This is a list of most Olympic medals won at 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. Only Olympians with four or more medals at one Games are included below.
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The historical progression of the leading performance(s).
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Total medals | Year | Record duration | Athlete | Nation | Sport | Games | Sex | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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6 | 1896 | 1896–1920 | Hermann Weingärtner | ![]() | Gymnastics | Summer | M | 3 | 2 | 1 |
1904 | 1904–1920 | Anton Heida | ![]() | Gymnastics | Summer | M | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
7 | 1920 | 1920–1980 | Willis A. Lee | ![]() | Shooting | Summer | M | 5 | 1 | 1 |
1920 | 1920–1980 | Lloyd Spooner | ![]() | Shooting | Summer | M | 4 | 1 | 2 | |
1972 | 1972–1980 | Mark Spitz | ![]() | Swimming | Summer | M | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
8 | 1980 | 1980–present | Alexander Dityatin | ![]() | Gymnastics | Summer | M | 3 | 4 | 1 |
2004 | 2004–present | Michael Phelps | ![]() | Swimming | Summer | M | 6 | 0 | 2 | |
2008 | 2008–present | 8 | 0 | 0 |
See also references in the articles on each athlete.