Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the Canadian athlete that has won the most Olympic medals is speed skater Cindy Klassen who won 6 Winter Olympic medals. Gold - 1) 2006 - 1500 meters Silver - 1) 2006 - 1000 meters, Team pursuit Bronze - 1) 2002 - 3000 meters
2) 2006 - 3000 meters, 5000 meters
The Canadian athlete with the most Summer Olympic medals is Phil Edwards who won 5 medals in athletics, all bronze: 1) 1928 - 4x400 meter relay
2) 1932 - 4x400 meter relay, 800 meter run, 1500 meter run
3) 1936 - 800 meter run
Through the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the Summer Olympic sport that Canada has won the most medals and most gold medals in is athletics (Track and Field). Canada has won 52 medals in athletics (13 gold, 14 silver, 25 bronze). Canada has won the second most Summer medals in swimming (40 total, 7 gold, 13 silver, 20 bronze) and the second most gold medals in rowing (9 gold medals).
Through the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, the Winter Olympic sport that Canada has won the most medals in is speed skating (28 total, 6 gold, 10 silver, 12 bronze) and the sport they have won the most gold medals in is Ice Hockey (9 gold medals). Canada has won the second most Winter medals in short track speed skating (20 total, 5 gold, 8 silver, 7 bronze) and figure skating (20 total, 3 gold, 7 silver, 10 bronze) and the second most gold medals in speed skating (6 gold medals).
Men: Michael Phelps of USA, Total:16 (14 gold medals, 2 bronze medals) Swimming Women:Larissa Semyonovna Latynina of Russia Total:18 (nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze) Gymnastics
That was the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles when Canada won 44 medals (10 gold, 18 silver, 16 bronze).
38 Gold Medals
The United States won the most gold medals in the 2012 Summer Olympic games in the United Kingdom.
As of August 18, Canada has won 251 Summer Olympic Medals (57 gold, 88 silver, 106 bronze) and 119 Winter Olympic medals (38 gold, 38 silver, 43 bronze).
Gaétan Boucher, a Canadian legend, in my opinion :) He won 2 of his gold medals in a single olympics game (1984 I am 95% sure)
The last summer Olympics were in Beijing, China. Mexico won 3 medals at that Olympic; two golds and one bronze.
As of the 2008 Games, Ireland has won 8 gold medals in Summer Olympic competition.
As of the 2008 Games, that would be the former Soviet Union with 473 Olympic gold medals won (395 Summer Olympic gold, 78 Winter Olympic gold).
38 Gold Medals
Liechtenstein. Liechtenstein has won 9 Winter Olympic medals (2 gold, 2 silver, 5 bronze) and 0 Summer Olympic medals.
Michael Phelps won a total of 16 Summer Olympic medals.2004 Athens (6 Gold, 2 Bronze)2008 Beijing (8 Gold)
4 Gold Medals, which was his lowest number from any of the past 3 summer Olympic games
As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, Australia has won 117 gold medals in Summer Olympic competition and 3 gold medals in Winter Olympic competition.
China with 51.
None.
Canada won a Gold Medal, 5 Silver Medals, and 12 Bronze Medals for a total of 18 Medals for the 277 athletes represented by the Canadian Olympic Committee and were 13th in total medals for a country
New Zealand did not win any medals at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games.
The United States won the most gold medals in the 2012 Summer Olympic games in the United Kingdom.