Athletes having won three (or more) gold medals in the same event.
| Athlete | Country | Sport | Event | Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herodoros |  MEG |
Ancient Art Competitions | Competition For Trumpeters | 10 |
| Isabell Werth |  GER |
Equestrian Dressage | Team | 7 |
| Milon |  KRT |
Ancient Combative Sports | Wrestling | 6 |
| Diana Taurasi |  USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 6 |
| Aladár Gerevich |  HUN |
Fencing | Sabre, Team | 6 |
| Diogenes |  EPH |
Ancient Art Competitions | Competition For Trumpeters | 5 |
| Hipposthenes |  SPA |
Ancient Combative Sports | Wrestling | 5 |
| Sue Bird | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 5 |
| Reiner Klimke | GER |
Equestrian Dressage | Team | 5 |
| Pál Kovács | HUN |
Fencing | Sabre, Team | 5 |
| Mijaín López |  CUB |
Wrestling | Super Heavyweight, Greco Roman | 5 |
| Demosthenes |  MIL |
Ancient Art Competitions | Competition For Trumpeters | 4 |
| Valerius Eklektus |  SIN |
Ancient Art Competitions | Competition For Heralds | 4 |
| (…) |  AGS |
Ancient Athletics | Diaulos | 4 |
| Leonidas |  RHD |
Ancient Athletics | Stadion | 4 |
| Leonidas | RHD |
Ancient Athletics | Diaulos | 4 |
| Leonidas | RHD |
Ancient Athletics | Race In Armor (Hoplite Race) | 4 |
| Hetoimokles | SPA |
Ancient Combative Sports | Wrestling | 4 |
| Khairon |  PEL |
Ancient Combative Sports | Wrestling | 4 |
| Svetlana Romashina |  RUS |
Artistic Swimming | Team | 4 |
| Ray Ewry | USA |
Athletics | Standing High Jump | 4 |
| Ray Ewry | USA |
Athletics | Standing Long Jump | 4 |
| Allyson Felix | USA |
Athletics | 4 × 400 Metres Relay | 4 |
| Carl Lewis | USA |
Athletics | Long Jump | 4 |
| Al Oerter | USA |
Athletics | Discus Throw | 4 |
| Tamika Catchings | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 4 |
| Kevin Durant | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 4 |
| Teresa Edwards | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 4 |
| Sylvia Fowles | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 4 |
| Lisa Leslie | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 4 |
| Ricco Groß | GER |
Biathlon | Relay | 4 |
| Aleksandr Tikhonov |  URS |
Biathlon | Relay | 4 |
| Birgit Fischer-Schmidt |  GDR |
Canoe Sprint | Kayak Fours (K4), 500 Metres | 4 |
| Wu Minxia |  CHN |
Diving | Synchronized Springboard | 4 |
| Hans Günter Winkler | GER |
Equestrian Jumping | Team | 4 |
| Rudolf Kárpáti | HUN |
Fencing | Sabre, Team | 4 |
| Edoardo Mangiarotti |  ITA |
Fencing | épée, Team | 4 |
| Jayna Hefford |  CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 4 |
| Caroline Ouellette | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 4 |
| Hayley Wickenheiser | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 4 |
| Tobias Arlt | GER |
Luge | Team Relay | 4 |
| Tobias Wendl | GER |
Luge | Team Relay | 4 |
| Paul Elvstrøm |  DEN |
Sailing | One Person Heavyweight Dinghy | 4 |
| Vincent Hancock | USA |
Shooting | Skeet | 4 |
| Katie Ledecky | USA |
Swimming | 800 Metres Freestyle | 4 |
| Ryan Lochte | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 200 Metres Freestyle Relay | 4 |
| Michael Phelps | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 200 Metres Freestyle Relay | 4 |
| Michael Phelps | USA |
Swimming | 200 Metres Individual Medley | 4 |
| Michael Phelps | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Medley Relay | 4 |
| Ma Long | CHN |
Table Tennis | Team | 4 |
| Kjetil André Aamodt |  NOR |
Alpine Skiing | Super G | 3 |
| (…), aka Graos |  BTN |
Ancient Athletics | Dolikhos | 3 |
| Apollonios |  EDR |
Ancient Athletics | Unknown Event | 3 |
| Astylos | KRT |
Ancient Athletics | Stadion | 3 |
| Astylos | KRT |
Ancient Athletics | Diaulos | 3 |
| Athenodoros |  AIG |
Ancient Athletics | Stadion | 3 |
| Demetrios |  SAL |
Ancient Athletics | Stadion | 3 |
| Khionis | SPA |
Ancient Athletics | Stadion | 3 |
| Khionis | SPA |
Ancient Athletics | Diaulos | 3 |
| Krison |  HIM |
Ancient Athletics | Stadion | 3 |
| Philinos |  SKS |
Ancient Athletics | Diaulos | 3 |
| Philombrotos | SPA |
Ancient Athletics | Pentathlon | 3 |
| Titus Flavius Hermogenes |  XAN |
Ancient Athletics | Diaulos | 3 |
| Titus Flavius Hermogenes | XAN |
Ancient Athletics | Race In Armor (Hoplite Race) | 3 |
| Arrikhion |  PGL |
Ancient Combative Sports | Pankration | 3 |
| Astyanax | MIL |
Ancient Combative Sports | Pankration | 3 |
| Demokrates |  MNM |
Ancient Combative Sports | Boxing | 3 |
| Dorieus | RHD |
Ancient Combative Sports | Pankration | 3 |
| Euthymos |  LOK |
Ancient Combative Sports | Boxing | 3 |
| Sostratos |  SIK |
Ancient Combative Sports | Pankration | 3 |
| Tiberius Claudius Patrobius |  SRA |
Ancient Combative Sports | Wrestling | 3 |
| Tisandros |  NAX |
Ancient Combative Sports | Boxing | 3 |
| Euagoras | SPA |
Ancient Equestrianism | Tethrippon | 3 |
| Kallias II |  ATH |
Ancient Equestrianism | Tethrippon | 3 |
| Kim Su-Nyeong |  KOR |
Archery | Team, Recurve | 3 |
| Kim Wu-Jin | KOR |
Archery | Team, Recurve | 3 |
| Polina Astakhova | URS |
Artistic Gymnastics | Team | 3 |
| Yukio Endo |  JPN |
Artistic Gymnastics | Team | 3 |
| Sawao Kato | JPN |
Artistic Gymnastics | Team | 3 |
| Eizo Kenmotsu | JPN |
Artistic Gymnastics | Team | 3 |
| Larisa Latynina | URS |
Artistic Gymnastics | Floor Exercise | 3 |
| Larisa Latynina | URS |
Artistic Gymnastics | Team | 3 |
| Luigi Maiocco | ITA |
Artistic Gymnastics | Team | 3 |
| Mitsuo Tsukahara | JPN |
Artistic Gymnastics | Team | 3 |
| Lyudmila Turishcheva | URS |
Artistic Gymnastics | Team | 3 |
| Giorgio Zampori | ITA |
Artistic Gymnastics | Team | 3 |
| Anastasiya Davydova | RUS |
Artistic Swimming | Team | 3 |
| Mariya Gromova | RUS |
Artistic Swimming | Team | 3 |
| Nataliya Ishchenko | RUS |
Artistic Swimming | Team | 3 |
| Elvira Khasyanova | RUS |
Artistic Swimming | Team | 3 |
| Aleksandra Patskevich | RUS |
Artistic Swimming | Team | 3 |
| Svetlana Romashina | RUS |
Artistic Swimming | Duet | 3 |
| Alla Shishkina | RUS |
Artistic Swimming | Team | 3 |
| Evelyn Ashford | USA |
Athletics | 4 × 100 Metres Relay | 3 |
| Usain Bolt |  JAM |
Athletics | 100 Metres | 3 |
| Usain Bolt | JAM |
Athletics | 200 Metres | 3 |
| Ryan Crouser | USA |
Athletics | Shot Put | 3 |
| John Flanagan | USA |
Athletics | Hammer Throw | 3 |
| Faith Kipyegon |  KEN |
Athletics | 1,500 Metres | 3 |
| Robert Korzeniowski |  POL |
Athletics | 50 Kilometres Race Walk | 3 |
| Sanya Richards-Ross | USA |
Athletics | 4 × 400 Metres Relay | 3 |
| Viktor Saneyev | URS |
Athletics | Triple Jump | 3 |
| Martin Sheridan | USA |
Athletics | Discus Throw | 3 |
| Nafi Thiam |  BEL |
Athletics | Heptathlon | 3 |
| Anita Włodarczyk | POL |
Athletics | Hammer Throw | 3 |
| Frank Wykoff | USA |
Athletics | 4 × 100 Metres Relay | 3 |
| Jan Železný |  TCH |
Athletics | Javelin Throw | 3 |
| Carmelo Anthony | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 3 |
| Seimone Augustus | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 3 |
| Tina Charles | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 3 |
| Brittney Griner | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 3 |
| LeBron James | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 3 |
| Katie Smith | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 3 |
| Dawn Staley | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 3 |
| Breanna Stewart | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 3 |
| Sheryl Swoopes | USA |
Basketball | Basketball | 3 |
| Misty May-Treanor | USA |
Beach Volleyball | Beach Volleyball | 3 |
| Kerri Walsh Jennings | USA |
Beach Volleyball | Beach Volleyball | 3 |
| Ole Einar Bjørndalen | NOR |
Biathlon | Sprint | 3 |
| Sven Fischer | GER |
Biathlon | Relay | 3 |
| Thorsten Margis | GER |
Bobsleigh | Four | 3 |
| Félix Savón | CUB |
Boxing | Heavyweight | 3 |
| Teófilo Stevenson | CUB |
Boxing | Heavyweight | 3 |
| Tony Estanguet |  FRA |
Canoe Slalom | Canoe Singles (C1), Slalom | 3 |
| Pavol Hochschorner |  SVK |
Canoe Slalom | Canoe Doubles (C2), Slalom | 3 |
| Peter Hochschorner | SVK |
Canoe Slalom | Canoe Doubles (C2), Slalom | 3 |
| Lisa Carrington |  NZL |
Canoe Sprint | Kayak Singles (K1), 200 Metres | 3 |
| Gert Fredriksson |  SWE |
Canoe Sprint | Kayak Singles (K1), 1,000 Metres | 3 |
| Danuta Kozák | HUN |
Canoe Sprint | Kayak Fours (K4), 500 Metres | 3 |
| Ivan Patzaichin |  ROU |
Canoe Sprint | Canoe Doubles (C2), 1,000 Metres | 3 |
| Katrin Wagner-Augustin | GER |
Canoe Sprint | Kayak Fours (K4), 500 Metres | 3 |
| Dario Cologna |  SUI |
Cross Country Skiing | 15 Kilometres | 3 |
| Nina Gavrylyuk | URS |
Cross Country Skiing | Relay | 3 |
| Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | NOR |
Cross Country Skiing | Sprint | 3 |
| Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | NOR |
Cross Country Skiing | Team Sprint | 3 |
| Larisa Lazutina |  EUN |
Cross Country Skiing | Relay | 3 |
| Yelena Välbe | EUN |
Cross Country Skiing | Relay | 3 |
| Kristin Armstrong | USA |
Cycling Road | Time Trial, Individual | 3 |
| Ed Clancy |  GBR |
Cycling Track | Team Pursuit | 3 |
| Jason Kenny | GBR |
Cycling Track | Team Sprint | 3 |
| Chen Ruolin | CHN |
Diving | Synchronized Platform | 3 |
| Klaus Dibiasi | ITA |
Diving | Platform | 3 |
| Anky van Grunsven |  NED |
Equestrian Dressage | Individual | 3 |
| Monica Theodorescu |  FRG |
Equestrian Dressage | Team | 3 |
| Andrew Hoy |  AUS |
Equestrian Eventing | Team | 3 |
| Michael Jung | GER |
Equestrian Eventing | Individual | 3 |
| Ludger Beerbaum | FRG |
Equestrian Jumping | Team | 3 |
| Tibor Berczelly | HUN |
Fencing | Sabre, Team | 3 |
| Giuseppe Delfino | ITA |
Fencing | épée, Team | 3 |
| Galina Gorokhova | URS |
Fencing | Foil, Team | 3 |
| Gu Bon-Gil | KOR |
Fencing | Sabre, Team | 3 |
| Győző Kulcsár | HUN |
Fencing | épée, Team | 3 |
| Vladimir Nazlymov | URS |
Fencing | Sabre, Team | 3 |
| Yelena Novikova-Belova | URS |
Fencing | Foil, Team | 3 |
| Carlo Pavesi | ITA |
Fencing | épée, Team | 3 |
| Tatyana Petrenko-Samusenko | URS |
Fencing | Foil, Team | 3 |
| Stanislav Pozdnyakov | EUN |
Fencing | Sabre, Team | 3 |
| László Rajcsányi | HUN |
Fencing | Sabre, Team | 3 |
| Viktor Sidyak | URS |
Fencing | Sabre, Team | 3 |
| Áron Szilágyi | HUN |
Fencing | Sabre, Individual | 3 |
| Giovanna Trillini | ITA |
Fencing | Foil, Team | 3 |
| Valentina Vezzali | ITA |
Fencing | Foil, Individual | 3 |
| Valentina Vezzali | ITA |
Fencing | Foil, Team | 3 |
| Aleksandra Zabelina | URS |
Fencing | Foil, Team | 3 |
| Gillis Grafström | SWE |
Figure Skating | Singles | 3 |
| Sonja Henie | NOR |
Figure Skating | Singles | 3 |
| Irina Rodnina | URS |
Figure Skating | Pairs | 3 |
| Shannon Boxx | USA |
Football | Football | 3 |
| Heather Mitts | USA |
Football | Football | 3 |
| Heather O'Reilly | USA |
Football | Football | 3 |
| Christie Pearce-Rampone | USA |
Football | Football | 3 |
| Luc Abalo | FRA |
Handball | Handball | 3 |
| Michaël Guigou | FRA |
Handball | Handball | 3 |
| Nikola Karabatic | FRA |
Handball | Handball | 3 |
| Andrey Lavrov | URS |
Handball | Handball | 3 |
| Katrine Lunde-Haraldsen | NOR |
Handball | Handball | 3 |
| Richard Allen |  IND |
Hockey | Hockey | 3 |
| Dhyan Chand | IND |
Hockey | Hockey | 3 |
| Leslie Claudius | IND |
Hockey | Hockey | 3 |
| Ranganathan Francis | IND |
Hockey | Hockey | 3 |
| Eva de Goede | NED |
Hockey | Hockey | 3 |
| Rechelle Hawkes | AUS |
Hockey | Hockey | 3 |
| Randhir Singh Gentle | IND |
Hockey | Hockey | 3 |
| Balbir Singh, Sr. | IND |
Hockey | Hockey | 3 |
| Udham Singh | IND |
Hockey | Hockey | 3 |
| Lied Welten | NED |
Hockey | Hockey | 3 |
| Meghan Agosta | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Gillian Apps | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Jennifer Botterill | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Vitaly Davydov | URS |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Anatoly Firsov | URS |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Rebecca Johnston | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Becky Kellar | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Andrey Khomutov | URS |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Viktor Kuzkin | URS |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Charlie Labonté | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Cherie Piper | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Marie-Philip Poulin | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Aleksandr Ragulin | URS |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Colleen Sostorics | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Kim St-Pierre | CAN |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Vladislav Tretyak | URS |
Ice Hockey | Ice Hockey | 3 |
| Tadahiro Nomura | JPN |
Judo | Extra Lightweight | 3 |
| Teddy Riner | FRA |
Judo | Heavyweight | 3 |
| Tobias Arlt | GER |
Luge | Doubles | 3 |
| Natalie Geisenberger | GER |
Luge | Singles | 3 |
| Natalie Geisenberger | GER |
Luge | Team Relay | 3 |
| Georg Hackl | GER |
Luge | Singles | 3 |
| Tobias Wendl | GER |
Luge | Doubles | 3 |
| Ulrich Wehling | GDR |
Nordic Combined | Individual | 3 |
| Paul Costello | USA |
Rowing | Double Sculls | 3 |
| Georgeta Damian-Andrunache | ROU |
Rowing | Coxless Pairs | 3 |
| Eskild Ebbesen | DEN |
Rowing | Lightweight Coxless Fours | 3 |
| Liliana Gafencu | ROU |
Rowing | Eights | 3 |
| Elena Georgescu | ROU |
Rowing | Eights | 3 |
| Doina Ignat | ROU |
Rowing | Eights | 3 |
| Vyacheslav Ivanov | URS |
Rowing | Single Sculls | 3 |
| Pertti Karppinen |  FIN |
Rowing | Single Sculls | 3 |
| Elle Logan | USA |
Rowing | Eights | 3 |
| Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă | ROU |
Rowing | Eights | 3 |
| Constanța Pipotă-Burcică | ROU |
Rowing | Lightweight Double Sculls | 3 |
| Steven Redgrave | GBR |
Rowing | Coxless Pairs | 3 |
| Ben Ainslie | GBR |
Sailing | One Person Heavyweight Dinghy | 3 |
| Joe Jackson | USA |
Shooting | Military Rifle, Prone, Team | 3 |
| Jin Jong-Oh | KOR |
Shooting | Free Pistol | 3 |
| Willis Lee | USA |
Shooting | Military Rifle, Prone, Team | 3 |
| Ralf Schumann | GER |
Shooting | Rapid Fire Pistol | 3 |
| Lloyd Spooner | USA |
Shooting | Military Rifle, Prone, Team | 3 |
| Sim Seok-Hui | KOR |
Short Track Speed Skating | Relay | 3 |
| Shaun White | USA |
Snowboarding | Halfpipe | 3 |
| Laura Berg | USA |
Softball | Softball | 3 |
| Lisa Fernandez | USA |
Softball | Softball | 3 |
| Lori Harrigan | USA |
Softball | Softball | 3 |
| Leah O'Brien-Amico | USA |
Softball | Softball | 3 |
| Bonnie Blair | USA |
Speed Skating | 500 Metres | 3 |
| Sven Kramer | NED |
Speed Skating | 5,000 Metres | 3 |
| Claudia Pechstein | GER |
Speed Skating | 5,000 Metres | 3 |
| Ireen Wüst | NED |
Speed Skating | 1,500 Metres | 3 |
| Matt Biondi | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Freestyle Relay | 3 |
| Bronte Campbell | AUS |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Freestyle Relay | 3 |
| Cate Campbell | AUS |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Freestyle Relay | 3 |
| Ian Crocker | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Medley Relay | 3 |
| Caeleb Dressel | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Freestyle Relay | 3 |
| Krisztina Egerszegi | HUN |
Swimming | 200 Metres Backstroke | 3 |
| Dawn Fraser | AUS |
Swimming | 100 Metres Freestyle | 3 |
| Brendan Hansen | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Medley Relay | 3 |
| Tom Jager | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Freestyle Relay | 3 |
| Jason Lezak | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Medley Relay | 3 |
| Emma McKeon | AUS |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Freestyle Relay | 3 |
| Michael Phelps | USA |
Swimming | 100 Metres Butterfly | 3 |
| Michael Phelps | USA |
Swimming | 200 Metres Butterfly | 3 |
| Jenny Thompson | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Freestyle Relay | 3 |
| Jenny Thompson | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Medley Relay | 3 |
| Dara Torres | USA |
Swimming | 4 × 100 Metres Freestyle Relay | 3 |
| Serena Williams | USA |
Tennis | Doubles | 3 |
| Venus Williams | USA |
Tennis | Doubles | 3 |
| Regla Bell | CUB |
Volleyball | Volleyball | 3 |
| Marlenis Costa | CUB |
Volleyball | Volleyball | 3 |
| Mireya Luis | CUB |
Volleyball | Volleyball | 3 |
| Regla Torres | CUB |
Volleyball | Volleyball | 3 |
| Tibor Benedek | HUN |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Péter Biros | HUN |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Dezső Gyarmati | HUN |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Nikola Jakšić |  SRB |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| György Kárpáti | HUN |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Tamás Kásás | HUN |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Gergő Kiss | HUN |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Dušan Mandić | SRB |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Tamás Molnár | HUN |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Paul Radmilovic | GBR |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Sava Ranđelović | SRB |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Melissa Seidemann | USA |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Charles Smith | GBR |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Maggie Steffens | USA |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Zoltán Szécsi | HUN |
Water Polo | Water Polo | 3 |
| Pyrros Dimas |  GRE |
Weightlifting | Light Heavyweight | 3 |
| Naim Süleymanoğlu |  TUR |
Weightlifting | Featherweight | 3 |
| Lasha Talakhadze |  GEO |
Weightlifting | Super Heavyweight | 3 |
| Kaori Icho | JPN |
Wrestling | Middleweight, Freestyle | 3 |
| Aleksandr Karelin | URS |
Wrestling | Super Heavyweight, Greco Roman | 3 |
| Saori Yoshida | JPN |
Wrestling | Lightweight, Freestyle | 3 |
