Who has won the most Olympic gold medals of all time?
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Have you ever wondered on which person and athlete that have won the most Olympic Gold, Silver and Bronze medals in history? Well, if you have then worry not because we have prepared a list with which athletes that have won the most Summer and Winter Olympic medals of all time for their country.
Who has the most Olympic medals in the World?
Who has won the most Olympic medals of all time? The Olympic planning committee put in a lot of effort in including as many sports as possible for participating nations. That means more than a 100 events have been added in the past three decades. We are about to see 339 events in 33 sports take place at Tokyo this year. Some of the new sports added are sport climbing, karate, surfing, skateboarding and 3v3 basketball.
Looking back at history, we should recognize the most decorated Olympians with the most medal. The first name that comes to anybody’s mind must be Michael Phelps. The swimmer from USA has collected 28 medals during his career out of which 23 are gold. He demonstrated sheer dominance at the highest level of the sport and has to be hailed as one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Soviet Union gymnast, Larisa Latynina comes second to Phelps in terms of medal count at 18. Norwegian cross-country skier Marit Bjørgen is the most decorated Winter Olympian—(15) and Soviet Union gymnast Nikolai Andrianov (15).
Phelps is in the club of just 35 athletes in Olympic history who have won 10 or more medals in the final games. He has won more 16 more medals than any other Olympian in history. After a glittering career, Phelps called time on his career after the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio, Brazil.
List Of Most Olympic Medals Over Career
Most Olympians in history aim to win any sort of medal in the final games. Countries spend plenty of resources to send their athletes in best shape to compete. Then there are the unicorns in every sport, who stand out amongst the many and dominate for years. They are ones who grab the spotlight with their abundant medal collection, each more shinier than the last.
We have accumulated a list of Olympic athletes who have won seven or more medals over their career. Athletes who have represented more than one nation, are categorized under the last country they represented. In case of tiebreakers in terms of the medals won, we take into the account who has won more gold, silver and bronze. Rankings are given as a tie if the athletes win the same exact number and type of medals.
No. | Athlete | Nation | Sport | Years | Games | Sex | Total | |||
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1 | Michael Phelps | United States | Swimming | 2004–2016 | Summer | M | 23 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
2 | Larisa Latynina | Soviet Union | Gymnastics | 1956–1964 | Summer | F | 9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
3 | Marit Bjørgen | Norway | Cross-country skiing | 2002–2018 | Winter | F | 8 | 4 | 3 | 15 |
4 | Nikolai Andrianov | Soviet Union | Gymnastics | 1972–1980 | Summer | M | 7 | 5 | 3 | |
5 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | Norway | Biathlon | 1998–2014 | Winter | M | 8 | 4 | 1 | 13 |
6 | Boris Shakhlin | Soviet Union | Gymnastics | 1956–1964 | Summer | M | 7 | 4 | 2 | |
7 | Edoardo Mangiarotti | Italy | Fencing | 1936–1960 | Summer | M | 6 | 5 | 2 | |
8 | Takashi Ono | Japan | Gymnastics | 1952–1964 | Summer | M | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
9 | Paavo Nurmi | Finland | Athletics | 1920–1928 | Summer | M | 9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
10 | Birgit Fischer | Germany | Canoeing | 1980–2004 | Summer | F | 8 | 4 | 0 | |
Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | Cross-country skiing | 1992–1998 | Winter | M | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||
12 | Sawao Katō | Japan | Gymnastics | 1968–1976 | Summer | M | 8 | 3 | 1 | |
Jenny Thompson | United States | Swimming | 1992–2004 | Summer | F | 8 | 3 | 1 | ||
14 | Ryan Lochte | United States | Swimming | 2004–2016 | Summer | M | 6 | 3 | 3 | |
15 | Dara Torres | United States | Swimming | 1984–2008 | Summer | F | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
16 | Alexei Nemov | Russia | Gymnastics | 1996–2000 | Summer | M | 4 | 2 | 6 | |
17 | Natalie Coughlin | United States | Swimming | 2004–2012 | Summer | F | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Who has won the most Olympic medals in one Olympics?
The first Olympic games were held in 1896. Since then, the United States of America has collected the most medals in the Olympics at 2,542. Soviet Union rank second with 1,010. Then, there’s Great Britain (867), Germany (760), France (739), Italy (532), China (546), Sweden (498), Hungary and Australia (495) and Japan (441).
List of most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games? This list includes medals won in a single Olympic game. Once again there is a familiar name at the top.
R | Athlete | Nation | Sport | Year | Games | Sex | Total | |||
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1 | Michael Phelps | United States | Swimming | 2008 | Summer | M | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
2 | Mark Spitz | United States | Swimming | 1972 | Summer | M | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
3 | Michael Phelps | United States | Swimming | 2004 | Summer | M | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
4 | Kristin Otto | East Germany | Swimming | 1988 | Summer | F | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Vitaly Scherbo | Unified Team | Gymnastics | 1992 | Summer | M | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
6 | Willis A. Lee | United States | Shooting | 1920 | Summer | M | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Matt Biondi | United States | Swimming | 1988 | Summer | M | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
8 | Anton Heida | United States | Gymnastics | 1904 | Summer | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
Michael Phelps | United States | Swimming | 2016 | Summer | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | 6 | |
10 | Nedo Nadi | Italy | Fencing | 1920 | Summer | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Paavo Nurmi | Finland | Athletics | 1924 | Summer | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
Eric Heiden | United States | Speed skating | 1980 | Winter | M | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
Who has won the most Olympic medals in swimming?
Michael Phelps has overall collected 28 medals in his career – 23 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze. He last participated in the Rio Olympic games in 2016, winning six Gold medals and a silver in the 100m butterfly.
For the first time in 25 years, Michael Phelps will be a spectator in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.
Who has won the most Olympic gold medals for Great Britain?
Chris Hoy, Sir Mo Farah and Sir Ben Ainslie are joint holders of the most Olympic medals for UK at four
Who has won the most Olympic gold medals for Australia?
Ian Thorpe is Australia’s most successful Olympian of all time with a total of nine medals, (five gold, three silver and one bronze medal) from Sydney and Athens combined.
Who has won the most Olympic medals in tennis?
Kathleen McKane Godfree (one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes) and Venus Williams (four gold, one silver) are the all-time record holders for the most Olympic medals in tennis. Serena Williams and Venus Williams won a record four gold medals.
See also:
- Men’s Olympics Football Schedule
- 2020 Summer Olympics Medal Winner Table
- Schedule Tokyo Olympics 2021
- All Football Teams in Tokyo Olympics 2020
- Argentina Olympics 2020 Football Squad
- Brazil Olympics 2020 Football Squad
- Spain Olympics 2020 Football Squad
- Germany Olympics 2020 Football Squad
- France Football Olympics 2020 Football Squad
- Olympics.com
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