Michael Phelps and Alexander Dityatin have both won 8 medals in a single Olympic game, the maximum.
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Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, that is India with 8 gold medals in men's hockey. Great Britain, Germany, and Pakistan have each won 3 gold medals, Netherlands has won 2 gold medals, and Australia and New Zealand have won 1 gold medal.
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).
Prior to the start of the 2012 games, the most total medals won by a single athlete is 18 by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latyninawho competed in 1956, 1960, and 1964.The most held by a male athlete is 16 by Michael Phelpsof the US, who has 14 gold and 2 bronze. The 14 gold (2004 and 2008) are also the most by any Olympic athlete. 10 of his medals are in individual events and 6 in team competition.The male athlete with the most individual medals is Soviet gymnast Nicolai Andrianov with 12 medals, including 6 gold, between 1972 and 1980.
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.