Athletes with most Olympic golds

Athletes with most Olympic golds

23 - Michael Phelps

US swimmer won 23 golds, 3 silvers and 2 bronze from 2004 until 2016

9 - Larisa Latynina

Gymnast Latynina won 18 medals in her career. She holds the record for most individual Olympic medals (14)

9 - Paavo Nurmi

Paavo Nurmi collected nine golds and three silvers over the three Olympics in the 1920s

9 - Mark Spitz

Between 1968 and 1972, Spitz won nine Olympic golds, a silver, and a bronze. He set 35 world records

9 - Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis won nine Olympic golds and was eight times crowned world champion

8 - Birgit Fischer

Rower Fischer won eight gold medals over six Olympics

8 - Sawao Kato

Between 1968 and 1976 he won twelve Olympic medals, including eight gold medals for Japan in gymnastics

8 - Jenny Thompson

Thompson, a swimmer, won 12 medals in the 1992, 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympics

8 - Matt Biondi

Biondi is a 11-time Olympic medallist and world record holder in five events

8 - Ray Ewry

American Ewry won eight Olympic golds in athletics. He held the record for most individual medals for 100 years

8 - Usain Bolt

Bolt, considered to be greatest sprinter of all time, is a world record holder in 100m, 200m and 4x100m relay

India's Olympic gold medallists

India's Olympic gold medallists