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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.
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. As of completion of the 2022 Winter Olympics , 12 National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 24 Winter Olympic Games.
When the modern Olympic Games began in 1896 medals started to be given to successful olympian competitors. However, gold medals were not awarded at the inaugural Olympics in 1896 in Athens, Greece. [6] The winners were instead given a silver medal and an olive branch, [7] whilst runners-up received a laurel branch and a copper or bronze medal. [8]
The United States led the final medal table for the fourth consecutive Summer Games, with 40 gold and 126 total medals, while China finished second with 40 gold and 91 medals in total. [15] The occasion marked the first time a gold medal tie among the two most successful nations has occurred in Summer Olympics history. [16]
The United States won the 2024 Olympics overall medal count with 126. China was second with 91, and Great Britain was third with 65. Host nation France finished with 64 total medals.
Medal Host Number of medal events Medals awarded Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) Athlete(s) with the most gold medals Total 1896: winners: table: Athens, Greece: 43 43 43 36 122 Hermann Weingärtner (3–2–1) Carl Schuhmann (4–0–0) 1900: winners: table: Paris, France: 95 [d] 96 95 93 284 Irving Baxter (2–3–0)
This is a list of the United States athletes who won an Olympic medal since 1992. Summer Olympics. 1992 Barcelona ... Gold: Pablo Morales: Swimming: Men's 100 meter ...
The Olympic medal table is a method of sorting the medal placements of countries in the modern-day Olympics and Paralympics. ... 5:3:1 — gold medals 5 points ...