Through the 2006 Games in Turin:
Regular Track: Norway with 79 (25 gold, 28 silver, 26 bronze).
Short Track: South Korea with 29 (17 gold, 7 silver, 5 bronze).
Speed skating.
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In the Summer Olympics, Finland has won their most medals in athletics and wrestling. In the Winter Olympics, Finland has won their most medals in cross country skiing, speed skating, and ski jumping.
United States
Alpine skiing, Bobsled, Biathlon, Cross Country, Figure Skating (pairs), Luge, Nordic Combined, Ski Jumping, Skeleton, and Speed Skating. Germany is currently sitting in 2nd place for most medals. They have 26
Bonnie Blair who has won 5 gold medals and one bronze. She retired after the 1988 games.
Canada have won a total of 5 gold medals in short track speed skating at the Winter Olympics, putting them second in the list of most gold medals in the event, behind South Korea, who have 17.
In the Winter Olympics, speed skating. In the Summer Olympics, athletics (track and field).
Athlete: Eric Heiden of the United States with 5 speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. Country: Canada with 14 at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
For the Summer Games, Japan has won the most medals in gymnastics, judo, swimming, and wrestling. For the Winter Games, Japan has won the most medals in speed skating and ski jumping.
Clara Hughes of Canada won 2 Bronze Medals in 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics for Time Trial and Road Cycling. In Winter Olympics, she also won a 1 Bronze Medal for 5000m Speed Skating at Salt Lake City, 1 Silver Medal for Speed Skating Team Pursuit at Turin 2006 and a Gold Medal for 5000m Speed Skating at Turin 2006. She won 6 medals overall at both Summer and Winter Olympics. 2 Summer medals and 4 Winter medals.
That is Eric Heiden of the United States who won 5 speed skating gold medals at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid.