| 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 |
| Jean-Max de Chavigny |  |
10 October |
| Wilfredo Gómez |  |
10 October |
| Abdel Ghani El-Mansouri |  |
8 October |
| Henk Cornelisse |  |
8 October |
| Vlado Jug |  |
5 October |
| More | ||
| Wang Shilin |  |
1914 |
| Bob Arnott |  |
1922 |
| Margit Markó-Nemesházi |  |
1943 |
| John Regis |  |
1966 |
| Aoife Coughlan | |
1995 |
| More | ||
Singles, Women (Tennis, 2016)
| 1 | Mónica Puig | |
| 2 | Angelique Kerber |  |
| 3 | Petra Kvitová |  |
| 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 |
