Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, Egypt has won 7 gold medals and all have been won by different athletes.
1) El Sayed Nosseir - men's light heavyweight Weightlifting at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.
2) Ibrahim Moustafa - men's light heavyweight Greco-Roman Wrestling at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam.
3) Anwar Mesbah - men's lightweight weightlifting at the 1936 Games in Berlin.
4) Khadr El Touni - men's middleweight weightlifting at the 1936 Games in Berlin.
5) Mahmoud Fayad - men's featherweight weightlifting at the 1948 Games in London.
6) Ibrahim Shams - men's lightweight weightlifting at the 1948 Games in London.
7) Karam Gaber - men's 96 kg Greco-Roman wrestling at the 2004 Games in Athens.
United States (11 gold medals)
roughly italyhas one the second most gold medals in the olimpic!! roughly italyhas one the second most gold medals in the olimpic!!
Through the 2010 Games, 66. Cuba's best Olympics was the 1992 Summer Games in Barcelona where they won 14 gold. They have won their highest total of gold in boxing (32) and athletics (10).
Michael Phelps of the US has the most olympic gold medals (14 total in 2004 and 2008) and the most medals by a male athlete (16 including his 2 bronze medals).
Jessie Owens in 1936 Berlin with 4 gold in one day. Later tied by Vitaly Scherbo in 1992 with 4 gold in one day and 6 overall.
Michael Phelps 8 gold medals
Steve Redgrave (5).
The most successful and decorated Olympic athlete as of 2014 is Michael Phelps. He has 22 Olympic medals with 18 being gold medals.
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is Eduardo Mangiarotti who won 6 gold medals in fencing between 1936-1960.
SwimmingMichael Phelps won 22 medals in Olympic Swimming. He is the most decorated Olympian of all time.Gold - 18 (Olympic record)Silver - 2Bronze - 2
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is Halil Mutlu who won 3 gold medals in weightlifting between 1996-2004 and Naim Süleymanoğlu who won 3 gold medals in weightlifting between 1988-1996.
Through the 2008 Games, that would be swimmer Penelope Heyns with 2 gold medals. She won gold in the 100 meter breaststroke and 200 meter breaststroke at the 1996 Games in Atlanta.
Larissa Latynina
United States swimmer, Michael Phelps, won the most medals in the London 2012 Olympics.6 Total: 4 Gold, 2 Silver
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is Nicolás Massú who won 2 gold medals in tennis (men's singles and men's doubles with Fernando González at the 2004 Summer Games in Athens).
The most medals won by a French Olympian is 8 by fencers Philippe Cattiau and Roger Ducret. Both won 3 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze. The most gold medals won by a French Olympian is 4 by fencers Christian d'Oriola and Lucien Gaudin. Cyclists Felicia Ballanger, Daniel Morelon, and Robert Charpentier, sprinter Marie-José Pérec, and alpine skier Jean-Claude Killy each won 3 gold medals.
It is Nicolas Massú, a tennis player who won both singles and doubles (with Fernando González) gold medals in the Athens 2004 Olympics, the only two gold medals that Chile has ever obtained.Fernando Gonzalez is a successful olympian too. Besides the gold medal with Massú, he won Bronze medal in Singles in Athens 2004, and silver medal in Beijing 2008Olympics.