Great Britain was one of 14 teams to compete in the first Games, the 1896 Summer Olympics, and has competed at every Games. Athletes representing Great Britain have won 715 medals at the Summer Olympic Games, and another 22 at the Winter Olympic Games. Great Britain is the only team to have won at least one gold medal at every Summer Games. The most successful British Olympian by gold medals won is Steve Redgrave, who won five consecutive gold medals; in the Coxed four in 1984 then Coxless pair 1988 to 1996 and finally Coxless four in 2000. Redgrave and cyclist Bradley Wiggins are the most bemedalled British Olympians with six medals each.
Great Britain have won 191 gold medals, 244 silver and 240 bronze medals over the history of the modern summer Olympics
That was the 1908 Games in London when Great Britain won 146 medals (56 gold, 51 silver, 39 bronze).
In 1908 Great Britain won 146 Olympic Medals (56 Gold 51 Silver 39 Bronze). The Olympics were held in London that year and the 146 medals is by far the most ever won by Great Britain.
Swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States who won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich.
It was the American swimmer Mark Spitz in the 1972 Munich olympic games with 7 gold medals.
Mark Spitz, winning 7 medals, then a new record. This record has since been pasted by Alexander Dityatin in 1980 and Michael Phelps in 2004 and 2008; both athletes have won 8 medals in a single Olympics. But Spitz would retain the title of most gold medals until 2008 as Dityatin won 3 gold 5 silver and a bronze in 1980. Phelps won 8 gold medals in a single Olympic game in 2008, which set a new record of most gold medals in a single Olympic.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the most gold medals won by an individual in a single Olympic Games in 8 by swimmer Michael Phelps of the United States at the 2008 Games.
Vitaly Shcherbo, representing the Unified Team, won 6 gold medals at the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona. Men's individual all-around, team all-around, rings, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horse vault.
56 in 1908.
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Swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States with 7 at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich.
Five countries - Australia, France, Great Britain, Greece and Switzerland - have sent teams to every single Summer Olympic Games. Fadi Amro
Swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States who won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich.
Michael Phelps.
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It was the American swimmer Mark Spitz in the 1972 Munich olympic games with 7 gold medals.
Most decorated swimming, most Olympic gold medals all time, and most Olympic Gold medals in a single game.
Michael Phelps and Alexander Dityatin (8 each).
Canada won 14 gold medals in the 2010 Vancouver games - the record for a single Winter games.