answersLogoWhite

0


Best Answer

That was the United States who won 242 medals (79 gold, 83 silver, 80 bronze) at the 1904 Games in St. Louis, USA. Travel being as difficult as it was back then, only 12 nations participated in the 1904 Games and the US had 4 times as many athletes as all the other competing nations combined.

User Avatar

Wiki User

15y ago
This answer is:
User Avatar
More answers
User Avatar

Wiki User

11y ago

Since 1896, in the summer Olympic Games, the USA have won the most gold medals of all countries, having won a total of 974.

In terms of the Winter Olympics, Norway have won the highest number of golds, this being 107.

Overall, the USA have won 1,061 gold medals between both types,

This answer is:
User Avatar

Add your answer:

Earn +20 pts
Q: Which country has won the most olympic gold medals since the modern Olympics was started?
Write your answer...
Submit
Still have questions?
magnify glass
imp
Continue Learning about General History

Which country won the most medals in the XX Olympic Games?

The USA has won 833 gold medals from the inception of the Olympic Games till the start of the 2000 Sydney Olympics ---- The country that won the most medals at the 20th Summer Olympics (1972 Munich) was the Soviet Union with 99 (50 gold, 27 silver, 22 bronze). The country that won the most medals at the 20th Winter Olympics (2006 Turin) was Germany with 29 (11 gold, 12 silver, 6 bronze).


What country has won the most medals in 1 winter Olympics?

Canada with 14 gold medals at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic games after beating the USA men's hockey team!


Which country holds the record for the most winter olympic gold medals in one winter games?

Canada with 14 at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.


What is the most ever gold medals by one country at a winter olympic games?

Canada at the 2010 games with 14 gold the record breaking gold was for mens hockey against U.S


Which country has won the most summer olympic medals overall?

There are no winter Olympics in 2016. Winter Olympics are held every four years on a two-year offset from the summer Olympics; the last one was in 2014, and the next one will be in 2018.The 2015 Summer Games still have a week or so to go, but the US is currently leading with gold medals in 26 events. Second place is currently Great Britain with 16, with China (15) hot on their heels. The US is also leading the overall medal count at 70, with China in second place with 46.

Related questions

Who pays for the Olympic gold medals?

The country who is hosting the Olympics


Who has won the most medals in the history of the Winter Olympics?

The country is Norway with 263 Olympic medals


What country has won the most Olympic medals in the history of the Olympics?

China


What is the name of the person how started the Olympics?

Yusri , Kevin and Rayyan are started the Olympic games and they got medals


Which country won most Olympic bronze medals at the Beijing 2008 Olympics?

USA with 36 bronze medals


Did boxing get the gold and silver medals last year?

did olympic boxing get the gold and silver medals in the last olympics? did olympic boxing get the gold and silver medals in the last olympics? did olympic boxing get the gold and silver medals in the last olympics?


What country won the most Olympic gold medals?

Summer Olympics - USA 2219 Winter Olympics - 273 USSR/Russia


Which country won the most medals in one olympic competition?

119 by Canada in the 1964 Summer Olympics


What country has won the most medals for the Olympics in running?

Spain, According to another answered question on this site. "What country has won the most Olympic medals in running?" Answered: Spain


Which country won heighest gold medal at olympic 2008?

China has 51 gold medals at the 2008 olympics.


Which country has won the most olympic medals without hosting the Olympics?

Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that would be Hungary with 465 Olympic medals (459 Summer and 6 Winter). Finland is second with 450 Olympic medals (299 Summer and 151 Winter).


What do Olympic medals stand for?

They stand for wining in the Olympics