| Athlete | Nat | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Phelps |  USA |
23 | 3 | 2 | 28 |
| Johannes Høsflot Klæbo |  NOR |
11 | 1 | 1 | 13 |
| Larisa Latynina |  URS UKR |
9 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| Katie Ledecky | USA |
9 | 4 | 1 | 14 |
| Paavo Nurmi |  FIN |
9 | 3 | 0 | 12 |
| Ciara Mageean |  |
1 November |
| Savinder Singh |  |
30 October |
| Lyudmila Radchenko | |
29 October |
| Liu Yandong |  |
28 October |
| Mieke Sterk |  |
27 October |
| More | ||
| Jim Bradford | |
1928 |
| Ana Alexander |  |
1954 |
| Boris Kramarenko |  |
1955 |
| Marko Kilp |  |
1993 |
| Ye Hong-Wei |  |
1999 |
| More | ||
500 metres, Men (Speed Skating, 1956)
| 1 | Yevgeny Grishin | |
| 2 | Rafael Grach | |
| 3 | Alv Gjestvang | |
| Full results | ||
| NOC | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | USA |
1236 | 1018 | 892 | 3146 |
| Soviet Union | URS |
473 | 376 | 355 | 1204 |
| Germany |  GER |
372 | 393 | 377 | 1142 |
| People's Republic of China | CHN |
330 | 262 | 227 | 819 |
| Great Britain |  GBR |
321 | 351 | 362 | 1034 |
