That would be fencer Aladár Gerevich of Hungary who won gold in 6 consecutive Olympic Games between 1932-1960.
1) 1932 - gold in team Sabre
2) 1936 - gold in team Sabre
3) 1948 - gold in team Sabre and individual Sabre
4) 1952 - gold in team Sabre
5) 1956 - gold in team Sabre
6) 1960 - gold in team Sabre
Of course, there were no Games in 1940 and 1944 due to World War II. The first athlete to win gold in five consecutive Olympics were there was no interruption due to war was rower Steve Redgrave of Great Britain:
1984 - gold in coxed fours
1988 - gold in coxless pairs
1992 - gold in coxless pairs
1996 - gold in coxless pairs
2000 - gold in coxless fours
Kayaker Birgit Fischer of Germany also won gold in 5 consecutive Olympics (1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004).
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Speed skater Eric Heiden of the United States at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid.
Heiden won gold in the following events:
1) Men's 500 meters
2) Men's 1000 meters
3) Men's 1500 meters
4) Men's 5000 meters
5) Men's 10000 meters
Since Heiden, gymnast Vitaly Shcherbo of the Unified Team won 5 gold medals in individual events at the 1992 Games in Barcelona and swimmer Michael Phelps won 5 gold medals in individual events at the 2008 Games in Beijing.
That was Carl Schuhmann of Germany at the 1896 Games in Athens. He won three gold medals in gymnastics (men's horse vault, men's team parallel bars, and men's team horizontal bars) and one gold medal in Wrestling (men's unlimited class Greco-Roman).
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Speed skater Eric Heiden of the United States at the 1980 Winter Games in Lake Placid. He won gold in the 500 meters, 1000 meters, 1500 meters, 5000 meters, and 10000 meters. He set Olympic records in all 5 events.
Eric Heiden won 5 gold medals at the 1980 Olympic games in Lake Placid, New York. He won all the medals in speed skating.
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China sent 24 athletes to the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid to compete in figure skating, speed skating, alpine skiing, cross country skiing, and biathlon. They did not win any medals. The 1980 Winter Olympics were the first Winter Olympics that China competed in.
The First winter Olympics was in Chamonix,France in 1924.
Germany won 26 medals (10 gold, 10 silver, 6 bronze) at the 1992 Winter Games in Albertville. That ranked first of all countries participating. The 10 gold medals also ranked first.
There were no Winter Olympics in 1896. The first Winter Games were in 1924 in Chamonix, France.