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Gold: Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Athletics: Heptathlon: August 2 Gold: Joe Jacobi Scott Strausbaugh: Canoeing: Slalom C-2: August 2 Gold: Trent Dimas: Gymnastics: Horizontal bar: August 2 Gold: Mike Conley: Athletics: Men's triple jump: August 3 Gold: Hal Haenel Mark Reynolds: Sailing: Star: August 3 Gold: Quincy Watts: Athletics: Men's 400 meters ...
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
That year, Gabby Douglas won the gold medal in individual all-around, and Aly Raisman won the gold medal on floor exercise and the bronze medal on balance beam. McKayla Maroney won silver on vault. [12] [13] In 2016 the U.S. won the team gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics, and the third title overall. The team was nicknamed "The ...
This is a partial list of multiple Olympic gold medalists, listing people who have won four or more Olympic gold medals. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. (If they were, Ray Ewry would be second on the list with 10 gold.) It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings.
Gold Silver Bronze 1900 Paris details: Frederick Lane Australia: 2:25.2 Zoltán Halmay Hungary: 2:31.4 Karl Ruberl Austria: 2:32.0 set OR in semifinal: 1904–1964: not included in the Olympic program: 1968 Mexico City details: Michael Wenden Australia: 1:55.2 OR: Don Schollander United States: 1:55.8 John Nelson United States: 1:58.1 1972 ...
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]
1896 Athens details: Thomas Burke United States Herbert Jamison United States Charles Gmelin Great Britain 1900 Paris details: Maxie Long United States William Holland United States
The most decorated American gymnast at the World Championships is Simone Biles, who won 25 medals (19 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze) from 2013 to 2019. [5] The United States won team gold in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2022, and 2023. [6]