The page lists various individuals who have won multiple Olympic medals at either the Summer Olympic Games or the Winter Olympic Games.
Contents
- List of Olympic medals over career
- Timeline
- List of most career medals in individual events
- In the Summer and Winter Games
- Swimming and water polo
- Others in Summer Games
- Cross country skiing and Nordic combined
- Others in Winter Games
- References
As of August 13, 2016, American swimmer Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic medals with 28 medals (23 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze). He is also the most decorated Olympian in individual events, with 16 medals (13 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze). Ole Einar Bjørndalen is the most decorated Winter Olympian, with 13 medals (8 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze).
List of Olympic medals over career
This is a list of multiple Olympic medalists, listing people who have won seven or more Olympic medals. 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. When an athlete has won medals for more than one nation, for simplicity only the last nation he or she represented is mentioned here. The Olympics listed for each athlete only include games when they won medals. See the particular article on the athlete for more details on when and for what nation an athlete competed.
In those instances where more than one athlete has the same number of total medals, the first tiebreaker is the number of gold medals, then the number of silver medals. Where two or more athletes have exactly the same number of gold, silver and bronze medals, the ranking is shown as a tie and the athletes are shown in order by career years and name.
Timeline
This is a progressive list of Olympians that have held the record for most medals won. 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. All record-holders have competed at Summer Games rather than Winter Games.
Legend: G = Gold, S = Silver, B = Bronze.
List of most career medals in individual events
This list contains only medals won in individual events, no relays or team events count for this section.
Timeline
The historical progression of the leading performance(s). {Expand section date=June 2011}