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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