Ole Einar Bjørndalen (NOR) has now won 12 medals in biathlon and is going for 13 today in the men’s 20 km. He is tied with his countryman Bjørn Dæhlie for the most medals won at the Winter Olympics with 12, and is trying to break that record. So how does he stand all-time among all Olympians and who are the all-time leaders for most medals and most gold medals won. We’ll give you the lists, including those for Winter Olympics, both Winter and Summer, and also look at individual medals and individual gold medals. In all the lists, women are presented first, followed by the men.
Most Medals, Winter Olympics
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Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,TM
Raisa Smetanina,F,W,EUN/URS,CCS,10
Stefania Belmondo,F,W,ITA,CCS,10
Lyubov Yegorova,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,9
Claudia Pechstein,F,W,GER,SSK,9
Uschi Disl,F,W,GER,BIA,9
Galina Kulakova,F,W,URS,CCS,8
Karin Enke-Kania,F,W,GDR,SSK,8
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann,F,W,GER,SSK,8
Larisa Lazutina,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,7
Marit Bjørgen,F,W,NOR,CCS,7
Kati Wilhelm,F,W,GER,BIA,7
Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen,F,W,FIN,CCS,7
Yelena Välbe,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,7
Manuela Di Centa,F,W,ITA,CCS,7
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich,F,W,GDR,SSK,7
Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,12
Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,12
Sixten Jernberg,M,W,SWE,CCS,9
Ricco Groß,M,W,GER,BIA,8
Kjetil André Aamodt,M,W,NOR,ASK,8
Sven Fischer,M,W,GER,BIA,8
Apolo Anton Ohno,M,W,USA,STK,8
Clas Thunberg,M,W,FIN,SSK,7
Ivar Ballangrud,M,W,NOR,SSK,7
Veikko Hakulinen,M,W,FIN,CCS,7
Eero Mäntyranta,M,W,FIN,CCS,7
Felix Gottwald,M,W,AUT,NCO,7
Bogdan Musiol,M,W,GDR/GER,BOB,7
Vladimir Smirnov,M,W,KAZ/URS,CCS,7
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Most Gold Medals, Winter Olympics
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Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,G
Lyubov Yegorova,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,6
Lidiya Skoblikova,F,W,URS,SSK,6
Claudia Pechstein,F,W,GER,SSK,5
Larisa Lazutina,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,5
Bonnie Blair,F,W,USA,SSK,5
Raisa Smetanina,F,W,EUN/URS,CCS,4
Galina Kulakova,F,W,URS,CCS,4
Janica Kostelić,F,W,CRO,ASK,4
Wang Meng,F,W,CHN,STK,4
Jeon I-Gyeong,F,W,KOR,STK,4
Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,8
Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,7
Clas Thunberg,M,W,FIN,SSK,5
Thomas Alsgaard,M,W,NOR,CCS,5
Eric Heiden,M,W,USA,SSK,5
Sixten Jernberg,M,W,SWE,CCS,4
Ricco Groß,M,W,GER,BIA,4
Kjetil André Aamodt,M,W,NOR,ASK,4
Sven Fischer,M,W,GER,BIA,4
Ivar Ballangrud,M,W,NOR,SSK,4
Gunde Svan,M,W,SWE,CCS,4
Yevgeny Grishin,M,W,URS,SSK,4
Johann Olav Koss,M,W,NOR,SSK,4
Matti Nykänen,M,W,FIN,SKJ,4
Nikolay Zimyatov,M,W,URS,CCS,4
Aleksandr Tikhonov,M,W,URS,BIA,4
André Lange,M,W,GER,BOB,4
Kevin Kuske,M,W,GER,BOB,4
Simon Ammann,M,W,SUI,SKJ,4
Thomas Wassberg,M,W,SWE,CCS,4
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Most Individual Medals, Winter Olympics
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Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,ITM
Claudia Pechstein,F,W,GER,SSK,8
Karin Enke-Kania,F,W,GDR,SSK,8
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann,F,W,GER,SSK,8
Raisa Smetanina,F,W,EUN/URS,CCS,7
Stefania Belmondo,F,W,ITA,CCS,7
Lyubov Yegorova,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,7
Andrea Ehrig-Schöne-Mitscherlich,F,W,GDR,SSK,7
Lidiya Skoblikova,F,W,URS,SSK,6
Bonnie Blair,F,W,USA,SSK,6
Janica Kostelić,F,W,CRO,ASK,6
Kateřina Neumannová,F,W,CZE,CCS,6
Anja Pärson,F,W,SWE,ASK,6
Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,9
Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,9
Kjetil André Aamodt,M,W,NOR,ASK,8
Sixten Jernberg,M,W,SWE,CCS,7
Clas Thunberg,M,W,FIN,SSK,7
Ivar Ballangrud,M,W,NOR,SSK,7
Apolo Anton Ohno,M,W,USA,STK,6
Vladimir Smirnov,M,W,KAZ/URS,CCS,6
Johan Grøttumsbråten,M,W,NOR,CCS/NCO,6
Roald Larsen,M,W,NOR,SSK,6
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Most Individual Gold Medals, Winter Olympics
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Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,IG
Lidiya Skoblikova,F,W,URS,SSK,6
Bonnie Blair,F,W,USA,SSK,5
Lyubov Yegorova,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,4
Claudia Pechstein,F,W,GER,SSK,4
Janica Kostelić,F,W,CRO,ASK,4
Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,6
Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,5
Clas Thunberg,M,W,FIN,SSK,5
Eric Heiden,M,W,USA,SSK,5
Kjetil André Aamodt,M,W,NOR,ASK,4
Ivar Ballangrud,M,W,NOR,SSK,4
Yevgeny Grishin,M,W,URS,SSK,4
Johann Olav Koss,M,W,NOR,SSK,4
Simon Ammann,M,W,SUI,SKJ,4
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Most Medals, Summer and Winter Olympics
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Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,TM
Larysa Latynina,F,S,URS,GYM,18
Birgit Fischer-Schmidt,F,S,GDR/GER,CAN,12
Jenny Thompson,F,S,USA,SWI,12
Dara Torres,F,S,USA,SWI,12
Natalie Coughlin,F,S,USA,SWI,12
Věra Čáslavská,F,S,TCH,GYM,11
Ágnes Keleti,F,S,HUN,GYM,10
Polina Astakhova,F,S,URS,GYM,10
Raisa Smetanina,F,W,EUN/URS,CCS,10
Stefania Belmondo,F,W,ITA,CCS,10
Franziska van Almsick,F,S,GER,SWI,10
Michael Phelps,M,S,USA,SWI,22
Nikolay Andrianov,M,S,URS,GYM,15
Borys Shakhlin,M,S,URS,GYM,13
Edoardo Mangiarotti,M,S,ITA,FEN,13
Takashi Ono,M,S,JPN,GYM,13
Paavo Nurmi,M,S,FIN,ATH,12
Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,12
Sawao Kato,M,S,JPN,GYM,12
Aleksey Nemov,M,S,RUS,GYM,12
Mark Spitz,M,S,USA,SWI,11
Matt Biondi,M,S,USA,SWI,11
Viktor Chukarin,M,S,URS,GYM,11
Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,12
Carl Osburn,M,S,USA,SHO,11
Ryan Lochte,M,S,USA,SWI,11
Carl Lewis,M,S,USA,ATH,10
Aladár Gerevich,M,S,HUN,FEN,10
Hubert Van Innis,M,S,BEL,ARC,10
Akinori Nakayama,M,S,JPN,GYM,10
Vitaly Shcherbo,M,S,BLR/EUN,GYM,10
Gary Hall Jr.,M,S,USA,SWI,10
Aleksandr Dityatin,M,S,URS,GYM,10
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Most Gold Medals, Summer and Winter Olympics
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Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,G
Larysa Latynina,F,S,URS,GYM,9
Birgit Fischer-Schmidt,F,S,GDR/GER,CAN,8
Jenny Thompson,F,S,USA,SWI,8
Věra Čáslavská,F,S,TCH,GYM,7
Lyubov Yegorova,F,W,EUN/RUS,CCS,6
Valentina Vezzali,F,S,ITA,FEN,6
Lidiya Skoblikova,F,W,URS,SSK,6
Kristin Otto,F,S,GDR,SWI,6
Amy Van Dyken,F,S,USA,SWI,6
Michael Phelps,M,S,USA,SWI,18
Ray Ewry,M,S,USA,ATH,10
Paavo Nurmi,M,S,FIN,ATH,9
Mark Spitz,M,S,USA,SWI,9
Carl Lewis,M,S,USA,ATH,9
Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,8
Sawao Kato,M,S,JPN,GYM,8
Matt Biondi,M,S,USA,SWI,8
Ray Ewry,M,S,USA,ATH,8
Nikolay Andrianov,M,S,URS,GYM,7
Borys Shakhlin,M,S,URS,GYM,7
Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,7
Viktor Chukarin,M,S,URS,GYM,7
Aladár Gerevich,M,S,HUN,FEN,7
Edoardo Mangiarotti,M,S,ITA,FEN,6
Hubert Van Innis,M,S,BEL,ARC,6
Akinori Nakayama,M,S,JPN,GYM,6
Vitaly Shcherbo,M,S,BLR/EUN,GYM,6
Gert Fredriksson,M,S,SWE,CAN,6
Reiner Klimke,M,S,FRG/GER,EQU,6
Chris Hoy,M,S,GBR,CYC,6
Pál Kovács,M,S,HUN,FEN,6
Usain Bolt,M,S,JAM,ATH,6
Nedo Nadi,M,S,ITA,FEN,6
Rudolf Kárpáti,M,S,HUN,FEN,6
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Most Individual Medals, Summer and Winter Olympics
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Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,ITM
Larysa Latynina,F,S,URS,GYM,14
Věra Čáslavská,F,S,TCH,GYM,8
Claudia Pechstein,F,W,GER,SSK,8
Karin Enke-Kania,F,W,GDR,SSK,8
Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann-Kleemann,F,W,GER,SSK,8
Michael Phelps,M,S,USA,SWI,13
Nikolay Andrianov,M,S,URS,GYM,12
Borys Shakhlin,M,S,URS,GYM,10
Takashi Ono,M,S,JPN,GYM,10
Aleksey Nemov,M,S,RUS,GYM,10
Paavo Nurmi,M,S,FIN,ATH,9
Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,9
Sawao Kato,M,S,JPN,GYM,9
Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,9
Viktor Chukarin,M,S,URS,GYM,9
Vitaly Shcherbo,M,S,BLR/EUN,GYM,9
Martin Sheridan,M,S,USA,ATH,9
Carl Lewis,M,S,USA,ATH,8
Akinori Nakayama,M,S,JPN,GYM,8
Aleksandr Dityatin,M,S,URS,GYM,8
Ray Ewry,M,S,USA,ATH,8
Kjetil André Aamodt,M,W,NOR,ASK,8
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Most Individual Gold Medals, Summer and Winter Olympics
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Name,Gdr,Ssn,NOC,Sport,IG
Věra Čáslavská,F,S,TCH,GYM,7
Larysa Latynina,F,S,URS,GYM,6
Lidiya Skoblikova,F,W,URS,SSK,6
Nadia Comăneci,F,S,ROU,GYM,5
Krisztina Egerszegi,F,S,HUN,SWI,5
Bonnie Blair,F,W,USA,SSK,5
Michael Phelps,M,S,USA,SWI,11
Ray Ewry,M,S,USA,ATH,8
Carl Lewis,M,S,USA,ATH,7
Nikolay Andrianov,M,S,URS,GYM,6
Borys Shakhlin,M,S,URS,GYM,6
Paavo Nurmi,M,S,FIN,ATH,6
Bjørn Dæhlie,M,W,NOR,CCS,6
Sawao Kato,M,S,JPN,GYM,5
Ole Einar Bjørndalen,M,W,NOR,BIA,5
Viktor Chukarin,M,S,URS,GYM,5
Vitaly Shcherbo,M,S,BLR/EUN,GYM,5
Martin Sheridan,M,S,USA,ATH,5
Gert Fredriksson,M,S,SWE,CAN,5
Clas Thunberg,M,W,FIN,SSK,5
Eric Heiden,M,W,USA,SSK,5
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Bjorndalen has now contested this event (Men’s 20 km Biathlon) in six straight Winter Olympic Games. His 34th place today means he did not Cycle in the event or achieve a Silver Medal 3-Peat, but it was still an improvement by two spots from his 36th place the first time he contested the event in 1994 at the Lillehammer Winter Olympics.