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Timeline of most medals [ edit ]
This is a progressive list of Olympians that have held the record for most medals won. 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.
Phelps , the record holder with the most gold medals, with medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Medal count
Date
Athlete
Nation
Sport
Record medal event
Earlier medal events
Gender
1[ 1]
1896-04-06
James Connolly
United States
Athletics
Triple jump G
-
M
Alexandre Tuffèri
France
Triple jump S
Ioannis Persakis
Greece
Triple jump B
1896-04-06
Robert Garrett
United States
Athletics
Discus G
Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos
Greece
Discus S
Sotirios Versis
Greece
Discus B
2[ 1]
1896-04-07
Robert Garrett
United States
Athletics
Long jump S
see above
M
James Connolly
United States
Long jump B
3[ 1]
1896-04-07
Robert Garrett
United States
Athletics
Shot put G
M
1896-04-09
Carl Schumann
Germany
Gymnastics
Vault G
1896 - 1 G , 2 G
M
Hermann Weingärtner
Germany
Vault B
4[ 1]
1896-04-09
Pommel horse S
5[ 1]
1896-04-09
Rings S
6
1896-04-09 [ 1]
Horizontal bar G
1900-07-16
Robert Garrett
United States
Athletics
Standing triple jump B
1896: see above 1900 : 5 B
M
1904-09-03
Ray Ewry
United States
Athletics
Standing triple jump G
1900 - 1 G , 2 G , 3 G 1904 - 4 G , 5 G
M
7
1908-07-20
Athletics
Standing long jump G
8
1908-07-23
Standing high jump G
1920-07-29
Carl Osburn
United States
Shooting
Team 300m/600m military rifle, prone G
1912 - 1 B , 2 S , 3 S , 4 G 1920 - 5 B , 6 S , 7 G
M
9
1920-07-30
300m military rifle, standing G
10
1920-07-31
Team free rifle G
11
1924-06-27
Shooting
600m free rifle S
1928-08-03
Paavo Nurmi
Finland
Athletics
5000m S
1920 - 1 S , 2 G , 3 G , 4 G 1924 - 5 G , 6 G , 7 G , 8 G , 9 G 1928 - 10 G
M
12
1928-08-04
3000m steeplechase S
1960-09-02
Edoardo Mangiarotti
Italy
Fencing
Team foil S
1936 : 1 G1948 : 2 S, 3 S, 4 B1952 : 5 S, 6 S, 7 G, 8 G1956 : 9 G, 10 G, 11 B
M
13
1960-09-09
Team épée G
1964-10-21
Larissa 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
F
14
1964-10-21
All-around S
15
1964-10-22
Vault S
16
1964-10-22
Uneven bars B
17
1964-10-23
Balance beam B
18
1964-10-23
Floor exercise G