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MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

HUNGARY - 17 Medals

UNITED STATES - 15 Medals

ITALY - 10 Medals

Medal Table
Men's
Women's

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1900
Great Britain
Belgium
France
France
1904
United States
United States
United States
1908
Great Britain
Belgium
Sweden
1912
Great Britain
Sweden
Belgium
1920
Great Britain
Belgium
Sweden
1924
France
Belgium
United States
1928
Germany
Hungary
France
1932
Hungary
Germany
United States
1936
Hungary
Germany
Belgium
1948
Italy
Hungary
Netherlands
1952
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Italy
1956
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
1960
Italy
Soviet Union
Hungary
1964
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
1968
Yugoslavia
Soviet Union
Hungary
1972
Soviet Union
Hungary
United States
1976
Hungary
Italy
Netherlands
1980
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Hungary
1984
Yugoslavia
United States
West Germany
1988
Yugoslavia
United States
Soviet Union
1992
Italy
Spain
Unified Team
1996
Spain
Croatia
Italy
2000
Hungary
Russia
Yugoslavia
2004
Hungary
Serbia & Montenegro
Russia
2008
Hungary
United States
Serbia
2012
Croatia
Italy
Serbia
2016
Serbia
Croatia
Italy
2020
Serbia
Greece
Hungary

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2020 Tokyo Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
2000
Australia
United States
Russia
2004
Italy
Greece
United States
2008
Netherlands
United States
Australia
2012
United States
Spain
Australia
2016
United States
Italy
Russia
2020
United States
Spain
Hungary

Medal Total  Men's  Women's  
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
Hungary
9
3
5
17
2
United States
4
6
5
15
3
Italy
4
3
3
10
4
Yugoslavia
3
4
1
8
5
Soviet Union
2
2
3
7
6
Belgium
0
4
2
6
7
Great Britain
4
0
0
4
8
Serbia 2
0
2
4
9
Spain 1
3
0
4
10
France
1
0
3
4
11
Russia
0
1
3
4
12
Germany
1
2
0
3
13
Croatia
1
2
0
3
14
Netherlands
1
0
2
3
15
Australia
1
0
2
3
16
Sweden
0
1
2
3
17
Greece
0
2
0
2
18
Serbia & Montenegro
0
1
0
1
19
West Germany
0
0
1
1
20
Unified Team
0
0
1
1