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The following table lists the first Olympic gold medal won by each National Olympic Committee (NOC). James Brendan Connolly of the United States is credited as the first ever gold medalist of the modern Olympic Games. [1] In some cases, a NOC may garner multiple gold medals in the same edition where it won its first ever gold medal.
The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping). A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2024 Summer Olympics, and all changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions up to 11 August 2024 are taken into account.
A silver medal was awarded to the winner of each event during the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.. The 1896 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the I Olympiad, were a summer multi-sport event held in Athens, the capital of Greece, from 6 to 15 April 1896, and were the first Olympic Games of the Modern era.
However, for the first Olympic Games (until Antwerp in 1920), it is difficult to give the exact number of medals awarded to some countries since teams were composed of athletes from different countries. The medal tables by country are based on the number of medals won, with gold medals taking priority over silver and bronze.
Ten of the 14 participating nations earned medals. On April 6, 1896, American James Connolly became the first Olympic medalist in more than 1,500 years, competing in the triple jump. [2] The United States won the most gold medals, 11, while host nation Greece won the most medals overall, 47.
Pakistan partied late into the night after javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem won the country’s first ever track and field medal with an Olympic record throw of 92.97 meters to take gold in Paris.
The Unified Team won the most gold medals, with 45, and the most overall medals, with 112. [18] Algeria, [19] Indonesia, [4] and Lithuania won their nations' first Summer Olympic gold medals. [20] It was also the first Olympic medal of any kind for Lithuania. [20]
Tabulated below are the medals and overall rankings for host nations in each Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics, based on individual Games medals tables. Summer Olympics [ edit ]