Most Gold Medals
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Men
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Bjorn Daehlie, NOR | Cross Country | 8-4-0 |
| 6 | Ole Einar Bjoerndalen, NOR | Biathlon | 5-3-1 |
| 5 | Clas Thunberg, FIN | Speed Skating | 5-1-1 |
| 5 | Eric Heiden, USA | Speed Skating | 5-0-0 |
| 4 | Sixten Jernberg, SWE | Cross Country | 4-3-2 |
| 4 | Ricco Gross, GER | Biathlon | 4-3-1 |
| 4 | Kjetil Andre Aamodt, NOR | Alpine | 4-2-2 |
| 4 | Ivar Ballangrud, NOR | Speed Skating | 4-2-1 |
| 4 | Sven Fischer, GER | Biathlon | 4-2-2 |
| 4 | Thomas Alsgaard, NOR | Cross Country | 4-2-0 |
| 4 | Gunde Svan, SWE | Cross Country | 4-1-1 |
| 4 | Yevgeny Grishin, USSR | Speed Skating | 4-1-0 |
| 4 | Johann Olav Koss, NOR | Speed Skating | 4-1-0 |
| 4 | Matti Nykänen, FIN | Ski Jumping | 4-1-0 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Tikhonov, USSR | Biathlon | 4-1-0 |
| 4 | Nikolai Zimyatov, USSR | Cross Country | 4-1-0 |
| 4 | Thomas Wassberg, SWE | Cross Country | 4-0-0 |
| 4 | André Lange, GER | Bobsleigh | 4-1-0 |
| 4 | Simon Amman, SWI | Ski Jumping | 4-0-0 |
| 4 | Kevin Kuske, GER | Bobsleigh | 4-1-0 |
| 3 | Veikko Hakulinen, FIN | Cross Country | 3-3-1 |
| 3 | Eero Mäntyranta, FIN | Cross Country | 3-2-2 |
| 3 | Vegard Ulvang, NOR | Cross Country | 3-2-1 |
| 3 | Samppa Lajunen, FIN | Nordic | 3-2-0 |
| 3 | Alberto Tomba, ITA | Alpine | 3-2-0 |
| 3 | Johan Gröttumsbråten, NOR | Nordic | 3-1-2 |
| 3 | Bernhard Germeshausen, E. Ger | Bobsled | 3-1-0 |
| 3 | Gillis Grafström, SWE | Figure Skating | 3-1-0 |
| 3 | Tomas Gustafson, SWE | Speed Skating | 3-1-0 |
| 3 | Georg Hackl, GER | Luge | 3-2-0 |
| 3 | Vladislav Tretiak, USSR | Ice Hockey | 3-1-0 |
| 3 | Jens Weissflog, E. Ger/GER | Ski Jumping | 3-1-0 |
| 3 | Ahn Syun-Soo, KOR | ST Sp. Skating | 3-0-1 |
| 3 | Marc Gagnon, CAN | ST Sp. Skating | 3-0-2 |
| 3 | Meinhard Nehmer, E. Ger | Bobsled | 3-0-1 |
| 3 | Hjalmar Andersen, NOR | Speed Skating | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Vitaly Davydov, USSR | Ice Hockey | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Anatoly Firsov, USSR | Ice Hockey | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Michael Greis, GER | Biathlon | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Thorleif Haug, NOR | Cross Country | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Irving Jaffee, USA | Speed Skating | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Andrei Khomoutov, USSR/UT | Ice Hockey | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Jean-Claude Killy, FRA | Alpine | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Viktor Kuzkin, USSR | Ice Hockey | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Aleksandr Ragulin, USSR | Ice Hockey | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Toni Sailer, AUT | Alpine | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Ard Schenk, NED | Speed Skating | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Ulrich Wehling, E. Ger | Ski Jumping | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Kevin Kuske, GER | Bobsleigh | 4-1-0 |
| 3 | Halvard Hanevold, NOR | Biathlon | 3-2-1 |
| 3 | Felix Gottwald, AUT | Nordic Combined | 3-1-3 |
| 3 | Michael Greis, GER | Biathlon | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Thomas Morgenstern, AUT | Ski Jumping | 3-0-0 |
Women
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Lyubov Egorova, UT/RUS | Cross Country | 6-3-0 |
| 6 | Lydia Skoblikova, USSR | Speed Skating | 6-0-0 |
| 5 | Larissa Lazutina, UT/RUS | Cross Country | 5-3-1 |
| 5 | Claudia Pechstein, GER | ST Sp. Skating | 5-2-2 |
| 5 | Bonnie Blair, USA | Speed Skating | 5-0-1 |
| 4 | Raisa Smetanina, USSR/UT | Cross Country | 4-5-1 |
| 4 | Janica Kostelic, CRO | Alpine Skiing | 4-3-0 |
| 4 | Galina Kulakova, USSR | Cross Country | 4-2-2 |
| 4 | Lee-Kyung Chun, S. Kor. | ST Sp. Skating | 4-0-1 |
| 4 | Wang Weng, CHN | ST Sp. Skating | 4-1-1 |
| 3 | Karin (Enke) Kania, E. Ger | Speed Skating | 3-4-1 |
| 3 | Gunda Neimann- Stirnemann, GER | Speed Skating | 3-4-1 |
| 3 | Olga Danilova, RUS | Cross Country | 3-2-0 |
| 3 | Anfisa Reztsova, USSR/UT | CC/Biathlon | 3-1-1 |
| 3 | Vreni Schneider, SWI | Alpine | 3-1-1 |
| 3 | Marja-Liisa (Hämäläinen) Kirvesniemi, FIN | Cross Country | 3-0-4 |
| 3 | Elena Valbe, UT/RUS | Cross Country | 3-0-4 |
| 3 | Katja Seizinger, GER | Alpine | 3-0-2 |
| 3 | Claudia Boyarskikh, USSR | Cross Country | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Sonja Henie, NOR | Figure Skating | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Jin Sun-yu, KOR | ST Sp. Skating | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Irina Rodnina, USSR | Figure Skating | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Yvonne van Gennip, NED | Speed Skating | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Kati Wilhelm, GER | Biathlon | 3-3-1 |
| 3 | Marit Bjí¸rgen, NOR | Cross Country | 3-3-1 |
| 3 | Yuliya Chepalova, RUS | Cross Country | 3-2-1 |
| 3 | Jennifer Botterill, CAN | Ice Hockey | 3-1-0 |
| 3 | Jayna Hefford, CAN | Ice Hockey | 3-1-0 |
| 3 | Becky Kellar, CAN | Ice Hockey | 3-1-0 |
| 3 | Hayley Wickenheiser, CAN | Ice Hockey | 3-1-0 |
| 3 | Anni Friesinger-Postma, GER | Speed Skating | 3-0-2 |
| 3 | Jin Sun-Yu, KOR | ST Speed Skating | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Caroline Ouellette, CAN | Ice Hockey | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Cherie Piper, CAN | Ice Hockey | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Colleen Sostorics, CAN | Ice Hockey | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Kim St-Pierre, CAN | Ice Hockey | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Marianne Timmer, NED | Speed Skating | 3-0-0 |
| Games Medaled In | All-Time Leading Medal Winners |
Trending
Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
