This article provides a list of multiple Olympic medalists, i.e. those athletes who have won multiple Olympic medals at either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games.

List of Olympic medals over career

This list includes athletes who have won seven or more Olympic medals over their sporting career. It includes top-three placings in the 1896 Olympic Games and 1900 Olympic Games, before medals were actually awarded for those placings. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. For simplicity, when an athlete has won medals for more than one nation, their entry in this list only mentions the last Nation represented. The Years listed for each athlete only include the Games in which they won medals. More detailed information is provided in the linked articles for the individual athletes.

In cases where two or more athletes have the same number of total medals, the first tiebreaker is the number of gold medals, followed by the number of silver medals. If the tied athletes have exactly the same number of gold, silver and bronze medals, the ranking is given as a tie and the athletes are listed in order first by career years and then alphabetically by surname.

No. Athlete Nation Sport Years Games Gender Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Michael Phelps United StatesSwimming2004–2016SummerM233228
2 Larisa Latynina Soviet UnionGymnastics1956–1964SummerF95418
3 Marit Bjørgen NorwayCross-country skiing2002–2018WinterF84315
4 Nikolai Andrianov Soviet UnionGymnastics1972–1980SummerM753
5 Ole Einar Bjørndalen NorwayBiathlon1998–2014WinterM84113
6 Boris Shakhlin Soviet UnionGymnastics1956–1964SummerM742
7 Edoardo Mangiarotti ItalyFencing1936–1960SummerM652
Ireen Wüst  Netherlands Speed skating 2006–2022 Winter F 6 5 2
9 Takashi Ono JapanGymnastics1952–1964SummerM544
10 Paavo Nurmi FinlandAthletics1920–1928SummerM93012
11Birgit Fischer East Germany
 Germany
Canoeing1980–2004SummerF840
Bjørn Dæhlie NorwayCross-country skiing1992–1998WinterM840
13Sawao Katō JapanGymnastics1968–1976SummerM831
Jenny Thompson United StatesSwimming1992–2004SummerF831
15Isabell Werth GermanyEquestrian1992–2020SummerF750
16Ryan Lochte United StatesSwimming2004–2016SummerM633
17Dara Torres United StatesSwimming1984–2008SummerF444
18Alexei Nemov RussiaGymnastics1996–2000SummerM426
19Natalie Coughlin United StatesSwimming2004–2012SummerF345
20Mark Spitz United StatesSwimming1968–1972SummerM91111
21Matt Biondi United StatesSwimming1984–1992SummerM821
22Věra Čáslavská CzechoslovakiaGymnastics1960–1968SummerF740
23Viktor Chukarin Soviet UnionGymnastics1952–1956SummerM731
Allyson Felix United StatesAthletics2004–2020SummerF731
25Carl Osburn United StatesShooting1912–1924SummerM542
26Emma McKeon AustraliaSwimming2016–2020SummerF524
27Arianna Fontana ItalyShort track speed skating2006–2022WinterF245
28Carl Lewis United StatesAthletics1984–1996SummerM91010
29Katie Ledecky United StatesSwimming2012–2020SummerF730
30Aladár Gerevich HungaryFencing1932–1960SummerM712
31Akinori Nakayama JapanGymnastics1968–1972SummerM622
32Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team
 Belarus
Gymnastics1992–1996SummerM604
33Ágnes Keleti HungaryGymnastics1952–1956SummerF532
Gary Hall Jr. United StatesSwimming1996–2004SummerM532
35Polina Astakhova Soviet UnionGymnastics1956–1964SummerF523
36Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union
 Unified Team
Cross-country skiing1976–1992WinterF451
37Allison Schmitt United StatesSwimming2008–2020SummerF433
38Alexander Dityatin Soviet UnionGymnastics1976–1980SummerM361
39Stefania Belmondo ItalyCross-country skiing1992–2002WinterF235
40Franziska van Almsick GermanySwimming1992–2004SummerF046
41Jason Kenny Great BritainCycling2008–2020SummerM7209
42Hubert Van Innis BelgiumArchery1900–1920SummerM630
Lyubov Yegorova Unified Team
 Russia
Cross-country skiing1992–1994WinterF630
44Valentina Vezzali ItalyFencing1996–2012SummerF612
45Nadia Comăneci RomaniaGymnastics1976–1980SummerF531
Ian Thorpe AustraliaSwimming2000–2004SummerM531
47Claudia Pechstein GermanySpeed skating1992–2006WinterF522
48Mitsuo Tsukahara JapanGymnastics1968–1976SummerM513
49Alexander Popov Unified Team
 Russia
Swimming1992–2000SummerM450
50Sixten Jernberg SwedenCross-country skiing1956–1964WinterM432
Ludmilla Tourischeva Soviet UnionGymnastics1968–1976SummerF432
52Sven Kramer NetherlandsSpeed skating2006–2018WinterM423
53Charlotte Kalla SwedenCross-country skiing2010–2018WinterF360
54Anky van Grunsven NetherlandsEquestrian1992–2012SummerF351
Leisel Jones AustraliaSwimming2000–2012SummerF351
56Giulio Gaudini ItalyFencing1928–1936SummerM342
Alexander Bolshunov Olympic Athletes from Russia
 ROC
Cross-country skiing 2018–2022WinterM342
58Alfred Swahn SwedenShooting1908–1924SummerM333
Eizo Kenmotsu JapanGymnastics 1968–1976SummerM333
59Mikhail Voronin Soviet UnionGymnastics1968–1972SummerM261
60Uschi Disl GermanyBiathlon1992–2006WinterF243
61Heikki Savolainen FinlandGymnastics1928–1952SummerM216
62Yuri Titov Soviet UnionGymnastics1956–1964SummerM153
63Merlene Ottey JamaicaAthletics1980–2000SummerF036
64Ray Ewry United StatesAthletics1900–1908SummerM8008
Usain Bolt JamaicaAthletics2008–2016SummerM800
66Gert Fredriksson SwedenCanoeing1948–1960SummerM611
Danuta Kozák HungaryCanoeing2008–2020SummerF611
68Reiner Klimke United Team of Germany
 West Germany
Equestrian1964–1988SummerM602
Ahn Hyun-Soo
Viktor Ahn
 South Korea
 Russia
Short track speed skating2006–2014WinterM602
70Ville Ritola FinlandAthletics1924–1928SummerM530
71Elisabeta Lipă RomaniaRowing1984–2004SummerF521
Johannes Thingnes Bø  Norway Biathlon 2018–2022 Winter M 5 2 1
73Bradley Wiggins Great BritainCycling2000–2016SummerM512
Nathan Adrian United StatesSwimming2008–2016SummerM512
75Dawn Fraser AustraliaSwimming1956–1964SummerF440
Kornelia Ender East GermanySwimming1972–1976SummerF440
77Otto Olsen NorwayShooting1920–1924SummerM431
Georges Miez SwitzerlandGymnastics1924–1936SummerM431
Ricco Groß GermanyBiathlon1992–2006WinterM431
Emil Hegle Svendsen NorwayBiathlon2010–2018WinterM431
81Roland Matthes East GermanySwimming1968–1976SummerM422
Galina Kulakova Soviet UnionCross-country skiing1972–1980WinterF422
Kjetil André Aamodt NorwayAlpine skiing1992–2006WinterM422
Sven Fischer GermanyBiathlon1994–2006WinterM422
Inge de Bruijn NetherlandsSwimming2000–2004SummerF422
Jason Lezak United StatesSwimming2000–2012SummerM422
87Giovanna Trillini ItalyFencing1992–2008SummerF413
Cate Campbell AustraliaSwimming2008–2020SummerF413
89Katalin Kovács HungaryCanoeing2000–2012SummerF350
90Roger Ducret FranceFencing1920–1928SummerM341
Philippe Cattiau FranceFencing1920–1936SummerM341
Karin Enke East GermanySpeed skating1980–1988WinterF341
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GermanySpeed skating1992–1998WinterF341
Petria Thomas AustraliaSwimming1996–2004SummerF341
Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce JamaicaAthletics2008–2020SummerF341
96Veronica Campbell-Brown JamaicaAthletics2000–2016SummerF332
97Shirley Babashoff United StatesSwimming1972–1976SummerF260
98Susie O'Neill AustraliaSwimming1992–2000SummerF242
Eugen Mack SwitzerlandGymnastics1928-1936SummerM242
99Margit Korondi HungaryGymnastics1952–1956SummerF224
Sofia Muratova Soviet UnionGymnastics1956–1960SummerF224
Dmitri Sautin Unified Team
 Russia
Diving1992–2008SummerM224
Apolo Ohno United StatesShort track speed skating2002–2010WinterM224
Tiril Eckhoff  Norway Biathlon 2014–2022 Winter F 2 2 4
104Svetlana Romashina Russia
 ROC
Synchronized swimming2008–2020SummerF7007
Caeleb Dressel United StatesSwimming2016–2020SummerM700
106Chris Hoy Great BritainCycling2000–2012SummerM610
107 Natalie Geisenberger  Germany Luge 2010–2022 Winter F 6 0 1
Pál Kovács HungaryFencing1936–1960SummerM601
109Yukio Endō JapanGymnastics1960–1968SummerM520
Aaron Peirsol United StatesSwimming2000–2008SummerM520
Martin Fourcade FranceBiathlon2010–2018WinterM520
112Willis Augustus Lee United StatesShooting1920SummerM511
Clas Thunberg FinlandSpeed skating1924–1928WinterM511
Hans Günter Winkler United Team of Germany
 West Germany
Equestrian1956–1976SummerM511
Tom Jager United StatesSwimming1984–1992SummerM511
Krisztina Egerszegi HungarySwimming1988–1996SummerF511
Larisa Lazutina Unified Team
 Russia
Cross-country skiing1992–1998WinterF511
Dana Vollmer United StatesSwimming2004–2016SummerF511
Wu Minxia ChinaDiving2004–2016SummerF511
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo  Norway Cross-country skiing 2018–2022 Winter M 5 1 1
121Ivan Patzaichin RomaniaCanoeing1968–1984SummerM430
122Einar Liberg NorwayShooting1908–1924SummerM421
Ivar Ballangrud NorwaySpeed skating1928–1936WinterM421
124Charles Daniels United StatesSwimming1904–1908SummerM412
Lloyd Spooner United StatesShooting1920SummerM412
Simone Biles United StatesGymnastics2016–2020SummerF412
Kosuke Kitajima JapanSwimming2004–2012SummerM412
Libby Trickett AustraliaSwimming2004–2012SummerF412
129Vilhelm Carlberg SwedenShooting1908–1924SummerM340
Kōhei Uchimura JapanGymnastics2008–2016SummerM340
131Veikko Hakulinen FinlandCross-country skiing1952–1960WinterM331
Grant Hackett AustraliaSwimming2000–2008SummerM331
Kati Wilhelm  Germany Biathlon 2002–2010 Winter F 3 3 1
Emily Seebohm AustraliaSwimming2008–2020SummerF331
135Eero Mäntyranta FinlandCross-country skiing1960–1968WinterM322
Irena Szewińska PolandAthletics1964–1976SummerF322
Agneta Andersson SwedenCanoeing1984–1996SummerF322
Pieter van den Hoogenband NetherlandsSwimming2000–2004SummerM322
Martina Sáblíková  Czech Republic Speed skating 2010–2022 Winter F 3 2 2
Eric Frenzel  Germany Nordic combined 2010–2022 Winter M 3 2 2
Marte Olsbu Røiseland  Norway Biathlon 2018–2022 Winter F 3 2 2
142Shirley Strickland AustraliaAthletics1948–1956SummerF313
Simona Amânar RomaniaGymnastics1996–2000SummerF313
Felix Gottwald AustriaNordic combined2002–2010WinterM313
145Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi FinlandCross-country skiing1984–1994WinterF304
Yelena Välbe Unified Team
 Russia
Cross-country skiing1992–1998WinterF304
147Gustavo Marzi ItalyFencing1928–1936SummerM250
Maria Gorokhovskaya Soviet UnionGymnastics1952SummerF250
149Zoltán Halmay HungarySwimming1900–1908SummerM241
Amanda Beard United StatesSwimming1996–2004SummerF241
Svetlana Khorkina RussiaGymnastics1996–2004SummerF241
Kirsty Coventry ZimbabweSwimming2004–2008SummerF241
Miho Takagi  Japan Speed skating 2018–2022 Winter F 2 4 1
154Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő HungaryFencing1960–1976SummerF232
Karin Janz East GermanyGymnastics1968–1972SummerF232
156Pavel Lednyov Soviet UnionModern Pentathlon1968–1980SummerM223
Shannon Miller United StatesGymnastics1992–1996SummerF223
Manuela Di Centa ItalyCross-country skiing1992–1998WinterF223
Aliya Mustafina RussiaGymnastics2012–2016SummerF223
160Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich East GermanySpeed skating1976–1988WinterF151
Bogdan Musiol East Germany
 Germany
Bobsleigh1980-1992SummerM151
Dagmar Hase GermanySwimming1992–1996SummerF151
163Vladimir Smirnov Soviet Union
 Kazakhstan
Cross-country skiing1988-1994WinterM142
Denis Ablyazin Russia
 ROC
Gymnastics2012-2020SummerM142
165Masao Takemoto JapanGymnastics1952-1960SummerM133
Josef Stalder SwitzerlandGymnastics1948-1952SummerM133
167Penny Oleksiak CanadaSwimming2016-2020SummerF124
168Huang Xuechen ChinaSynchronized Swimming2008-2020SummerF052

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.

Medal count Date Athlete Nation Sport Record medal event Earlier medal events
1 6 April 1896[1] James Connolly  United States Athletics Triple jump G
Alexandre Tuffère  France Triple jump S
Ioannis Persakis  Greece Triple jump B
Robert Garrett  United States Athletics Discus G
Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos  Greece Discus S
Sotirios Versis  Greece Discus B
2 7 April 1896[1] Robert Garrett  United States Athletics Long jump S See above
James Connolly  United States Long jump B
3 Robert Garrett  United States Athletics Shot put G 18961 G, 2 S
9 April 1896[1] Carl Schuhmann  Germany Gymnastics Vault G 18961 G, 2 G
Hermann Weingärtner  Germany Vault B 18961 G, 2 G
4 Gymnastics Pommel horse S
5 Rings S
6 Horizontal bar G
16 July 1900 Robert Garrett  United States Athletics Standing triple jump B 18961 G, 2 S, 3 G, 4 S
19005 B
3 September 1904 Ray Ewry  United States Athletics Standing triple jump G 19001 G, 2 G, 3 G
19044 G, 5 G
7 20 July 1908 Athletics Standing long jump G
8 23 July 1908 Standing high jump G
29 July 1920 Carl Osburn  United States Shooting Team 300 m / 600 m military rifle, prone G 19121 B, 2 S, 3 S, 4 G
19205 B, 6 S, 7 G
9 30 July 1920 300 m military rifle, standing G
10 31 July 1920 Team free rifle G
11 27 June 1924 Shooting 600 m free rifle S
3 August 1928 Paavo Nurmi  Finland Athletics 5000 m S 19201 S, 2 G, 3 G, 4 G
19245 G, 6 G, 7 G, 8 G, 9 G
192810 G
12 4 August 1928 3000 m steeplechase S
2 September 1960 Edoardo Mangiarotti  Italy Fencing Team foil S 19361 G
19482 S, 3 S, 4 B
19525 S, 6 S, 7 G, 8 G
19569 G, 10 G, 11 B
13 9 September 1960 Team épée G
21 October 1964 Larisa Latynina  Soviet Union Gymnastics Team G 1956 – 1 G, 2 B, 3 G, 4 G, 5 G, 6 S
1960 – 7 G, 8 G, 9 S, 10 S, 11 B, 12 G
14 All-around S
15 22 October 1964 Vault S
16 Uneven bars B
17 23 October 1964 Balance beam B
18 Floor exercise G
31 July 2012 Michael Phelps  United States Swimming 200 m butterfly S 20041 G, 2 B, 3 B, 4 G, 5 G, 6 G, 7 G, 8 G
20089 G, 10 G, 11 G, 12 G, 13 G, 14 G, 15 G, 16 G
201217 S
19 4 × 200 m freestyle G
20 2 August 2012 200 m individual medley G
21 3 August 2012 100 m butterfly G
22 4 August 2012 4 × 100 m medley relay G
23 7 August 2016 4 × 100 m freestyle relay G
24 9 August 2016 200 m butterfly G
25 4 × 200 m freestyle relay G
26 11 August 2016 200 m individual medley G
27 12 August 2016 100 m butterfly S
28 13 August 2016 4 × 100 m medley relay G

Legend: G = Gold, S = Silver, B = Bronze

List of most career medals in individual events

This list contains only medals won in individual events, so no relays or team events count for this section.

No. Athlete Nation Sport Years Games Sex Gold Silver Bronze Total
1 Michael Phelps United StatesSwimming2000–2016SummerM132116
2 Larisa Latynina Soviet UnionGymnastics1956–1964SummerF65314
3 Nikolai Andrianov Soviet UnionGymnastics1972–1980SummerM63312
4 Boris Shakhlin Soviet UnionGymnastics1956–1964SummerM62210
5 Ireen Wüst NetherlandsSpeed skating2006–2022WinterF541
6 Marit Bjørgen NorwayCross-country skiing2002–2018WinterF532
7 Takashi Ono JapanGymnastics1952–1964SummerM334
8 Alexei Nemov RussiaGymnastics1996–2000SummerM325
9 Paavo Nurmi FinlandAthletics1920–1928SummerM6309
Bjørn Dæhlie NorwayCross-country skiing1992–1998WinterM630
11 Viktor Chukarin Soviet UnionGymnastics1952–1956SummerM531
Sawao Katō JapanGymnastics1968–1976SummerM531
Ole Einar Bjørndalen NorwayBiathlon1998–2014WinterM531
14 Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team
 Belarus
Gymnastics1992–1996SummerM504
15 Ray Ewry United StatesAthletics1900–1908SummerM8008
16 Věra Čáslavská CzechoslovakiaGymnastics1960–1968SummerF710
Carl Lewis United StatesAthletics1984–1996SummerM710
18 Akinori Nakayama JapanGymnastics1968–1972SummerM422
Kjetil André Aamodt NorwayAlpine skiing1992–2006WinterM422
Claudia Pechstein GermanySpeed skating1992–2006WinterF422
21 Karin Enke East GermanySpeed skating1980–1988WinterF341
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann GermanySpeed skating1992–1998WinterF341
23 Alexander Dityatin Soviet UnionGymnastics1976–1980SummerM251
24 Katie Ledecky United StatesSwimming2012–2020SummerF6107
25 Clas Thunberg FinlandSpeed skating1924–1928WinterM511
Gert Fredriksson SwedenCanoeing1948–1960SummerM511
Nadia Comăneci RomaniaGymnastics1976–1980SummerF511
Krisztina Egerszegi HungarySwimming1988–1996SummerF511
29 Lyubov Yegorova Unified Team
 Russia
Cross-country skiing1992–1994WinterF430
30 Ivar Ballangrud NorwaySpeed skating1928–1936WinterM421
31 Sixten Jernberg SwedenCross-country skiing1956–1964WinterM331
32 Mikhail Voronin Soviet UnionGymnastics1968–1972SummerM241
Raisa Smetanina Soviet Union
 Unified Team
Cross-country skiing1976–1992WinterF241
Kirsty Coventry ZimbabweSwimming2004–2008SummerF241
35 Stefania Belmondo ItalyCross-country skiing1992–2002WinterF232
36 Arianna Fontana ItalyShort track speed skating2006–2022WinterF223

Athletes with medals in different disciplines

In the Summer and Winter Games

Athlete (Nation) Summer Games Winter Games Ref
Year Medal Event Year Medal Event
 Eddie Eagan (USA) 1920 Antwerp  Gold Boxing (light heavyweight) 1932 Lake Placid  Gold Bobsleigh (four-man) [2]
 Jacob Tullin Thams (NOR) 1936 Berlin  Silver Sailing (8-metre) 1924 Chamonix  Gold Ski jumping (individual large hill) [3]
 Christa Luding-Rothenburger (GDR) 1988 Seoul  Silver Cycling (sprint) 1984 Sarajevo  Gold Speed skating (500 m) [4]
1988 Calgary  Gold Speed skating (1000 m)
 Silver Speed skating (500 m)
1992 Albertville  Bronze Speed skating (500 m)
 Clara Hughes (CAN) 1996 Atlanta  Bronze Cycling (road race) 2002 Salt Lake City  Bronze Speed skating (5000 m) [5]
2006 Turin  Silver Speed skating (team pursuit)
 Bronze Cycling (time trial)  Gold Speed skating (5000 m)
2010 Vancouver  Bronze Speed skating (5000 m)
 Lauryn Williams (USA) 2004 Athens  Silver Athletics (100 m) 2014 Sochi  Silver Bobsleigh (two-woman) [6]
2012 London  Gold Athletics (4 × 100 m relay)
 Eddy Alvarez (USA) 2020 Tokyo  Silver Baseball 2014 Sochi  Silver Short track speed skating (5000 m relay)
  • 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-Rothenburger 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). She is also the first 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

In the Winter Games

Cross-country skiing and Nordic combined

Others in Winter Games

See also

References

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  2. "Eddie Eagan". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  3. "Jacob Tullin Thams". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  4. "Christa Rothenburger-Luding". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  5. "Clara Hughes". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
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