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.
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.
He was to the first man to win 7 gold medals in a single Olympics.
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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
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Michael Phelps.
Swimmer Mark Spitz of the United States who won 7 gold medals at the 1972 Summer Games in Munich.
Most decorated swimming, most Olympic gold medals all time, and most Olympic Gold medals in a single game.
It was the American swimmer Mark Spitz in the 1972 Munich olympic games with 7 gold medals.
Michael Phelps and Alexander Dityatin (8 each).
Canada won 14 gold medals in the 2010 Vancouver games - the record for a single Winter games.