Timeline of most medals

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This is a progressive list of Olympians that have held the record for most medals won. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings. All record-holders have competed at Summer Games rather than Winter Games.

 
Phelps, the record holder with the most gold medals, with medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medal count Date Athlete Nation Sport Record medal event Earlier medal events Gender
1[1] 1896-04-06 James Connolly   United States Athletics Triple jump G - M
Alexandre Tuffèri   France Triple jump S
Ioannis Persakis   Greece Triple jump B
1896-04-06 Robert Garrett   United States Athletics Discus G
Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos   Greece Discus S
Sotirios Versis   Greece Discus B
2[1] 1896-04-07 Robert Garrett   United States Athletics Long jump S see above M
James Connolly   United States Long jump B
3[1] 1896-04-07 Robert Garrett   United States Athletics Shot put G M
1896-04-09 Carl Schumann   Germany Gymnastics Vault G 1896 - 1 G, 2 G M
Hermann Weingärtner   Germany Vault B
4[1] 1896-04-09 Pommel horse S
5[1] 1896-04-09 Rings S
6 1896-04-09[1] Horizontal bar G
1900-07-16 Robert Garrett   United States Athletics Standing triple jump B 1896: see above
1900: 5 B
M
1904-09-03 Ray Ewry   United States Athletics Standing triple jump G 1900- 1 G, 2 G, 3 G
1904- 4 G, 5 G
M
7 1908-07-20 Athletics Standing long jump G
8 1908-07-23 Standing high jump G
1920-07-29 Carl Osburn   United States Shooting Team 300m/600m military rifle, prone G 1912- 1 B, 2 S, 3 S, 4 G
1920- 5 B, 6 S, 7 G
M
9 1920-07-30 300m military rifle, standing G
10 1920-07-31 Team free rifle G
11 1924-06-27 Shooting 600m free rifle S
1928-08-03 Paavo Nurmi   Finland Athletics 5000m S 1920- 1 S, 2 G, 3 G, 4 G
1924- 5 G, 6 G, 7 G, 8 G, 9 G
1928- 10 G
M
12 1928-08-04 3000m steeplechase S
1960-09-02 Edoardo Mangiarotti   Italy Fencing Team foil S 1936 : 1 G
1948 : 2 S, 3 S, 4 B
1952 : 5 S, 6 S, 7 G, 8 G
1956 : 9 G, 10 G, 11 B
M
13 1960-09-09 Team épée G
1964-10-21 Larissa Latynina   Soviet Union Gymnastics Team G 1956 - 1 G, 2 B, 3 G, 4 G, 5 G, 6 S
1960 - 7 G, 8 G, 9 S, 10 S, 11 B, 12 G
F
14 1964-10-21 All-around S
15 1964-10-22 Vault S
16 1964-10-22 Uneven bars B
17 1964-10-23 Balance beam B
18 1964-10-23 Floor exercise G
  1. ^ a b c d e f Coubertin, Pierre de (1897). "Second Part: The Olympic Games in 1896" (PDF). The Olympic Games, B.C. 776 – A.D. 1896. IOC official Olympic reports. translated by A. v. K. London: Grevel. pp. pp. 55–81 (passim). Retrieved 2008-08-13. {{cite book}}: |pages= has extra text (help); Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help) (note: the source gives dates in the Julian calendar; this table uses the Gregorian calendar)