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

#4 Mark Spitz

Mark Spitz was the first athlete to win seven gold medals in an Olympiad

Mark Spitz, one of the greatest swimmers of all-time, made his Olympic debut in 1968 and won two golds in 4×100-meter freestyle relay and 4×200-meter freestyle relay men.

He made his Olympics Splash in 1972 Olympic games in Munich, when he became the first athlete to win seven gold medals in an Olympiad. His achievement stood still for 36 years, until it was broken by his own countrymen, Michael Phelps, who won eight gold medals in the 2008 Summer Olympic games in Beijing.

Spitz set a world record in all the seven events in Munich, an achievement that stands still and proving impossible for any athlete to break.

Olympic Games’ appearances: 2

Number of Gold medals: 9

Total medals won: 11

Medal table

Medal	Olympic Games	Events
Gold	Munich 1972	100m butterfly men, 200m butterfly men, 200 freestyle men, 100m, freestyle men, 4 x100m medley relay men, 4 x100m freestyle relay men, 4 x200m freestyle relay men
Gold	Mexico 1968	4 x100m freestyle relay men, 4 x200m freestyle relay men
Silver	Mexico 1968	100m butterfly men
Bronze	Mexico 1968	100m freestyle men