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

#5 Carl Lewis

Carl Lewis won four golds in 1984 Olympic games

Carl Lewis is an American track and field athlete who won 9 Olympic gold medals from 1984 to 1996. He made his Olympic debut in Los Angels and won his first gold medal in the 100m, running 9.99s, to defeat the fellow American Sam Graddy. In the same Olympics, Lewis also emulated his boyhood idol Jesse Owens by winning gold in the 100m, the 200m, the long jump and the 4x100m relay.

Of all his many victories, Lewis' arguably most famous race was the 100 meters at the 1988 Olympics, when Canada's Ben Johnson beat Lewis with a record time of 9.79. But three days later, the Olympic committee announced that Johnson had failed a drug test, losing his medal to Lewis in disgrace.

Lewis defended the championship in Long Jump category, in all the four Olympics, he competed. He won his 9th and final gold medal at the 1996 Olympic games in Georgia and subsequently retired.

Let’s see the achievements of Carl Lewis below

Olympic Games’ appearances: 4

Number of Gold medals:9

Olympic Games’ medals: 10

Medal table

Medal	Olympic games	Events
Gold	Atlanta 1996	Long jump men
Gold	Barcelona 1992	Long jump men, 4x100m relay men
Gold	Seoul 1988	100m men, long jump men
Gold	Los Angels 1984	100m men, 200m men, long jump men, 4x100m relay men
Silver	Seoul 1988	200m men