Editing Lists of Olympic medalists (section)

==Medalist with most medals by Olympiad==

===Summer Olympic Games===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan="2" width="3%" | Games
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" width="7%" | Medal
! rowspan="2" width="20%" | Host
! rowspan="2" width="10%" |<small>Number of<br />medal events</small>
! colspan="4" width="10%" | Medals awarded
! rowspan="2" width="25%" | Athlete(s) with the most medals <br /> <small>(gold–silver–bronze)</small>
! rowspan="2" width="25%" | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals
|-
! style="background-color:gold; width=7%;" |{{gold1}}
! style="background-color:silver; width=7%;" |{{silver2}}
! style="background-color:#cc9966; width=7%;" |{{bronze3}}
! style="width:4em;" | Total
|- valign="top"
|[[1896 Summer Olympics|1896]]
|[[List of 1896 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1896 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Greece|old}} [[Athens]], [[Kingdom of Greece (Glücksburg)|Greece]]
| align="center" |43
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |43
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |43
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |36
| align="center" |122
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hermann Weingärtner]]|GER|1896 Summer}} (3–2–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Carl Schuhmann]]|GER|1896 Summer}} (4–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1900 Summer Olympics|1900]]
|[[List of 1900 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1900 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris]], [[France]]
| align="center" |95{{efn|The IOC overview web page for the 1900 Olympic Games gives a figure of 96 events,<ref name=Games1900>{{cite web |title=Paris 1900 |website=IOC |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/paris-1900 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> while the IOC database for the 1900 Olympic Games lists 95.}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |96
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |95
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |93
| align="center" |284
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Irving Baxter]]|USA|1900 Summer}} (2–3–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Walter Tewksbury]]|USA|1900 Summer}} (2–2–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alvin Kraenzlein]]|USA|1900 Summer}} (4–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1904 Summer Olympics|1904]]
|[[List of 1904 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1904 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|United States|1896}} [[St. Louis, Missouri|St. Louis]], [[United States]]
| align="center" |95{{efn|The IOC overview web page for the 1904 Olympic Games gives a figure of 95 events;<ref name=Games1904>{{cite web |title=St.Louis 1904 |website=IOC |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/st-louis-1904 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> the IOC database for the 1904 Olympic Games also lists 95.}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |96
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |96
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |93
| align="center" |285
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Anton Heida]]|USA|1904 Summer}} (5–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[George Eyser]]|USA|1904 Summer}} (3–2–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Burton Downing]]|USA|1904 Summer}} (2–3–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Anton Heida]]|USA|1904 Summer}} (5–1–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1908 Summer Olympics|1908]]
|[[List of 1908 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1908 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[London]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]]
| align="center" |110
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |110
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |107
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |107
| align="center" |324
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mel Sheppard]]|USA|1908 Summer}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Henry Taylor (swimmer)|Henry Taylor]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Benjamin Jones (cyclist)|Benjamin Jones]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} (2–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Oscar Swahn]]|SWE|1908 Summer}} (2–0–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Martin Sheridan]]|USA|1908 Summer}} (2–0–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Josiah Ritchie]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} (1–1–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ted Ranken]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} (0–3–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mel Sheppard]]|USA|1908 Summer}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Henry Taylor (swimmer)|Henry Taylor]]|GBR|1908 Summer}} (3–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1912 Summer Olympics|1912]]
|[[List of 1912 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1912 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Sweden}} [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
| align="center" |102
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |103
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |104
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |103
| align="center" |310
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vilhelm Carlberg]]|SWE|1912 Summer}} (3–2–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vilhelm Carlberg]]|SWE|1912 Summer}} (3–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hannes Kolehmainen]]|FIN|1912 Summer}} (3–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alfred Lane]]|USA|1912 Summer}} (3–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1920 Summer Olympics|1920]]
|[[List of 1920 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1920 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Belgium}} [[Antwerp]], [[Belgium]]
| align="center" |156{{efn|The IOC overview web page for the 1920 Olympic Games gives a figure of 156 events;<ref name=Games1920>{{cite web |title=Antwerp 1920 |website=IOC |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/antwerp-1920 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> the IOC database for the 1920 Olympic Games also lists 156.}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |156
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |147
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |136
| align="center" |439
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Willis A. Lee|Willis Lee]]|USA|1920 Summer}} (5–1–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lloyd Spooner]]|USA|1920 Summer}} (4–1–2)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Willis A. Lee|Willis Lee]]|USA|1920 Summer}} (5–1–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nedo Nadi]]|ITA|1920 Summer}} (5–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1924 Summer Olympics|1924]]
|[[List of 1924 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1924 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|France}} Paris, France
| align="center" |126
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 126
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 127
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 125
| align="center" | 378
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ville Ritola]]|FIN|1924 Summer}} (4–2–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Paavo Nurmi]]|FIN|1924 Summer}} (5–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1928 Summer Olympics|1928]]
|[[List of 1928 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1928 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Netherlands}} [[Amsterdam]], [[Netherlands]]
| align="center" |109
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |110
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |108
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |109
| align="center" |327
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Georges Miez]]|SUI|1928 Summer}} (3–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hermann Hänggi]]|SUI|1928 Summer}} (2–1–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Georges Miez]]|SUI|1928 Summer}} (3–1–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1932 Summer Olympics|1932]]
|[[List of 1932 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1932 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]], United States
| align="center" |116
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |116
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |116
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |114
| align="center" |346
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[István Pelle]]|HUN|1932 Summer}} (2–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Giulio Gaudini]]|ITA|1932 Summer}} 0–3–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Heikki Savolainen (gymnast)|Heikki Savolainen]]|FIN|1932 Summer}} (0–1–3)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Helene Madison]]|USA|1932 Summer}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Romeo Neri]]|ITA|1932 Summer}} (3–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1936 Summer Olympics|1936]]
|[[List of 1936 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1936 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Germany|Nazi}} [[Berlin]], [[Nazi Germany|Germany]]
| align="center" |129
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |130
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |128
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |130
| align="center" |388
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Konrad Frey]]|GER|1936 Summer}} (3–1–2)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jesse Owens]]|USA|1936 Summer}} (4–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1948 Summer Olympics|1948]]
|[[List of 1948 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1948 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} London, United Kingdom
| align="center" |136
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |138
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |135
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |138
| align="center" |411
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Veikko Huhtanen]]|FIN|1948 Summer}} (3–1–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Fanny Blankers-Koen]]|NED|1948 Summer}} (4–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1952 Summer Olympics|1952]]
|[[List of 1952 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1952 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Finland}} [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]]
| align="center" |149
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |149
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |152
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |158
| align="center" |459
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Maria Gorokhovskaya]]|URS|1952 Summer}} (2–5–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Viktor Chukarin]]|URS|1952 Summer}} (4–2–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1956 Summer Olympics|1956]]
|[[List of 1956 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1956 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]<br />{{flagicon|Sweden}} Stockholm, Sweden{{efn|Due to Australian quarantine laws, 6 [[equestrian at the 1956 Summer Olympics|equestrian events]] were held in [[Stockholm]] several months before the rest of the 1956 Games in [[Melbourne]].}}
| align="center" |151{{efn|The IOC overview web page for the 1956 Olympic Games gives a figure of 151 events;<ref name=Games1956>{{cite web |title=Melbourne 1956 |website=IOC |url=https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/melbourne-1956 |access-date=31 January 2022}}</ref> (145 events in Melbourne and 6 equestrian events in Stockholm).}}
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |153
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |153
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |163
| align="center" |469
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ágnes Keleti]]|HUN|1956 Summer}} (4–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Larisa Latynina]]|URS|1956 Summer}} (4–1–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ágnes Keleti]]|HUN|1956 Summer}} (4–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Larisa Latynina]]|URS|1956 Summer}} (4–1–1)
|- valign="top"
|[[1960 Summer Olympics|1960]]
|[[List of 1960 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1960 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Italy}} [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
| align="center" |150
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |152
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |149
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |160
| align="center" |461
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Boris Shakhlin]]|URS|1960 Summer}} (4–2–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Boris Shakhlin]]|URS|1960 Summer}} (4–2–1)
|- valign="top"
|[[1964 Summer Olympics|1964]]
|[[List of 1964 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1964 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| align="center" |163
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |163
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |167
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |174
| align="center" |504
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Larisa Latynina]]|URS|1964 Summer}} (2–2–2)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Don Schollander]]|USA|1964 Summer}} (4–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1968 Summer Olympics|1968]]
|[[List of 1968 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1968 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico City]], [[Mexico]]
| align="center" |172
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |174
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |170
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |183
| align="center" |527
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mikhail Voronin]]|URS|1968 Summer}} (2–4–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Věra Čáslavská]]|TCH|1968 Summer}} (4–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Akinori Nakayama]]|JPN|1968 Summer}} (4–1–1)
|- valign="top"
|[[1972 Summer Olympics|1972]]
|[[List of 1972 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1972 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|West Germany}} [[Munich]], [[West Germany]]
| align="center" |195
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |195
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |195
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |210
| align="center" |600
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mark Spitz]]|USA|1972 Summer}} (7–0–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Mark Spitz]]|USA|1972 Summer}} (7–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1976 Summer Olympics|1976]]
|[[List of 1976 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1976 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Canada}} [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], Canada
| align="center" |198
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |198
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |199
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |216
| align="center" |613
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nikolai Andrianov]]|URS|1976 Summer}} (4–2–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nikolai Andrianov]]|URS|1976 Summer}} (4–2–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kornelia Ender]]|GDR|1976 Summer}} (4–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[John Naber]]|USA|1976 Summer}} (4–1–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1980 Summer Olympics|1980]]
|[[List of 1980 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1980 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Soviet Union|1955}} [[Moscow]], [[Soviet Union]]
| align="center" |203
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |204
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |204
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |223
| align="center" |631
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alexander Dityatin]]|URS|1980 Summer}} (3–4–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alexander Dityatin]]|URS|1980 Summer}} (3–4–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Caren Metschuck]]|GDR|1980 Summer}} (3–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Barbara Krause]]|GDR|1980 Summer}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vladimir Parfenovich]]|URS|1980 Summer}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rica Reinisch]]|GDR|1980 Summer}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vladimir Salnikov]]|URS|1980 Summer}} (3–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984]]
|[[List of 1984 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1984 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|United States}} Los Angeles, United States
| align="center" |221
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |226
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |219
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |243
| align="center" |688
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Li Ning]]|CHN|1984 Summer}} (3–2–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ecaterina Szabo]]|ROU|1984 Summer}} (4–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Carl Lewis]]|USA|1984 Summer}} (4–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1988 Summer Olympics|1988]]
|[[List of 1988 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1988 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]]
| align="center" |237
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |241
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |234
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |264
| align="center" |739
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Matt Biondi]]|USA|1988 Summer}} (5–1–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Kristin Otto]]|GDR|1988 Summer}} (6–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1992 Summer Olympics|1992]]
|[[List of 1992 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1992 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Spain}} [[Barcelona]], [[Spain]]
| align="center" |257
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |260
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |257
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |298
| align="center" |815
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vitaly Scherbo]]|EUN|1992 Summer}} (6–0–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vitaly Scherbo]]|EUN|1992 Summer}} (6–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[1996 Summer Olympics|1996]]
|[[List of 1996 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[1996 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|United States}} [[Atlanta, Georgia|Atlanta]], United States
| align="center" |271
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |271
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |273
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |298
| align="center" |842
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alexei Nemov]]|RUS|1996 Summer}} (2–1–3)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Amy Van Dyken]]|USA|1996 Summer}} (4–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[2000 Summer Olympics|2000]]
|[[List of 2000 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[2000 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Australia}} [[Sydney]], Australia
| align="center" |300
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |300
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |300
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |327
| align="center" |927
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alexei Nemov]]|RUS|2000 Summer}} (2–1–3)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ian Thorpe]]|AUS|2000 Summer}} (3–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Inge de Bruijn]]|NED|2000 Summer}} (3–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel]]|NED|2000 Summer}} (3–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jenny Thompson]]|USA|2000 Summer}} (3–0–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lenny Krayzelburg]]|USA|2000 Summer}} (3–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[2004 Summer Olympics|2004]]
|[[List of 2004 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[2004 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Greece}} Athens, Greece
| align="center" |301
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |301
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |300
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |326
| align="center" |927
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Phelps]]|USA|2004 Summer}} (6–0–2)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Phelps]]|USA|2004 Summer}} (6–0–2)
|- valign="top"
|[[2008 Summer Olympics|2008]]
|[[List of 2008 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[2008 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|China}} [[Beijing]], [[China]]
| align="center" |302
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |302
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |303
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |353
| align="center" |958
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Phelps]]|USA|2008 Summer}} (8–0–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Phelps]]|USA|2008 Summer}} (8–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]]
|[[List of 2012 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[2012 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| align="center" |302
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |302
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |301
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |357
| align="center" |960
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Phelps]]|USA|2012 Summer}} (4–2–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Phelps]]|USA|2012 Summer}} (4–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Missy Franklin]]|USA|2012 Summer}} (4–0–1)
|- valign="top"
|[[2016 Summer Olympics|2016]]
|[[List of 2016 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[2016 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Brazil}} [[Rio de Janeiro]], [[Brazil]]
| align="center" |306
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |307
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |307
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |359
| align="center" |973
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Phelps]]|USA|2012 Summer}} (5–1–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Phelps]]|USA|2012 Summer}} (5–1–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[2020 Summer Olympics|2020]]
|[[List of 2020 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[2020 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|Japan}} [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| align="center" |339
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |340
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |338
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |402
| align="center" |1,080
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Emma McKeon]]|AUS|2020 Summer}} (4–0–3)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Caeleb Dressel]]|USA|2020 Summer}} (5–0–0)
|- valign="top"
|[[2024 Summer Olympics|2024]]
|[[List of 2024 Summer Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[2024 Summer Olympics medal table|table]]
|{{flagicon|France}} [[Paris]], [[France]]
| align="center" |329
| align="center" bgcolor="#F7F6A8" |329
| align="center" bgcolor="#DCE5E5" |330
| align="center" bgcolor="#FFDAB9" |385
| align="center" |1,044
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Zhang Yufei (swimmer)|Zhang Yufei]]|CHN|2024 Summer}} (0–1–5)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Léon Marchand]]|FRA|2024 Summer}} (4–0–1)
|}

===Winter Olympic Games===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2 width=3% | Games
! rowspan=2 colspan=2 width=7% | Medal
! rowspan=2 width=20% | Host
! rowspan=2 width=10% | <small>Number of<br />medal events</small>
! colspan=4 width=10% | Medals awarded
! rowspan=2 width=25% | Athlete(s) with the most medals <br /> <small>(gold–silver–bronze)</small>
! rowspan=2 width=25% | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals
|-
!style="background-color:gold; width=7%;"|{{gold1}}
!style="background-color:silver; width=7%;"|{{silver2}}
!style="background-color:#cc9966; width=7%;"|{{bronze3}}
!style="width:4em;" | Total
|-valign="top"
| [[1924 Winter Olympics|1924]]
| [[List of 1924 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1924 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Chamonix]], [[French Third Republic|France]]
| align=center|16
|align=center bgcolor="#F7F6A8"| 16
|align=center bgcolor="#DCE5E5"| 16
|align=center bgcolor="#FFDAB9"| 17
|align=center| 49
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Clas Thunberg]]|FIN|1924 Winter}} (3–1–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Roald Larsen]]|NOR|1924 Winter}} (0–2–3)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Clas Thunberg]]|FIN|1924 Winter}} (3–1–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Thorleif Haug]]|NOR|1924 Winter}} (3–0–0)
|-valign="top"
| [[1928 Winter Olympics|1928]]
| [[List of 1928 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1928 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]]
| align=center|14
|align=center bgcolor="#F7F6A8"| 14
|align=center bgcolor="#DCE5E5"| 12
|align=center bgcolor="#FFDAB9"| 15
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bernt Evensen]]|NOR|1928 Winter}} (1–1–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Johan Grøttumsbraaten]]|NOR|1928 Winter}} (2–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Clas Thunberg]]|FIN|1928 Winter}} (2–0–0)
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| [[1932 Winter Olympics|1932]]
| [[List of 1932 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1932 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Lake Placid, New York|Lake Placid]], [[United States]]
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Irving Jaffee]]|USA|1932 Winter}} (2–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jack Shea (speed skater)|Jack Shea]]|USA|1932 Winter}} (2–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Veli Saarinen]]|FIN|1932 Winter}} (1–0–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alexander Hurd]]|CAN|1932 Winter}} (0–1–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Willy Logan]]|CAN|1932 Winter}} (0–0–2)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Irving Jaffee]]|USA|1932 Winter}} (2–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jack Shea (speed skater)|Jack Shea]]|USA|1932 Winter}} (2–0–0)
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| [[1936 Winter Olympics|1936]]
| [[List of 1936 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1936 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Germany|Nazi}} [[Garmisch-Partenkirchen]], [[Germany]]
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ivar Ballangrud]]|NOR|1936 Winter}} (3–1–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ivar Ballangrud]]|NOR|1936 Winter}} (3–1–0)
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| [[1948 Winter Olympics|1948]]
| [[List of 1948 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1948 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Switzerland}} [[St. Moritz]], [[Switzerland]]
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Henri Oreiller]]|FRA|1948 Winter}} (2–0–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Henri Oreiller]]|FRA|1948 Winter}} (2–0–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Martin Lundström]]|SWE|1948 Winter}} (2–0–0)
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| [[1952 Winter Olympics|1952]]
| [[List of 1952 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1952 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Oslo]], [[Norway]]
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hjalmar Andersen]]|NOR|1952 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Annemarie Buchner]]|GER|1952 Winter}} (0–1–2)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Hjalmar Andersen]]|NOR|1952 Winter}} (3–0–0)
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| [[1956 Winter Olympics|1956]]
| [[List of 1956 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1956 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Cortina d'Ampezzo]], [[Italy]]
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Sixten Jernberg]]|SWE|1956 Winter}} (1–2–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Toni Sailer]]|AUT|1956 Winter}} (3–0–0)
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| [[1960 Winter Olympics|1960]]
| [[List of 1960 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1960 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Squaw Valley, Placer County, California|Squaw Valley]], United States
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Veikko Hakulinen]]|FIN|1960 Winter}} (1–1–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yevgeny Grishin (speed skater)|Yevgeny Grishin]]|URS|1960 Winter}} (2–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lidiya Skoblikova]]|URS|1960 Winter}} (2–0–0)
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| [[1964 Winter Olympics|1964]]
| [[List of 1964 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1964 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Austria}} [[Innsbruck]], [[Austria]]
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lidiya Skoblikova]]|URS|1964 Winter}} (4–0–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lidiya Skoblikova]]|URS|1964 Winter}} (4–0–0)
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| [[1968 Winter Olympics|1968]]
| [[List of 1968 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1968 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Grenoble]], France
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| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Jean-Claude Killy]]|FRA|1968 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Toini Gustafsson]]|SWE|1968 Winter}} (2–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Eero Mäntyranta]]|FIN|1968 Winter}} (0–1–2)
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Jean-Claude Killy]]|FRA|1968 Winter}} (3–0–0)
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| [[1972 Winter Olympics|1972]]
| [[List of 1972 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1972 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Sapporo]], [[Japan]]
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Galina Kulakova]]|URS|1972 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ard Schenk]]|NED|1972 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vyacheslav Vedenin]]|URS|1972 Winter}} (2–0–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Pål Tyldum]]|NOR|1972 Winter}} (1–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marjatta Kajosmaa]]|FIN|1972 Winter}} (0–2–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Atje Keulen-Deelstra]]|NED|1972 Winter}} (0–1–2)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Galina Kulakova]]|URS|1972 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ard Schenk]]|NED|1972 Winter}} (3–0–0)
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| [[1976 Winter Olympics|1976]]
| [[List of 1976 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1976 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Austria}} Innsbruck, Austria
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tatyana Averina]]|URS|1976 Winter}} (2–0–2)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Rosi Mittermaier]]|FRG|1976 Winter}} (2–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Raisa Smetanina]]|URS|1976 Winter}} (2–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tatyana Averina]]|URS|1976 Winter}} (2–0–2)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bernhard Germeshausen]]|GDR|1976 Winter}} (2–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Nikolay Kruglov]]|URS|1976 Winter}} (2–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Meinhard Nehmer]]|GDR|1976 Winter}} (2–0–0)
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| [[1980 Winter Olympics|1980]]
| [[List of 1980 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1980 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|United States}} Lake Placid, United States
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Eric Heiden]]|USA|1980 Winter}} (5–0–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Eric Heiden]]|USA|1980 Winter}} (5–0–0)
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| [[1984 Winter Olympics|1984]]
| [[List of 1984 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1984 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Yugoslavia}} [[Sarajevo]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]]
| align=center|39
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi]]|FIN|1984 Winter}} (3–0–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Karin Enke]]|GDR|1984 Winter}} (2–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Gunde Svan]]|SWE|1984 Winter}} (2–1–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi]]|FIN|1984 Winter}} (3–0–1)
|-valign="top"
| [[1988 Winter Olympics|1988]]
| [[List of 1988 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1988 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Calgary]], [[Alberta]], Canada
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yvonne van Gennip]]|NED|1988 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Matti Nykänen]]|FIN|1988 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Tamara Tikhonova]]|URS|1988 Winter}} (2–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Valeriy Medvedtsev]]|URS|1988 Winter}} (1–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marjo Matikainen-Kallström|Marjo Matikainen]]|FIN|1988 Winter}} (1–0–2)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Karin Enke]]|GDR|1988 Winter}} (0–2–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Andrea Ehrig-Mitscherlich|Andrea Ehrig]]|GDR|1988 Winter}} (0–2–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vladimir Smirnov (skier)|Vladimir Smirnov]]|URS|1988 Winter}} (0–2–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yvonne van Gennip]]|NED|1988 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Matti Nykänen]]|FIN|1988 Winter}} (3–0–0)
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| [[1992 Winter Olympics|1992]]
| [[List of 1992 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1992 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|France}} [[Albertville]], France
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lyubov Yegorova (cross-country skier)|Lyubov Yegorova]]|EUN|1992 Winter}} (3–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Yelena Välbe]]|EUN|1992 Winter}} (1–0–4)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lyubov Yegorova (cross-country skier)|Lyubov Yegorova]]|EUN|1992 Winter}} (3–2–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bjørn Dæhlie]]|NOR|1992 Winter}} (3–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Vegard Ulvang]]|NOR|1992 Winter}} (3–1–0)
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| [[1994 Winter Olympics|1994]]
| [[List of 1994 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1994 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Norway}} [[Lillehammer]], [[Norway]]
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Manuela Di Centa]]|ITA|1994 Winter}} (2–2–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Lyubov Yegorova (cross-country skier)|Lyubov Yegorova]]|RUS|1994 Winter}} (3–1–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Johann Olav Koss]]|NOR|1994 Winter}} (3–0–0)
|-valign="top"
| [[1998 Winter Olympics|1998]]
| [[List of 1998 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[1998 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Japan}} [[Nagano (city)|Nagano]], Japan
| align=center|68
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Larisa Lazutina]]|RUS|1998 Winter}} (3–1–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Larisa Lazutina]]|RUS|1998 Winter}} (3–1–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Bjørn Dæhlie]]|NOR|1992 Winter}} (3–1–0)
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| [[2002 Winter Olympics|2002]]
| [[List of 2002 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[2002 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|United States}} [[Salt Lake City]], United States
| align=center|78
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR|2002 Winter}} (4–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Janica Kostelić]]|CRO|2002 Winter}} (3–1–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ole Einar Bjørndalen]]|NOR|2002 Winter}} (4–0–0)
|-valign="top"
| [[2006 Winter Olympics|2006]]
| [[List of 2006 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[2006 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Italy}} [[Turin]], Italy
| align=center|84
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| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Cindy Klassen]]|CAN|2006 Winter}} (1–2–2)
| {{flagIOCathlete|[[Viktor Ahn|Ahn Hyun-soo]]|KOR|2006 Winter}} (3–0–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Michael Greis]]|GER|2006 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Jin Sun-yu]]|KOR|2006 Winter}} (3–0–0)
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| [[2010 Winter Olympics|2010]]
| [[List of 2010 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[2010 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Canada}} [[Vancouver]], British Columbia, Canada
| align=center|86
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marit Bjørgen]]|NOR|2010 Winter}} (3–1–1)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marit Bjørgen]]|NOR|2010 Winter}} (3–1–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Wang Meng (speed skater)|Wang Meng]]|CHN|2010 Winter}} (3–0–0)
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| [[2014 Winter Olympics|2014]]
| [[List of 2014 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[2014 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|Russia}} [[Sochi]], Russia
| align=center|98
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Ireen Wüst]]|NED|2014 Winter}} (2–3–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Viktor Ahn]]|RUS|2014 Winter}} (3–0–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marit Bjørgen]]|NOR|2014 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Darya Domracheva]]|BLR|2014 Winter}} (3–0–0)
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| [[2018 Winter Olympics|2018]]
| [[List of 2018 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
| [[2018 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|South Korea}} [[Pyeongchang]], South Korea
| align=center|102
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marit Bjørgen]]|NOR|2018 Winter}} (2–1–2)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Martin Fourcade]]|FRA|2018 Winter}} (3–0–0)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Johannes Høsflot Klæbo]]|NOR|2018 Winter}} (3–0–0)
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| [[2022 Winter Olympics|2022]]
| [[List of 2022 Winter Olympics medal winners|winners]]
|[[2022 Winter Olympics medal table|table]]
| {{flagicon|China}} [[Beijing]], China
| align=center|109
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|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR|2022 Winter}} (4–0–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Alexander Bolshunov]]|ROC|2022 Winter}} (3–1–1)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Marte Olsbu Røiseland]]|NOR|2022 Winter}} (3–0–2)<br />{{flagIOCathlete|[[Quentin Fillon Maillet]]|FRA|2022 Winter}} (2–3–0)
|{{flagIOCathlete|[[Johannes Thingnes Bø]]|NOR|2022 Winter}} (4–0–1)
|}