Editing Chess Olympiad (section)

==Most successful players in the open section==
Boldface denotes active chess players and highest medal count among all players (including these who not included in these tables) per type.

===Multiple team champions===
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|- style="background-color:#EDEDED;"
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:1em" | Rank
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Player
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Country
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | From
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | To
! style="background:    gold; width:8%" | Gold
! style="background:  silver; width:8%" | Silver
! style="background: #CC9966; width:8%" | Bronze
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:8%" |Total
|-
| 1 || align="left" | [[Tigran Petrosian]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1958 || 1978 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | '''9''' || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 10
|-align="center"
| 2 || align="left" | [[Vasily Smyslov]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1952 || 1972 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | '''9''' || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9
|-align="center"
|rowspan="2"| 3 || align="left" | [[Garry Kasparov]] || align="left" | {{URS}}<br />{{RUS}} || 1980 || 2002 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 8 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Mikhail Tal]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1958 || 1982 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 8 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| 5 || align="left" | [[Paul Keres]] || align="left" | {{EST}}<br />{{URS}} || 1939 || 1964 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 7 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| 6 || align="left" | [[Efim Geller]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1952 || 1980 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 7 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
|rowspan="2"| 7 || align="left" | [[Lev Polugaevsky]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1966 || 1984 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Boris Spassky]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1962 || 1978 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
|rowspan="3"| 9 || align="left" | [[Mikhail Botvinnik]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1954 || 1964 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Anatoly Karpov]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1972 || 1988 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Viktor Korchnoi]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1960 || 1974 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 6
|}

===Multiple team medalists===
The table shows players who have won at least 7 team medals in total at the Chess Olympiads.

{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width=80% style="text-align:center;"
|- style="background-color:#EDEDED;"
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:1em" | Rank
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Player
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | Country
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | From
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" | To
! style="background:    gold; width:8%" | Gold
! style="background:  silver; width:8%" | Silver
! style="background: #CC9966; width:8%" | Bronze
! class="hintergrundfarbe5" style="width:8%" |Total
|-
| 1 || align="left" | [[Svetozar Gligorić]] || align="left" | {{YUG}} || 1950 || 1974 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 1 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | '''6''' || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | '''5''' || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | '''12'''
|-align="center"
| 2 || align="left" | [[Tigran Petrosian]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1958 || 1978 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | '''9''' || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 10
|-align="center"
| 3 || align="left" | [[Borislav Ivkov]] || align="left" | {{YUG}} || 1956 || 1980 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | – || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | '''6''' || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 4 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 10
|-align="center"
| 4 || align="left" | [[Vasily Smyslov]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1952 || 1972 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | '''9''' || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9
|-align="center"
| 5 || align="left" | [[Aleksandar Matanović]] || align="left" | {{YUG}} || 1954 || 1972 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | – || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 5 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 4 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 9
|-align="center"
|rowspan="2"| 6 || align="left" | [[Garry Kasparov]] || align="left" | {{URS}}<br />{{RUS}} || 1980 || 2002 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 8 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Mikhail Tal]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1958 || 1982 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 8 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| 8 || align="left" | [[Paul Keres]] || align="left" | {{EST}}<br />{{URS}} || 1939 || 1964 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 7 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 1 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| 9 || align="left" | '''[[Vasyl Ivanchuk|Vassily (Vasyl) Ivanchuk]]''' || align="left" | {{URS}}<br />{{UKR}} || 1988 || 2012 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 4 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 3 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 8
|-align="center"
| 10 || align="left" | [[Efim Geller]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1952 || 1980 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 7 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | – || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
|rowspan="2"| 11 || align="left" | [[Lev Polugaevsky]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1966 || 1984 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
| align="left" | [[Boris Spassky]] || align="left" | {{URS}} || 1962 || 1978 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 6 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 1 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
| 13 || align="left" | '''[[Peter Svidler]]''' || align="left" | {{RUS}} || 1994 || 2010 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 5 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 2 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | – || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
| 14 || align="left" | [[Vladimir Kramnik]] || align="left" | {{RUS}} || 1992 || 2018 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | 3 || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 2 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 2 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|-align="center"
| 15 || align="left" | [[Miguel Najdorf|Mieczysław (Miguel) Najdorf]] || align="left" | {{POL}}<br />{{ARG}} || 1935 || 1962 || bgcolor="#F7F6A8" | – || bgcolor="#DCE5E5" | 4 || bgcolor="#FFDAB9" | 3 || bgcolor="#E7FAEC" | 7
|}