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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
[edit]Summer Olympic sports
[edit]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 | Medals awarded | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) |
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1900–1908; 1920; since 1972 | 18 | 5 | 76 | 74 | 66 | 216 | ![]() |
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Since 1984 | 11 | 2 | 22 | 20 | 21 | 63 | ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1896 | 30 | 48 | 1075 | 1084 | 1073 | 3232 | ![]() |
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Since 1992 | 9 | 5 | 44 | 44 | 48 | 136 | ![]() |
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1992–2008; 2020; 2028 | 6 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 33 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1936 | 21 | 4 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 | ![]() |
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Since 1936 | 21 | 16 | 258 | 258 | 260 | 776 | ![]() |
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1900, 2028 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | see list | see list |
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Since 1896 | 30 | 22 | 305 | 304 | 298 | 907 | ![]() |
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Since 1904 | 28 | 8 | 138 | 138 | 139 | 405 | ![]() |
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1900; since 1912 |
28 | 6 | 159 | 157 | 157 | 473 | ![]() |
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Since 1896 | 30 | 12 | 235 | 235 | 234 | 704 | ![]() |
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1908; 1920; since 1928 |
25 | 2 | 37 | 37 | 38 | 112 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1900–1928; since 1936 |
29 | 2 | 36 | 36 | 38 | 110 | ![]() |
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1900–1904; since 2016 |
5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 31 | ![]() |
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Since 1896 | 30 | 18 | 392 | 372 | 378 | 1142 | ![]() |
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1936; since 1972 |
15 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 | ![]() |
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1964; since 1972 |
15 | 15 | 167 | 166 | 334 | 667 | ![]() |
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1904-1908, 2028 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | see list | see list |
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Since 1912 | 26 | 2 | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 | ![]() |
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Since 1900 | 29 | 14 | 282 | 282 | 286 | 850 | ![]() |
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1900; 1908; 1920; 1924; (Rugby sevens from 2016) |
7 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 28 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1900; since 1908 |
29 | 10 | 205 | 197 | 190 | 592 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1896; 1900; 1908–1924; since 1932 |
28 | 15 | 302 | 303 | 301 | 906 | ![]() |
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Since 2020 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 24 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Since 2020 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | ![]() ![]() |
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Since 2020 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | see list | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1896 | 30 | 37 | 633 | 632 | 631 | 1896 | ![]() |
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Since 1988 | 10 | 5 | 42 | 42 | 46 | 130 | ![]() ![]() |
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Since 2000 | 7 | 8 | 56 | 56 | 96 | 208 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1896–1924; since 1988 |
17 | 5 | 76 | 76 | 91 | 243 | ![]() ![]() |
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Since 2000 | 7 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 | ![]() |
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Since 1964 | 16 | 4 | 48 | 48 | 48 | 144 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1900; since 1908 |
28 | 2 | 36 | 35 | 35 | 106 | ![]() |
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1896; 1904; since 1920 |
27 | 10 | 238 | 235 | 236 | 709 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1896; since 1904 |
29 | 18 | 446 | 446 | 536 | 1428 | ![]() ![]() |
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Winter Olympic sports
[edit]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 | Medals awarded | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold-silver-bronze) |
Athlete(s) with the most gold medals | ||||
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Olympics (up to 2022) |
Medal events (in 2022) |
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Since 1936 | 19 | 11 | 167 | 168 | 165 | 500 | ![]() |
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1924[a]; since 1960 |
16 | 11 | 97 | 97 | 96 | 190 | ![]() |
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1924–1956; since 1964 |
21 | 4 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 137 | ![]() |
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Since 1924 | 22 | 12 | 134 | 132 | 133 | 399 | ![]() |
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1924; since 1998 |
6 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 | ![]() |
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Summer: 1908; 1920 Winter: since 1924[b] |
24 | 5 | 77 | 75 | 76 | 228 | ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1992 | 7 | 10 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 54 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Summer: 1920 Winter: since 1924[c] |
23 | 2 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 72 | ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1964 | 14 | 4 | 37 | 35 | 36 | 108 | ![]() |
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Since 1924 | 22 | 3 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 120 | ![]() |
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Since 1992 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 | ![]() |
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1924; 1948; since 2002 |
6 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1924 | 22 | 4 | 53 | 54 | 52 | 159 | ![]() |
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Since 1998 | 5 | 10 | 51 | 51 | 51 | 103 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1924 | 22 | 12 | 152 | 155 | 148 | 455 | ![]() |
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Discontinued summer sports
[edit]Discipline | Contested | Number of Olympics |
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1900 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
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1904; 1908; 1920-2024 |
25 | 226 | 226 | 389 | 841 |
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2024 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
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1900 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
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1908 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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2020 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
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1900; 1908; 1920; 1924; 1936 |
5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
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1908 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
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1904 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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1900–1920 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
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1908 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Medalist with most medals by Olympiad
[edit]Summer Olympic Games
[edit]Winter Olympic Games
[edit]Medalists by age
[edit]By sport
[edit]Title | Age | Medalist | Details | Notes |
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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 | [5] | |
Oldest biathlon gold medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | [5] | |
Oldest male biathlon medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | [5] | |
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. | [5] |
Skeleton | ||||
Oldest skeleton gold medalist | 39 | Duff Gibson | [6] | |
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. | [6] |
Luge | ||||
Youngest luge gold medalist | 20 | Felix Loch | [7] | |
Youngest male luge gold medalist | 20 | Felix Loch | At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he became the youngest ever Olympic luge gold medalist. | [7] |
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. | [8] |
Oldest female cycling gold medalist | 42 | Kristin Armstrong | [8] | |
Athletics | ||||
Oldest athletics medalist | 48 | Terence Lloyd Johnson | [9] | |
Oldest athletics gold medalist | 42 | Pat McDonald | [9] | |
Oldest male athletics medalist | 48 | Terence Lloyd Johnson | At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 50 km walk. | [9] |
Oldest male athletics gold medalist | 42 | Pat McDonald | At the 1920 Summer Olympics, he won the men's 56 lbs toss. | [9] |
Oldest female athletics medalist | 40 | Merlene Ottey | At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won bronze in the women's 100m dash. | [9] |
Oldest female athletics gold medalist | 39 | Ellina Zvereva | At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won gold for the discus throw. | [9] |
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. | [10] |
Oldest male swimming medalist | 38 | William Robinson | Robinson won silver for the men's 200m breaststroke at the 1908 Summer Olympics. | [10] |
Oldest female swimming medalist | 41 | Dara Torres | [10] | |
Sailing | ||||
Oldest male sailing gold medalist | 54 | Santiago Lange | Lange won gold for the Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics. | [11] |
By Olympiad
[edit]See also
[edit]- List of sport awards
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
- List of multiple Olympic medalists
- List of multiple Olympic medalists at a single Games
- List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
- List of Olympians who won medals in the Summer and Winter Games
- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
- Lists of Paralympic medalists
- List of Olympic medalists in art competitions
Notes
[edit]- ^ Including military patrol event at 1924 Games, which IOC now refers to biathlon.
- ^ Figure skating was held at the 1908 and 1920 Summer Olympic games prior to the establishment of the Winter Olympics. 21 medals (seven of each color) were awarded in seven events.
- ^ A men's ice hockey tournament was held at the 1920 Summer Olympics, and then added as a Winter Olympics event. Three medals were awarded.
- ^ The IOC overview web page for the 1900 Olympic Games gives a figure of 96 events,[1] while the IOC database for the 1900 Olympic Games lists 95.
- ^ The IOC overview web page for the 1904 Olympic Games gives a figure of 95 events;[2] the IOC database for the 1904 Olympic Games also lists 95.
- ^ The IOC overview web page for the 1920 Olympic Games gives a figure of 156 events;[3] the IOC database for the 1920 Olympic Games also lists 156.
- ^ Due to Australian quarantine laws, 6 equestrian events were held in Stockholm several months before the rest of the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
- ^ The IOC overview web page for the 1956 Olympic Games gives a figure of 151 events;[4] (145 events in Melbourne and 6 equestrian events in Stockholm).
References
[edit]- General
- "Factsheet: Records and medals Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. January 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- "Factsheet: Records and medals at the Olympic Winter Games" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. February 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 October 2011. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- "Results database". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- "Olympic sports index". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- "Summer games index". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 26 February 2009.
- "Winter games index". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 19 April 2020. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- Specific
- ^ "Paris 1900". IOC. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "St.Louis 1904". IOC. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Antwerp 1920". IOC. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Melbourne 1956". IOC. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ a b c d Eric Williamsen (8 February 2014). "Ole Einar Bjoerndalen Becomes Oldest Winter Olympic Gold Medalist In 10-Kilometer Sprint". Huffington Post.
- ^ a b Rob Gloster (9 February 2014). "All the winners on day two at Sochi". Sidney Morning Herald.
- ^ a b Justin Palmer (8 February 2014). "Germany's Loch in pole position to win second gold". Reuters.
- ^ a b "Kristin Armstrong wins third consecutive gold in women's cycling time trial". ESPN. Associated Press. 11 August 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f Steven Lynch (14 September 2013). "The oldest Olympic medalist". Ask Steven. ESPN.
- ^ a b c Emily Brandon (13 August 2008). "Dara Torres: The Oldest Olympic Swimming Medalist in History". U.S. News & World Report. Archived from the original on 9 December 2014.
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Santiago Lange wins gold with Cecilia Carranza Saroli". BBC. 17 August 2016. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
The 54-year-old, the oldest sailor competing in Rio, and his compatriot won the Nacra 17 mixed category.
External links
[edit]- Olympic Review and Revue Olympique – LA84 Foundation (archived)