List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games
Appearance
This is a list of athletes who have won multiple gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
List of most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games
[edit]This is a list of most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games. 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.
Timeline
[edit]The historical progression of the leading performance(s).
Gold medals | Year | Record duration | Athlete | Nation | Sport(s) | Games | Sex |
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4 | 1896 | 1896–1904 | Carl Schuhmann | Germany | Gymnastics, Wrestling | Summer | M |
1900 | 1900–1904 | Alvin Kraenzlein | United States | Athletics | Summer | M | |
5 | 1904 | 1904–1972 | Anton Heida | United States | Gymnastics | Summer | M |
1920 | 1920–1972 | Nedo Nadi | Italy | Fencing | Summer | M | |
1920 | 1920–1972 | Willis A. Lee | United States | Shooting | Summer | M | |
1924 | 1924–1972 | Paavo Nurmi | Finland | Athletics | Summer | M | |
7 | 1972 | 1972–2008 | Mark Spitz | United States | Swimming | Summer | M |
8 | 2008 | 2008–present | Michael Phelps | United States | Swimming | Summer | M |
List of most individual gold medals won at a single Olympic Games
[edit]Timeline
[edit]The historical progression of the leading performance(s).
Gold medals | Year | Record duration | Athlete | Nation | Sport(s) | Games | Sex |
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4 | 1900 | 1900–1980 | Alvin Kraenzlein | United States | Athletics | Summer | M |
1904 | 1904–1980 | Anton Heida | United States | Gymnastics | Summer | M | |
1904 | 1904–1980 | Marcus Hurley | United States | Cycling | Summer | M | |
1960 | 1960–1980 | Boris Shakhlin | Soviet Union | Gymnastics | Summer | M | |
1964 | 1964–1980 | Lidia Skoblikova | Soviet Union | Speed skating | Winter | F | |
1968 | 1968–1980 | Věra Čáslavská | Czechoslovakia | Gymnastics | Summer | F | |
1972 | 1972–1980 | Mark Spitz | United States | Swimming | Summer | M | |
1976 | 1976–1980 | Nikolai Andrianov | Soviet Union | Gymnastics | Summer | M | |
5 | 1980 | 1980–present | Eric Heiden | United States | Speed skating | Winter | M |
1992 | 1992–present | Vitaly Scherbo | Unified Team | Gymnastics | Summer | M | |
2008 | 2008–present | Michael Phelps | United States | Swimming | Summer | M |
See also
[edit]- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
- List of Olympic sweeps in Athletics
- List of multiple Paralympic gold medalists
- All-time Olympic Games medal table
- List of multiple Paralympic gold medalists at a single Games
References
[edit]- "Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2007-04-03.
- "databaseOlympics.com". databaseSports.com. Archived from the original on 2007-03-18. Retrieved 2007-03-20.
- See also references in the articles on each athlete.