# Lists of Olympic medalists

This article includes lists of all Olympic medalists since 1896, organized by each Olympic sport or discipline, and also by Olympiad.

## Medalist with most medals by sport
### Summer Olympic sports

Sports that will appear in the 2028 Summer Olympics are listed below, except for squash and flag football, making their first appearance in 2028.
| Discipline (link to medalists list) | Contested | Number of | Number of | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals |
| Discipline (link to medalists list) | Contested | Olympics (up to conclusion of 2024) | Medal events (in 2024) | | | | Total | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals |
| Archery | 1900–1908; 1920; since 1972 | 18 | 5 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 216 | Hubert van Innis (BEL) (6–3–0) | Hubert van Innis (BEL) (6–3–0) |
| Artistic swimming | Since 1984 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 63 | Svetlana Romashina (RUS) (7–0–0) Huang Xuechen (CHN) (0–5–2) | Svetlana Romashina (RUS) (7–0–0) |
| Athletics (men, women) | Since 1896 | 30 | 48 | 1075 | 1084 | 1073 | 3232 | Paavo Nurmi (FIN) (9–3–0) | Paavo Nurmi (FIN) (9–3–0) Carl Lewis (USA) (9–1–0) |
| Badminton | Since 1992 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 44 | 48 | 136 | Gao Ling (CHN) (2–1–1) | Gao Ling (CHN) (2–1–1) Fu Haifeng (CHN) (2–1–0) Viktor Axelsen (DEN) (2–0–1) Kim Dong-moon (KOR) (2–0–1) Zhang Nan (CHN) (2–0–1) Zhao Yunlei (CHN) (2–0–1) Ge Fei (CHN) (2–0–0) Gu Jun (CHN) (2–0–0) Lee Yang (TPE) (2–0–0) Lin Dan (CHN) (2–0–0) Wang Chi-lin (TPE) (2–0–0) Zhang Jun (CHN) (2–0–0) Zhang Ning (CHN) (2–0–0) |
| Baseball and Softball | 1992–2008; 2020; 2028 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | Pedro Luis Lazo (CUB) (2–2–0) Laura Berg (USA) (3–0–1) Tanya Harding (AUS) (0–1–3) Melanie Roche (AUS) (0–1–3) Natalie Ward (AUS) (0–1–3) | Laura Berg (USA) (3–0–1) Lisa Fernandez (USA) (3–0–0) Lori Harrigan (USA) (3–0–0) Leah O'Brien (USA) (3–0–0) |
| Basketball | Since 1936 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 | Diana Taurasi (USA) (6–0–0) | Diana Taurasi (USA) (6–0–0) |
| Canoeing and Kayaking (men, women) | Since 1936 | 21 | 16 | 258 | 258 | 260 | 776 | Birgit Fischer (GER) (8–4–0) | Birgit Fischer (GER) (8–4–0) Lisa Carrington (NZL) (8–0–1) |
| Cricket | 1900, 2028 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | see list | see list |
| Cycling (men, women) | Since 1896 | 30 | 22 | 305 | 304 | 298 | 907 | Jason Kenny (GBR) (7–2–0) | Jason Kenny (GBR) (7–2–0) |
| Diving | Since 1904 | 28 | 8 | 138 | 138 | 139 | 405 | Dmitri Sautin (RUS) (2–2–4) | Wu Minxia (CHN) (5–1–1) Chen Ruolin (CHN) (5–0–0) |
| Equestrian | 1900; since 1912 | 28 | 6 | 159 | 157 | 157 | 473 | Isabell Werth (GER) (8–6–0) | Isabell Werth (GER) (8–6–0) |
| Fencing (men, women) | Since 1896 | 30 | 12 | 235 | 235 | 234 | 704 | Edoardo Mangiarotti (ITA) (6–5–2) | Aladár Gerevich (HUN) (7–1–2) |
| Field hockey | 1908; 1920; since 1928 | 25 | 2 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 112 | Leslie Claudius (IND) (3–1–0) Udham Singh (IND) (3–1–0) Eva de Goede (NED) (3–1–0) Teun de Nooijer (NED) (2–2–0) Luciana Aymar (ARG) (0–2–2) | Leslie Claudius (IND) (3–1–0) Udham Singh (IND) (3–1–0) Richard Allen (IND) (3–0–0) Dhyan Chand (IND) (3–0–0) Ranganandhan Francis (IND) (3–0–0) Randhir Singh Gentle (IND) (3–0–0) Rechelle Hawkes (AUS) (3–0–0) Balbir Singh, Sr. (IND) (3–0–0) Eva de Goede (NED) (3–1–0) |
| Football | 1900–1928; since 1936 | 29 | 2 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 110 | Christie Rampone (USA) (3–1–0) | Christie Rampone (USA) (3–1–0) Shannon Boxx (USA) (3–0–0) Heather Mitts (USA) (3–0–0) Heather O'Reilly (USA) (3–0–0) |
| Golf | 1900–1904; since 2016 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 | Lydia Ko (NZL) (1–1–1) | see list |
| Gymnastics (men, women) | Since 1896 | 30 | 18 | 392 | 372 | 378 | 1142 | Larisa Latynina (URS) (9–5–4) | Larisa Latynina (URS) (9–5–4) |
| Handball (men, women) | 1936; since 1972 | 15 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 | Katrine Lunde (NOR) (3–0–2) | Nikola Karabatić (FRA) (3–1–0) Katrine Lunde (NOR) (3–0–2) Andrey Lavrov (RUS) (3–0–1) |
| Judo | 1964; since 1972 | 15 | 15 | 167 | 166 | 334 | 667 | Teddy Riner (FRA) (5–0–2) | Teddy Riner (FRA) (5–0–2) |
| Lacrosse | 1904–1908, 2028 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | see list | see list |
| Modern pentathlon | Since 1912 | 26 | 2 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 | Pavel Lednyov (URS) (2–2–3) | András Balczó (HUN) (3–2–0) |
| Rowing (men, women) | Since 1900 | 29 | 14 | 282 | 282 | 286 | 850 | Elisabeta Lipă (ROU) (5–2–1) | Elisabeta Lipă (ROU) (5–2–1) Georgeta Damian (ROU) (5–0–1) Steve Redgrave (GBR) (5–0–1) |
| Rugby | 1900; 1908; 1920; 1924; (Rugby sevens from 2016) | 7 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 28 | Theresa Fitzpatrick (NZL) (2–1–0) Sarah Hirini (NZL) (2–1–0) Tyla King (NZL) (2–1–0) Jerry Tuwai (FIJ) (2–1–0) Portia Woodman (NZL) (2–1–0) | Theresa Fitzpatrick (NZL) (2–1–0) Sarah Hirini (NZL) (2–1–0) Tyla King (NZL) (2–1–0) Jerry Tuwai (FIJ) (2–1–0) Portia Woodman (NZL) (2–1–0) Michaela Blyde (NZL) (2–0–0) / Daniel Carroll (USA)/(AUS) (2–0–0) Charles Doe (USA) (2–0–0) Joseph Hunter (USA) (2–0–0) Charles Lee Tilden, Jr. (USA) (2–0–0) Charles Mehan (USA) (2–0–0) John O'Neil (USA) (2–0–0) John Patrick (USA) (2–0–0) Risi Pouri-Lane (NZL) (2–0–0) Alena Saili (NZL) (2–0–0) Rudolph Scholz (USA) (2–0–0) Colby Slater (USA) (2–0–0) Stacey Waaka (NZL) (2–0–0) |
| Sailing | 1900; since 1908 | 29 | 10 | 205 | 197 | 190 | 592 | Ben Ainslie (GBR) (4–1–0) Robert Scheidt (BRA) (2–2–1) Torben Grael (BRA) (2–1–2) | Ben Ainslie (GBR) (4–1–0) Paul Elvstrøm (DEN) (4–0–0) |
| Shooting | 1896; 1900; 1908–1924; since 1932 | 28 | 15 | 302 | 303 | 301 | 906 | Carl Osburn (USA) (5–4–2) | Carl Osburn (USA) (5–4–2) Willis Augustus Lee (USA) (5–1–1) Ole Lilloe-Olsen (NOR) (5–1–0) Alfred Lane (USA) (5–0–1) Morris Fisher (USA) (5–0–0) |
| Skateboarding | Since 2020 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | Yuto Horigome (JPN) (2–0–0) Keegan Palmer (AUS) (2–0–0) Kokona Hiraki (JPN) (0–2–0) Rayssa Leal (BRA) (0–1–1) Jagger Eaton (USA) (0–1–1) Sky Brown (GBR) (0–0–2) | Yuto Horigome (JPN) (2–0–0) Keegan Palmer (AUS) (2–0–0) |
| Sport climbing | Since 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | Janja Garnbret (SLO) (2–0–0) Jakob Schubert (AUT) (0–0–2) | Janja Garnbret (SLO) (2–0–0) |
| Surfing | Since 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | see list | Italo Ferreira (BRA) (1–0–0) Kauli Vaast (FRA) (1–0–0) Carissa Moore (USA) (1–0–0) Caroline Marks (USA) (1–0–0) |
| Swimming (men, women) | Since 1896 | 30 | 37 | 633 | 632 | 631 | 1896 | Michael Phelps (USA) (23–3–2) | Michael Phelps (USA) (23–3–2) |
| Table tennis | Since 1988 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 42 | 46 | 130 | Ma Long (CHN) (6–0–0) Dimitrij Ovtcharov (GER) (0–2–4) | Ma Long (CHN) (6–0–0) |
| Taekwondo | Since 2000 | 7 | 8 | 56 | 56 | 96 | 208 | Hwang Kyung-seon (KOR) (2–0–1) Steven López (USA) (2–0–1) Hadi Saei (IRI) (2–0–1) Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) (2–0–1) María Espinoza (MEX) (1–1–1) | Hwang Kyung-seon (KOR) (2–0–1) Steven López (USA) (2–0–1) Hadi Saei (IRI) (2–0–1) Panipak Wongpattanakit (THA) (2–0–1) Chen Zhong (CHN) (2–0–0) Jade Jones (GBR) (2–0–0) Milica Mandić (SRB) (2–0–0) Ulugbek Rashitov (UZB) (2–0–0) Wu Jingyu (CHN) (2–0–0) |
| Tennis | 1896–1924; since 1988 | 17 | 5 | 76 | 76 | 91 | 243 | Venus Williams (USA) (4–1–0) Kitty McKane (GBR) (1–2–2) | Venus Williams (USA) (4–1–0) Serena Williams (USA) (4–0–0) |
| Triathlon | Since 2000 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | Alex Yee (GBR) (2–1–1) | Alex Yee (GBR) (2–1–1) Alistair Brownlee (GBR) (2–0–0) |
| Volleyball | Since 1964 | 16 | 4 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 144 | Ana Fernández (CUB) (3–0–1) Inna Ryskal (URS) (2–2–0) Sérgio Santos (BRA) (2–2–0) Jordan Larson (USA) (1–2–1) Sergey Tetyukhin (RUS) (1–1–2) Samuele Papi (ITA) (0–2–2) Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) (3–0–1) | Ana Fernández (CUB) (3–0–1) Regla Bell (CUB) (3–0–0) Marlenis Costa (CUB) (3–0–0) Idalmis Gato (CUB) (3–0–0) Lilia Izquierdo (CUB) (3–0–0) Karch Kiraly (USA) (3–0–0) Mireya Luis (CUB) (3–0–0) Regla Torres (CUB) (3–0–0) Kerri Walsh Jennings (USA) (3–0–1) Misty May-Treanor (USA) (3–0–0) |
| Water polo (men, women) | 1900; since 1908 | 28 | 2 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 106 | Dezső Gyarmati (HUN) (3–1–1) | Dezső Gyarmati (HUN) (3–1–1) György Kárpáti (HUN) (3–0–1) Dušan Mandić (SRB) (3–0–1) Tibor Benedek (HUN) (3–0–0) Péter Biros (HUN) (3–0–0) Nikola Jakšić (SRB) (3–0–0) Tamás Kásás (HUN) (3–0–0) Gergely Kiss (HUN) (3–0–0) Tamás Molnár (HUN) (3–0–0) Paulo Radmilovic (GBR) (3–0–0) Sava Ranđelović (SRB) (3–0–0) Melissa Seidemann (USA) (3–0–0) Charles Smith (GBR) (3–0–0) Maggie Steffens (USA) (3–0–0) Zoltán Szécsi (HUN) (3–0–0) |
| Weightlifting | 1896; 1904; since 1920 | 27 | 10 | 238 | 235 | 236 | 709 | Pyrros Dimas (GRE) (3–0–1) Ronny Weller (GER) (1–2–1) Nikolaj Pešalov (BUL, CRO) (1–1–2) Norbert Schemansky (USA) (1–1–2) Eko Yuli Irawan (INA) (0–2–2) | Pyrros Dimas (GRE) (3–0–1) Kakhi Kakhiashvili (GRE) (3–0–0) Halil Mutlu (TUR) (3–0–0) Naim Süleymanoğlu (TUR) (3–0–0) Lu Xiaojun (CHN) (3–0–0) Lasha Talakhadze (GEO) (3–0–0) |
| Wrestling (freestyle, Greco-Roman) | 1896; since 1904 | 29 | 18 | 446 | 446 | 536 | 1428 | Mijaín López (CUB) (5–0–0) Wilfried Dietrich (FRG) (1–2–2) | Mijaín López (CUB) (5–0–0) |

### Winter Olympic sports

Sports that will appear in the 2026 Winter Olympics are listed below, except for Ski mountaineering are making their first appearance in 2026.
| Discipline (link to medalists list) | Contested | Number of | Number of | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold-silver-bronze) | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals |
| Discipline (link to medalists list) | Contested | Olympics (up to 2022) | Medal events (in 2022) | | | | Total | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold-silver-bronze) | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals |
| Alpine skiing | Since 1936 | 19 | 11 | 167 | 168 | 165 | 500 | Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) (4–2–2) | Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) (4–2–2) Janica Kostelić (CRO) (4–2–0) |
| Biathlon | 1924; since 1960 | 16 | 11 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 190 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (8–4–1) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (8–4–1) |
| Bobsleigh | 1924–1956; since 1964 | 21 | 4 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 137 | Bogdan Musioł (GDR) (1–5–1) | Kevin Kuske (GER) (4–2–0) André Lange (GER) (4–1–0) Francesco Friedrich (GER) (4–0–0) Thorsten Margis (GER) (4–0–0) |
| Cross-country skiing | Since 1924 | 22 | 12 | 134 | 132 | 133 | 399 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (8–4–3) | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (8–4–3) Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) (8–4–0) |
| Curling | 1924; since 1998 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | Oskar Eriksson (SWE) (1–1–2) | Anna Le Moine (SWE) (2–0–0) Cathrine Lindahl (SWE) (2–0–0) Eva Lund (SWE) (2–0–0) Anette Norberg (SWE) (2–0–0) John Morris (CAN) (2–0–0) Kaitlyn Lawes (CAN) (2–0–0) |
| Figure skating | Summer: 1908; 1920 Winter: since 1924 | 24 | 5 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 228 | Scott Moir (CAN) (3–2–0) Tessa Virtue (CAN) (3–2–0) | Scott Moir (CAN) (3–2–0) Tessa Virtue (CAN) (3–2–0) Gillis Grafström (SWE) (3–1–0) Sonja Henie (NOR) (3–0–0) Irina Rodnina (URS) (3–0–0) |
| Freestyle skiing | Since 1992 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | Ailing Eileen Gu (CHN) (2–1–0) David Wise (USA) (2–1–0) Mikaël Kingsbury (CAN) (1–2–0) Xu Mengtao (CHN) (1–2–0) Mathilde Gremaud (SUI) (1–1–1) Kari Traa (NOR) (1–1–1) Nick Goepper (USA) (0–2–1) Jia Zongyang (CHN) (0–2–1) | Ailing Eileen Gu (CHN) (2–1–0) David Wise (USA) (2–1–0) Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN) (2–0–0) |
| Ice hockey | Summer: 1920 Winter: since 1924 | 23 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | Jayna Hefford (CAN) (4–1–0) Hayley Wickenheiser (CAN) (4–1–0) | Jayna Hefford (CAN) (4–1–0) Hayley Wickenheiser (CAN) (4–1–0) Caroline Ouellette (CAN) (4–0–0) |
| Luge | Since 1964 | 14 | 4 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 108 | Natalie Geisenberger (GER) (6–0–1) | Natalie Geisenberger (GER) (6–0–1) Tobias Arlt (GER) (6–0–0) Tobias Wendl (GER) (6–0–0) |
| Nordic combined | Since 1924 | 22 | 3 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | Felix Gottwald (AUT) (3–1–3) | Samppa Lajunen (FIN) (3–2–0) Felix Gottwald (AUT) (3–1–3) Eric Frenzel (GER) (3–1–2) Ulrich Wehling (GDR) (3–0–0) |
| Short track speed skating | Since 1992 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 | Arianna Fontana (ITA) (2–4–5) | Viktor Ahn (RUS) / Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) (6–0–2) |
| Skeleton | 1924; 1948; since 2002 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | Lizzy Yarnold (GBR) (2–0–0) Martins Dukurs (LAT) (0–2–0) John Heaton (USA) (0–2–0) Gregor Stähli (SUI) (0–0–2) | Lizzy Yarnold (GBR) (2–0–0) |
| Ski jumping | Since 1924 | 22 | 4 | 53 | 54 | 52 | 159 | Matti Nykänen (FIN) (4–1–0) | Matti Nykänen (FIN) (4–1–0) Simon Ammann (SUI) (4–0–0) |
| Snowboarding | Since 1998 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 103 | Shaun White (USA) (3–0–0) Jamie Anderson (USA) (2–1–0) Lindsey Jacobellis (USA) (2–1–0) Vic Wild (RUS) (2–0–1) Ayumu Hirano (JPN) (1–2–0) Benjamin Karl (AUT) (1–1–1) Max Parrot (CAN) (1–1–1) Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL) (1–1–1) Kelly Clark (USA) (1–0–2) Žan Košir (SLO) (0–1–2) Mark McMorris (CAN) (0–0–3) | Shaun White (USA) (3–0–0) |
| Speed skating | Since 1924 | 22 | 12 | 152 | 155 | 148 | 455 | Ireen Wüst (NED) (6–5–1) | Ireen Wüst (NED) (6–5–1) Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) (6–0–0) |

### Discontinued summer sports

| Discipline | Contested | Number of Olympics | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Medals awarded |
| Discipline | Contested | Number of Olympics | | | | Total |
| Basque pelota | 1900 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Boxing | 1904; 1908; 1920–2024 | 25 | 226 | 226 | 389 | 841 |
| Breaking | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Croquet | 1900 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Jeu de paume | 1908 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Karate | 2020 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| Polo | 1900; 1908; 1920; 1924; 1936 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| Rackets | 1908 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Roque | 1904 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Tug of war | 1900–1920 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Water motorsports | 1908 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |

## Medalist with most medals by Olympiad
### Summer Olympic Games

| Games | Medal | Medal | Host | Number of medal events | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals |
| Games | Medal | Medal | Host | Number of medal events | | | | Total | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals |
| 1896 | winners | table | Athens, Greece | 43 | 43 | 43 | 36 | 122 | Hermann Weingärtner (GER) (3–2–1) | Carl Schuhmann (GER) (4–0–0) |
| 1900 | winners | table | Paris, France | 95 | 96 | 95 | 93 | 284 | Irving Baxter (USA) (2–3–0) Walter Tewksbury (USA) (2–2–1) | Alvin Kraenzlein (USA) (4–0–0) |
| 1904 | winners | table | St. Louis, United States | 95 | 96 | 96 | 93 | 285 | Anton Heida (USA) (5–1–0) George Eyser (USA) (3–2–1) Burton Downing (USA) (2–3–1) | Anton Heida (USA) (5–1–0) |
| 1908 | winners | table | London, United Kingdom | 110 | 110 | 107 | 107 | 324 | Mel Sheppard (USA) (3–0–0) Henry Taylor (GBR) (3–0–0) Benjamin Jones (GBR) (2–1–0) Oscar Swahn (SWE) (2–0–1) Martin Sheridan (USA) (2–0–1) Josiah Ritchie (GBR) (1–1–1) Ted Ranken (GBR) (0–3–0) | Mel Sheppard (USA) (3–0–0) Henry Taylor (GBR) (3–0–0) |
| 1912 | winners | table | Stockholm, Sweden | 102 | 103 | 104 | 103 | 310 | Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE) (3–2–0) | Vilhelm Carlberg (SWE) (3–2–0) Hannes Kolehmainen (FIN) (3–1–0) Alfred Lane (USA) (3–0–0) |
| 1920 | winners | table | Antwerp, Belgium | 156 | 156 | 147 | 136 | 439 | Willis Lee (USA) (5–1–1) Lloyd Spooner (USA) (4–1–2) | Willis Lee (USA) (5–1–1) Nedo Nadi (ITA) (5–0–0) |
| 1924 | winners | table | Paris, France | 126 | 126 | 127 | 125 | 378 | Ville Ritola (FIN) (4–2–0) | Paavo Nurmi (FIN) (5–0–0) |
| 1928 | winners | table | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 109 | 110 | 108 | 109 | 327 | Georges Miez (SUI) (3–1–0) Hermann Hänggi (SUI) (2–1–1) | Georges Miez (SUI) (3–1–0) |
| 1932 | winners | table | Los Angeles, United States | 116 | 116 | 116 | 114 | 346 | István Pelle (HUN) (2–2–0) Giulio Gaudini (ITA) 0–3–1) Heikki Savolainen (FIN) (0–1–3) | Helene Madison (USA) (3–0–0) Romeo Neri (ITA) (3–0–0) |
| 1936 | winners | table | Berlin, Germany | 129 | 130 | 128 | 130 | 388 | Konrad Frey (GER) (3–1–2) | Jesse Owens (USA) (4–0–0) |
| 1948 | winners | table | London, United Kingdom | 136 | 138 | 135 | 138 | 411 | Veikko Huhtanen (FIN) (3–1–1) | Fanny Blankers-Koen (NED) (4–0–0) |
| 1952 | winners | table | Helsinki, Finland | 149 | 149 | 152 | 158 | 459 | Maria Gorokhovskaya (URS) (2–5–0) | Viktor Chukarin (URS) (4–2–0) |
| 1956 | winners | table | Melbourne, Australia Stockholm, Sweden | 151 | 153 | 153 | 163 | 469 | Ágnes Keleti (HUN) (4–2–0) Larisa Latynina (URS) (4–1–1) | Ágnes Keleti (HUN) (4–2–0) Larisa Latynina (URS) (4–1–1) |
| 1960 | winners | table | Rome, Italy | 150 | 152 | 149 | 160 | 461 | Boris Shakhlin (URS) (4–2–1) | Boris Shakhlin (URS) (4–2–1) |
| 1964 | winners | table | Tokyo, Japan | 163 | 163 | 167 | 174 | 504 | Larisa Latynina (URS) (2–2–2) | Don Schollander (USA) (4–0–0) |
| 1968 | winners | table | Mexico City, Mexico | 172 | 174 | 170 | 183 | 527 | Mikhail Voronin (URS) (2–4–1) | Věra Čáslavská (TCH) (4–2–0) Akinori Nakayama (JPN) (4–1–1) |
| 1972 | winners | table | Munich, West Germany | 195 | 195 | 195 | 210 | 600 | Mark Spitz (USA) (7–0–0) | Mark Spitz (USA) (7–0–0) |
| 1976 | winners | table | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | 198 | 198 | 199 | 216 | 613 | Nikolai Andrianov (URS) (4–2–1) | Nikolai Andrianov (URS) (4–2–1) Kornelia Ender (GDR) (4–1–0) John Naber (USA) (4–1–0) |
| 1980 | winners | table | Moscow, Soviet Union | 203 | 204 | 204 | 223 | 631 | Alexander Dityatin (URS) (3–4–1) | Alexander Dityatin (URS) (3–4–1) Caren Metschuck (GDR) (3–1–0) Barbara Krause (GDR) (3–0–0) Vladimir Parfenovich (URS) (3–0–0) Rica Reinisch (GDR) (3–0–0) Vladimir Salnikov (URS) (3–0–0) |
| 1984 | winners | table | Los Angeles, United States | 221 | 226 | 219 | 243 | 688 | Li Ning (CHN) (3–2–1) | Ecaterina Szabo (ROU) (4–1–0) Carl Lewis (USA) (4–0–0) |
| 1988 | winners | table | Seoul, South Korea | 237 | 241 | 234 | 264 | 739 | Matt Biondi (USA) (5–1–1) | Kristin Otto (GDR) (6–0–0) |
| 1992 | winners | table | Barcelona, Spain | 257 | 260 | 257 | 298 | 815 | Vitaly Scherbo (EUN) (6–0–0) | Vitaly Scherbo (EUN) (6–0–0) |
| 1996 | winners | table | Atlanta, United States | 271 | 271 | 273 | 298 | 842 | Alexei Nemov (RUS) (2–1–3) | Amy Van Dyken (USA) (4–0–0) |
| 2000 | winners | table | Sydney, Australia | 300 | 300 | 300 | 327 | 927 | Alexei Nemov (RUS) (2–1–3) | Ian Thorpe (AUS) (3–2–0) Inge de Bruijn (NED) (3–1–0) Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel (NED) (3–1–0) Jenny Thompson (USA) (3–0–1) Lenny Krayzelburg (USA) (3–0–0) |
| 2004 | winners | table | Athens, Greece | 301 | 301 | 300 | 326 | 927 | Michael Phelps (USA) (6–0–2) | Michael Phelps (USA) (6–0–2) |
| 2008 | winners | table | Beijing, China | 302 | 302 | 303 | 353 | 958 | Michael Phelps (USA) (8–0–0) | Michael Phelps (USA) (8–0–0) |
| 2012 | winners | table | London, United Kingdom | 302 | 302 | 301 | 357 | 960 | Michael Phelps (USA) (4–2–0) | Michael Phelps (USA) (4–2–0) Missy Franklin (USA) (4–0–1) |
| 2016 | winners | table | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 306 | 307 | 307 | 359 | 973 | Michael Phelps (USA) (5–1–0) | Michael Phelps (USA) (5–1–0) |
| 2020 | winners | table | Tokyo, Japan | 339 | 340 | 338 | 402 | 1,080 | Emma McKeon (AUS) (4–0–3) | Caeleb Dressel (USA) (5–0–0) |
| 2024 | winners | table | Paris, France | 329 | 329 | 330 | 385 | 1,044 | Zhang Yufei (CHN) (0–1–5) | Léon Marchand (FRA) (4–0–1) |

### Winter Olympic Games

| Games | Medal | Medal | Host | Number of medal events | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Medals awarded | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals |
| Games | Medal | Medal | Host | Number of medal events | | | | Total | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals |
| 1924 | winners | table | Chamonix, France | 16 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 49 | Clas Thunberg (FIN) (3–1–1) Roald Larsen (NOR) (0–2–3) | Clas Thunberg (FIN) (3–1–1) Thorleif Haug (NOR) (3–0–0) |
| 1928 | winners | table | St. Moritz, Switzerland | 14 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 41 | Bernt Evensen (NOR) (1–1–1) | Johan Grøttumsbraaten (NOR) (2–0–0) Clas Thunberg (FIN) (2–0–0) |
| 1932 | winners | table | Lake Placid, United States | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | Irving Jaffee (USA) (2–0–0) Jack Shea (USA) (2–0–0) Veli Saarinen (FIN) (1–0–1) Alexander Hurd (CAN) (0–1–1) Willy Logan (CAN) (0–0–2) | Irving Jaffee (USA) (2–0–0) Jack Shea (USA) (2–0–0) |
| 1936 | winners | table | Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany | 17 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) (3–1–0) | Ivar Ballangrud (NOR) (3–1–0) |
| 1948 | winners | table | St. Moritz, Switzerland | 22 | 22 | 24 | 22 | 68 | Henri Oreiller (FRA) (2–0–1) | Henri Oreiller (FRA) (2–0–1) Martin Lundström (SWE) (2–0–0) |
| 1952 | winners | table | Oslo, Norway | 22 | 22 | 22 | 23 | 67 | Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) (3–0–0) Annemarie Buchner (GER) (0–1–2) | Hjalmar Andersen (NOR) (3–0–0) |
| 1956 | winners | table | Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | 24 | 25 | 23 | 24 | 72 | Sixten Jernberg (SWE) (1–2–1) | Toni Sailer (AUT) (3–0–0) |
| 1960 | winners | table | Squaw Valley, United States | 27 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 81 | Veikko Hakulinen (FIN) (1–1–1) | Yevgeny Grishin (URS) (2–0–0) Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) (2–0–0) |
| 1964 | winners | table | Innsbruck, Austria | 34 | 34 | 38 | 31 | 103 | Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) (4–0–0) | Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) (4–0–0) |
| 1968 | winners | table | Grenoble, France | 35 | 35 | 39 | 32 | 106 | Jean-Claude Killy (FRA) (3–0–0) Toini Gustafsson (SWE) (2–1–0) Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) (0–1–2) | Jean-Claude Killy (FRA) (3–0–0) |
| 1972 | winners | table | Sapporo, Japan | 35 | 36 | 34 | 35 | 105 | Galina Kulakova (URS) (3–0–0) Ard Schenk (NED) (3–0–0) Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS) (2–0–1) Pål Tyldum (NOR) (1–2–0) Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN) (0–2–1) Atje Keulen-Deelstra (NED) (0–1–2) | Galina Kulakova (URS) (3–0–0) Ard Schenk (NED) (3–0–0) |
| 1976 | winners | table | Innsbruck, Austria | 37 | 37 | 37 | 37 | 111 | Tatyana Averina (URS) (2–0–2) | Rosi Mittermaier (FRG) (2–1–0) Raisa Smetanina (URS) (2–1–0) Tatyana Averina (URS) (2–0–2) Bernhard Germeshausen (GDR) (2–0–0) Nikolay Kruglov (URS) (2–0–0) Meinhard Nehmer (GDR) (2–0–0) |
| 1980 | winners | table | Lake Placid, United States | 38 | 38 | 39 | 38 | 115 | Eric Heiden (USA) (5–0–0) | Eric Heiden (USA) (5–0–0) |
| 1984 | winners | table | Sarajevo, Yugoslavia | 39 | 39 | 39 | 39 | 117 | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) (3–0–1) Karin Enke (GDR) (2–2–0) Gunde Svan (SWE) (2–1–1) | Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi (FIN) (3–0–1) |
| 1988 | winners | table | Calgary, Alberta, Canada | 46 | 46 | 46 | 46 | 138 | Yvonne van Gennip (NED) (3–0–0) Matti Nykänen (FIN) (3–0–0) Tamara Tikhonova (URS) (2–1–0) Valeriy Medvedtsev (URS) (1–2–0) Marjo Matikainen (FIN) (1–0–2) Karin Enke (GDR) (0–2–1) Andrea Ehrig (GDR) (0–2–1) Vladimir Smirnov (URS) (0–2–1) | Yvonne van Gennip (NED) (3–0–0) Matti Nykänen (FIN) (3–0–0) |
| 1992 | winners | table | Albertville, France | 57 | 57 | 58 | 56 | 171 | Lyubov Yegorova (EUN) (3–2–0) Yelena Välbe (EUN) (1–0–4) | Lyubov Yegorova (EUN) (3–2–0) Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) (3–1–0) Vegard Ulvang (NOR) (3–1–0) |
| 1994 | winners | table | Lillehammer, Norway | 61 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 183 | Manuela Di Centa (ITA) (2–2–1) | Lyubov Yegorova (RUS) (3–1–0) Johann Olav Koss (NOR) (3–0–0) |
| 1998 | winners | table | Nagano, Japan | 68 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 205 | Larisa Lazutina (RUS) (3–1–1) | Larisa Lazutina (RUS) (3–1–1) Bjørn Dæhlie (NOR) (3–1–0) |
| 2002 | winners | table | Salt Lake City, United States | 78 | 80 | 76 | 78 | 234 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (4–0–0) Janica Kostelić (CRO) (3–1–0) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (4–0–0) |
| 2006 | winners | table | Turin, Italy | 84 | 84 | 84 | 84 | 252 | Cindy Klassen (CAN) (1–2–2) | Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) (3–0–1) Michael Greis (GER) (3–0–0) Jin Sun-yu (KOR) (3–0–0) |
| 2010 | winners | table | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 86 | 86 | 87 | 85 | 258 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (3–1–1) | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (3–1–1) Wang Meng (CHN) (3–0–0) |
| 2014 | winners | table | Sochi, Russia | 98 | 99 | 97 | 99 | 295 | Ireen Wüst (NED) (2–3–0) | Viktor Ahn (RUS) (3–0–1) Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (3–0–0) Darya Domracheva (BLR) (3–0–0) |
| 2018 | winners | table | Pyeongchang, South Korea | 102 | 103 | 102 | 102 | 307 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (2–1–2) | Martin Fourcade (FRA) (3–0–0) Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) (3–0–0) |
| 2022 | winners | table | Beijing, China | 109 | 109 | 109 | 109 | 327 | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) (4–0–1) Alexander Bolshunov (ROC) (3–1–1) Marte Olsbu Røiseland (NOR) (3–0–2) Quentin Fillon Maillet (FRA) (2–3–0) | Johannes Thingnes Bø (NOR) (4–0–1) |

## Medalists by age
### By sport

| Title | Age | Medalist | Details |
| Freestyle skiing |||||
| Youngest freestyle skiing medalist | 18 years 158 days | Ailing Eileen Gu | |
| Youngest freestyle skiing gold medalist | 18 years 158 days | Ailing Eileen Gu | |
| Youngest female freestyle skiing medalist | 18 years 158 days | Ailing Eileen Gu | |
| Youngest female freestyle skiing gold medalist | 18 years 158 days | Ailing Eileen Gu | At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ailing Eileen Gu became the youngest freestyle skiing gold medalist. In the women's big air, she finished the first with an astonishing score, 188.25. |
| Biathlon |||||
| Oldest biathlon medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | |
| Oldest biathlon gold medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | |
| Oldest male biathlon medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | |
| Oldest male biathlon gold medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | At 2014 Winter Olympics, Ole Einar Bjørndalen won gold at the 10 km sprint biathlon event, tying the record number of total medals in the Winter Olympics at 12, along with Bjørn Dæhlie, and becoming the oldest Winter Olympics medalist at age 40. |
| Skeleton |||||
| Oldest skeleton gold medalist | 39 | Duff Gibson | |
| Oldest male skeleton gold medalist | 39 | Duff Gibson | At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Duff Gibson became the oldest Winter Games gold medalist by winning gold in skeleton. He has subsequently been eclipsed as the oldest gold medalist at the Winter Games. |
| Luge |||||
| Youngest luge gold medalist | 20 | Felix Loch | |
| Youngest male luge gold medalist | 20 | Felix Loch | At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he became the youngest ever Olympic luge gold medalist. |
| Cycling |||||
| Oldest cycling gold medalist | 42 | Kristin Armstrong | At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she became the oldest cycling gold medalist, when she won the women's road time trial race, defending her gold medal from Beijing 2008. She repeated her success at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning third gold in a row and setting a new record. |
| Oldest female cycling gold medalist | 42 | Kristin Armstrong | |
| Athletics |||||
| Oldest athletics medalist | 48 | Terence Lloyd Johnson | |
| Oldest athletics gold medalist | 42 | Pat McDonald | |
| Oldest male athletics medalist | 48 | Terence Lloyd Johnson | At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 50 km walk. |
| Oldest male athletics gold medalist | 42 | Pat McDonald | At the 1920 Summer Olympics, he won the men's 56 lbs toss. |
| Oldest female athletics medalist | 40 | Merlene Ottey | At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won bronze in the women's 100m dash. |
| Oldest female athletics gold medalist | 39 | Ellina Zvereva | At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won gold for the discus throw. |
| Swimming |||||
| Oldest swimming medalist | 41 | Dara Torres | Torres won silver for the women's 4x100 freestyle team relay as anchor at the 2008 Summer Olympics. |
| Oldest male swimming medalist | 38 | William Robinson | Robinson won silver for the men's 200m breaststroke at the 1908 Summer Olympics. |
| Oldest female swimming medalist | 41 | Dara Torres | |
| Sailing |||||
| Oldest male sailing gold medalist | 54 | Santiago Lange | Lange won gold for the Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics. |