Vancouver cananda
Coz they want medals and have fun. Answered by an athlete.
Carl Lewis
Mark Todd, but I'm not sure
204 countries in 302 events from 26 sports and 39 disciplines with over 10,0000 athletes winning 962 Medals including 302 Gold Medals 304 Silver Medals and 356 Bronze Medals
Prior to the start of the 2012 games, the most total medals won by a single athlete is 18 by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latyninawho competed in 1956, 1960, and 1964.The most held by a male athlete is 16 by Michael Phelpsof the US, who has 14 gold and 2 bronze. The 14 gold (2004 and 2008) are also the most by any Olympic athlete. 10 of his medals are in individual events and 6 in team competition.The male athlete with the most individual medals is Soviet gymnast Nicolai Andrianov with 12 medals, including 6 gold, between 1972 and 1980.
Steve Redgrave (6 medals).
Michael Phelps (22 medals).
Viktor Ahn, who was an athlete from Russia, won the most medals at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, with 4 medals.
Jackie Joyner Kersee has never been to jail. She has won three gold medals, one silver medal and two bronze medals in Olympic events. She was voted as the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated for Women.
302 Gold Medals were awarded, some of them were won by the same athlete for different events
Mark Spitz made his big splash during the 1972 Olympics, becoming the first athlete to win seven gold medals in an Olympiad.
isn't it Micheal phelps with 8 medals