The USA has won 833 gold medals from the inception of the Olympic Games till the start of the 2000 Sydney Olympics ---- The country that won the most medals at the 20th Summer Olympics (1972 Munich) was the Soviet Union with 99 (50 gold, 27 silver, 22 bronze). The country that won the most medals at the 20th Winter Olympics (2006 Turin) was Germany with 29 (11 gold, 12 silver, 6 bronze).
Steffi Graf, Seoul Olympics, 1988. Olympic Gold Medal, Tennis.
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Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, swimmers Jenny Thompson and Dara Torres each have won 12 Olympic medals, the most of any American woman athlete. Thompson won 8 gold, 3 silver, and 1 bronze and Torres won 4 gold, 4 silver, and 4 bronze.
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.
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Jenny Thompson of the United States with 8 gold medals won. All of her gold medals came in relay events. She also won 3 silver and 1 bronze for a total of 12 Olympic medals.
Björn Dählie from Norway competing in cross-country skiing with 12 olympic medals.
Australia won a total of 35 medals (7 gold, 16 silver, and 12 bronze)
At the 2012 Olympics in London, Mexico won 1 gold, 3 silver and 3 bronze medals. As of the 2008 Games, Mexico had won 12 gold, 18 silver and 24 bronze medals, for a total of 54 Olympic medals. In total, they have 13 gold, 21 silver and 27 bronze medals in Olympic competition. Their total is now 61 Olympic medals.
France won a total of 34 medals - 11 gold, 11 silver, and 12 bronze
Great Britain won a total of 9 gold medals, 9 silver, and 12 bronze. The United States won the most medals for a grand total of 102.
South Korea won 30 medals (9 gold, 12 silver, 9 bronze) at the 2004 Games in Athens.
Germany won 36 Medals in Salt Lake in 2002 12 Gold 16 Silver 8 Bronze Information from: http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-medals/historical-medals/index_cf-Jc.html?cat6=&cat1=2002&q=hm