The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
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MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 42 Medals
SOVIET UNION - 12 Medals
  GERMANY - 10 Medals

Medal Table
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Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1896
 Robert Garrett - United States
 Panagiotis Paraskevopoulos - Greece
 Sotirios Versis - Greece
1900
 Rudolf Bauer - Hungary
 Franktisek Janda-Suk - Bohemia
 Richard Sheldon - United States
1904
 Martin Sheridan - United States
 Ralph Rose - United States
 Nicolaos Georgandas - Greece
1908
 Martin Sheridan - United States
 Merritt Griffin - United States
 Bill Horr - United States
1912
 Armas Taipale - Finland
 Richard Byrd - United States
 James Duncan - United States
1920
 Elmer Niklander - Finland
 Armas Taipale - Finland
 Gus Pope - United States
1924
 Bud Houser - United States
 Vilho Niittymaa - Finland
 Thomas Lieb - United States
1928
 Bud Houser - United States
 Antero Kivi - Finland
 James Corson - United States
1932
 John Anderson - United States
 Henri LaBorde - United States
 Paul Winter - France
1936
 Ken Carpenter - United States
 Gordon Dunn - United States
 Giorgio Oberweger - Italy
1948
 Adolfo Consolini - Italy
 Giuseppe Tosi - Italy
 Jim Fuchs - United States
1952
 Sim Iness - United States
 Adolfo Consolini - Italy
 James Dillion - United States
1956
 Al Oerter - United States
 Fortune Gordien - United States
 Desmond Koch - United States
1960
 Al Oerter - United States
 Rink Babka - United States
 Dick Cochran - United States
1964
 Al Oerter - United States
 Ludvik Danek - Czechoslovakia
 Dave Weill - United States
1968
 Al Oerter - United States
 Lothar Milde - East Germany
 Ludvik Danek - Czechoslovakia
1972
 Ludvik Danke - Czechoslovakia
 Jay Silverster - United States
 Ricky Bruch - Sweden
1976
 Mac Wilkins - United States
 Wolfgang Schmidt - East Germany
 John Powell - United States
1980
 Viktor Rashchumpkin - Soviet Union
 Imrich Bugar - Czechoslovakia
 Luis Delis - Cuba
1984
 Rolf Danneberg - West Germany
 Mac Wilkins - United States
 John Powell - United States
1988
 Jurgen Schult - East Germany
 Romas Ubartas - Soviet Union
 Rolf Danneberg - West Germany
1992
 Romas Ubartas - Lithuania
 Jurgen Schult - Germany
 Roberto Moya - Cuba
1996
 Lars Riedel - Germany
 Vladimir Dubrovshchik - Belarus
 Vasiliy Kaptyukh - Belarus
2000
 Virgilijus Alekna - Lithuania
 Lars Riedel - Germany
 Frantz Kruger - South Africa
2004
 Virgilijus Alekna - Lithuania
 Zoltan Kovago - Hungary
 Aleksander Tammert - Estonia
2008
 Gerd Kanter - Estonia
 Piotr Malachowski - Poland
 Virgilijus Alekna - Lithuania
2012
 Robert Harting - Germany
 Ehsan Hadadi - Iran
 Gerd Kanter - Estonia
2016
 Christoph Harting - Germany
 Piotr Malachowski - Poland Daniel Jasinski - Germany
2020
 Daniel Ståhl - Sweden Simon Pettersson - Sweden Lukas Weißhaidinger - Austria
2024
 Rojé Stona - Jamaica
 Mykolas Alekna - Lithuania
 Matthew Denny - Australia

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games
YEAR
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
1928
 Halilna Konopacka - Poland
 Lillian Copeland - United States
 Ruth Svedberg - Sweden
1932
 Lillian Copeland - United States
 Ruth Osburn - United States
 Jadwiga Wajsowna - Poland
1936
 Gisela Mauermayer - Germany
 Jadwiga Wajsowna - Poland
 Paula Mollenhauer - Germany
1948
 Micheline Ostermeyer - France
 Edera Cordiale - Italy
 Jacqueline Mazeas - France
1952
 Nina Romashkova - Soviet Union
 Elizaveta Bagryantseva - Soviet Union
 Nina Dumbadze - Soviet Union
1956
 Olga Fikotova - Czechoslovakia
 Irina Beglyakova - Soviet Union
 Nina Romashkova - Soviet Union
1960
 Nina Romashkova - Soviet Union
 Tamara Press - Soviet Union
 Lia Manoliu - Romania
1964
 Tamara Press - Soviet Union
 Ingrid Lotz - United Team of Germany Lia Manoliu - Romania
1968
 Lia Manoliu - Romania
 Liesel Westermann - West Germany
 Jolan Kleiber-Kontsek - Hungary
1972
 Faina Melnik - Soviet Union
 Argentina Menis - Romania
 Vasilka Stoeva - Bulgaria
1976
 Evelin Schlaak - East Germany
 Mariya Vergova - Bulgaria
 Gabriele Hinzmann -East Germany
1980
 Evelin Jahl - East Germany
 Mariya Petkova - Bulgaria
 Tatyana Lesovaya - Soviet Union
1984
 Ria Stalman - Netherlands
 Leslie Deniz - United States
 Florenta Craciunescu - Romania
1988
 Martina Opitz-Hellmann - East Germany
 Diana Sachse - East Germany
 Tsvetanka Khristova - Bulgaria
1992
 Maritza Marten - Cuba
 Tsvetanka Khristova - Bulgaria
 Daniela Costian - Australia
1996
 Ilke Wyludda - Germany
 Natalya Sadova - Russia
 Ellina Zvereva - Belarus
2000
 Ellina Zvereva -Belarus
 Anastasia Kelesidou - Greece
 Iryna Yatchenko - Belarus
2004
 Natalya Sadova - Russia
 Anastasia Kelesidou - Greece
 Iryna Yatchenko - Belarus
2008
 Stephanie Brown Trafton - United States
 Olena Antonova - Ukraine Song Aimin - China
2012
 Sandra Perković - Croatia
 Li Yanfeng - China Yarelys Barrios - Cuba
2016
 Sandra Perković - Croatia Mélina Robert-Michon - France
 Denia Caballero - Cuba
2020
 Valarie Allman - United States Kristin Pudenz - Germany Yaime Pérez - Cuba
2024
 Valarie Allman - United States Feng Bin - China
 Sandra Elkasević - Croatia

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 United States
 17
 12
 13
 42
2
 Soviet Union
 5
 4
 3
 12
3
 Germany
 5
 3
 2
 10
4
 East Germany
 4
 3
 1
 8
5
 Belarus
 1
 1
 4
 6
6
 Cuba 1
 0
 5
 6
7
 Greece
 0
 3
 2
 5
8
 Hungary
 1
 1
 1
 3
9
 Lithuania 3
 1
 1
 5
10
 Finland
 2
 3
 0
 5
11
 Czechoslovakia
 2
 2
 1
 5
12
 Italy
 1
 3
 1
 5
13
 Poland
 1
 3
 1
 5
14
 Romania
 1
 1
 3
 5
15
 Bulgaria
 0
 3
 2
 5
16
 France
 1
 1
 2
 4
17
 Sweden 1
 1
 2
 4
18
 Croatia 2
 0
 1
 3
19
 West Germany
 1
 1
 1
 3
20
 Estonia
 1
 0
 2
 3
21
 China 0
 2
 1
 3
22
 Russia 1
 1
 0
 2
23
 Australia 0
 0
 2
 2
24
 Netherlands
 1
 0
 0
 1
25
 Jamaica
 1
 0
 0
 1
26
 Iran
 0
 1
 0
 1
27
 Ukraine 0
 1
 0
 1
28
 Bohemia
 0
 1
 0
 1
29
 United Team of Germany 0
 1
 0
 1
30
 South Africa
 0
 0
 1
 1
31
 Austria
 0
 0
 1
 1