Lists of Olympic medalists
In-game article clicks load inline without leaving the challenge.
This article includes lists of all Olympic medalists since 1896, organized by each Olympic sport or discipline, and also by Olympiad.
Medalist with most medals by sport
Summer Olympic sports
Sports that will appear in the 2028 Summer Olympics are listed below, except for squash and flag football, making their first appearance in 2028.
Winter Olympic sports
Sports that appeared in the 2026 Winter Olympics are listed below.
| Discipline (link to medalists list) | Contested | Number of | Medals awarded | Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold-silver-bronze) | Athlete(s) with the most gold medals | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympics (up to 2026) | Medal events (in 2026) | Total | |||||||
| Alpine skiing | Since 1936 | 22 | 10 | 175 | 178 | 171 | 524 | Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) (4–2–2) | Kjetil André Aamodt (NOR) (4–2–2) Janica Kostelić (CRO) (4–2–0) |
| Biathlon | 1924; since 1960 | 22 | 11 | 108 | 108 | 106 | 355 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (8–4–2) | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) (8–4–2) |
| Bobsleigh | 1924–1956; since 1964 | 24 | 5 | 57 | 54 | 455 | 166 | Bogdan Musioł (GDR) (1–5–1) | Thorsten Margis (GER) (5–0–0) |
| Cross-country skiing | Since 1924 | 25 | 12 | 182 | 180 | 182 | 544 | Marit Bjørgen (NOR) (8–4–3) | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo (NOR) (11–1–1) |
| Curling | 1924; since 1998 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 60 | Agnes Knochenhauer (SWE) (2–1–1) Oskar Eriksson (SWE) (1–1–2) | Agnes Knochenhauer (SWE) (2–1–1) Rasmus Wranå (SWE) (2–1–0) Anna Hasselborg (SWE) (2–0–1) Marc Kennedy (CAN) (2–0–1) Sara McManus (SWE) (2–0–1) Sofia Scharback (SWE) (2–0–1) Ben Hebert (CAN) (2–0–0) Brad Jacobs (CAN) (2–0–0) Kaitlyn Lawes (CAN) (2–0–0) Anna Le Moine (SWE) (2–0–0) Cathrine Lindahl (SWE) (2–0–0) Eva Lund (SWE) (2–0–0) John Morris (CAN) (2–0–0) Anette Norberg (SWE) (2–0–0) |
| Figure skating | Summer: 1908; 1920 Winter: since 1924 | 25 | 5 | 101 | 100 | 100 | 301 | Scott Moir (CAN) (3–2–0) Tessa Virtue (CAN) (3–2–0) | Scott Moir (CAN) (3–2–0) Tessa Virtue (CAN) (3–2–0) Gillis Grafström (SWE) (3–1–0) Sonja Henie (NOR) (3–0–0) Irina Rodnina (URS) (3–0–0) |
| Freestyle skiing | Since 1992 | 10 | 15 | 73 | 73 | 74 | 220 | Ailing Eileen Gu (CHN) (3–3–0) | Ailing Eileen Gu (CHN) (3–3–0) |
| Ice hockey | Summer: 1920 Winter: since 1924 | 25 | 2 | 34 | 34 | 34 | 102 | Jayna Hefford (CAN) (4–1–0) Hayley Wickenheiser (CAN) (4–1–0) Marie-Philip Poulin (CAN) (3–2–0) Hilary Knight (USA) (2–3–0) | Jayna Hefford (CAN) (4–1–0) Hayley Wickenheiser (CAN) (4–1–0) Caroline Ouellette (CAN) (4–0–0) |
| Luge | Since 1964 | 17 | 5 | 57 | 55 | 56 | 168 | Tobias Arlt (GER) (7–0–1) Tobias Wendl (GER) (7–0–1) | Tobias Arlt (GER) (7–0–1) Tobias Wendl (GER) (7–0–1) |
| Nordic combined | Since 1924 | 25 | 3 | 43 | 43 | 43 | 129 | Eric Frenzel (GER) (3–2–2) Felix Gottwald (AUT) (3–1–3) | Jørgen Graabak (NOR) (4–2–0) Jens Lurås Oftebro (NOR) (4–1–0) |
| Short track speed skating | Since 1992 | 11 | 9 | 74 | 74 | 74 | 222 | Arianna Fontana (ITA) (3–6–5) | Viktor Ahn (RUS) / Ahn Hyun-soo (KOR) (6–0–2) |
| Skeleton | 1924; 1948; since 2002 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | Christopher Grotheer (GER) (1–0–2) Axel Jungk (GER) (0–3–0) Jacqueline Pfeifer (GER) (0–1–2) | Matt Weston (GBR) (2–0–0) Lizzy Yarnold (GBR) (2–0–0) |
| Ski jumping | Since 1924 | 25 | 6 | 60 | 61 | 60 | 181 | Matti Nykänen (FIN) (4–1–0) | Matti Nykänen (FIN) (4–1–0) Simon Ammann (SUI) (4–0–0) |
| Ski mountaineering | Since 2026 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | see list | see list |
| Snowboarding | Since 1998 | 8 | 11 | 62 | 62 | 62 | 186 | Zoi Sadowski-Synnott (NZL) (1–3–1) | Shaun White (USA) (3–0–0) |
| Speed skating | Since 1924 | 25 | 14 | 224 | 223 | 214 | 661 | Ireen Wüst (NED) (6–5–1) | Ireen Wüst (NED) (6–5–1) Lidiya Skoblikova (URS) (6–0–0) |
Discontinued summer sports
| Discipline | Contested | Number of Olympics | Medals awarded | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | ||||||
| Basque pelota | 1900 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Breaking | 2024 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Croquet | 1900 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
| Jeu de paume | 1908 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Karate | 2020 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 32 |
| Polo | 1900; 1908; 1920; 1924; 1936 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 16 |
| Rackets | 1908 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Roque | 1904 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Tug of war | 1900–1920 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| Water motorsports | 1908 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Medalist with most medals by Olympiad
Summer Olympic Games
Winter Olympic Games
Medalists by age
By sport
| Title | Age | Medalist | Details | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freestyle skiing | ||||
| Youngest freestyle skiing medalist | 18 years 158 days | Ailing Eileen Gu | ||
| Youngest freestyle skiing gold medalist | 18 years 158 days | Ailing Eileen Gu | ||
| Youngest female freestyle skiing medalist | 18 years 158 days | Ailing Eileen Gu | ||
| Youngest female freestyle skiing gold medalist | 18 years 158 days | Ailing Eileen Gu | At the 2022 Winter Olympics, Ailing Eileen Gu became the youngest freestyle skiing gold medalist. In the women's big air, she finished the first with an astonishing score, 188.25. | |
| Biathlon | ||||
| Oldest biathlon medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | ||
| Oldest biathlon gold medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | ||
| Oldest male biathlon medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | ||
| Oldest male biathlon gold medalist | 40 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen | At 2014 Winter Olympics, Ole Einar Bjørndalen won gold at the 10 km sprint biathlon event, tying the record number of total medals in the Winter Olympics at 12, along with Bjørn Dæhlie, and becoming the oldest Winter Olympics medalist at age 40. | |
| Skeleton | ||||
| Oldest skeleton gold medalist | 39 | Duff Gibson | ||
| Oldest male skeleton gold medalist | 39 | Duff Gibson | At the 2006 Winter Olympics, Duff Gibson became the oldest Winter Games gold medalist by winning gold in skeleton. He has subsequently been eclipsed as the oldest gold medalist at the Winter Games. | |
| Luge | ||||
| Youngest luge gold medalist | 20 | Felix Loch | ||
| Youngest male luge gold medalist | 20 | Felix Loch | At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he became the youngest ever Olympic luge gold medalist. | |
| Cycling | ||||
| Oldest cycling gold medalist | 42 | Kristin Armstrong | At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she became the oldest cycling gold medalist, when she won the women's road time trial race, defending her gold medal from Beijing 2008. She repeated her success at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning third gold in a row and setting a new record. | |
| Oldest female cycling gold medalist | 42 | Kristin Armstrong | ||
| Athletics | ||||
| Oldest athletics medalist | 48 | Terence Lloyd Johnson | ||
| Oldest athletics gold medalist | 42 | Pat McDonald | ||
| Oldest male athletics medalist | 48 | Terence Lloyd Johnson | At the 1948 Summer Olympics, he won bronze in the men's 50 km walk. | |
| Oldest male athletics gold medalist | 42 | Pat McDonald | At the 1920 Summer Olympics, he won the men's 56 lbs toss. | |
| Oldest female athletics medalist | 40 | Merlene Ottey | At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won bronze in the women's 100m dash. | |
| Oldest female athletics gold medalist | 39 | Ellina Zvereva | At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won gold for the discus throw. | |
| Swimming | ||||
| Oldest swimming medalist | 41 | Dara Torres | Torres won silver for the women's 4x100 freestyle team relay as anchor at the 2008 Summer Olympics. | |
| Oldest male swimming medalist | 38 | William Robinson | Robinson won silver for the men's 200m breaststroke at the 1908 Summer Olympics. | |
| Oldest female swimming medalist | 41 | Dara Torres | ||
| Sailing | ||||
| Oldest male sailing gold medalist | 54 | Santiago Lange | Lange won gold for the Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics. |
By Olympiad
See also
- List of sport awards
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- 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 Olympians who won medals in the Summer and Winter Games
- List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games
- Lists of Paralympic medalists
- List of Olympic medalists in art competitions
Notes
General
- (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. January 2009. Archived from (PDF) on 16 October 2011.
- (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. February 2008. Archived from (PDF) on 16 October 2011.
- . International Olympic Committee.
- . sports-reference.com. Archived from on 19 April 2020.
- . sports-reference.com. Archived from on 19 April 2020.
- . sports-reference.com. Archived from on 19 April 2020.
Specific
External links
- – LA84 Foundation (archived)