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v. t. e. 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.
1. 1960 Squaw Valley. Soviet Union (URS) 7. United States (USA) 4. United Team of Germany (EUA) 3. 14.
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.
Eddie Eagan became the first person to win a medal in the Winter Olympics and in the Summer Olympics in different events. He is the only Summer and Winter medalist to win gold medals in different events. Christa Luding-Rothenburger is the only person to win medals at the Winter and Summer Games in the same year.
[a] [3] The latter record is the largest gold medal haul for the country at a non-US-hosted Olympics. [3] Host nation Great Britain [b] won 29 gold medals and 65 overall medals, making it the most successful Olympics performance for that nation since the 1908 edition. [5] Michael Phelps and Missy Franklin won the most gold medals at the Games ...
Lizzy Yarnold is the most successful British athlete at the Winter Olympics, with two gold medals. Duncan Scott is the most prolific athlete at a single Games, winning four medals (1 gold, 3 silver) at the 2020 Olympics. Steve Redgrave is the most consistent British Olympic athlete, winning gold medals at five consecutive Games (1984-2000).
t. e. The 2020 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Tokyo, Japan, from 23 July to 8 August 2021. The Games were postponed by one year as part of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports.[2]
New Zealand Olympic medallists' success for New Zealand at the Olympics is often considered to be notable due to the relatively small population of the country (5.22 million as of June 2023). Being located in the remote South Pacific , New Zealanders needed to endure long sea voyages to attend the early Olympics.