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
Dara Torres
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.
In 2008, Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in the Beijing Olympics.
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As of the 2008 Games, that would be swimmer Ian Thorpe with 9 (5 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze).
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Silver: 7 Bronze: 5
Several athletes tied for winning the most gold medals at the 2000 Games in Sydney with 3. Those athletes were swimmer Ian Thorpe of Australia, cyclist Leontien Zijlaard-van Moorsel of Netherlands, swimmer Inge de Bruijn of Netherlands, swimmer Jenny Thompson of the United States, and swimmer Lenny Krayzelburg of the United States.
539 athletes competed in 25 sports winning 46 Gold Medals, 29 Silver Medals, and 29 Bronze Medals The oldest team member was 54-year-old equestrian Karen O'Connor, while the youngest was 15-year-old swimmer Katie Ledecky. Of the 539 athletes sent, 208 won at least one medal.
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New Zealand won 13 medals in the 2012 summer Olympics including 6 Gold Medals, 2 Silver Medals, and 5 Bronze medals
Prior to the 2008 Games, the woman with the most medals was USSR gymnast Larissa Latynina who won 18 medals (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze) at the 1956, 1960, and 1964 Summer Games. The man with the most medals was USSR gymnast Nikolai Andrianov who won 15 medals (7 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze) at the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Summer Games. After the 2008 Games, Latynina still holds the Olympic record for medals won but swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States has now won the most medals of any man in Olympic history (16 medals, 14 gold, 2 bronze).