Bjørn Dæhlie Bjørn Dæhlie, of Norway, has won more gold medals than any other Winter Olympic athlete. He competed in three Olympic Games, from 1992 to 1998, winning eight gold medals. In all, Dæhlie won 12 medals, the most by any Winter Olympic athlete. In his first Olympic Games at Albertville, France, in 1992, he ...
The United States at the Winter Olympics The United States has sent athletes to compete at every Winter Games since their inception in 1924 at Chamonix, France. The Americans won four medals at those Games, with speed skater Charles Jewtraw earning the honor of being the country’s first gold medalist with a victory in the ...
Japan at the 2000 Summer Olympics Japan sent its team to the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney with expectations of dominating men’s and women’s judo, and with high hopes for a few golds in swimming. The first goal was accomplished as Japan’s judoka returned home with four golds and eight medals overall in judo. However, ...
Some of the greatest American swimmers in Olympic history have won multiple Olympic medals across several different events. Others swam at the Olympic level for such a long period of time that it’s difficult not to include them on the list. And some did both, swimming for decades and winning huge numbers of Olympic medals. ...
Japan at the 1984 Summer Olympics Japan participated in the U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games. After an absence of eight years from Olympic competition, the country’s best athletes converged on Los Angeles for the 1984 Summer Games. Japan was expected to do well in men’s gymnastics and judo, and the fans back home ...
