Lewis won 4 gold medals at the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles (100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4x100 meter relay, long jump) and 9 gold medals, along with 1 silver, during his Olympic career.
The 1948 olympics
The athlete that won the most medals was Hermann Weingärtner of Germany who won six (3 gold, 2 silver, 1 bronze) in gymnastics. The athlete that won the most gold medals was Carl Schuhmann of Germany who won four, 3 in gymnastics and 1 in weightlifting.
Don Quarrie
After the conclusion of the 2010 winter Olympics and his Olympic skating career, he had won 8 medals: two gold, two silver, and four bronze.
Ben Ainslie has won four Olympic gold medals in sailing. He won gold in the Laser class at the 2000 Sydney Olympics, and then went on to win three consecutive gold medals in the Finn class at the 2004 Athens Olympics, 2008 Beijing Olympics, and 2012 London Olympics.
There are more than two. Fanny Blankers-Koen Alvin Kraenzlein Carl Lewis Jesse Owens
Carl Lewis won gold in the long jump in four successive olympics. Al Oerter won gold in the discuss in four successive olympics. I believe somebody also did this in Equestrian but I do not know their name.
Four. Carl Lewis won gold in the long jump at the 1984, 1988, 1992, and 1996 Summer Games.
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.
9.1984: 100 meter dash, 200 meter dash, 4x100 meter relay, long jump1988: 100 meter dash, long jump1992: 4x100 meter relay, long jump1996: long jump
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Al Oerter
USA and Argentina
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Four gold medals
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