From the first Athens Olympic Games in 1896 to the 33rd Paris Olympic Games, in the 128 years of Olympic history, it has witnessed the rise and fall of global sports and brilliant achievements, and more than 5,000 gold medals have been born cumulatively. In the 128-year history of the Olympic Games, well-known Olympic athletes have emerged, and many legendary athletes have emerged, so who has won the most gold medals in the history of the Olympic Games? Who are the top 10 gold medalists? Let's take stock:
1st place: Michael. Phelps
Phelps, born June 30, 1985, is United States professional swimmer. He has competed in five Olympic Games, including Sydney 2000, when the 15-year-old Phelps made his debut and finished fifth in the 200m butterfly. At the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, he won six gold medals in the men's 200-meter and 400-meter individual medley, 100-meter and 200-meter butterfly, 4× 200-meter freestyle relay and 4×100-meter medley relay, as well as two bronze medals in the 200-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he won 8 gold medals in the men's 400-meter medley, 4×100-meter freestyle relay, 200-meter freestyle, 200-meter butterfly, 4×200-meter freestyle relay, 200-meter medley, 200-meter butterfly, and 4×100-meter medley relay, becoming the player who won the most gold medals in a single Olympic Games. At the 2012 London Olympics, he won four gold medals in the men's 4× 200m freestyle relay, 200m medley, 100m butterfly and 4x100m medley, as well as two silver medals in the 4×100m freestyle relay and 200m butterfly. On August 4, 2012, Phelps announced his retirement. But on April 15, 2014, he officially announced his comeback.
At the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, he served as the flag bearer of the delegation. He won five gold medals in the 4x100m freestyle relay, 200m butterfly, 4×200m freestyle relay, 200m individual medley, 4×100m medley relay, and silver medal in the 100m butterfly. On December 2, 2016, Phelps officially retired. He has participated in five Olympic Games and won a total of 23 gold, 3 silver and 2 bronze medals.
2nd place: Latisha. Latynina
Latynina, born December 27, 1934, was a Soviet gymnast. Competing in three Olympic Games, at Melbourne 1956, the 21-year-old won four gold medals in the individual all-around, floor exercise, vault and gymnastics team, silver in uneven bars and bronze in the apparatus (cancelled). At Rome 1960, he won three gold medals in the individual all-around, floor exercise and gymnastics team, as well as silver medals in balance beam, uneven bars and bronze in vault. At the Tokyo Olympics in 1964, Latinina was still in excellent form at the end of her career, winning two gold medals in gymnastics team and floor exercise, as well as two silver medals in the individual all-around and vault, and two bronze medals in uneven bars and balance beam. In her legendary Olympic career, with a total of 9 golds, 5 silvers and 4 bronzes in three Olympic Games, Latinina was undoubtedly the hegemon of the world women's gymnastics scene of that era.
3rd place: Paavo. Numir
Numir, born 13 June 1897, is a Finland long-distance runner known as the "Flying Finland". Numir made his debut at Antwerp 1920, winning three gold medals in the 10,000m, 8,000m and individual cross-country events, as well as a silver medal in the 5,000m. At Paris 1924, Numir won the 1,500m race, the 5,000m race, the 10,000m individual and team gold medals, and the 3,000m team gold medal. He won a total of 5 gold medals, and people even called that Olympics the "Numir Olympics". Amsterdam 1928 was Numir's last Olympic Games, and at the end of his career he won gold in the 10,000m, as well as two silver medals in the 3,000m steeplechase and 5,000m. He won 9 gold medals and 3 silver medals in three editions. He established his status as the "king of gold medals in the history of the 20th century".
4th place: Carl. Lewis
Carl · Lewis (born July 1, 1961) is an United States track and field athlete specializing in sprinting and long jump. At the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, Lewis won four gold medals in the 100m, 200m, long jump and 4×100m relay. He also broke the 200m Olympic record and the 4×100m world record, and won two gold medals in the 100m and long jump and a silver medal in the 200m at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Lewis won two gold medals in the long jump and the 4×100m relay. In the men's 4×100m race, Lewis crossed the finish line with the last stick, setting a world record of 37.40 seconds. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the 35-year-old Lewis won the gold medal in the long jump, breaking the Olympic record at the time, and creating a miracle of winning the gold medal in the long jump at the Olympics for four consecutive Olympic Games. In 1997, Lewis announced his retirement and won nine golds and one silver in four Olympic Games. Known as the king of sprinting before Usain Bolt, 9 gold medals is also a record that is difficult to catch.
5th place: Mark. Spitz
Mark · Spitz, born on February 10, 1950, United States famous swimmer, participated in two Olympic Games, in 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games, 18-year-old Spitz participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, won two gold medals in the 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x200m freestyle relay, and silver medal in the 100m butterfly and bronze medal in the 100m freestyle. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, he won seven gold medals in the 100-meter freestyle, 200-meter freestyle, 100-meter butterfly, 200-meter butterfly, 4X100-meter freestyle relay, 4X200-meter freestyle relay and 4X100-meter freestyle relay, becoming the only athlete in history to win seven gold medals in one Olympic Games. He won nine golds, one silver and one bronze in two Olympic Games, and in a relatively short career, he broke a total of 23 personal records at the Olympics, and was hailed as a talent in United States swimming.
6th place: Birgit. Fisher
Birgit. Fischer, born 25 February 1962, is a Germany female kayaker. At Moscow 1980, at the age of 18, she began her Olympic journey with gold in the women's kayak single, becoming the youngest athlete in Olympic history to win a canoe gold medal. At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, he won a gold medal in the double kayak event, a gold medal in the quadruple kayak event, and a silver medal in the individual kayak single event. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, he won the gold medal in the single kayak and the silver medal in the quadruple kayak. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he won the gold medal in the quadruple kayak and the silver medal in the double kayak. At Sydney 2000, the 38-year-old Fisher won another gold medal in the four-man kayak event, followed by a two-man kayak gold medal. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, he won the gold medal in the quadruple kayak event and the silver medal in the double kayak event. Participated in six Olympic Games, won a total of 8 golds and 4 silvers, became the athlete with the most medals in rowing, and is the only athlete in Olympic history to have participated in 20 years, known as the "greatest rowing champion".
7th place: Sawan Kato
Sawo Kato, born October 11, 1946, is a male gymnast in Japan. He participated in three Olympic Games in '68, '72 and '76, and at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, where he won three gold medals in team, individual all-around and floor exercise, and a bronze medal in rings, becoming a representative of Japan's gymnastics scene. At the 1972 Munich Olympics, he won three gold medals in the team, parallel bars and individual all-around, as well as two silver medals in pommel horse and horizontal bar. At Montreal 1976, the 31-year-old was still young, winning two gold medals in parallel bars and team, as well as a silver medal in the individual all-around. He won a total of 8 golds, 3 silvers and 1 bronze in three Olympic Games, becoming one of only nine athletes to have won at least eight Olympic gold medals at the Olympics, and is also Japan's most accomplished athlete and one of the most successful male gymnasts of all time.
8th place: Jenny. Thompson
Jenny. Thompson, born February 26, 1973, is a United States swimmer. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, he participated in the Olympic Games for the first time, winning two gold medals in the 4x100m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay, and a silver medal in the 100m freestyle swimming. At the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he won three gold medals in the 4x100m freestyle relay, the 4x100m mixed relay and the 4x200m freestyle relay. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, he won three gold medals in the 4x100m freestyle relay, 4x100m mixed relay and 4x200m freestyle relay, and a bronze medal in the 100m freestyle swimming. At the 2004 Athens Olympics, he won silver medals in the 4x100m freestyle relay and the 4x100m medley relay. He has participated in the Olympic Games four times, winning a total of 8 gold, 3 silver and 1 bronze. He is one of the best athletes in Olympic history.
9th place: Matt. Biondi
Matt · Biondi, born on October 8, 1965, United States famous swimmer. He participated in the 84th, 88th and 92nd Olympic Games, and won the gold medal in the 4x100m freestyle relay for the first time at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and broke the world record. At the 1988 Seoul Olympics, he won five gold medals in the 50m, 100m freestyle, 4x100m medley relay, 4x100m freestyle relay and 4x100m freestyle relay, silver medal in the 100m butterfly and bronze medal in the 200m freestyle. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, he won two gold medals in the 4×100m freestyle relay, the 4x100m mixed relay, and the silver medal in the 50m individual freestyle. He won 8 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze in three Olympic trips, and was crowned "the king of the world's fast swimming", "torpedo" and "the world's first flying fish" because of his outstanding achievements in the sprint freestyle event. He has broken the world record 13 times in his career.
10th place: Usain. Bolt
Usain. Usain Bolt (born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaica sprinter. In his career, he participated in three Olympic Games in 2008, 2012 and 2016, and in the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, in the men's 100m final, Bolt broke the world record with an astonishing time of 9.69 seconds, and the men's 200m broke the world record with an astonishing time of 19.30 seconds, and in the men's 4×100m relay final, the Jamaica team led by Bolt won the championship in 37.10 seconds. and broke the world record (unfortunately the gold medal was later cancelled because teammate Carter failed the doping test). At the 2012 London Olympics, Usain Bolt won the men's 100m with a time of 9.63 seconds, breaking his own Olympic record of 9.69 seconds. In the men's 200m, he successfully defended his title with a time of 19.32 seconds. Usain Bolt successfully defended his titles in the men's 100m and 200m, making him the first person in history to defend his Olympic title. In the men's 4×100m final, Usain Bolt led the Jamaica team to break the world record of 37.04 seconds held by himself with a time of 36.84 seconds. At the 2016 Rio Olympics, in the men's 100m, Usain Bolt won the championship with a time of 9.81 seconds. In the men's 200m, he easily won the championship with a time of 19.78 seconds, and in the men's 4×100m relay, Bolt led the Jamaica team to win the championship with a time of 37.27 seconds. He won a total of 8 gold medals in the three Olympic Games, and won three consecutive Olympic championships in the 100m and 200m events.
At present, mainland athletes have won the most Olympic gold medals in the Olympic Games, including Chen Ruolin in diving, Zou Kai in gymnastics, Wu Minxia in diving, and Ma Long in table tennis, all of which have five Olympic gold medals, but Ma Long is expected to win his sixth gold medal in the men's table tennis team competition at the Paris Olympics and become the most Olympic gold medalists in China. The Olympic Games represent a high-level competitive stage, and it is not easy to participate in the Olympic Games, and it will go down in history if you can win gold.