Bonnie Blair who has won 5 gold medals and one bronze. She retired after the 1988 games.
Speed skating.
USA.
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).
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.
Bonnie Blair, she won golds in both the 500, and 1000m women's speed skating.
In the Olympics and most related events, it requires a finish in the top three. Some events award medals to other places.
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.
In the Summer Olympics, Japan has won the most medals in gymnastics (92) and the most gold medals in judo (35). Swimming and wrestling are also sports that Japan has done very well at. In the Winter Olympics, Japan has won the most medals in speed skating (12) and the most gold medals (3) in ski jumping.
Through the 2006 Games in Turin, 79 (25 gold, 28 silver, 26 bronze). Ivar Ballangrud has won the most medals in speed skating for Norway with 7 (4 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) at the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Winter Games.