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The Olympics listed for each athlete only include games in which they won medals. See the particular article on the athlete for more details on when and for what nation an athlete competed. More medals are available in some events than others, and the number of events in which medals are available overall has changed over time.
For his fourth race, the 200-meter individual medley, Phelps set his third world record with a time of 1:54.98, bettering his own world-record time of 1:55.84 [125] For his fifth race, the 4×200-meter freestyle relay, Phelps swam the lead-off leg in 1:45.36 as the American team of Ryan Lochte, Klete Keller, and Peter Vanderkaay went on to win ...
The Years listed for each athlete only include the Games in which they won medals. More detailed information is provided in the linked articles for the individual athletes. In cases where two or more athletes have the same number of total medals, the first tiebreaker is the number of gold medals, followed by the number of silver medals.
The 20 most decorated Olympic athletes of all time. Frank Olito. July 12, 2021 at 9:39 AM ... Cross-country skier Bjørn Dæhlie is considered one of the best winter Olympic athletes in history ...
The greatest of the greatest? An answer to the question: Who is the greatest athlete of all time? The votes are in, and Wayne Gretzky is your choice.
Pro Football Hall of Fame voters selected him for the NFL 50th Anniversary All-Time Team in 1967. [130] In 1999, the Associated Press placed him third on its list of the top athletes of the century, following Babe Ruth and Michael Jordan. [131] ESPN ranked Thorpe seventh on their list of best North American athletes of the century. [132]
Serena Williams is widely regarded as one of the all-time greatest athletes. The retired tennis player holds 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in the Open Era and the second most of all time.
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.