General: Most medals won in a single Olympics

Most medals of any colour won by a athlete during a single Olympics.

Athlete Year Country Count
Aleksandr Dityatin 1980 URS 8
Michael Phelps 2004 USA 8
Michael Phelps 2008 USA 8
Nikolay Andrianov 1976 URS 7
Matt Biondi 1988 USA 7
Mariya Gorokhovskaya 1952 URS 7
Kliment Kolesnikov 2018 RUS 7
Willis Lee 1920 USA 7
Emma McKeon 2020 AUS 7
Andrey Minakov 2018 RUS 7
Nero, Emperor of Roma 67 ROM 7
Boris Shakhlin 1960 URS 7
Mark Spitz 1972 USA 7
Lloyd Spooner 1920 USA 7
Brianna Throssell 2014 AUS 7
Mikhail Voronin 1968 URS 7
Věra Čáslavská 1968 TCH 6
Viktor Chukarin 1952 URS 6
Natalie Coughlin 2008 USA 6
Burton Downing 1904 USA 6
George Eyser 1904 USA 6
Konrad Frey 1936 GER 6
Anton Heida 1904 USA 6
Ágnes Keleti 1956 HUN 6
Takeru Kitazono 2018 JPN 6
Margit Korondi 1952 HUN 6
Larisa Latynina 1956 URS 6
Larisa Latynina 1960 URS 6
Larisa Latynina 1964 URS 6
Li Ning 1984 CHN 6
Liu Lan 2010 CHN 6
Daniil Markov 2018 RUS 6
Emma McKeon 2010 AUS 6
Akinori Nakayama 1968 JPN 6
Aleksey Nemov 1996 RUS 6
Aleksey Nemov 2000 RUS 6
Takashi Ono 1960 JPN 6
Carl Osburn 1920 USA 6
Kristin Otto 1988 GDR 6
Michael Phelps 2012 USA 6
Michael Phelps 2016 USA 6
Qiu Yuhan 2014 CHN 6
Ville Ritola 1924 FIN 6
Vitali Shcherba 1992 EUN 6
Shen Duo 2014 CHN 6
Daniela Silivaș 1988 ROU 6
Tang Yi 2010 CHN 6
Kenneth To 2010 AUS 6
Hubert Van Innis 1920 BEL 6
Hermann Weingärtner 1896 GER 6
Yang Junxuan 2018 CHN 6
Polina Yegorova 2018 RUS 6
Zhang Yufei 2014 CHN 6