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.
Michael Phelps, swimmer, won the most gold medals in Olympic history.
Michael Phelps has won 14 gold medals.
Canada won the most gold medals with 14. It is also the most gold medals won in Winter Olympic history.
China with 51 gold medals.
Norway is the country that has won the most number of Winter Olympic gold medals. Norway has a cumulative total of 118 gold medals.
Michael Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals, 14 of which are gold. This makes him the most "golden" of all Olympians.
Canada won 14 gold medals at Vancouver in 2010.
The most gold medals won was 4 by Japan. China was second with 3.
Larissa Latynina (USSR) has won the most number of medals in the Olympic Games with an incredible tally of 18 medals (9 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze).Micheal Phelps (USA) has won the most medals by a male athlete with 16 (14 gold and 2 silver) and he has won the most Olympic Gold Medals with 14.
Michael Phelps
USA won the most Medals with 104 and 46 Gold Medals
Michael Phelps won eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympic Games in Bejing, China. He currently holds the record for the number of gold medals won at any one Olympic games. The prior record holder was Mark Spitz. Spitz won seven gold medals at the Munich, Germany Olympic Games in 1972.