The most gold medals won by an athlete from Great Britain in a single Olympics is 3 and has been done by 3 different athletes ...
1) John Jarvis, swimming - won gold in men's Water Polo and 1000 meter freestyle and 4000 meter freestyle at the 1900 Games in Paris.
2) Henry Taylor, swimming - won gold in men's 400 meter freestyle, 1500 meter freestyle, and 4x200 meter freestyle relay at the 1908 Games in London.
3) Chris Hoy, cycling - won gold in men's keirin, individual sprint, and team sprint at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
He broke Mark Spitz record of 7 gold medals.
The United States won a record 37 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics: 9 gold, 15 silver and 13 bronze.
As of the 2008 Games in Beijing, Michael Phelps holds the current record, winning 14 gold medals in the combined games of the 2004 Athens Olympics and 2008 Beijing Olympics. He holds the record for the most gold medals (8) won at a single Olympics.
The most Olympic Medals record is held by Larissa Semyonovna Latynina, A Soviet Gymnast who won 18 total Medals(9g, 5s, 4b) in the 1950s.
Canada at the 2010 games with 14 gold the record breaking gold was for mens hockey against U.S
Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, no British athlete has won 8 Olympic gold medals. The most Olympic gold medals a British athlete has won is 5 by rower Steve Redgrave. Redgrave also won 9 World Championship gold medals and 3 Commonwealth Games gold medals.
Michael Phelps at this time has 19 medals.
United States of America with 37 Medals Total, And We Set A Record For The Most Medals In One Olympics.
The USA won a record 37 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
He broke Mark Spitz record of 7 gold medals.
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The United States of America won 37 gold medals in the last winter Olympics, held in 2010 in Vancouver, Canada. This is the record for most medals during one Olympics.
China!
Canada won 26 medals at the 2010 Winter Olympics: 14 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze.
Michael Phelps, he got 8 gold medals for swimming
Canada won 14 gold medals in the 2010 Olympics and it is the world record. WOO go Canada!
In the past five Winter Olympics, the US has won 122 medals: 2010 - 37 medals; 2006 - 25 medals; 2002 - 34 medals; 1998 - 13 medals; 1994 - 13 medals.