The most decorated athlete in Olympic history is American swimmer Michael Phelps with 28 medals, 23 of them gold. Following Phelps is USSR gymnast Larisa Latynina with 18 medals, nine being gold.

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris are into their second week, with medals being awarded in a wide range of sports Saturday as Team USA adds to their medal count.

Louganis gave his other 1984 gold medal (10-meter platform) to his coach Ron O’Brien in 2013. The medal was returned to ...

The most decorated athlete in Olympic history is American swimmer Michael Phelps with 28 medals, 23 of them gold. Following Phelps is USSR gymnast Larisa Latynina with 18 medals, nine being gold.

The 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, not even a week into competition, have already seen historic performances from American athletes who continue to build onto incredibly Olympic legacies.

Should she medal in all four, she would have 12 Olympic medals for her career and jump Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia (11 medals) for second-most all-time. Only Latynina would rank higher.

The United States has won the most medals by far since the modern-day Olympics first took place in 1896. Counting just the Summer Games, the USA has a grand total of 2,629. Get Olympics updates in ...

The USSR has the second-most gold medals at a single Games, taking 80 at the controversial 1980 Moscow Olympics. The third-most also goes to the U.S., which won 73 gold medals at the 1904 Olympics.

Who has won most track and field Olympic medals of all time? Most decorated women’s track & field athlete, all time: Allyson Felix, 11 total Most gold medals by a women’s track & field athlete ...

Which country has won the most Olympic medals at a single Games? The U.S. claimed a record 239 total medals at the third Olympic Games, held back in 1904 in St. Louis.

From countries that regularly win Olympic medals, like the U.S., to others eyeing that first gold, here are the most and least decorated countries.