It was Jesse Owens.
In 1936 Jesse Owens was the first sprinter to win four Olympic golds in one year. Athlete Carl Lewis matched his record in 1984.
he is NOT dead. Mark Spitz is a motivational speaker and an Olympic swimmer who has won 7 gold medals in one Olympics. He was the first person ever to win 7 gold medals in one Olympics until Michael Phelps won 8 gold medals in the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Gold medals were not awarded in the first Olympics of the modern era. The first gold medal was given at the 1904 Olympics; the country to win the first one was the United States.
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no one there were no Olympics in 1961
Jesse Owens at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
Currently, South Africa has 3 gold medals and one silver.
One gold in 2008 olympicsOne silver in 2004 Olympics One bronze in 2008 Olympics
No One.
China
Canada had won 26 medals total in the Olympics and 14 of them were gold! That is a world record for most gold medals won in one season.
Prior to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Brazil had won 17 gold medals and 76 medals in total.As of Thursday, August 21st, Brazil has won one gold medal and eight medals in total in the Beijing Olympics.
That was 56 gold medals won at the 1908 Games in London.