0)
1936 winners table   Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany 17 17 17 17 51   Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) (3–1–0)   Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) (3–1–0)
1948 winners table   St. Moritz, Switzerland 22 22 24 22 68   Henri Oreiller (FRA) (2–0–1)   Henri Oreiller (FRA) (2–0–1)
  Martin Lundström (SWE) (2–0–0)
1952 winners table   Oslo, Norway 22 22 22 23 67   Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) (3–0–0)
  Annemarie Buchner (GER) (0–1–2) 		  Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) (3–0–0)
1956 winners table   Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy 24 25 23 24 72   Sixten Jernberg (SWE) (1–2–1)   Toni Sailer (AUT) (3–0–0)
1960 winners table   Squaw Valley, United States 27 28 26 27 81   Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) (1–1–1)   Yevgeny Grishin (URS) (2–0–0)
  Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) (2–0–0)
1964 winners table   Innsbruck, Austria 34 34 38 31 103   Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) (4–0–0)   Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) (4–0–0)
1968 winners table   Grenoble, France 35 35 39 32 106   Jean-Claude Killy (FRA) (3–0–0)
  Toini Gustafsson (SWE) (2–1–0)
  Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) (0–1–2) 		  Jean-Claude Killy (FRA) (3–0–0)
1972 winners table   Sapporo, Japan 35 36 34 35 105   Galina Kulakova (URS) (3–0–0)
  Ard Schenk (NED) (3–0–0)
  Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS) (2–0–1)
  Pål Tyldum (NOR) (1–2–0)
  Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN) (0–2–1)
  Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) (0–1–2) 		  Galina Kulakova (URS) (3–0–0)
  Ard Schenk (NED) (3–0–0)
1976 winners table   Innsbruck, Austria 37 37 37 37 111   Tatyana Averina (URS) (2–0–2)   Rosi Mittermaier (FRG) (2–1–0)
  Raisa Smetanina (URS) (2–1–0)
  Tatyana Averina (URS) (2–0–2)
  Bernhard Germeshausen (GDR) (2–0–0)
  Nikolay Kruglov (URS) (2–0–0)
  Meinhard Nehmer (GDR) (2–0–0)
1980 winners table   Lake Placid, United States 38 38 39 38 115   Eric Heiden (USA) (5–0–0)   Eric Heiden (USA) (5–0–0)
1984 winners table   Sarajevo, Yugoslavia 39 39 39 39 117   Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) (3–0–1)
  Karin Enke (GDR) (2–2–0)
  Gunde Svan (SWE) (2–1–1) 		  Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) (3–0–1)
1988 winners table   Calgary, Alberta, Canada 46 46 46 46 138   Yvonne van Gennip (NED) (3–0–0)
  Matti Nykänen (FIN) (3–0–0)
  Tamara Tikhonova (URS) (2–1–0)
  Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) (1–2–0)
  Marjo Matikainen (FIN) (1–0–2)
  Karin Enke (GDR) (0–2–1)
  Andrea Ehrig (GDR) (0–2–1)
  Vladimir Smirnov (URS) (0–2–1) 		  Yvonne van Gennip (NED) (3–0–0)
  Matti Nykänen (FIN) (3–0–0)
1992 winners table   Albertville, France 57 57 58 56 171   Lyubov Yegorova (EUN) (3–2–0)
  Yelena Välbe (EUN) (1–0–4) 		  Lyubov Yegorova (EUN) (3–2–0)
  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) (3–1–0)
  Vegard Ulvang (NOR) (3–1–0)
1994 winners table   Lillehammer, Norway 61 61 61 61 183   Manuela Di Centa (ITA) (2–2–1)   Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) (3–1–0)
  Johann Olav Koss (NOR) (3–0–0)
1998 winners table   Nagano, Japan 68 69 68 68 205   Larisa Lazutina (RUS) (3–1–1)   Larisa Lazutina (RUS) (3–1–1)
  Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) (3–1–0)
2002 winners table   Salt Lake City, United States 78 80 76 78 234   Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (4–0–0)
  Janica Kostelić (CRO) (3–1–0) 		  Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (4–0–0)
2006 winners table   Turin, Italy 84 84 84 84 252   Cindy Klassen (CAN) (1–2–2)   Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) (3–0–1)
  Michael Greis (GER) (3–0–0)
  Jin Sun-yu (KOR) (3–0–0)
2010 winners table   Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada 86 86 87 85 258   Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (3–1–1)   Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (3–1–1)
  Wang Meng (CHN) (3–0–0)
2014 winners table   Sochi, Russia 98 99 97 99 295   Ireen Wüst (NED) (2–3–0)   Viktor Ahn (RUS) (3–0–1)
  Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (3–0–0)
  Darya Domracheva (BLR) (3–0–0)
2018 winners table   Pyeongchang, South Korea 102 103 102 102 307   Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (2–1–2)   Martin Fourcade (FRA) (3–0–0)
  Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) (3–0–0)
2022 winners table   Beijing, China 109 109 109 109 327   Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) (4–0–1)
  Alexander Bolshunov (ROC) (3–1–1)
  Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) (3–0–2)
  Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) (2–3–0) 		  Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) (4–0–1)

Medalists by age

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By sport

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Title Age Medalist Details Notes
Freestyle skiing
Youngest freestyle skiing medalist 18 years 158 days Ailing Eileen Gu
Youngest freestyle skiing gold medalist 18 years 158 days Ailing Eileen Gu
Youngest female freestyle skiing medalist 18 years 158 days Ailing Eileen Gu
Youngest female freestyle skiing gold medalist 18 years 158 days Ailing Eileen Gu At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ailing Eileen Gu became the youngest freestyle skiing gold medalist. In the women's big air, she finished the first with an astonishing score, 188.25.
Biathlon
Oldest biathlon medalist 40 Ole Einar Bjørndalen [5]
Oldest biathlon gold medalist 40 Ole Einar Bjørndalen [5]
Oldest male biathlon medalist 40 Ole Einar Bjørndalen [5]
Oldest male biathlon gold medalist 40 Ole Einar Bjørndalen At 2014 Winter Olympics, Ole Einar Bjørndalen won gold at the 10 km sprint biathlon event, tying the record number of total medals in the Winter Olympics at 12, along with Bjørn Dæhlie, and becoming the oldest Winter Olympics medalist at age 40. [5]
Skeleton
Oldest skeleton gold medalist 39 Duff Gibson [6]
Oldest male skeleton gold medalist 39 Duff Gibson At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Duff Gibson became the oldest Winter Games gold medalist by winning gold in skeleton. He has subsequently been eclipsed as the oldest gold medalist at the Winter Games. [6]
Luge
Youngest luge gold medalist 20 Felix Loch [7]
Youngest male luge gold medalist 20 Felix Loch At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he became the youngest ever Olympic luge gold medalist. [7]
Cycling
Oldest cycling gold medalist 42 Kristin Armstrong At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she became the oldest cycling gold medalist, when she won the women's road time trial race, defending her gold medal from Beijing 2008. She repeated her success at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning third gold in a row and setting a new record. [8]
Oldest female cycling gold medalist 42 Kristin Armstrong [8]
Athletics
Oldest athletics medalist 48 Terence Lloyd Johnson [9]
Oldest athletics gold medalist 42 Pat McDonald [9]
Oldest male athletics medalist 48 Terence Lloyd Johnson At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 50 km walk. [9]
Oldest male athletics gold medalist 42 Pat McDonald At the 1920 Summer Olympics, he won the men's 56 lbs toss. [9]
Oldest female athletics medalist 40 Merlene Ottey At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won bronze in the women's 100m dash. [9]
Oldest female athletics gold medalist 39 Ellina Zvereva At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won gold for the discus throw. [9]
Swimming
Oldest swimming medalist 41 Dara Torres Torres won silver for the women's 4x100 freestyle team relay as anchor at the 2008 Summer Olympics. [10]
Oldest male swimming medalist 38 William Robinson Robinson won silver for the men's 200m breaststroke at the 1908 Summer Olympics. [10]
Oldest female swimming medalist 41 Dara Torres [10]
Sailing
Oldest male sailing gold medalist 54 Santiago Lange Lange won gold for the Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics. [11]

By Olympiad

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Including military patrol event at 1924 Games, which IOC now refers to biathlon.
  2. ^ Figure skating was held at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympic games prior to the establishment of the Winter Olympics. 21 medals (seven of each color) were awarded in seven events.
  3. ^ A men's ice hockey tournament was held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and then added as a Winter Olympics event. Three medals were awarded.
  4. ^ The IOC overview web page for the 1900 Olympic Games gives a figure of 96 events,[1] while the IOC database for the 1900 Olympic Games lists 95.
  5. ^ The IOC overview web page for the 1904 Olympic Games gives a figure of 95 events;[2] the IOC database for the 1904 Olympic Games also lists 95.
  6. ^ The IOC overview web page for the 1920 Olympic Games gives a figure of 156 events;[3] the IOC database for the 1920 Olympic Games also lists 156.
  7. ^ Due to Australian quarantine laws, 6 equestrian events were held in Stockholm several months before the rest of the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
  8. ^ The IOC overview web page for the 1956 Olympic Games gives a figure of 151 events;[4] (145 events in Melbourne and 6 equestrian events in Stockholm).

References

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General
  • "Factsheet: Records and medals Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  • "Factsheet: Records and medals at the Olympic Winter Games" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. February 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  • "Results database". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  • "Olympic sports index". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
  • "Summer games index". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
  • "Winter games index". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
Specific
  1. ^ "Paris 1900". IOC. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  2. ^ "St.Louis 1904". IOC. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  3. ^ "Antwerp 1920". IOC. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Melbourne 1956". IOC. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d Eric Williamsen (8 February 2014). "Ole Einar Bjoerndalen Becomes Oldest Winter Olympic Gold Medalist In 10-Kilometer Sprint". Huffington Post.
  6. ^ a b Rob Gloster (9 February 2014). "All the winners on day two at Sochi". Sidney Morning Herald.
  7. ^ a b Justin Palmer (8 February 2014). "Germany's Loch in pole position to win second gold". Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  8. ^ a b "Kristin Armstrong wins third consecutive gold in women's cycling time trial". ESPN. Associated Press. 11 August 2016.
  9. ^ a b c d e f Steven Lynch (14 September 2013). "The oldest Olympic medalist". Ask Steven. ESPN.
  10. ^ a b c Emily Brandon (13 August 2008). "Dara Torres: The Oldest Olympic Swimming Medalist in History". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014.
  11. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Santiago Lange wins gold with Cecilia Carranza Saroli". BBC. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016. The 54-year-old, the oldest sailor competing in Rio, and his compatriot won the Nacra 17 mixed category.
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