Here is the list of the top 10 athletes (males and females) with the most medals in total (includes all gold, silver and bronze medals won), from all summer Olympic Games (including 2016). Phelps has the most gold medals of all time at 23, most total medals ever at 28 and the most medals in individual events with 16. Phelps even broke a 2168-year old Olympic record held by Leonidas of Rhodes in 2016 when he won his 13th gold medal in an individual event, which gave him the most wins in individual Olympic events. In the Olympic Games, highly talented athletes focus on winning multiple medals in different events.

Indian Hockey Team was dominant in Olympic competition, won 8 gold medals (1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964, 1980) in Olympics till 2016. answer Apr … View Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals won in the Olympics 2016 in sports like Athletics, Boxing , Cycling, Gymnastics, Hockey and Swimming. Biathlon competitor Ole Einar Bjoerndalen has won 13 medals, eight of them gold, making him the most decorated Winter Olympic athlete, according to the International Olympics Committee.

Canada dominated the early years of Olympic ice hockey, winning the gold medal in five of the first six tournaments. Michael Phelps, an American swimmer, holds the record for the most Gold medals won at a single Summer Olympics. The primary aim of most Olympic Games athletes is to win a gold medal, though winning any medal is a great achievement for most of them. American swimmer Michael Phelps is the clear winner, with the highest ranked female being gymnast Larisa Latynina. Here are two lists, ranking athletes by the most number of medals, and also by gold medals won (including 2016 results).

Olympics News (Numbers) Game and match: Why Lin Dan is the best this century We compared Lin with his three closest rivals of the past 20 years and it's an easy win for the Chinese legend. He won 6 Gold in 2004 and 8 medals in 2008.

From the mid-50s through the late 1980s, the Soviet Union owned Olympic ice hockey, winning seven gold medals over … Gold, Silver, and Bronze Count For All Countries Below is the 2016 Rio Olympics Medal Tracker, which will follow every country to win a medal. In the most recent 2016 Rio Olympics, Phelps won 5 Gold and a Silver medal. Top Olympic Medal Winners. Home > Events > Olympics > Summer > Medal Tally > Top Winners.

But its domination was not to last.