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This list includes athletes who have won six or more Olympic medals over their sporting career. It includes top-three placings in the 1896 Olympic Games and 1900 Olympic Games, before medals were actually awarded for those placings. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included.
Upon learning of Oerter's death, track and field historian and blogger Mike Young wrote that Oerter was arguably the greatest Olympian of all time. On March 7, 2009, the Al Oerter Recreation Center, operated by New York City Department of Parks and Recreation, opened in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Flushing, Queens. [13]
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.)
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC ...
He is the most successful and most decorated Olympian of all time [7] with a total of 28 medals. [8] Phelps also holds the all-time records for Olympic gold medals (23), [9] Olympic gold medals in individual events (13), and Olympic medals in individual events (16). [10]
[23] [24] He was also included in the 25 best world athletes of the 20th century. [90] Since 1992, an annual wrestling competition is held in Novosibirsk in his honor. [1] [87] He is cited as being one of the most dominant athletes of all time, [7] [104] and as being one of the greatest of all time.
Usain St. Leo Bolt (/ ˈ juː s eɪ n /; [12] born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican retired sprinter who is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time. [13] [14] [15] He is an eight-time Olympic gold medalist and the world record holder in the 100 metres, 200 metres, and 4 × 100 metres relay.
[50] The anecdote appeared in newspapers by 1948, 36 years after his appearance in the Olympics and time for myth making, [51] and in books as early as 1952. [52] Thorpe's successes were followed in the United States. On the Olympic team's return, Thorpe was the star attraction in a ticker-tape parade on Broadway. [48]