Lists of Olympic medalists
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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
Summer Olympic sports
Discipline | Contested | Number of | Medals awarded | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold-silver-bronze) |
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Medal events (at 2016) |
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1900–1908; 1920; since 1972 |
16 | 4 | 58 | 57 | 48 | 163 | ![]() |
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Since 1896 | 28 | 47 | 886 | 891 | 885 | 2662 | ![]() |
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Since 1992 | 7 | 5 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 76 | ![]() |
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Since 1936 | 19 | 2 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 | ![]() |
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1904; 1908; since 1920 |
25 | 13 | 226 | 226 | 389 | 841 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1936 | 19 | 16 | 194 | 194 | 194 | 582 | ![]() |
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Since 1896 | 28 | 18 | 206 | 206 | 202 | 614 | ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1904 | 26 | 8 | 106 | 106 | 108 | 320 | ![]() |
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1900; since 1912 |
25 | 6 | 135 | 133 | 133 | 401 | ![]() |
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Since 1896 | 28 | 10 | 191 | 191 | 190 | 572 | ![]() |
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1908; 1920; since 1928 |
23 | 2 | 29 | 29 | 28 | 86 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1900–1928; since 1936 |
26 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 85 | ![]() |
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1900–1904, since 2016 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1896 | 28 | 18 | 330 | 312 | 314 | 956 | ![]() |
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1936; since 1972 |
13 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | ![]() ![]() |
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1964; since 1972 |
13 | 14 | 109 | 108 | 218 | 435 | ![]() |
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Since 1912 | 24 | 2 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 | ![]() |
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Since 1900 | 27 | 14 | 226 | 226 | 216 | 668 | ![]() |
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1900; 1908; 1920; 1924; (Rugby sevens from 2016) |
5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 16 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1900; since 1908 |
26 | 10 | 165 | 157 | 150 | 472 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1896; 1900; 1908–1924; since 1932 |
26 | 15 | 242 | 243 | 242 | 727 | ![]() |
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Since 1896 | 28 | 34 | 490 | 486 | 491 | 1467 | ![]() |
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Since 1984 | 9 | 2 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 39 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1988 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 24 | 28 | 76 | ![]() ![]() |
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Since 2000 | 5 | 8 | 24 | 24 | 32 | 80 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1896–1924; since 1988 |
15 | 5 | 56 | 56 | 71 | 183 | ![]() ![]() |
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Since 2000 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1964 | 14 | 4 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1900; since 1908 |
26 | 2 | 28 | 28 | 29 | 85 | ![]() |
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1896; 1904; since 1920 |
25 | 15 | 185 | 181 | 182 | 548 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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1896; since 1904 |
27 | 18 | 373 | 375 | 392 | 1140 | ![]() |
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Winter Olympic sports
Discipline | 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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Olympiads (up to 2014) |
Medal events (at 2014) |
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Since 1936 | 19 | 10 | 132 | 135 | 130 | 397 | ![]() |
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1924[A], Since 1960 | 16 | 11 | 54 | 54 | 54 | 162 | ![]() |
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1924–1956; since 1964 |
21 | 3 | 39 | 37 | 39 | 115 | ![]() |
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Since 1924 | 22 | 12 | 134 | 132 | 133 | 399 | ![]() |
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1924; since 1998 |
6 | 2 | 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 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 84 | ![]() |
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Since 1992 | 7 | 8 | 32 | 32 | 32 | 96 | ![]() ![]()
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1924; 1948; Since 2002 |
6 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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Since 1924 | 22 | 4 | 38 | 39 | 37 | 114 | ![]() |
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Since 1998 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 | ![]() |
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Since 1924 | 22 | 12 | 152 | 155 | 148 | 455 | ![]() |
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^ A. Including military patrol event at 1924 Games, which IOC now refers to biathlon.
^ B. 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.
^ C. 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.
Discontinued summer sports
Discipline | Contested | Number of Olympiads |
Medals awarded | |||
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1992–2008; 2020 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 |
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1900 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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1900 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
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1900 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
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1908 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
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1904–1908 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
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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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1996–2008; 2020 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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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
Summer Olympic Games
^ D. The IOC site for the 1900 Olympic Games gives erroneous figure of 95 events, while the IOC database for the 1900 Olympic Games lists 85 ones.
^ E. The IOC site for the 1904 Olympic Games gives erroneous figure of 91 events, while the IOC database for the 1904 Olympic Games lists 94 ones.
^ F. The IOC site for the 1920 Olympic Games gives erroneous figure of 154 events, while the IOC database for the 1920 Olympic Games lists 156 ones.
^ G. Due to Australian quarantine laws, 6 equestrian events were held in Stockholm several months before the rest of the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
^ H. The IOC site for the 1956 Olympic Games gives figure of 145 events, however actually there was 151 (145 events in Melbourne and 6 equestrian events in Stockholm).
Winter Olympic Games
Medalists by age
Title | Age | Medalist | Details | Notes |
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Oldest Winter Games medalist (in an individual event) |
42 | Albert Demchenko | ||
Oldest Winter Games gold medalist (in an individual event) |
40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | [2] | |
Oldest male Winter Games medalist | 42 | Albert Demchenko | At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Albert Demchenko won the silver medal in the luge, becoming the oldest individual athlete ever to win a medal (42 years 72 days). Demchenko has competed in seven Olympics during his career. | [3] |
Oldest male Winter Games gold medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | At the 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 gold medalist at age 40. | [2] |
Oldest female Winter Games medalist | 49 years 147 days | Cheryl Noble | Bronze medallist in the curling tournament in 2002 | [1] |
Oldest female Winter Games medalist (in individual event) |
41 years 189 days | Hilde Pedersen | Bronze medallist in the 10 km cross-country skiing, at the 2006 Games | [1] |
Oldest female Winter Games gold medalist | ||||
Youngest Winter Games medalist | 13 years and 85 days | Kim Yun-mi | Gold medalist in the short track speed skating 3000 m relay final at the 1994 Winter Olympics | [4] |
By sport
Title | Age | Medalist | Details | Notes |
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Freestyle skiing | ||||
Youngest freestyle skiing medalist | 19 years 321 days | Justine Dufour-Lapointe | [5] | |
Youngest freestyle skiing gold medalist | 19 years 321 days | Justine Dufour-Lapointe | [5] | |
Youngest female freestyle skiing medalist | 19 years 321 days | Justine Dufour-Lapointe | [5] | |
Youngest female freestyle skiing gold medalist | 19 years 321 days | Justine Dufour-Lapointe | At the 2014 Winter Olympics, Justine Dufour-Lapointe became the youngest freestyle skiing gold medalist. In the women's moguls, she finished just ahead of her older sister, Chloé, who took the silver medal; her eldest sister, Maxime, finished 12th. They became the third pair of sisters to finish 1-2 in an event at the Winter Games. It was the fifth time three siblings have competed at the same event at the Winter Games. | |
Biathlon | ||||
Oldest biathlon medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | [2] | |
Oldest biathlon gold medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | [2] | |
Oldest male biathlon medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | [2] | |
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 Olympis at 12, along with Bjørn Dæhlie, and becoming the oldest Winter Olympics medalist at age 40. | [2] |
Skeleton | ||||
Oldest skeleton gold medalist | 39 | Duff Gibson | [7] | |
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. | [7] |
Luge | ||||
Youngest luge gold medalist | 20 | Felix Loch | [8] | |
Youngest male luge gold medalist | 20 | Felix Loch | At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he became the youngest ever Olympic luge gold meadlist | [8] |
Cycling | ||||
Oldest cycling gold medalist | 38 | Ana Karen | [9] | |
Oldest female cycling gold medalist | 38 | 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. | [9] |
Athletics | ||||
Oldest athletics medalist | 48 | Terence Lloyd Johnson | [10] | |
Oldest athletics gold medalist | 42 | Pat McDonald | [10] | |
Oldest male athletics medalist | 48 | Terence Lloyd Johnson | At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 50 km walk | [10] |
Oldest male athletics gold medalist | 42 | Pat McDonald | At the 1920 Summer Olympics, he won the men's 56 lbs toss | [10] |
Oldest female athletics medalist | 40 | Merlene Ottey | At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won bronze in the women's 100m dash | [10] |
Oldest female athletics gold medalist | 39 | Ellina Zvereva | At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won gold for the discus throw | [10] |
Swimming | ||||
Oldest swimming medalist | 41 | Dara Torres | She was part of a team | [11] |
Oldest male swimming medalist | 38 | William Robinson | Robinson won silver for the men's 200m breaststroke at the 1908 Summer Olympics | [11] |
Oldest female swimming medalist | 41 | Dara Torres | Torres won silver for the women's 4x100 freestyle team relay as anchor at the 2008 Summer Olympics | [11] |
Sailing | ||||
Oldest male sailing gold medalist | 54 | Santiago Lange | Lange won gold for the Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics | [12] |
See also
- List of prizes, medals, and 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
References
- General
- "Factsheet: Records and medals Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. January 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- "Factsheet: Records and medals at the Olympic Winter Games" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. February 2008. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- "Results database". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- "Olympic sports index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- "Summer games index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-02-26.
- "Winter games index". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2009-02-23.
- Specific
- 1 2 3 "FACTSHEET: RECORDS AND MEDALS OF THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES UPDATE-JANUARY 2013" (PDF). IOC. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Eric Williamsen (8 February 2014). "Ole Einar Bjoerndalen Becomes Oldest Winter Olympic Gold Medalist In 10-Kilometer Sprint". Huffington Post.
- ↑ "Russian luger Albert Demchenko oldest Winter Olympic medalist". ITAR-TASS. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
- ↑ "FACTSHEET RECORD OF MEDALS AT THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES" (PDF). IOC.
- 1 2 3 4 The Canadian Press (8 February 2014). "Dufour-Lapointe sisters win gold and silver in Olympic moguls". CTV News.
- ↑ Rod Perry (8 February 2014). "Dufour-Lapointe sisters could make history in women's moguls final". CBC News.
- 1 2 Rob Gloster (9 February 2014). "All the winners on day two at Sochi". Sidney Morning Herald.
- 1 2 Justin Palmer (8 February 2014). "Germany's Loch in pole position to win second gold". Reuters.
- 1 2 Associated Press (1 August 2012). "Armstrong becomes road cycling's oldest Olympic gold medalist". Sports Illustrated.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Steven Lynch (14 September 2013). "The oldest Olympic medalist". Ask Steven. ESPN.
- 1 2 3 Emily Brandon (13 August 2008). "Dara Torres: The Oldest Olympic Swimming Medalist in History". US News and World Report.
- ↑ "Rio Olympics 2016: Santiago Lange wins gold with Cecilia Carranza Saroli". www.bbc.com. 2016-08-17. Retrieved 2016-09-20.
The 54-year-old, the oldest sailor competing in Rio, and his compatriot won the Nacra 17 mixed category.
External links
- Olympic Review and Revue Olympique. LA84 Foundation