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Summer Olympics -

1) Anton Heida of the United States won 5 gold medals in gymnastics at the 1904 Games in St. Louis.

2) Nedo Nadi of Italy won 5 gold medals in fencing at the 1920 Games in Antwerp.

3) Willis Lee of the United States won 5 gold medals in shooting at the 1920 Games in Antwerp.

4) Paavo Nurmi of Finland won 5 gold medals in athletics at the 1924 Games in Paris.

5) Mark Spitz of the United States won 7 gold medals in swimming at the 1972 Games in Munich.

6) Matt Biondi of the United States won 5 gold medals in swimming at the 1988 Games in Seoul.

7) Kristin Otto of East Germany won 6 gold medals in swimming at the 1988 Games in Seoul.

8) Vitaly Shcherbo of the Unified Team won 6 gold medals in gymnastics at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.

9) Michael Phelps of the United States won 6 gold medals in swimming at the 2004 Games in Athens and 8 gold medals in swimming at the 2008 Games in Beijing.

Winter Olympics -

1) Eric Heiden of the United States won 5 gold medals in speed skating at the 1980 Games in Lake Placid.

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1) Steven Redgrave of Great Britain won rowing gold medals at 5 consecutive Games: Coxed Four: 1984

Coxless Pair: 1988, 1992, 1996

Coxless Four: 2000 2) Birgit Fischer of Germany won 8 kayaking gold medals in 6 different Games: Singles: 1980, 1992

Pairs: 1988, 2000

Fours: 1988, 1996, 2000, 2004 3) Elisabeta Lipa-Oleniuc of Romania won rowing gold medals in 5 different Games: Double Sculls: 1984

Single Sculls: 1992

Coxed Eights: 1996, 2000, 2004 4) Aladar Gerevich of Hungary won fencing gold medals in 6 different Games: Team Sabre: 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960

Individual Sabre: 1952 5) Reiner Klimke of Germany won equestrian gold medals in 5 different games: Team Dressage: 1964, 1968, 1976, 1984, 1988

Individual Dressage: 1984 6) Pal Kovacs of Hungary won fencing gold medals in 5 different Games: Team Sabre: 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1960

Individual Sabre: 1952

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Michael Phelps

Carl Lewis

Mark Spitz

Matt Biondi

Jenny Thompson <---- never won indiviual gold

Ray Ewry

Amy Van Dyken

Carl Osburn

Gary Hall Jr.

Aaron Peirsol

Anton Heida

Willis Lee

Don Schollander

Morris Fisher

Eric Heiden

Johnny Weissmuller

Tom Jager

Bonnie Blair

Alfred Lane

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Sir Stephen Geoffrey Redgrave a British rower won gold medals from 1984 thru 2000.

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I know Steve Redgrave did (British rower). Don't know if he's the only one to acheive this feat

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Steve Redgrave.

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