Dara Torres
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is swimmer Jenny Thompson with 8 gold medals won at the 1992, 1996, and 2000 Games. Thompson also won 3 silver and 1 bronze and her 12 total medals is tied with fellow swimmer Dara Torres for the most total Olympic medals won by an American women. Torres won 4 gold, 4 silver, and 4 bronze.
Swimmer Matt Biondi won 11 Olympic medals (8 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze).
Countries 1) United States - 110 medals (36 gold, 38 silver, 36 bronze) 2) China - 100 medals (51 gold, 21 silver, 28 bronze) 3) Russia - 72 medals (23 gold, 21 silver, 28 bronze) 4) Great Britain - 47 medals (19 gold, 13 silver, 15 bronze) 5) Australia - 46 medals (14 gold, 15 silver, 17 bronze) Athletes 1) Swimmer Michael Phelps, United States - 8 medals (8 gold) 2) Swimmer Natalie Coughlin, United States - 6 medals ( 1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze) 3) Gymnast Nastia Liukin, United States - 5 medals (1 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze) Four athletes won 4 medals 4A) Swimmer Libby Trickett, Australia (2 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze) 4B) Swimmer Ryan Lochte, United States (2 gold, 2 bronze) 4C) Swimmer Kirsty Coventry, Zimbabwe (1 gold, 3 silver) 4D) Gymnast Shawn Johnson, United States (1 gold, 3 silver)
Don Schollander was an American swimmer who competed in both the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games. He won four gold medals in the 1964 Games and three gold medals and one silver medal in the 1968 Games.
41 year old Dara Torres won three silver medals at the 2008 Games in Beijing: 1) 50 meter freestyle 2) 4x100 meter freestyle relay 3) 4x100 meter medley relay
SwimmingMichael Phelps won 22 medals in Olympic Swimming. He is the most decorated Olympian of all time.Gold - 18 (Olympic record)Silver - 2Bronze - 2
Gymnasts Mikhail Voronin and Aleksandr Dityanin of the former Soviet Union and swimmer Shirley Babashoff of the United States, each with 6 Olympic silver medals.
That is Dawn Fraser (4 gold, 4 silver) and Petria Thomas (3 gold, 4 silver, 1 bronze) with 8 medals each. Ian Thorpe has won the most Olympic medals for Australia with 9 (5 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).
The most medals won at an Olympic Games by an Australian athlete is 5 and was done by swimmer Ian Thorpe at the 2000 Games in Sydney (3 gold, 2 silver) and swimmer Shane Gould at the 1972 Games in Munich (3 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze).
Zimbabwe won 4 medals (1 gold, 3 silver) at the 2008 Games, all by swimmer Kirsty Coventry.
The African American man who has won the most Olympic medals is track and field's Carl Lewis with 10 (9 gold and 1 silver). But 20 athletes have won more than 10 medals, the most being 18 (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) by gymnast Larissa Latynina of the former Soviet Union. The American athlete who has won the most Olympic medals is swimmer Michael Phelps with 16 (14 gold, 2 bronze).
22 - 4 gold, 9 silver, 9 bronze. Swimmer Inge de Bruijn won the most medals for Netherlands at the 2004 Games with 4 (1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze).