Summer Olympic Games / Individual Medalists

This medal tally includes all the men & women who have won at least 5 gold medals in the Summer Olympics in any sport or event from Athens 1896 to Tokyo 2020 (both included). As everywhere in this site, medals won at the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included, as they are not officially recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC). Athletes in bold letters have won at least one medal in the last edition.

Ps Athlete CNT GD SV BZ Tot Sport Medal Details
1. Michael Phelps USA 23 3 2 28 Swimming 04: 100BF-200BF-200MD-400MD-4x200-(4x100MD); 08: 200-100BF-200BF-200MD-400MD-4x100-4x200-4x100MD; 12: 100BF-200MD-4x200-4x100MD; 16: 200BF-200MD-4x100-4x200-4x100MD // 12: 200BF-4x100; 16: 100BF= // 04: 200-4x100
2. Larissa Latynina URS 9 5 4 18 Gymnastics 56: ALL-TM-HV-FL=; 60: ALL-TM-FL; 64: TM-FL // 56: UB; 60: UB-BB; 64: ALL-HV= // 56: TWPA=; 60: HV; 64: BB-UB
3. Paavo Nurmi FIN 9 3 0 12 Athletics 20: 10000-CR-CRTM; 24: 1500-5000-3000TM-CR-CRTM; 28: 10000 // 20: 5000; 28: 5000-3000st // None
4. Mark Spitz USA 9 1 1 11 Swimming 68: 4x100-4x200; 72: 100-200-100BF-200BF-4x100-4x200-4x100MD // 68: 100BF // 68: 100
5. Carl Lewis USA 9 1 0 10 Athletics 84: 100-200-4x100-LJ; 88: 100-LJ; 92: 4X100-LJ; 96: LJ // 88: 200 // None
6. Birgit Fischer-Schmidt GER 8 4 0 12 Canoeing K1: 80-92; K2: 88-00; K4: 88-96-00-04 // K1: 88; K2: 96-04; K4: 92 // None
7. Sawao Kato JPN 8 3 1 12 Gymnastics 68: ALL-TM-FL; 72: ALL-TM-PB; 76: TM-PB // 72: HB-PH; 76: ALL // 68: RG
. Jenny Thompson USA 8 3 1 12 Swimming 4x100: 92-96-00; 4x200: 96-00; 4x100MD: 92-(96)-00 // 92: 100; 04: 4x100-4x100MD // 00: 100
9. Matt Biondi USA 8 2 1 11 Swimming 84: 4x100; 88: 50-100-4x100-4x200-4x100MD; 92: 4x100-(4x100MD) // 88: 100BF; 92: 50 // 88: 200
10. Ray Clarence Ewry USA 8 0 0 8 Athletics 1900: SHJ-SLJ-STJ; 1904: SHJ-SLJ-STJ; 1908: SHJ-SLJ // None // None
11. Usain Bolt JAM 8 0 0 8 Athletics 08: 100-200-(DQ4x100); 12: 100-200-4x100; 16: 100-200-4x100 // None // None
12. Nikolai Andrianov URS 7 5 3 15 Gymnastics 72: FL; 76: ALL-HV-RG-FL; 80: TM-HV // 72: TM; 76: TM-PB; 80: ALL-FL // 72: HV; 76: PH; 80: HB
13. Isabell Werth GER 7 5 0 12 Equestrian DreIND: 96; DreTM: 92-96-00-08-16-20 // DreIND: 92-00-08-16-20 // None
14. Boris Shakhlin URS 7 4 2 13 Gymnastics 56: TM-PH 60: ALL-PB-HV=-PH=; 64: HB // 60: TM-RG; 64: ALL=-TM // 60: HB; 64: RG
15. Vera Caslavska TCH 7 4 0 11 Gymnastics 64: ALL-HV-BB; 68: ALL-HV-UB-FL= // 60: TM; 64: TM; 68: TM-BB // None
16. Viktor Chukarin URS 7 3 1 11 Gymnastics 52: ALL-TM-HV-PH; 56: ALL-TM-PB // 52: RG-PB; 56: FL= // 56: PH
. Allyson Felix USA 7 3 1 11 Athletics 200: 12; 4x100: 12-16; 4x400: 08-12-16-20 // 200: 04-08; 400: 16 // 400: 20
18. Katie Ledecky USA 7 3 0 10 Swimming 12: 800; 16: 200-400-800-4x200; 20: 800-1500 // 16: 4x100; 20: 400-4x200 // None
19. Jason Kenny GBR 7 2 0 9 Cycling 08: TSP; 12: ISP-TSP; 16: ISP-TSP-K; 20: K // 08: ISP; 20: TSP // None
20. Gerevich Aladár HUN 7 1 2 10 Fencing S: 48; TS: 32-36-48-52-56-60 // S: 52 // TF: 52; S: 36
21. Svetlana Romashina RUS 7 0 0 7 Synchro DUET: 12-16-20; TEAM: 08-12-16-20 // None // None
. Caeleb Dressel USA 7 0 0 7 Swimming 16: 4x100-4x100MD; 20: 50-100-100BF-4x100-4x100MD // None // None
23. Edoardo Mangiarotti ITA 6 5 2 13 Fencing TF: 56; É: 52; : 36-52-56-60 // F: 52; TF: 48-52-60; : 48 // É: 48-56
24. Ryan Lochte USA 6 3 3 12 Swimming 04: 4x200; 08: 200BA-4x200; 12: 400MD-4x200; 16: 4x200 // 04: 200MD; 12: 200MD-4x100 // 08: 200MD-400MD; 12: 200BA
25. Hubert van Innis BEL 6 3 0 9 Archery 1900: CORDON33-CHAPELET33; 1920: MOV28-MOV33-TM33-TM50 // 1900: CORDON50; 1920: MOV50-TM28 // None
26. Akinori Nakayama JPN 6 2 2 10 Gymnastics 68: TM-HB=-PB-RG; 72: TM-RG // 68: FL; 72: FL // 68: ALL; 72: ALL
27. Valentina Vezzali ITA 6 1 2 9 Fencing F: 00-04-08; TF: 96-00-12 // F: 96 // F: 12; TF: 08
28. Gert Fredriksson SWE 6 1 1 8 Canoeing K1/: 48-52-56; K2/: 60; K1//: 48-56 // K1//: 52 // K1/: 60
. Danuta Kozak HUN 6 1 1 8 Canoeing K1.5: 12-16; K2.5: 16; K4.5: 12-16-20 // K4.5: 08 // K2.5: 20
30. Chris Hoy GBR 6 1 0 7 Cycling 04: TT; 08: ISP-TSP-K; 12: TS-K // 00: TS // None
31. Vitali Sherbo BLR 6 0 4 10 Gymnastics 92: ALL-TM-PB-HV-PH=-RG // None // 96: ALL-HB=-PB-HV
32. Dr. Reiner Klimke FRG 6 0 2 8 Equestrian DreIND: 84; DreTM: 64-68-76-84-88// None // DreIND: 68-76
33. Pál Kovács HUN 6 0 1 7 Fencing S: 52; TS: 36-48-52-56-60 // None // S: 48
34. Nedo Nadi ITA 6 0 0 6 Fencing 12: IF; 20: IF-TF-TÉ-IS-TS // None // None
. Rudolf Kárpáti HUN 6 0 0 6 Fencing S: 56-60; TS: 48-52-56-60 // None // None
. Kristin Otto GER 6 0 0 6 Swimming 88: 50FS-100-100BA-100 BF-4x100-4x100MD // None // None
. Amy van Dyken USA 6 0 0 6 Swimming 96: 50-100BF-4x100-4x100MD; 00: 4x100-(4x100MD) // None // None
38. Takashi Ono JPN 5 4 4 13 Gymnastics 56: HB; 60: TM-HB-HV=; 64: TM // 56: ALL-TM-PH; 60: ALL // 52: HV=; 56: PB=; 60: PB-RG=
39. Carl Osburn USA 5 4 2 11 Shooting 12: TMRIF; 20: 300mstRIF-TM300mprRIF-TM900mprRIF-TMfrRIF // 12: 600frRIF-300mRIF3-TM300mRIF; 24: 600frRIF // 12: TM50sbRIF; 20: TMRunDr1
40. Ágnes Keleti HUN 5 3 2 10 Gymnastics 52: FL; 56: UB-BB-FL=-TWPA // 52: TM; 56: ALL-TM // 52:TWPA-UB
. Gary Hall Jr. USA 5 3 2 10 Swimming 50: 00-04; 4x100: 96; 4x100MD: 96-00 // 96: 50-100 // 00: 100; 04: (4x100)
42. Nadia Comaneci ROM 5 3 1 9 Gymnastics 76: ALL-UB-BB; 80: BB-FL= // 76: TM; 80: ALL=-TM // 76: FL
. Ian Thorpe AUS 5 3 1 9 Swimming 00: 400-4x100-4x200; 04: 200-400 // 00: 200-(4x100MD); 04: 4x200 // 04: 100
44. Vilho Ritola FIN 5 3 0 8 Athletics 24: 10000-3000TM-CRTM-3000st; 28: 5000 // 24: 5000; 28: 10000 // None
45. Emma McKeon AUS 5 2 4 11 Swimming 16: 4x100; 20: 50-100-4x100-4x100MD // 16: 4x200-4x100MD // 16: 200; 20: 100BF-4x200-4x100MXMD
46. Polina Astakhova URS 5 2 3 10 Gymnastics 56: TM; 60: TM-UB; 64: TM-UB // 60: FL; 64: FL // 56: TWPA; 60: ALL; 64: ALL
47. Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipa ROM 5 2 1 8 Rowing M2X: 84; M1X: 88; M8+: 96-00-04 // M2X: 88-92 // M4X: 88
48. Yukio Endo JPN 5 2 0 7 Gymnastics 60: TM; 64: ALL-TM-PB; 68: TM // 64: FL; 68: HV // None
. Aaron Peirsol USA 5 2 0 7 Swimming 04: 100BA-200BA-4x100MD; 08: 100BA-4x100MD // 00: 200BA; 08: 200BA // None
50. Mitsuo Tsukahara JPN 5 1 3 9 Gymnastics 68: TM; 72: TM-HB; 76: TM-HB // 76: HV // 72: RG; 76: ALL-PB
51. Nathan Adrian USA 5 1 2 8 Swimming 100: 12; 4x100: (08)-16; 4x100MD: 12-16 // 12: 4x100 // 16: 50-100
. Bradley Wiggins GBR 5 1 2 8 Cycling 04: IPS; 08: IPS-TPS; 12: TT; 16: TPS // 04: TPS // 00: TPS; 04: MAD
53. Willis Lee USA 5 1 1 7 Shooting 20: TM50sbR-TM300arR-TM600R-TMfrR1-TMfrR2 // 20: TM300ar // 20: TM100RunDr1
. Hans-Günther Winkler FRG 5 1 1 7 Equestrian JumIND: 56; JumTM: 56-60-64-72// JumTM: 76 // JumTM: 68
. Tom Jager USA 5 1 1 7 Swimming 4x100: (84)-88-92; 4x100MD: (84)-(88) // 88: 50 // 92: 50
. Krisztina Egerszegi HUN 5 1 1 7 Swimming 88: 200BA; 92: 100BA-200 BA-400MD; 96: 200BA // 88: 100BA // 96: 400MD
. Dana Vollmer USA 5 1 1 7 Swimming 04: 4x200; 12: 100BF-4x200-4x100MD; 16: 4x100MD // 16: 4x100 // 16: 100BF
. Wu Minxia CHN 5 1 1 7 Diving SB: 12; SBSynch: 04-08-12-16 // SB: 04 // SB: 08
59. Anton Heida USA 5 1 0 6 Gymnastics 1904: TM-HB=-HV=-PH-CM // 1904: PB // None
. Ole Lillö-Olsen NOR 5 1 0 6 Shooting 20: RunDr2-TMRunDr1-TMRunDr2; 24: RunDr2-TMRunDr1 // 24: TMRunDr2 // None
. Don Schollander USA 5 1 0 6 Swimming 64: 100-400-4x100-4x200; 68: 4x200 // 68: 200 // None
. Nelli Kim URS 5 1 0 6 Gymnastics 76: TM-HV-FL; 80: TM-FL= // 76: ALL // None
. *Elaine Thompson JAM 5 1 0 6 Athletics 16: 100-200; 20: 100-200-4x100 // 16: 4x100 // None
. Laura Kenny Trott GBR 5 1 0 6 Cycling 12: OM-TPS; 16: OM-TPS; 20: MAD // 20: TPS // None
65. Alfred Lane USA 5 0 1 6 Shooting 12: 25rfPIS-50PIS-TM50PIS; 20: TM30arPIS-TM50arPIS // None // 20: 50PIS
. Johnny Weissmuller USA 5 0 1 6 Swimming 24: 100-400-4x200; 28: 100-4x200 // None // None
. Steven Redgrave GBR 5 0 1 6 Rowing M4+: 84; M2-: 88-92-96; M4-: 00 // None // M2+: 88
. Georgeta Damian ROU 5 0 1 6 Rowing M2-: 00-04-08; M8+: 00-04 // None // M8+: 08
. Zou Kai CHN 5 0 1 6 Gymnastics 08: TM-FL-HB; 12: TM-FL // None // 12: HB
. Missy Franklin USA 5 0 1 6 Swimming 12: 100BA-200BA-4x200-4x100MD; 16: (4x200MD) // None // 12: 4x100
. Lisa Carrington NZL 5 0 1 6 Canoeing K1.2: 12-16-20; K1.5: 20; K2.5: 20 // None // K1.5: 16
72. Morris Fisher USA 5 0 0 5 Shooting 20: 300frRIF3-TMfrRIF-TM300milRIF; 24: 600frRIF-TMfrRIF // None // None
. Anastasia Davydova RUS 5 0 0 5 Synchro DUET: 04-08; TEAM: 04-08-12 // None // None
. Chen Ruolin CHN 5 0 0 5 Diving PF: 08-12; PFSynch: 08-12-16 // None // None
. Natalia Ishchenko RUS 5 0 0 5 Synchro DUET: 12-16; TEAM: 08-12-16 // None // None
. Sue Bird USA 5 0 0 5 Basketball 04 08 12 16 20 // None // None
. Diana Taurasi USA 5 0 0 5 Basketball 04 08 12 16 20 // None // None
. Ma Long CHN 5 0 0 5 Table Tennis 12: TM; 16: I-TM; 20: I-TM // None // None
79. Alexander Popov RUS 4 5 0 9 Swimming 92: 50-100; 96: 50-100 // 4x100: 92-96; 4x100MD: 92-96; 100: 00 // None
80. Dara Torres USA 4 4 4 12 Swimming 84: 4x100; 92: 4x100; 00: (4x100)-4x100MD // 88: 4x100MD; 08: 50-4x100-4x100MD // 88: 4x100; 00: 50-100-100BF

* According to FINA rules, preliminary swimmers are awarded medals too. Thus, medals won as members of a qualifying race relay team are also included here (between brackets), as in the case of Michael Phelps, Matt Biondi & Amy van Dyken.

Go To