This is a list of athletes who have won multiple gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
This is a list of most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings.
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The historical progression of the leading performance(s).
Gold medals | Year | Record duration | Athlete | Nation | Sport(s) | Games | Sex |
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4 | 1896 | 1896–1904 | Carl Schuhmann | ![]() | Gymnastics, Wrestling | Summer | M |
1900 | 1900–1904 | Alvin Kraenzlein | ![]() | Athletics | Summer | M | |
5 | 1904 | 1904–1972 | Anton Heida | ![]() | Gymnastics | Summer | M |
1920 | 1920–1972 | Nedo Nadi | ![]() | Fencing | Summer | M | |
1920 | 1920–1972 | Willis A. Lee | ![]() | Shooting | Summer | M | |
1924 | 1924–1972 | Paavo Nurmi | ![]() | Athletics | Summer | M | |
7 | 1972 | 1972–2008 | Mark Spitz | ![]() | Swimming | Summer | M |
8 | 2008 | 2008–present | Michael Phelps | ![]() | Swimming | Summer | M |
The historical progression of the leading performance(s).
Gold medals | Year | Record duration | Athlete | Nation | Sport(s) | Games | Sex |
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4 | 1900 | 1900–1980 | Alvin Kraenzlein | ![]() | Athletics | Summer | M |
1904 | 1904–1980 | Anton Heida | ![]() | Gymnastics | Summer | M | |
1904 | 1904–1980 | Marcus Hurley | ![]() | Cycling | Summer | M | |
1960 | 1960–1980 | Boris Shakhlin | ![]() | Gymnastics | Summer | M | |
1964 | 1964–1980 | Lidia Skoblikova | ![]() | Speed skating | Winter | F | |
1968 | 1968–1980 | Věra Čáslavská | ![]() | Gymnastics | Summer | F | |
1972 | 1972–1980 | Mark Spitz | ![]() | Swimming | Summer | M | |
1976 | 1976–1980 | Nikolai Andrianov | ![]() | Gymnastics | Summer | M | |
5 | 1980 | 1980–present | Eric Heiden | ![]() | Speed skating | Winter | M |
1992 | 1992–present | Vitaly Scherbo | ![]() | Gymnastics | Summer | M | |
2008 | 2008–present | Michael Phelps | ![]() | Swimming | Summer | M |