Michael Phelps.
Norway
Michael Phelps is this man. He won 8 gold medals in the Beijing Olympics.
the USA won 110 medals at the Olympics. China won 51 gold medals at the Olympics compared to the USA 36 gold medals.
United States.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, Laos has not won an Olympic medal.
china and they won 51 medals.
In the recent 2008 Beijing games Michael Phelps won the most medals with 8 golds. In past games the most medals won by an individual is 18 medals won by Larisa Latynina a Ukrainian Gymnast in 1964.
302 gold medals were awarded at the 2008 Games in Beijing. 55 different countries won gold medals with the People's Republic of China winning the most (51).
China
Microwave
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, Great Britain has won the most gold medals (50) in athletics. They have won the second most gold medals (24) in rowing and the third most (20) in sailing.
As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps holds the current record, winning 14 gold medals in the combined games of the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He holds the record for the most gold medals (8) won at a single Olympics.