Through the 2008 Games, here are the top medal winners in Summer Olympics history: 1) Larissa Latynina - USSR - Gymnastics - 18, 9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze 2) Michael Phelps - United States - Swimming - 16, 14 gold, 2 bronze 3) Nikolai Andrianov - USSR - Gymnastics - 15, 7 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze 4) Boris Shaklin - USSR - Gymnastics - 13, 7 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze
....Edoardo Mangiarotti - Italy - Fencing - 13, 6 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze
....Takashi Ono - Japan - Gymnastics - 13, 5 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze
7) Paavo Nurmi - Finland - Athletics - 12, 9 gold, 3 silver
....Sawao Kato - Japan - Gymnastics - 12, 8 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
....Alexei Nemov - Russia - Gymnastics - 12, 4 gold, 2 silver, 6 bronze
....Jenny Thompson - United States - Swimming - 12, 8 gold, 3 silver, 1 bronze
....Dara Torres - United States - Swimming - 12, 4 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze
....Birgit Fischer - Germany - Canoeing - 12, 8 gold, 4 silver Top medal winner in the Winter Olympics is cross country skier Bjorn Daehlie of Norway who won 12 medals (8 gold, 4 silver) at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Games.
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The winners in the Women's 10 Kilometer Open Water event at the Rio 2016 Olympics were Sharon Van Rouwendaal, Rachele Bruni, and Poliana Okimoto. Van Rouwendaal won the gold medal, Bruni won the silver medal, and Okimoto won the bronze medal.
The winners of the Men's 10 Metre Air Pistol event at the Rio 2016 Olympics were Hoang Xuan Vinh, Felipe Almeida Wu, and Pang Wei. The gold medal went to Vinh, the silver medal went to Wu, and the bronze medal went to Wei.
The winners in the Men's 10km Open Water event at the Rio 2016 Olympics were Ferry Weertman, Spiros Gianniotis, and Marc-Antoine Olivier. Weertman won the gold medal, Gianniotis won the silver medal, and Olivier won the bronze medal.
Chen Aisen of China won the gold medal German Sanchez of Mexico won the silver medal David Boudia of US won the bronze medal
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The winners of the gold medal in the men's synchronized 10 m platform at the Rio 2016 Olympics were Yue Lin and Aisen Chen of China.
Men's 10 km (visually impaired)Gold medal: Brian McKeever of CanadaGuide: Erik CarletonSilver medal: Stanislav Chokhlaev of RussiaGuide: Maksim PirogovBronze medal: Thomas Clarion of FranceGuide: Julien BourlaMen's 10 km (sitting)Gold medal: Chris Klebl of CanadaSilver medal: Maksym Yarovyi of UkraineBronze medal: Grigory Murygin of RussiaMen's 10 km (standing)Gold medal: Aleksandr Pronkov of RussiaSilver medal: Vladimir Kononov of RussiaBronze medal: Vladislav Lekomtcev of Russia
Women's 10 km (visually impaired)Gold medal: Mikhalina Lysova of RussiaGuide: Alexey IvanovSilver medal: Iuliia Budaleeva of RussiaGuide: Tatiana MaltsevaBronze medal: Oksana Skyshkova of UkraineGuide: Lada NesterenkoWomen's 10 km (sitting)Gold medal: Anja Wicker of GermanySilver medal: Svetlana Konovalova of RussiaBronze medal: Lyudymyla Pavlenko of UkraineWomen's 10 km (standing)Gold medal: Alena Kaufman of RussiaSilver medal: Oleksandra Kononova of UkraineBronze medal: Natalia Bratiuk of Russia
The winners of the silver medal in the men's synchronized 10 m platform at the Rio 2016 Olympics were Steele Johnson and David Boudia of the United States.
The winners of the bronze medal in the men's synchronized 10 m platform at the Rio 2016 Olympics were Daniel Goodfellow and Thomas Daley of Great Britain.
Olympic athletes are amateurs. They do not get paid. Britain does not award cash to medal winners. Other countries in the UK might award cash to their medal winners.
Arnd Peiffer of Germany won the gold medal in men's 10 km sprint biathlon. Michal Krčmář of Czech Republic won the silver medal in men's 10 km sprint biathlon. Dominik Windisch of Italy won the bronze medal in men's 10 km sprint biathlon.