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List of Countries With Most Olympic Medals (1896-2016)

December 23, 2019 by olympicsvenue Leave a Comment

The much-acclaimed games of all, the Summer Olympics was first held in the year 1896 and since then the event has grown its popularity globally. With only 14 sports event to begin, now these sports affair has grown on a large scale with more than 300 disciplines, where competitors participate and represent from more than 200 countries.

The athlete participating in this prestigious Olympic event always aims to sweep a medal for his country. So the biggest achievement for any country is achieving the most medals to his name. Since the inception of the Olympic event, a total of 18,553 medals have been issued in the Summer Olympic, where the United States is topping the list of winning a total of 2,520 medals.

A highly talented athlete always focuses on winning the multiple medals, where renowned American swimmer Michael Phelps, holds the record of winning the maximum no of gold medals at a single summer Olympics. He has grabbed 6 gold and 8 silver medals in the year 2004. Also in the recently concluded 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Phelps once again won 5 Gold and a Silver Medal for his country. Thus it is an accomplishment and commitment of an athlete towards the game, brings a proud moment for the country.

Also Read: List of Sports at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games

Following the US, Russia, Germany, UK, and France are leading the chart of winning the most number of medals in the Summer Olympics so far. Russia is standing at second place with a total of 1865 medals. USSR has so far emerged as a stable competitor against its strong contender USA in terms of winning the medals. The host country of the 2020 Summer Olympics Japan, is standing with 439 medals and this time they are expecting of winning more medals on an average.

Countries With Most Olympic Medals

Countries With Most Olympic Medals

List of Countries With Most Olympic Medals (1896-2016)

The following table shows the List of Countries with most Olympic Medals from 1896 – 2016. The medals assigned to the country is based on the average total medals won by individual Olympiad, though whether using total gold or all medals.

Rank Country Total Olympic Medals won from 1896 to 2016
1 USA 2520
2 Russia 1865
3 Germany 1681
4 Great Britain 847
5 France 713
6 Italy 577
7 China 543
8 Australia 497
9 Sweden 494
10 Hungary 491
11 Japan 439
12 Romania 306
13 Finland 303
14 Canada 301
15 Netherlands 285
16 Poland 282
17 South Korea 264
18 Cuba 220
19 Bulgaria 214
20 Czech Republic 197
21 Denmark 194
22 Switzerland 193
23 Norway 152
24 Belgium 148
25 Spain 148
26 Brazil 128
27 Ukraine 124
28 Greece 117
29 New Zealand 117
30 Serbia 110
31 Kenya 100
32 Turkey 93
33 Austria 87
34 South Africa 86
35 Belarus 85
36 Jamaica 78
37 Argentina 69
38 Kazakhstan 69
39 Iran 68
40 Mexico 67
41 North Korea 54
42 Ethiopia 53
43 Azerbaijan 44
44 Estonia 34
45 Croatia 33
46 Uzbekistan 33
47 Georgia 32
48 Ireland 32
49 Thailand 31
50 Indonesia 30

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