Who Has Won the Most Gold Medals in a Single Olympics?
Who has won the most gold medals in a single Olympics? Until only recently, the answer to this question would have been different.
Michael Phelps, an American born and raised swimmer, is the person who has won the most gold medals in a single Olympics. He won at eight at the 2008 summer Olympics held in Beijing. Before that, the record was held by Mark Spitz, another swimmer, who won seven gold medals at the 1972 summer Olympics in Munich.
Phelps is in second place for the person with the most Olympic medals overall of all time. His total amount is 16. Larissa Latynina from Russia has 18 medals overall. Nine of them are gold medals, which were won over a span of three Olympic events.
Multiple Medal Winners
A number of other people have won multiple gold medals for their sports in their lifetimes. Let us take a look at some of the others who have completed this fascinating and admirable feat.
Listed below is the individual's name, along with the gold medals he or she has won in total at either the summer or winter Olympics.
- Michael Phelps (14)
- Larissa Laytnina (9)
- Paavo Nurmi (9)
- Mark Spitz (9)
- Carl Lewis (9)
- Bjorn Daehlie (8)
- Birgit Fischer (8)
- Sawao Kato (8)
- Jenny Thompson (8)
- Matt Biondi (8)
- Ray Ewry (8)
- Nikolai Andrianov (7)
- Boris Shakhlin (7)
- Vera Caslavaska (7)
- Viktor Chukarin (7)
- Aladar Gerevich (7)
- Edoardo Mangiarotti (6)
- Ole Einar Bjorndalen (6)
- Lyubov Yegorova (6)
- Hubert Van Innis (6)
- Akinori Nakayama (6)
- Gert Fredrikkson (6)
- Vitaly Scherbo (6)
Many of these individuals are still competitors and many more are getting ready for the next Olympic events; so, a change could be on the horizon for the winner of the most gold medals in a single Olympics.