Top 10 athletes with the most number of gold medals in Olympic history

#1 Michael Phelps

Michael Phelps, the most decorated Olympian of all-time

Having won 18 Gold medals in three Olympics, Michael Phelps, the American Swimmer is the most decorated Olympian of all-time. Phelps was just 19-years when he entered the scene in 2004 Athens Olympic games. He won 6 gold medals in his first stint and also registered second best performance over single Olympics.

Four years later in Beijing, Phelps was at his peak by winning 8 gold medals and also broke, Mark Spitz’s all-time record of 7 gold medals in a single event. It was after the 2008 Olympics that people started to regard him as not only the greatest swimmer, but also the greatest Olympian of all-time.

The American won 4 gold medals in 2012 summer Olympics in London taking his gold medal tally to 18. That really set him apart in the list of most gold medal winners. It will be hard for any athlete to even come close to what Phelps has achieved in his Olympic career.

Let’s see the events and number of medals Phelps won in Olympics

Olympic Games’ appearances: 3

Number of Gold medals: 18

Olympic Games total medals: 22

Medal table

Medal	Olympic Games	Events
Gold	London 2012	100m butterfly men, 200m butterfly men, 4x100m medley relay men, 4x200m freestyle relay men
Gold	Beijing 2008	100m butterfly men, 200m butterfly men, 200m freestyle men, 200m individual medley men, 400m individual medley men, 4x100m medley relay men, 4x100m freestyle relay men 4x200m freestyle relay men
Gold	Athens 2004	100m butterfly men, 200m butterfly men, 200m individual medley men, 400m individual medley men, 4x100m medley relay men, 4x200m freestyle relay men
Silver	London 2012	200m butterfly men, 4x100 freestyle relay men
Bronze	Athens 2004	200m freestyle men, 4x100 freestyle relay men