List of multiple Olympic medalists
The page lists various individuals who have won multiple Olympic medals at either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games.
As of August 2012, American swimmer Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic medals with 22 (18 gold, 2 silver, 2 bronze). Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina has won the most medals in individual events, with 14 (6 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze).
List of most Olympic medals over career
This is a list of multiple Olympic medalists, listing people who have won seven or more Olympic medals. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings. When an athlete has won medals for more than one nation, for simplicity only the last nation he or she represented is mentioned here. The Olympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won medals. See the particular article on the athlete for more details on when and for what nation an athlete competed.
In those instances where more than one athlete has the same number of total medals, the first tiebreaker is the number of gold medals, then the number of silver medals. Where two or more athletes have exactly the same number of gold, silver and bronze medals, the ranking is shown as a tie and the athletes are shown in order by career years and name.
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Timeline
This is a progressive list of Olympians that have held the record for most medals won. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings. All record-holders have competed at Summer Games rather than Winter Games.
Legend: G = Gold, S = Silver, B = Bronze.
List of most career medals in individual events
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This list contains only medals won in individual events, no relays or team events count for this section.
No. | Athlete | Nation | Sport | Years | Games | Sex | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Michael Phelps | ![]() |
Swimming | 2004–2012 | Summer | M | 18 | 2 | 2 | 22 |
2 | Larisa Latynina | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1956–1964 | Summer | F | 6 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
3 | Nikolai Andrianov | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1972–1980 | Summer | M | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 |
4 | Boris Shakhlin | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1956–1964 | Summer | M | 6 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
5 | Takashi Ono | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1952–1964 | Summer | M | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
6 | Alexei Nemov | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1996–2000 | Summer | M | 3 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
7 | Paavo Nurmi | ![]() |
Athletics | 1920–1928 | Summer | M | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 |
Bjørn Dæhlie | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing | 1992–1998 | Winter | M | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | |
9 | Viktor Chukarin | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1952–1956 | Summer | M | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
Sawao Kato | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1968–1976 | Summer | M | 5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | |
11 | Vitaly Scherbo | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1992–1996 | Summer | M | 5 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
12 | Ray Ewry | ![]() |
Athletics | 1900–1908 | Summer | M | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
13 | Věra Čáslavská | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1960–1968 | Summer | F | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Carl Lewis | ![]() |
Athletics | 1984–1996 | Summer | M | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
15 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | ![]() |
Biathlon | 1998–2010 | Winter | M | 4 | 3 | 1 | 8 |
16 | Akinori Nakayama | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1968–1972 | Summer | M | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
Claudia Pechstein | ![]() |
Speed skating | 1992–2006 | Winter | F | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 | |
18 | Alexander Dityatin | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1976–1980 | Summer | M | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
19 | Nadia Comăneci | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1976–1980 | Summer | F | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Krisztina Egerszegi | ![]() |
Swimming | 1988–1996 | Summer | F | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
21 | Sixten Jernberg | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing | 1956–1964 | Winter | M | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
22 | Mikhail Voronin | ![]() |
Gymnastics | 1968–1972 | Summer | M | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 |
Raisa Smetanina | ![]() |
Cross-country skiing | 1976–1992 | Winter | F | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
Kirsty Coventry | ![]() |
Swimming | 2004–2008 | Summer | F | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | |
25 | Ryan Lochte | ![]() |
Swimming | 2004–2012 | Summer | M | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
26 | Merlene Ottey | ![]() |
Athletics | 1980–2000 | Summer | F | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
Timeline
The historical progression of the leading performance(s).
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Athletes with medals in different disciplines
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In the Summer and Winter Games
Athlete (Nation) | Summer Games | Winter Games | ||||||
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1920 Antwerp | ![]() |
Boxing (light heavyweight) | 1932 Lake Placid | ![]() |
Bobsleigh (four-man) | [2] |
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1936 Berlin | ![]() |
Sailing (8-metre) | 1924 Chamonix | ![]() |
Ski jumping (individual large hill) | [3] |
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1988 Seoul | ![]() |
Cycling (sprint) | 1984 Sarajevo | ![]() |
Speed skating (500 m) | [4] |
1988 Calgary | ![]() |
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Speed skating (500 m) | |||||||
1992 Albertville | ![]() |
Speed skating (500 m) | ||||||
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1996 Atlanta | ![]() |
Cycling (road race) | 2002 Salt Lake City | ![]() |
Speed skating (5000 m) | [5] |
2006 Turin | ![]() |
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Cycling (time trial) | ![]() |
Speed skating (5000 m) | |||||
2010 Vancouver | ![]() |
Speed skating (5000 m) |
- Gillis Grafström became the first person to win a medal in the same event in Summer and Winter Olympics, winning figure skating golds at the 1920 Olympics and at the first Winter Olympics in 1924.
- 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 is the only person to win medals at the Winter and Summer Games in the same year. (This feat is no longer possible due to the staggering of the Winter and Summer Olympic years, though she is also the only person to win medals in successive Winter and Summer Games or vice versa.)
- Clara Hughes is the first person to win multiple medals in both Summer and Winter Games and holds the highest number of medals of any Olympian to win medals in both the Summer and Winter Games.
In the Summer Games
Swimming and water polo
Others in Summer Games
Morris Kirksey (USA) (athletics and rugby)
Edwin Flack (AUS) (athletics and tennis)
Karch Kiraly (USA) (indoor volleyball and beach volleyball)
Otto Herschmann (AUT) (swimming and fencing)
Carl Schuhmann (GER) (gymnastics and wrestling)
Rebecca Romero (GBR) (cycling and rowing)
Roswitha Krause (GER) (swimming and handball)
In the Winter Games
Cross-country skiing and Nordic combined
Others in Winter Games
Anfisa Reztsova (URS) (biathlon and cross-country skiing)
Gerda Weissensteiner (ITA) (luge and bobsleigh)
Eric Flaim (USA) (long track speedskating and short track speedskating)
See also
- List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
- List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
- List of multiple gold medalists ranked by share of won Olympic events
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
- List of multiple Winter Olympic medalists
- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
- All-time Olympic Games medal table
References
- ^ a b c Coubertin, Pierre de (1897). "Second Part: The Olympic Games in 1896". The Olympic Games, B.C. 776 – A.D. 1896. IOC official Olympic reports. translated by A. v. K. London: Grevel. pp. 55–81 (passim).
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