List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
This article lists the individuals who have won at least four gold medals at the Olympic Games or at least three gold medals in individual events.

List of most Olympic gold medals over career
This is a partial list of multiple Olympic gold medalists, listing people who have won four or more Olympic gold medals. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. (If they were, Ray Ewry would be second on the list with 10 gold). It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings. The Olympics listed for each athlete only include games in which they won medals. See the particular article on the athlete for more details on when and for what nation an athlete competed. More medals are available in some events than others, and the number of events in which medals are available overall has changed over time.
- Names in bold denote people that have competed in the most recent Olympics, namely 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics.
Timeline
This is a progressive list of Olympians that have held the record for most titles won. It includes titles won in 1896 and 1900, before gold medals were awarded for first place. All record-holders have competed at Summer Games rather than Winter Games.
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Gold medals | Date | Athlete | Nation | Sport | Record gold-medal event | Earlier gold-medal events | Gender |
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1[1] | 1896-04-06 | James Connolly | ![]() |
Athletics | Triple jump | — | M |
Robert Garrett | ![]() |
Athletics | Discus | M | |||
1896-04-07 | Ellery Clark | ![]() |
Athletics | Long jump | M | ||
Thomas Burke | ![]() |
Athletics | 400 metres | M | |||
2[1] | Robert Garrett | ![]() |
Athletics | Shot put | see above | M | |
1896-04-09 | Edwin Flack | ![]() |
Athletics | 800 metres | 1896 - 1 | M | |
Fritz Hofmann, Konrad Böcker, Alfred Flatow, Gustav Flatow, Georg Hilmar, Fritz Manteuffel, Karl Neukirch, Richard Röstel, Gustav Schuft, Carl Schuhmann, Hermann Weingärtner | ![]() |
Gymnastics | Team horizontal bar | 1896 - 1 | M | ||
3[1] | Carl Schuhmann | ![]() |
Gymnastics | Vault | see previous | M | |
Hermann Weingärtner | ![]() |
Gymnastics | Horizontal bar | see above | M | ||
1896-04-10 | Alfred Flatow | ![]() |
Gymnastics | Parallel bars | see above | M | |
4 | 1896-04-11[1] | Carl Schuhmann | ![]() |
Wrestling | Greco-Roman | see above | M |
1900-07-16 | Alvin Kraenzlein | ![]() |
Athletics | 200 metre hurdles | 1900 - 1, 2, 3 | M | |
1904-08-05 | Marcus Hurley | ![]() |
Cycling | 1 mile | 1904 - 1, 2, 3 | M | |
1904-08-29 | Ray Ewry | ![]() |
Athletics | Standing long jump | 1900 - 1, 2, 3 | M | |
5 | 1904-08-31 | Standing high jump | |||||
6 | 1904-09-03 | Standing triple jump | |||||
7 | 1908-07-20 | Athletics | Standing long jump | ||||
8 | 1908-07-23 | Standing high jump | |||||
1924-07-13 | Paavo Nurmi | ![]() |
Athletics | Team cross-country | 1920 - 1, 2, 3 1924 - 4, 5, 6, 7 |
M | |
9 | 1928-07-29 | Athletics | 10000 metres | ||||
1964-10-23 | Larisa Latynina | ![]() |
Gymnastics | Floor exercise | 1956 - 1, 2, 3, 4 1960 - 5, 6, 7 1964 - 8 |
F | |
2008-08-12 | Michael Phelps | ![]() |
Swimming | 200 metre freestyle | 2004 - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 2008 - 7, 8 |
M | |
10 | 2008-08-13 | 200 metre butterfly | |||||
11 | 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | ||||||
12 | 2008-08-15 | 200 metre individual medley | |||||
13 | 2008-08-16 | 100 metre butterfly | |||||
14 | 2008-08-17 | 4 × 100 metre medley relay | |||||
15 | 2012-07-31 | Swimming | 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | ||||
16 | 2012-08-02 | 200 metre individual medley | |||||
17 | 2012-08-03 | 100 metre butterfly | |||||
18 | 2012-08-04 | 4 × 100 metre medley relay | |||||
19 | 2016-08-07 | Swimming | 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay | ||||
20 | 2016-08-09 | 200 metre butterfly | |||||
21 | 4 × 200 metre freestyle relay | ||||||
22 | 2016-08-11 | 200 metre individual medley | |||||
23 | 2016-08-13 | 4 × 100 metre medley relay |
List of most career gold medals in individual events
This list currently includes all Olympians with three or more gold medals won as individuals (not as part of a team of two or more).
See also
- 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 multiple Paralympic gold medalists
- All-time Olympic Games medal table
References
- Coubertin, Pierre de; Timoleon J. Philimon; N. G. Politis; Ch. Anninos (1897). "Second Part: The Olympic Games in 1896" (PDF). The Olympic Games, B.C. 776 – A.D. 1896. IOC official Olympic reports. translated by A. v. K. London: Grevel. pp. 55–81 (passim). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-02-29. Retrieved 2008-08-13. (note: the source gives dates in the Julian calendar; this table uses the Gregorian calendar)
- "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.