Through the 2008 Games in Beijing, the most medals an athlete has won at an Olympic Games is 8:
1) 1980 Games in Moscow - gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin of the USSR won 3 gold, 4 silver, and 1 bronze.
2) 2004 Games in Athens - swimmer Michael Phelps of the USA won 6 gold and 2 bronze.
3) 2008 Games in Beijing - swimmer Michael Phelps of the USA won 8 gold.
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Michael phelps has won 19 medals..... 15 gold 2 silver and 2 bronze. in 2004 he won 6 gold and 2 bronze. in 2008 he won 8 gold medals and so far in 2012 he has won 1 gold and 2 silver medals.