At the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul that was swimmer Matt Biondi of the United States with 7 (5 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
The USSR won the most medals at the 1988 Winter Olympics with 29: 11 gold, 9 silver and 9 bronze.
Through the 2006 Winter Games in Turin, that is speed skater Bonnie Blair with 6 (5 gold, 1 bronze).
The Soviet Union won the 11 gold medals, the most for the 1988 Winter Olympics. East Germany won the second place for most gold medals with 9. The third greatest gold medal winner in 1988 with 5 gold medals.
No it is not, The Olympics are won and given to the country who bided the most for it.
Who won the most medals in the 2008 Biejing Olympics
What country has won the most medals in 2012 olympics so far
The 2010 Olympics was a year in which only the Winter Olympics took place. The Summer Olympics took place in 2008 and 2012. The United States won the most overall medals in the Winter Olympics of 2010, while Canada won the most Gold medals. Marit Bjorgen from Norway was the individual with the most overall medals in the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Through the 2006 Games in Turin, that is speed skater Bonnie Blair who won 6 medals (5 gold and 1 bronze) at the 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1994 Winter Games.
There is no "winning country" in the Olympics. The games celebrate human achievement not national achievement. That being said, the US has won the most medals overall in all of the Olympics, Canada may well have won the most Gold Medals in a Winter Olympics and the US may well have won the most medals of any type in any of the Winter Olympics. I don't know which country has won the most Golds and most medals overall in the Summer Olympics.
China won 51 gold medals , more than any other country in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This was the largest victory since the Soviet Union won 55 in Seoul in the 1988 Olympics.
That was the 1988 Summer Games in Seoul when New Zealand won 13 medals (3 gold, 2 silver, 8 bronze).
USA won the most medals at the Olympics in Vancouver 2010 with 37 total medals (9 Gold, 15 Silver, 13 Bronze).