The Top 5 Athletes That Have Won the Most Olympic Medals

  Athlete Country Sport Olympics Attended Total Medals
1 Michael Phelps USA Swimming 2000 - 2016 28
(23 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze)
2 Larisa Latynina USSR Gymnastics 1956 - 1964 18
(9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze)
3 Nikolai Andrianov USSR Gymnastics 1972 - 1980 15
(7 gold, 5 silver, 3 bronze)
4 Boris Shakhlin USSR Gymnastics 1956 - 1964 13
(7 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)
5 Takashi Ono Japan Gymnastics 1952 - 1964 13
(5 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze)
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Sources:  Top 5 of Anything Research.

List Notes: Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included in this list. List includes the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.
Athletes That Have Won the Most Olympic Medals

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