Ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, learn about the most decorated Olympians ever — and who earned each medal count record through Olympics history.
three years ago, but they still have an uphill climb to reach the top echelon of athletes with the most Olympic medals.The most decorated Olympic athletes of all time tend to compete in disciplines with multiple events, including individual and team opportunities to win medals, such as swimming, gymnastics and track and field.Phelps started slow at his first Olympics in 2000 at the age of 15, finishing fifth in his only event, the 200m butterfly.
Many other gymnasts also appear on the list of most decorated Olympians: Nikolai Andrianov , Boris Shakhlin , Takashi Ono , Sawao Kato and Aleksei Nemov . Edoardo Mangiarotti, an Italian fencer, also has 13 Olympic medals from five separate Olympics between 1936 and 1960. Of his 28 medals, a whopping 23 were gold. No one else has ever won more than nine. Phelps broke the record when he won his second event, the 100m butterfly, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Phelps also owns the record for most gold medals won in a single Olympics: eight in Beijing.Two Americans also have nine gold medals to their names. Mark Spitz — the best American swimmer before Phelps came along — racked up nine golds in only two Olympic Games, 1968 and 1972.
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