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.
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He was to the first man to win 7 gold medals in a single Olympics.
12 ... 8 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze in swimming at the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Summer Games. Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, she has won the most gold medals of any woman swimmer in Olympic history and is tied with Dara Torres for the most total medals won for any woman swimmer in Olympic history.
After the conclusion of the 2010 winter Olympics and his Olympic skating career, he had won 8 medals: two gold, two silver, and four bronze.
Yes, but not by the International Olympic Committee. It's the various national sports organizations (including the local Olympic Committees) that give the athlethes prize money for medals won.
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.
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Russia has won 498 medals in Olympic history.
The country is Norway with 263 Olympic medals
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In the 2012 London Summer olympics, Russia won a total of 82 medals. Russia has won 498 medals in the history of the olympic games. In the London olympics, the United States won a total of 104 medals. The States has won 2652 medals in the history of the olympic games.
Yes. Her 18 Olympic medals is the most an athlete has won in the history of the modern Olympics.
489 before the 2012 olympics
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The record for the most Olympic medals is held by Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina. Competing in three Olympics, between 1956 and 1964, she won 18 medals.