Carl Lewis
Michael Phelps has the most Olympic Golds (all time), world championship medals, and much more.
Most decorated swimming, most Olympic gold medals all time, and most Olympic Gold medals in a single game.
U.s.c.
The "most decorated" male gymnasts of all time are:1. Nikolai Andrianov (Soviet Union/Russia) - 15 Olympic medals/7 gold (second most decorated male Olympican after swimmer Michael Phelps); 12 World Championship medals; 1976 Olympic AA champion; 1978 World AA champion2. Boris Shakhlin (Soviet Union/Ukraine) - 13 Olympic medals/7 gold; 14 World Championship medals; 1960 Olympic AA champion; 1958 World AA champion3. Sawao Kato (Japan) - 12 Olympic medals/8 gold; 3-time (1968, 1972, 1976) Olympic AA champion (most all time)4. Alexander Dityatin (Soviet Union/Russia) - 10 Olympic medals/3 gold; 12 World Championship medals; 1980 Olympic AA champion; 1979 World AA champion
Bjørn Dæhlie
Norway has won the most Winter Olympic medals all time with 280, they have also won the most gold medals with 98. The US is second with 216 total medals.
University of Southern California
The US athlete that has won the most medals in swimmer Michael Phelps with 16 (14 gold, 2 bronze). He is second all time in medals behind gymnast Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union who won 18 Olympic medals (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze).
All Time Medals WonGold- 930Silver- 730Bronze- 638Total All- Time Medals- 2298
He got his medals over time. He got the most in 2008.
In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four golds and two silver medals, making him the most successful athlete of the Games for the third Olympics in a row. It was actually his worst performance of the 3 Olympics. Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 medals and he also has the record for Olympic gold medals with 18
In the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Phelps won four golds and two silver medals, making him the most successful athlete of the Games for the third Olympics in a row. It was actually his worst performance of the 3 Olympics. Michael Fred Phelps II (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer and the most decorated Olympian of all time with 22 medals and he also has the record for Olympic gold medals with 18