Swimming
As far as total medals go, England has won their most Summer Olympic medals in athletics and their most Winter Olympic medals in figure skating.
Um... they're all "Athletics". Have Americans won medals in the sport of sitting on the couch?
Israel has won the majority of their Olympic medals in the sports of Judo and Sailing. 3 medalswere won in Judo and 3 medals were won in Sailing.
The American swimmer, Mark Spitz, has the record of most gold medals a single Olympiad, with seven gold medals. This achievement was made in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he won, and set a new world record, in each of the following events: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly, 4 x 100 m freestyle, 4 x 200 m freestyle and the 4 x 100 m medley.
Canada: 2. Curling has only been an Olympic sport since 1998.
Michael Phelps an American swimmer won 14 career Olympic gold medals, the most medals won by any Olympian.
Soccer is Zimbabwe's most popular sport.
Since baseball became an Olympic sport in the 1992 Olympics, Cuba has won three gold medals and the United States has won one.
In 1928 Japan won it's first gold medal. It does vary for Japan's most (gold) medals in that Olympic sport. It could be in the winter or summer olympics. Personally I think they would have more ping pong medals.
Women's football has been an Olympic sport since 1996. Through the 2008 Games, the United States has won the most medals (4, 3 gold and 1 silver) and Germany has won the second most medals (3, 3 bronze).
That is swimmer Michael Phelps who has won 16 Olympic medals (14 gold, 2 bronze). With regard to U.S. athletes, indeed, Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic medals. However, taking all international athletes into consideration, the one with the most Olympic medals overall is a Russian-Ukranian, Larissa Latynina. A former Soviet gymnast, she won more Olympic medals than anyone in history, male or female, in any sport. She won 18 medals; nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze.