That was 56 gold medals won at the 1908 Games in London.
As of the 2008 Olympics Michael Phelps has won 14 gold medals in swimming (16 total medals), second on the list is Raymond Ewry who won a total of 10 gold medals in track & field. as a sidenote if Michael Phelps wins 3 more medals of any type he will pass Larisa Latynina as the winner of most Olympic medals. Between 1956 & 1964 Ms Latynina won 18 total medals in gymnastics. The most medals won by a single swimmer at the Olympics is Michel Phelps of the U.S.A. who won a total of eight medals at the 2008 Olympics held in Beijing 2008.
Total Number of gold Medals awarded at the Athens Olympics were 301.
3615 medals
56 gold at 1908 olympics
473 total medals for Summer games 517 total Olympic medals
Germany won a total of 44 medals in 2012 Olympics
There were 3,000 medals awarded at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.
88 total medals
They haven't won a single medal in Olympic history, appearing a total of 6 times.
There will be a total of 302 gold medal award ceremonies at the London 2012 Olympics. This counts team events as a single ceremony.
Switzy won 6 medals in total.
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