Medals by athlete

Athlete Nat Gold Silver Bronze Total
Michael Phelps USA 23 3 2 28
Larisa Latynina URS
UKR
9 5 4 18
Paavo Nurmi FIN 9 3 0 12
Mark Spitz USA 9 1 1 11
Carl Lewis USA 9 1 0 10
Marit Bjørgen NOR 8 4 3 15
Ole Einar Bjørndalen NOR 8 4 1 13
Birgit Fischer-Schmidt GDR
GER
8 4 0 12
Bjørn Dæhlie NOR 8 4 0 12
Sawao Kato JPN 8 3 1 12
Jenny Thompson USA 8 3 1 12
Matt Biondi USA 8 2 1 11
Ray Ewry USA 8 0 0 8
Usain Bolt JAM 8 0 0 8
Nikolay Andrianov RUS
URS
7 5 3 15
Isabell Werth GER 7 5 0 12
Boris Shakhlin URS
UKR
7 4 2 13
Věra Čáslavská CZE
TCH
7 4 0 11
Viktor Chukarin URS
UKR
7 3 1 11
Allyson Felix USA 7 3 1 11
Katie Ledecky USA 7 3 0 10
Jason Kenny GBR 7 2 0 9
Aladár Gerevich HUN 7 1 2 10
Svetlana Romashina ROC
RUS
7 0 0 7
Caeleb Dressel USA 7 0 0 7