1) Tamara Press, Soviet Union - women's shot put and discus throw.
2) Bob Hayes, United States - men's 100 meter dash and 4x100 meter relay.
3) Henry Carr, United States - men's 200 meter dash and 4x400 meter relay.
4) Mike Larrabee, United States - men's 400 meter dash and 4x400 meter relay.
5) Peter Snell, New Zealand - men's 800 meter run and 1500 meter run.
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United States (11 gold medals)
They won 13 gold medals in the summer olympics, and none in the winter olympics.
The US won 10 gold medals at the 2002 Winter Olympics.
Norway won 2 gold medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
Michael Phelps leads the USA 2012 Olympics in total medal count with 4 Gold Medals and 2 Silver Metals and was also the leading Swimming Medal winner for the 2012 Olympics and the leading Medal winner in the 2012 Olympics. 2012 is actually his worst Olympic record after his winning 8 Gold Medals in 2008 and 6 Gold and 2 Bronze in 2004. He is the all time top medalist with 22 medals including 18 Gold Medals. Larisa Latynina from the Soviet Union during the 1956-1964 Olympics won 18 total medals in Gymnastics including 9 Gold Medals and is second leading medal all time winner