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Revise timeline box

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We need to revise the timeline box so that it is in accord with the gold medal box. The table would look something like this: Remember (talk) 12:55, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Total medals Date Athlete Nation Sport Record medal event Earlier medal events Gender
1 1896-04-06 James Connolly  United States Athletics Triple jump - M

Rank

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I don't think it's worth adding in the overall ranks until the list is more complete as they will not be accurate. Basement12 (talk) 13:50, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed. I am just too lazy to remove them all. Remember (talk) 13:50, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Length of article

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Perhaps we should limit the chart to those olympians that have 5 or more medals. Otherwise, I am afraid that table will get too big. What do others think? Remember (talk) 14:02, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Possibly its hard to teel as i have no idea how many people will need including. Another option, which would make editing easier if nothing else, would be to have seperate sections for different numbers of medals, i.e. a table of 3x medal winners, one for 4x winners etc. Basement12 (talk) 14:07, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I would rather not split up the table since the entire thing won't be sortable then. Remember (talk) 14:26, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I strongly agree. For one thing. if the limit is 3, it makes the gold-medals page a subset of this, and since tables are sortable, that one would be redundant. Much more importantly, the current table is so incomplete as to be worthless or misleading. I suggest starting with a more easily reached limit — say, 7 medals — and getting it complete. Afterwards we can extend it to 6, 5, 4 medals. jnestorius(talk) 22:55, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I completely agree with this suggestion. Feel free to revise the current table. I would move the cut portion to this talk space. Remember (talk) 00:20, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
If we were to follow precisely what the title implies, a complete list would have to include Olympians with at least two medals (the same thing should've been applied to List of multiple Olympic gold medalists). The problem is that then the latter list would be completely duplicated in this one. Parutakupiu (talk) 23:13, 14 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I agree that both articles should be renamed. Any suggestions are welcome. Remember (talk) 00:12, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]
I propose to split the article into 3 articles: 1) total career medals (plus corresponding timeline), 2) single Games medals (plus corresponding timeline) and 3) medals in different disciplines (currently the 3rd section). Gap9551 (talk) 21:22, 12 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Cut table to add once completed

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Below is the medal listings we have for athletes with 6-3 medals. Once this is complete we can incorporate the results into the main table. Remember (talk) 00:56, 15 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Athlete Nation Sport Years Games Sex Gold Silver Bronze Total
Rudolf Kárpáti  Hungary Fencing 1948-1960 Summer M 6 0 0 6
Barbara Kendall  New Zealand Sailing 1992-2000 Summer F 1 1 1 3
Nedo Nadi  Italy Fencing 1912-1920 Summer M 6 0 0 6
Kristin Otto  East Germany Swimming 1988 Summer F 6 0 0 6
Lidia Skoblikova  Soviet Union Speed skating 1960-1964 Winter F 6 0 0 6
Amy Van Dyken  United States Swimming 1996-2000 Summer F 6 0 0 6
Thomas Alsgaard  Norway Cross-country skiing 1994-2002 Winter M 5 1 0 6
Anton Heida  United States Gymnastics 1904 Summer M 5 1 0 6
Nellie Kim  Soviet Union Gymnastics 1976-1980 Summer F 5 1 0 6
Ole Lilloe-Olsen  Norway Shooting 1920-1924 Summer M 5 1 0 6
Don Schollander  United States Swimming 1964-1968 Summer M 5 1 0 6
Valentina Vezzali  Italy Fencing 1996-2008 Summer F 5 1 0 6
Bonnie Blair  United States Speed skating 1988-1994 Winter F 5 0 1 6
Alfred Lane  United States Shooting 1912-1920 Summer M 5 0 1 6
Steve Redgrave  Great Britain Rowing 1984-2000 Summer M 5 0 1 6
Giuseppe Delfino  Italy Fencing 1952-1964 Summer M 4 2 0 6
Christian d'Oriola  France Fencing 1948-1956 Summer M 4 2 0 6
Lucien Gaudin  France Fencing 1920-1928 Summer M 4 2 0 6
Olga Korbut  Soviet Union Gymnastics 1972-1976 Summer F 4 2 0 6
Janica Kostelić  Croatia Alpine skiing 2002-2006 Winter F 4 2 0 6
Isabell Werth  Germany Equestrian 1992-2000 Summer F 4 2 0 6
Johnny Weissmuller  United States Swimming, Water polo 1924-1928 Summer M 5 0 1 6
Kim Soo-Nyung  South Korea Archery 1988-2000 Summer F 4 1 1 6
Murray Rose  Australia Swimming 1956-1960 Summer M 4 1 1 6
Elena Novikova-Belova  Soviet Union Fencing 1968-1976 Summer F 4 1 1 6
Viktor Sidyak  Soviet Union Fencing 1968-1980 Summer M 4 1 1 6
Gunde Svan  Sweden Cross-country skiing 1984-1988 Winter M 4 1 1 6
Leontien van Moorsel  Netherlands Cycling 2000-2004 Summer F 4 1 1 6
Győző Kulcsár  Hungary Fencing 1964-1976 Summer M 4 0 2 6
Andrea Pollack  East Germany Swimming 1976-1980 Summer F 3 3 0 6
Kati Wilhelm  Germany Biathlon 2002-2006 Winter F 3 3 0 6
Yuliya Chepalova  Russia Cross-country skiing 1998-2006 Winter F 3 2 1 6
George Eyser  United States Gymnastics 1904 Summer M 3 2 1 6
Michael Gross  Germany Swimming 1984-1988 Summer M 3 2 1 6
Grant Hackett  Australia Swimming 2000-2008 Summer M 3 2 1 6
Knut Holmann  Norway Canoeing 1992-2000 Summer M 3 2 1 6
Harald Natvig  Norway Shooting 1920-1924 Summer M 3 2 1 6
Li Ning  China Gymnastics 1984 Summer M 3 2 1 6
Vladimir Nazlymov  Soviet Union Fencing 1968-1980 Summer M 3 2 1 6
Ralph Rose  United States Athletics 1904-1912 Summer M 3 2 1 6
Vegard Ulvang  Norway Cross-country skiing 1988-1994 Winter M 3 2 1 6
Daniela Silivaş  Romania Gymnastics 1988 Summer F 3 2 1 6
Renate Stecher  East Germany Athletics 1972-1976 Summer F 3 2 1 6
Konrad Frey  Germany Gymnastics 1936 Summer M 3 1 2 6
Johan Grøttumsbråten  Norway Nordic combined, Cross-country skiing 1924-1932 Winter M 3 1 2 6
Oscar Swahn  Sweden Shooting 1908-1920 Summer M 3 1 2 6
Alfred Schwarzmann  Germany Gymnastics 1936-1952 Summer M 3 1 2 6
Leon Štukelj  Yugoslavia Gymnastics 1924-1936 Summer M 3 1 2 6
Rüdiger Helm  East Germany Canoeing 1976-1980 Summer M 3 0 3 6
Angel Martino  United States Swimming 1992-1996 Summer F 3 0 3 6
Morris Fisher  United States Shooting 1920-1924 Summer M 5 0 0 5
Eric Heiden  United States Speed skating 1980 Winter M 5 0 0 5
Evelyn Ashford  United States Athletics 1984-1992 Summer F 4 1 0 5
Janet Evans  United States Swimming 1988-1992 Summer F 4 1 0 5
Ian Ferguson  New Zealand Canoeing 1984-1988 Summer M 4 1 0 5
Ramón Fonst  Cuba Fencing 1900-1904 Summer M 4 1 0 5
Fu Mingxia  China Diving 1992-2000 Summer F 4 1 0 5
Yevgeny Grishin  Soviet Union Speed skating 1956-1964 Winter M 4 1 0 5
Doina Ignat  Romania Rowing 1992-2004 Summer F 4 1 0 5
Yana Klochkova  Ukraine Swimming 2000-2004 Summer F 4 1 0 5
Hannes Kolehmainen  Finland Athletics 1912-1920 Summer M 4 1 0 5
Johann Olav Koss  Norway Speed skating 1992-1994 Winter M 4 1 0 5
Greg Louganis  United States Diving 1976-1988 Summer M 4 1 0 5
John Naber  United States Swimming 1976 Summer M 4 1 0 5
Matti Nykänen  Finland Ski jumping 1984-1988 Winter M 4 1 0 5
Charles Pahud de Mortanges  Netherlands Equestrian 1924-1936 Summer M 4 1 0 5
Aaron Peirsol  United States Swimming 2000-2008 Summer M 4 1 0 5
Alexander Popov  Russia Swimming 1992-2000 Summer M 4 1 0 5
Mel Sheppard  United States Athletics 1908-1912 Summer F 4 1 0 5
Alexander Tikhonov  Soviet Union Biathlon 1968-1980 Winter M 4 1 0 5
Ecaterina Szabo  Romania Gymnastics 1984 Summer F 4 1 0 5
Emil Zátopek  Czechoslovakia Athletics 1948-1952 Summer M 4 1 0 5
Nikolay Zimyatov  Soviet Union Cross-country skiing 1980-1984 Winter M 4 1 0 5
Chun Lee-Kyung  South Korea Short track speed skating 1994-1998 Winter F 4 0 1 5
Teresa Edwards  United States Basketball 1984-2000 Summer F 4 0 1 5
Marcus Hurley  United States Cycling 1904 Summer M 4 0 1 5
Jon Olsen  United States Swimming 1992-1996 Summer M 4 0 1 5
Stanislav Pozdniakov  Russia Fencing 1992-2004 Summer M 4 0 1 5
Giorgio Zampori  Italy Gymnastics 1912-1924 Summer M 4 0 1 5
András Balczó  Hungary Modern pentathlon 1960-1972 Summer M 3 2 0 5
Jack Beresford  Great Britain Rowing 1920-1936 Summer M 3 2 0 5
Josh Davis  United States Swimming 1996-2000 Summer M 3 2 0 5
Klaus Dibiasi  Italy Diving 1964-1976 Summer M 3 2 0 5
Florence Griffith-Joyner  United States Athletics 1984-1988 Summer F 3 2 0 5
Guo Jingjing  China Diving 2000-2008 Summer F 3 2 0 5
Georg Hackl  Germany Luge 1992-2002 Winter M 3 2 0 5
Duke Kahanamoku  United States Swimming 1912-1924 Summer M 3 2 0 5
Samppa Lajunen  Finland Nordic combined 1998-2002 Winter M 3 2 0 5
Pablo Morales  United States Swimming 1984-1992 Summer M 3 2 0 5
Ramona Portwich  Germany Canoeing 1988&-1996 Summer F 3 2 0 5
Alberto Tomba  Italy Alpine skiing 1988-1994 Winter M 3 2 0 5
Kay Bluhm  Germany Canoeing 1988-1996 Summer F 3 1 1 5
Svetlana Boginskaya  Belarus Gymnastics 1988-1992 Summer F 3 1 1 5
Andreas Dittmer  Germany Canoeing 1996-2004 Summer M 3 1 1 5
Galina Gorokhova  Soviet Union Fencing 1960-1972 Summer F 3 1 1 5
Shane Gould  Australia Swimming 1972 Summer F 3 1 1 5
Dezső Gyarmati  Hungary Water polo 1948-1964 Summer M 3 1 1 5
John Hencken  United States Swimming 1972-1976 Summer M 3 1 1 5
Veikko Huhtanen  Finland Gymnastics 1948 Summer M 3 1 1 5
Jackie Joyner-Kersee  United States Athletics 1984-1996 Summer F 3 1 1 5
Paul MacDonald  New Zealand Canoeing 1984-1988 Summer M 3 1 1 5
Daniel Morelon  France Cycling 1964-1976 Summer M 3 1 1 5
Anfisa Reztsova  Russia Biathlon, Cross-country skiing 1988-1994 Winter F 3 1 1 5
Antonio Rossi  Italy Canoeing 1992-2004 Summer M 3 1 1 5
Vreni Schneider  Switzerland Alpine skiing 1988-1994 Winter F 3 1 1 5
Gwen Torrence  United States Athletics 1992-1996 Summer F 3 1 1 5
Mal Whitfield  United States Athletics 1948-1952 Summer M 3 1 1 5
Ni Xiong  China Diving 1988-2000 Summer M 3 1 1 5
Paavo Aaltonen  Finland Gymnastics 1948-1952 Summer M 3 0 2 5
Dennis Fenton  United States Shooting 1920-1924 Summer M 3 0 2 5
Jens Fiedler  Germany Cycling 1992-2000 Summer M 3 0 2 5
Marc Gagnon  Canada Short track speed skating 1994-2002 Winter M 3 0 2 5
Katja Seizinger  Germany Alpine skiing 1992-1998 Winter F 3 0 2 5
Fanny Blankers-Koen  Netherlands Athletics 1948 Summer F 4 0 0 4
Kathrin Boron  Germany Rowing 1992-2004 Summer F 4 0 0 4
Betty Cuthbert  Australia Athletics 1956-1964 Summer F 4 0 0 4
Georgeta Damian  Romania Rowing 2000-2004 Summer F 4 0 0 4
Tamas Darnyi  Hungary Swimming 1988-1992 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Harrison Dillard  United States Athletics 1948-1952 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Deng Yaping  China Table tennis 1992-1996 Summer F 4 0 0 4
Paul Bert Elvstrøm  Denmark Sailing 1948-1960 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Jenő Fuchs  Hungary Fencing 1908-1912 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Michael Johnson  United States Athletics 1992-2000 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Robert Korzeniowski  Poland Athletics 1996-2004 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Alvin Kraenzlein  United States Athletics 1900 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Viktor Krovopuskov  Soviet Union Fencing 1976-1980 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Pat McCormick  United States Diving 1952-1956 Summer F 4 0 0 4
Al Oerter  United States Athletics 1956-1968 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Jesse Owens  United States Athletics 1936 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Carlo Pavesi  Italy Fencing 1952-1960 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Matthew Pinsent  Great Britain Rowing 1992-2004 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Paul Radmilovic  Great Britain Water polo, Swimming 1908-1920 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Henri Saint Cyr  Sweden Equestrian 1952-1956 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Vladimir Salnikov  Soviet Union Swimming 1980-1988 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Carl Schuhmann  Germany Gymnastics, Wrestling 1896 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Nicole Uphoff  Germany Equestrian 1988-1992 Summer F 4 0 0 4
Lasse Virén  Finland Athletics 1972-1976 Summer M 4 0 0 4
Thomas Wassberg  Sweden Cross-country skiing 1980-1988 Winter M 4 0 0 4
Bärbel Wöckel  East Germany Athletics 1976-1980 Summer F 4 0 0 4
Albert Azaryan  Soviet Union Gymnastics 1956-1960 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Valerie Brisco-Hooks  United States Athletics 1984-1988 Summer F 3 1 0 4
Olga Bryzgina  Ukraine Athletics 1988-1992 Summer F 3 1 0 4
Constanţa Burcică  Romania Rowing 1992-2004 Summer F 3 1 0 4
Leslie Claudius  India Field hockey 1948-1960 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Deborah Compagnoni  Italy Alpine skiing 1992-1998 Winter F 3 1 0 4
John Jesus Flanagan  United States Athletics 1900-1908 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Alfred Flatow  Germany Gymnastics 1896 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Elena Georgescu  Romania Rowing 1992-2004 Summer F 3 1 0 4
Bernhard Germeshausen  East Germany Bobsleigh 1976-1980 Winter M 3 1 0 4
Gillis Grafström  Sweden Figure skating 1920-1932 Winter M 3 1 0 4
Tomas Gustafson  Sweden Speed skating 1984-1988 Winter M 3 1 0 4
Torsten Gutsche  Germany Canoeing 1992-1996 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Harry Hillman  United States Athletics 1904 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Andrew Hoy  Australia Equestrian 1992-2000 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Alexander Karelin  Russia Wrestling 1988-2000 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Mark Kirchner  Germany Biathlon 1992-1994 Winter M 3 1 0 4
Ingrid Krämer  Germany Diving 1960-1964 Summer F 3 1 0 4
Steve Lewis  United States Athletics 1988-1992 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Jim Lightbody  United States Athletics 1904 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Valentyn Mankin  Soviet Union Sailing 1968-1980 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Rie Mastenbroek  Netherlands Swimming 1936 Summer F 3 1 0 4
Aldo Nadi  Italy Fencing 1920 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Romeo Neri  Italy Gymnastics 1928-1932 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Hans Nordvik  Norway Shooting 1920-1924 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Tamara Press  Soviet Union Athletics 1960-1964 Summer F 3 1 0 4
Myer Prinstein  United States Athletics 1900-1904 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Jeff Rouse  United States Swimming 1992-1996 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Viktor Saneyev  Soviet Union Athletics 1968-1980 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Ard Schenk  Netherlands Speed skating 1968-1972 Winter M 3 1 0 4
Jochen Schümann  Germany Sailing 1976-2000 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Ralf Schumann  Germany Shooting 1988-2004 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Udham Singh  India Field hockey 1948-1960 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Sharon Stouder  United States Swimming 1964 Summer F 3 1 0 4
Vladislav Tretiak  Soviet Union Ice hockey 1972-1984 Winter M 3 1 0 4
Wyomia Tyus  United States Athletics 1964-1968 Summer F 3 1 0 4
Jens Weissflog  Germany Ski jumping 1984-1994 Winter M 3 1 0 4
Jan Železný  Czech Republic Athletics 1988-2000 Summer M 3 1 0 4
Ahn Hyun-Soo  South Korea Short track speed skating 2006 Winter M 3 0 1 4
Dmitry Bilozerchev  Soviet Union Gymnastics 1988 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Pyrros Dimas  Greece Weightlifting 1992-2004 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Reginald Doherty  Great Britain Tennis 1900-1908 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Ana Fernández  Cuba Volleyball 1992-2004 Summer F 3 0 1 4
Ugo Frigerio  Italy Athletics 1920-1932 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Nina Gavrilyuk  Russia Cross-country skiing 1988-1998 Winter F 3 0 1 4
Kathleen Heddle  Canada Rowing 1992-1996 Summer F 3 0 1 4
Endre Kabos  Hungary Fencing 1932-1936 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Lyudmila Khvedosyuk-Pinaeva  Soviet Union Canoeing 1964-1972 Summer F 3 0 1 4
Kosuke Kitajima  Japan Swimming 2004-2008 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Andrey Lavrov  Russia Handball 1988-2004 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Li Xiaopeng (gymnast)  China Gymnastics 2000-2008 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Marnie McBean  Canada Rowing 1992-1996 Summer F 3 0 1 4
Mary T. Meagher  United States Swimming 1984-1988 Summer F 3 0 1 4
Jim Montgomery  United States Swimming 1976 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Meinhard Nehmer  East Germany Bobsleigh 1976-1980 Winter M 3 0 1 4
Wilma Rudolph  United States Athletics 1956-1960 Summer F 3 0 1 4
Martin Sheridan  United States Athletics 1904-1908 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Michelle Smith  Ireland Swimming 1996 Summer F 3 0 1 4
Konrad Stäheli  Switzerland Shooting 1900 Summer M 3 0 1 4
James Tomkins  Australia Rowing 1992-2004 Summer M 3 0 1 4
Agostino Abbagnale  Italy Rowing 1988-2000 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Hjalmar Andersen  Norway Speed skating 1952 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Félicia Ballanger  France Cycling 1996-2000 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Regla Bell  Cuba Volleyball 1992-2000 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Melissa Belote  United States Swimming 1972 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Brooke Bennett  United States Swimming 1996-2000 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Laura Berg  United States Softball 1996-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Klavdiya Boyarskikh  Soviet Union Cross-country skiing 1964 Winter F 3 0 0 3
Alberto Braglia  Italy Gymnastics 1908-1912 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Siegfried Brietzke  East Germany Rowing 1972-1980 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Olga Brusnikina  Russia Synchronized swimming 2000-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Mike Burton  United States Swimming 1968-1972 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Rick Carey  United States Swimming 1984 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Tracy Caulkins  United States Swimming 1984 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Dhyan Chand  India Field hockey 1928-1936 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Robert Charpentier  France Cycling 1936 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Marlenis Costa  Cuba Volleyball 1992-2000 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Paul Costello  United States Rowing 1920-1928 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Vitali Davidov  Soviet Union Ice hockey 1964-1972 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Glenn Ashby Davis  United States Athletics 1956-1960 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Gail Devers  United States Athletics 1992-1996 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Csaba Fenyvesi  Hungary Fencing 1968-1972 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Lisa Fernandez  United States Softball 1996-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Anatoli Firsov  Soviet Union Ice hockey 1964-1972 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Ranganathan Francis  India Field hockey 1948-1956 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Carl Frederick  United States Shooting 1920 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Liliana Gafencu  Romania Rowing 1996-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Rowdy Gaines  United States Swimming 1984 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Idalmis Gato  Cuba Volleyball 1992-2000 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Yvonne van Gennip  Netherlands Speed skating 1988 Winter F 3 0 0 3
Randhir Singh Gentle  India Field hockey 1948-1956 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Michael Greis  Germany Biathlon 2006 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Archie Hahn  United States Athletics 1904 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Lori Harrigan  United States Softball 1996-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Thorleif Haug  Norway Cross-country skiing 1924 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Rechelle Hawkes  Australia Field hockey 1988-2000 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Sonja Henie  Norway Figure skating 1928-1936 Winter F 3 0 0 3
Jodie Henry  Australia Swimming 2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Clarence Houser  United States Athletics 1924-1928 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Matilda Howell  United States Archery 1904 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Vyacheslav Ivanov  Soviet Union Rowing 1956-1964 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Lilia Izquierdo  Cuba Volleyball 1992-2000 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Joseph Jackson  United States Shooting 1920 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Jang Yong-ho  South Korea Archery 1996-2004 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Jin Sun-Yu  South Korea Short track speed skating 2006 Winter F 3 0 0 3
Kakhi Kakhiashvili  Greece Weightlifting 1992-2000 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Zoltán Kammerer  Hungary Canoeing 2000-2004 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Pertti Karppinen  Finland Rowing 1976-1984 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Tatyana Kazankina  Soviet Union Athletics 1976-1980 Summer F 3 0 0 3
John B. Kelly, Sr.  United States Rowing 1920-1924 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Andrei Khomutov  Soviet Union Ice hockey 1984-1992 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Jean-Claude Killy  France Alpine skiing 1968 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Karch Kiraly  United States Volleyball 1984-1996 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Kim Ki-hoon  South Korea Short track speed skating 1992-1994 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Mariya Kiselyova  Russia Synchronized swimming 2000-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Viktor Kouskine  Soviet Union Ice hockey 1964-1972 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Lenny Krayzelburg  United States Swimming 2000 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Kevin Kuske  Germany Bobsleigh 2002-2006 Winter M 3 0 0 3
André Lange  Germany Bobsleigh 2002-2006 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Eric Lemming  Sweden Athletics 1908-1912 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Lisa Leslie  United States Basketball 1996-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Mireya Luis  Cuba Volleyball 1992-2000 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Helene Madison  United States Swimming 1932 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Paul Masson  United States Cycling 1896 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Alexander Medved  Soviet Union Wrestling 1964-1972 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Debbie Meyer  United States Swimming 1968 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Bobby Joe Morrow  United States Athletics 1956 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Halil Mutlu  Turkey Weightlifting 1996-2004 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Sandra Neilson  United States Swimming 1972 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Tadahiro Nomura  Japan Judo 1996-2004 Summer M 3 0 0 3
László Papp  Hungary Boxing 1948-1956 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Uladzimir Parfianovich  Soviet Union Rowing 1980 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Park Sung-Hyun  South Korea Archery 2000-2008 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Marie-José Perec  France Athletics 1992-1996 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Cătălina Ponor  Romania Gymnastics 2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Alexander Ragulin  Soviet Union Ice hockey 1964-1972 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Irina Rodnina  Soviet Union Figure skating 1972-1980 Winter F 3 0 0 3
Norman Ross  United States Swimming 1920 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Matthew Ryan  Australia Equestrian 1992-2000 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Yevgeny Sadovyi  Russia Swimming 1992 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Toni Sailer  Austria Alpine skiing 1956 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Félix Savón  Cuba Boxing 1992-2000 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Gunnery Schriver  United States Shooting 1920 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Balbir Singh Sr.  India Field hockey 1948-1956 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Charles Sydney Smith  Great Britain Water polo 1908-1920 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Peter Snell  New Zealand Athletics 1960-1964 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Dawn Staley  United States Basketball 1996-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Teófilo Stevenson  Cuba Boxing 1972-1980 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Botond Storcz  Hungary Canoeing 2000-2004 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Naim Süleymanoğlu  Turkey Weightlifting 1988-1996 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Viorica Susanu  Romania Rowing 2000-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Sheryl Swoopes  United States Basketball 1996-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Marianne Timmer  Netherlands Speed skating 1998-2006 Winter F 3 0 0 3
Regla Torres  Cuba Volleyball 1992-2000 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Adolph van der Voort  Netherlands Equestrian 1924-1928 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Wang Nan  China Table tennis 2000-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Ulrich Wehling  East Germany Nordic combined 1972-1980 Winter M 3 0 0 3
Frank Wykoff  United States Athletics 1928-1936 Summer M 3 0 0 3
Yun Mi-jin  South Korea Archery 2000-2004 Summer F 3 0 0 3
Ben Ainslie  Great Britain Sailing 1996-2004 Summer M 2 1 0 3
Kelly Holmes  Great Britain Athletics 2000-2004 Summer F 2 0 1 3
Leslie Law  Great Britain Equestrian 2000-2004 Summer M 1 2 0 3
Bradley Wiggins  Great Britain Cycling 2000-2004 Summer M 1 1 2 4
Leisel Jones  Australia Swimming 2000-2008 Summer F 2 3 1 6
Jessicah Schipper  Australia Swimming 2004-2008 Summer F 1 0 2 3
Amanda Beard  United States Swimming 1996-2004 Summer F 2 4 1 7
Kirsty Coventry  Zimbabwe Swimming 2004-2008 Summer F 1 4 1 6
Libby Trickett  Australia Swimming 2004-2008 Summer F 2 0 2 4
Clara Hughes and Christa Luding each won five medals in two sports. On top of that they won in both the Summer Olympics and the Winter Olympics. Should they be listed and how would you do that?--T. Anthony (talk) 02:32, 16 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

People to add to list

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7- Libby Trickett (nee Lenton) AUS Swimming - 4-1-2 — Preceding unsigned comment added by 101.116.165.193 (talk) 03:34, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Fixed. Thanks for the tip. HandsomeFella (talk) 11:46, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Relays provide a huge advantage for athletes from countries that dominate certain sports

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If Michael Phelps were from Portugal or another small country he would have many fewer medals, because so many of his medals are from relays where he needed his comrades, and it is much easier to win relays if your country is big and has many other top athletes in the same sport. The same is true for Larissa Latynina and most of the others in this list. I think this obvious advantage for people from the big countries at least must be mentioned. Olympicdreams (talk) 21:41, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Australia probably would not be considered a big country but has attained a very high degree of success in the Olympic Games, both in individual events and relays. Kablammo (talk) 00:10, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
That's right, also true for the small country of Norway which dominated some of the winter sports. I should have written: If Michael Phelps were from Portugal or another country that does not play a dominant role in swimming, he would have many fewer medals, because so many of his medals are from relays where he needed his comrades, and it is much easier to win relays if your country has many other top athletes in the same sport. The same is true for Larissa Latynina and most of the others in this list. I think this obvious advantage for people from dominant countries must be mentioned, because it biases the multiple medalist rankings. Probably there should not be any rankings at all due to incomparability of the athletes. Olympicdreams (talk) 20:40, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Rankings questionable as athletes from dominant countries are favored

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I suggest to remove the rankings and order the athletes in an unbiased way, say, alphabetically. For the moment I just added: The ranking is biased towards nations with many top athletes in certain sports, since the athletes with the highest medal counts profit from relays and other team competitions typically won by dominant nations. Olympicdreams (talk) 21:32, 3 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There's a rule: 6 goldmedals in swimming/gymnastics = 2 goldmedals in athletics = 1 goldmedal in tennis. So I'm not so sure if Phelps is the greatest olympic athlete ever, despite his many medals. It's not always the quantity of medals that counts, but the overall performance. So in a real performance ranking list rather Mangiarotti, Nurmi or Dæhlie would win. 178.197.225.104 (talk) 16:28, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
But Mangiarotti had the advantage of being able to compete in both foil and épée, which gave him an advantage over women fencers of his age who were only allowed foil. On the other hand, Mangiarotti was harmed by the 1940 and 1944 Olympics not being held (he might have won up to 4 more medals in that case). So, as you can see, there are so many things which bias this list if you try to use it as a measure of merit. It isn't and it can't be. Olympic results are influenced by so many other factors that you can't infer any other meaning from this list other than "this athlete won X medals". It is still an important list. Do you want another example of oddities biasing these results? Valentina Vezzali is still a strong fencer. She is currently the 11th strongest woman in the world in foil (according to today's FIE ranking). If rankings stay as they are, she won't be allowed to take part in the 2016 Olympics because there will be a maximum of 2 athletes per country in women's foil, which would exclude her and Larisa Korobeynikova (ranked #9). This happens because there won't be a women team foil event in 2016, otherwise there could have been 4 fencers per country, as happened in 2012 and 2008. In 2004, similarly, there was no women team foil game. Right or wrong, this means that chance helps to determine how many attempts at a medal you have :-)
--Lou Crazy (talk) 12:16, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Extra table for athletes with most individual medals, to eliminate the bias towards big nations?

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Shouldn't we have an extra table for the athletes with the most individual medals, to eliminate the bias towards big nations? Well, I guess in the individual medal count Larissa Latynina would still be far ahead of all the others, despite being from a big nation.... Olympicdreams (talk) 23:18, 2 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

problem w/ most medals in one olympics section

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Michael Phelps is listed as 1st and 2nd place. That is impossible --67.86.119.65 (talk) 01:18, 11 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Athletes often participate in multiple Olympic Games. Each single-games effort that makes the cut of the table is included in the table, not only their best Games. For instance, Larissa Latynina is included even three times. Phelps's results are such that he occupies the top 2 places. Gap9551 (talk) 11:24, 21 April 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Ottey's ninth medal

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Merlene Ottey is listed as having eight medals, but the IOC awarded her a ninth medal in Dec 2009 in the wake of Marion Jones' disqualification for the 2000 100m. This has yet to be reflected in this list. I'd make the edit myself, but that first column is waaaay too complicated to be dealt with.--Crabbylucy (talk) 19:53, 26 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

This article has been split into 3 articles on June 13, 2011

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Because the original article size had reached 78 kB, and in order to be consistent with the splitting of the sister-article List of multiple Olympic gold medalists, this article has been split. The present article remains, covering career total medals, plus a timeline and an individual medal section, and some information on medalists in different disciplines. The newly created List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games is similar but covers single Olympic Games only. The remainder, which didn't fit in either of these two articles, has been moved to List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event. Gap9551 (talk) 15:56, 13 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Early Games

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A quick look at early competitors got two more pre-WWI competitors with medals in two sports, Edwin Flack  Australia (athletics and tennis) and Otto Herschmann  Austria (swimming and fencing) and there may well be more Hugo999 (talk) 21:50, 9 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Larisa Latynina

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According to BBC Larisa Latynina has 9 Gold, 5 Silver, 4 Bronze. This should be corrected on the list. Puntori (talk) 00:29, 10 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Suggestion of different sorting

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The list would be much better if it's sorted by goldmedals, then silver, then bronze. E.g. the 9 goldmedals of Nurmi should be rated stronger than the 7 goldmedals of Andrianov. Please think about it. --178.197.225.104 (talk) 16:43, 6 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Yes I agree, the gold medals should be weighted 3x the silver 2x and the bronze 1x (as is), then add them up to give the total weighted count. This is the fair and primary way to rank them. The total medal count is of not much use and doesn’t tell us much as a gold medal is worth much more than bronze. So please add in weighted total ranking as the primary way to rank. Beeballerina (talk) 00:51, 11 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Career years

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I think the "career years" column is only meant to include the years of the Olympics, not the whole sporting career of the individual athlete. This should be clarified somewhere in the page.

Also, for almost all athletes which are still active, the career is listed as ending in 2012 (last summer Olympics) or 2014 (winter). This is consistent with the above definition, because an athlete might still be active but there is no guarantee he'll win another medal in 2016 (or 2018 for winter). However, someone added "-present" to Michael Phelps. While I can see the point, I think the same standard should be applied to all entries. If there will be a consensus on pointing out still active athletes, such a sign will have to be added to all of them.

--Lou Crazy (talk) 10:59, 12 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Wrong Gold count

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Says 22 instead of 21 for Michael Phelps. Not there yet but hopefully. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.44.69.250 (talk) 03:26, 10 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Well, you know having so many, tough to track them all!! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2602:304:CFD3:2EE0:A990:17B4:2197:9E56 (talk) 13:59, 11 August 2016 (UTC)[reply]
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Simone Biles

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Simone Biles is on this list under 8 medals. She only has 6 as of 7/30/21 and as such should not be on here yet. This may change in the next week.

List of multiple olympic medals

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I think Jesse Owen's should be added to the list. 2601:644:8A80:4090:FD8A:50A0:849:9F20 (talk) 02:28, 8 February 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Emphasize six or more medals

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The fact that this list consists of people who have won six or more Olympic medals needs to be emphasized as some noted multiple-time gold medalists do not qualify for the list; Jesse Owens, Sue Bird, etc. 67.150.117.113 (talk) 04:55, 26 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tie-Breaker on career length?

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I'm noticing that tie-breaker on career length isn't really being consistently observed. Is this possibly the wrong metric, since it's unclear whether to value 10 medals in short time as a stronger achievement, or 10 medals AND a long career as the greater achievement. It also requires casual updaters to perform math to determine whose career is longer since careers are listed not in duration, but in [start]-[finish]. I see two easy fixes:

  • One is "Most recent medal" as a tiebreaker, because recency is often a consumer's metric for relevance.
  • The other is to abandon a chronological tiebreaker and just alphabetize within ties after the bronze tiebreaker.

Anonymouse914 (talk) 17:48, 4 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]