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Gold: Jackie Joyner-Kersee: Athletics: Heptathlon: August 2 Gold: Joe Jacobi Scott Strausbaugh: Canoeing: Slalom C-2: August 2 Gold: Trent Dimas: Gymnastics: Horizontal bar: August 2 Gold: Mike Conley: Athletics: Men's triple jump: August 3 Gold: Hal Haenel Mark Reynolds: Sailing: Star: August 3 Gold: Quincy Watts: Athletics: Men's 400 meters ...
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.
Swimmer Michael Phelps and President George W. Bush on August 10, 2008, at the National Aquatic Center in Beijing.Phelps is the most decorated Olympic athlete of all time. [11] [12] Dara Torres is the third-most decorated female American Olympic athlete after Jenny Thompson and Katie Ledecky, celebrated not only for her athletic achievements but also for defying age norms in competitive sports.
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Gold Silver Bronze 1951 details: Mal Whitfield United States: 47.8 Hugo Maiocco United States: 48 Herb McKenley Jamaica: 48.2 1955 details: Lou Jones United States: 45.68A Jim Lea United States: 45.78A Jesse Mashburn United States: 46.44A 1959 details: George Kerr British West Indies: 46.1 Basil Ince British West Indies: 46.4 Mal Spence British ...
The programme of the 2024 Summer Olympics featured 329 events in 32 sports, including the 28 "core" Olympic sports contested in 2016 and 2020, [1] and four optional sports that were proposed by the Paris Organising Committee: breaking made its Olympic debut as an optional sport, while skateboarding, sport climbing, and surfing returned from 2020.
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 1924: winners: table: Chamonix, France: 16 16 16 17 49 Clas Thunberg (3–1–1) Roald Larsen (0–2–3) Clas Thunberg (3–1–1) Thorleif Haug (3–0–0) 1928: winners: table
That year, Gabby Douglas won the gold medal in individual all-around, and Aly Raisman won the gold medal on floor exercise and the bronze medal on balance beam. McKayla Maroney won silver on vault. [12] [13] In 2016 the U.S. won the team gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics, and the third title overall. The team was nicknamed "The ...