All-time Olympic Games medal table

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The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2026, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games. The IOC itself does not publish all-time tables, and publishes unofficial tables only per single Games. This table was thus compiled by adding up single entries from the IOC database.[1]

The results are attributed to the IOC country code as currently displayed by the IOC database. Usually, a single code corresponds to a single National Olympic Committee (NOC). When different codes are displayed for different years, medal counts are combined in the case of a simple change of IOC code (such as from HOL to NED for the Netherlands) or simple change of country name (such as from Ceylon to Sri Lanka). As the medals are attributed to each NOC, not all totals include medals won by athletes from that country for another NOC, such as before independence of that country. Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist. The totals of NOCs are not combined with those of their predecessors and successors.

World map showing nations that have won Summer Olympic medals, as of completion of the 2024 Summer Olympics.
World map showing nations that have won Winter Olympic medals, as of completion of the 2026 Winter Olympics.

List of NOCs with medals (sortable & unranked)

The table is pre-sorted by the name of each Olympic Committee, but can be displayed as sorted by any other column, such as the total number of gold medals or total number of overall medals. To sort by gold, silver, and then bronze, sort first by the bronze column, then the silver, and then the gold. The table does not count revoked medals (e.g., due to doping).

A total of 162 current and historical NOCs have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table are current through the 2026 Winter Olympics, and all changes in medal standings and medal redistribution up to 11 August 2024 for the Summer Games and 19 September 2025 for the Winter Games are taken into account.

As of completion of the 2026 Winter Olympics, 12 National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 24 Winter Olympic Games. As of completion of the 2024 Summer Olympics, four National Olympic Committees have participated on a standalone basis in all 30 Summer Olympic Games, with five other NOCs missing a perfect participation record due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. Of the combined 54 Olympic Games, only France, Great Britain and Switzerland have a 100% participation rate.

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Team Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Afghanistan 160022 00000 160022
 Albania 100022 60000 160022
 Algeria 1574920 30000 1874920
 Argentina 2622273180 210000 4722273180
 Armenia 8211922 90000 17211922
 Australasia[ANZ] 234512 00000 234512
 Australia[AUS][Z] 28182192226600 2199725 49191201233625
 Austria 29223544101 25769796269 5498132140370
 Azerbaijan 89163156 80000 169163156
 Bahamas 1882616 00000 1882616
 Bahrain 114318 00000 114318
 Barbados[BAR] 140011 00000 140011
 Belarus 713304285 887520 15213747105
 Belgium 28475763167 232259 51495968176
 Bermuda 201012 80000 281012
 Bohemia[BOH][Z] 30134 00000 30134
 Botswana 121214 00000 121214
 Brazil 24404981170 101001 34414981171
 British West Indies[BWI] 10022 00000 10022
 Bulgaria[H] 22578985231 221258 44589190239
 Burkina Faso 110011 00000 110011
 Burundi 81102 00000 81102
 Cameroon 163126 10000 173126
 Canada 2880117156353 25827985246 53162196241599
 Cape Verde 80011 00000 80011
 Chile[I] 2538415 190000 4438415
 China[CHN] 12303226198727 1327362992 25330262227819
 Colombia 215161738 40000 255161738
 Costa Rica 171124 60000 231124
 Ivory Coast[CIV] 151135 00000 151135
 Croatia 916151849 1046111 1920211960
 Cuba[Z] 22867088244 00000 22867088244
 Cyprus 120202 130000 250202
 Czech Republic[CZE] 822222872 912131439 17343542111
 Czechoslovakia[TCH] 16494945143 16281525 32515760168
 Denmark[Z] 29508084214 160202 45508284216
 Djibouti[B] 100011 00000 100011
 Dominica 81001 10000 91001
 Dominican Republic 1645615 00000 1645615
 Ecuador 1644210 30000 1944210
 Egypt[EGY][Z] 249122041 10000 259122041
 Eritrea 70011 30000 100011
 Estonia 141091736 124329 2614121945
 Ethiopia 1524162262 20000 1724162262
 Fiji 162114 30000 192114
 Finland 2710185119305 25456670181 52146151189486
 France[O][P][Z] 30239278299816 25505061161 55289328360977
 Gabon 120101 00000 120101
 Georgia 813151947 90101 1713161948
 Germany[GER][Z] 18213220255688 1411310773293 32326327328981
 United Team of Germany[EUA] 3285436118 386519 6366041137
 East Germany[GDR] 5153129127409 6393635110 11192165162519
 West Germany[FRG] 5566781204 611151339 11678294243
 Ghana[GHA] 160145 30000 190145
 Great Britain[GBR][Z] 30298339343980 251561839 553133453611019
 Greece 30364647129 210000 51364647129
 Grenada 111135 00000 111135
 Guatemala 151113 10000 161113
 Guyana[GUY] 190011 00000 190011
 Haiti[J] 170112 20000 190112
 Hong Kong[HKG] 1843613 70000 2543613
 Hungary 28187161182530 2522610 53189163188540
 Iceland 220224 200000 420224
 India[F] 2610102141 120000 3810102141
 Indonesia 1710141640 00000 1710141640
 Iran[K] 1827293288 130000 3127293288
 Iraq 160011 00000 160011
 Ireland 2315101742 90000 3215101742
 Israel 18461020 90000 27461020
 Italy[M][S] 29229201228658 25524970171 54281250298829
 Jamaica[JAM] 1927392894 100000 2927392894
 Japan 24189162191542 23223642100 47211198233642
 Jordan 121214 00000 121214
 Kazakhstan 815253878 92349 1717284287
 Kenya 16394441124 50000 21394441124
 Kosovo 33115 30000 63115
 North Korea 1116182761 90112 2016192863
 South Korea 19109100111320 2036341989 39145134130409
 Kuwait 140033 00000 140033
 Kyrgyzstan 805813 90000 1705813
 Latvia 13411621 1314712 265151333
 Lebanon 190224 190000 380224
 Liechtenstein 190000 2122610 4022610
 Lithuania 11691530 110000 22691530
 Luxembourg[O] 262103 110202 372305
 Malaysia[MAS] 1508715 30000 1808715
 Mauritius 110011 00000 110011
 Mexico 2513273777 110000 3613273777
 Moldova 803710 90000 1703710
 Mongolia 152121731 160000 312121731
 Montenegro 50101 50000 100101
 Morocco 16851326 90000 25851326
 Mozambique 121012 00000 121012
 Namibia 90505 00000 90505
 Netherlands[Z] 28111112134357 23635648167 51173168182523
 Netherlands Antilles[AHO][I] 130101 20000 150101
 New Zealand[NZL] 25634054157 182439 43654457166
 Niger 140112 00000 140112
 Nigeria 183111327 30000 213111327
North Macedonia North Macedonia (MKD) 80112 80000 160112
 Norway[Q] 28655353171 25166146135447 53231199188618
 Pakistan 1943411 50000 2443411
 Panama 191124 00000 191124
 Paraguay 140101 10000 150101
 Peru[L] 201315 30000 231315
 Philippines 23351018 70000 30351018
 Poland 237393142308 257101027 4880103152335
 Portugal 266111532 100000 366111532
 Puerto Rico 2022812 90000 2922812
 Qatar 112259 00000 112259
 Refugee Olympic Team 30011 00000 30011
 Romania 2393101123317 230011 4693101124318
 Russia[RUS] 6147125150422 6453934118 12192164184540
 Russian Empire[RU1] 31438 00000 31438
 Soviet Union[URS] 93953192961,010 9785759194 184733763551204
 Unified Team[EUN] 1453829112 196823 2544437135
 Olympic Athletes from Russia[OAR] 00000 126917 126917
ROC (ROC)[ROC] 120282371 15121532 2254038103
 Samoa 110101 00000 110101
 Saint Lucia 81102 00000 81102
 San Marino 160123 120000 280123
 Saudi Arabia 130224 20000 150224
 Senegal 160101 50000 210101
 Serbia[SRB] 6981128 50000 11981128
 Serbia and Montenegro[YUG/SCG] 32439 30000 62439
 Singapore 181236 20000 201236
 Slovakia[SVK] 81014933 945110 1714191043
 Slovenia 910101131 10691328 1916192459
 South Africa 2128363195 80000 2928363195
 Spain[Z] 25537658187 222158 47557763195
 Sri Lanka[SRI] 190202 00000 190202
 Sudan 140101 00000 140101
 Suriname[E] 141012 00000 141012
 Sweden[Z] 29151181182514 25735765195 54224238247709
 Switzerland 30548179214 25695666191 55123137145405
 Syria 151124 00000 151124
 Chinese Taipei[TPE][TPE2] 169112343 140000 309112343
 Tajikistan 81157 40000 121157
 Tanzania[TAN] 150202 00000 150202
 Thailand 1811111941 60000 2411111941
 Togo 120011 20000 140011
 Tonga 110101 20000 130101
 Trinidad and Tobago[TTO] 19351119 50000 24351119
 Tunisia 1664818 00000 1664818
 Turkey 24412941111 190000 43412941111
 Turkmenistan 80101 00000 80101
 Uganda 1755313 00000 1755313
 Ukraine 8384172151 93249 17414376160
 United Arab Emirates 111012 10000 121012
 United States[P][Q][R][Z][F] 291,1058797812,765 25126133104363 5412311,0128853128
 Uruguay 2322610 20000 2522610
 Uzbekistan 81882349 91001 171982350
 Venezuela 2037919 50000 2537919
 Vietnam 171315 00000 171315
 Virgin Islands 140101 80000 220101
 Yugoslavia[YUG to 1992] 1626292883 140314 3026322987
 Zambia[ZAM] 150123 00000 150123
 Zimbabwe[ZIM] 153418 10000 163418
 Individual Neutral Athletes[AIN] 11315 10101 21416
 Independent Olympic Athletes[IOA] 31012 00000 31012
 Independent Olympic Participants[IOP] 10123 10000 20123
 Mixed team[ZZX] 3116825 11001 4126826
Totals305,7935,7646,27617,833251,2881,2871,2753,850557,0817,0517,55121,683
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The sum total of gold, silver, and bronze medals are not equal for the following reasons:

  • Some sports (such as boxing, judo, karate, taekwondo, and wrestling) award or have previously awarded two bronze medals per competition.
  • Team sports medals, such as in football or basketball count as one, even if there are multiple players on each team, who get a medal.
  • Some tied performances have resulted in multiple medals of the same colour being awarded for an event. If this tie is for gold or silver, there will be a consequent absence of a silver or bronze medal for that event.
  • Some medals that have been revoked have not been re-awarded.
  • Some early events, such as cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics, had only two entrants.
  • Retroactively awarding gold, silver, and bronze medals for the 1896 and 1900 games results in some anomalies, such as the 100 metre freestyle swimming event in 1896 where no surviving records distinguish the places of those who finished between 3rd and 10th position.

List of NOCs without medals (sortable & unranked)

After completion of the 2026 Winter Olympics, 64 of the current 206 National Olympic Committees have yet to win an Olympic medal. Seven historic National Olympic Committees are also included in this list.

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  1. Tejbir Bura was the first and only Nepalese person to receive an Olympic gold medal. During the 1924 Winter Olympic closing ceremony, the IOC awarded a gold medal in alpinism for the 1922 British Mount Everest expedition, which recognized 21 mountaineers, including the first athletes to be awarded medals posthumously, seven Indian sherpas who were killed in an avalanche on the third and last attempt to summit.[2][3]

List of defunct historical NOCs and special delegations with medals (sortable & unranked)

Defunct historical NOCs with medals

A total of 10 defunct historical NOCs have earned at least one medal.

More information Team, Summer Olympic Games ...
Team Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Bohemia[BOH][Z] 30134 00000 30134
 British West Indies[BWI] 10022 00000 10022
 Czechoslovakia[TCH] 16494945143 16281525 32515760168
 East Germany[GDR] 5153129127409 6393635110 11192165162519
 West Germany[FRG] 5566781204 611151339 11678294243
 Netherlands Antilles[AHO][I] 130101 20000 150101
 Russian Empire[RU1] 31438 00000 31438
 Soviet Union[URS] 93953192961,010 9785759194 184733763551,204
 Serbia and Montenegro[YUG/SCG] 32439 30000 62439
 Yugoslavia[YUG to 1992] 1626292883 140314 3026322987
Totals246826035881,87319130119123372438127227112,245
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Special delegations with medals

As of completion of the 2026 Winter Olympics, a total of 10 special delegations have earned at least one medal. Medal totals in this table include the changes in medal standings due to doping cases and medal redistributions adjudicated up to 19 September 2025.

  Special delegation, not an actual nation
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Team Summer Olympic Games Winter Olympic Games Combined total
Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Australasia[ANZ] 234512 00000 234512
 Individual Neutral Athletes[AIN] 11315 10101 21416
 Refugee Olympic Team[EOR] 30011 00000 30011
 United Team of Germany[EUA] 3285436118 386519 6366041137
 Unified Team[EUN] 1453829112 196823 2544437135
 Olympic Athletes from Russia[OAR] 00000 126917 126917
ROC (ROC)[ROC] 120282371 15121532 2254038103
 Independent Olympic Athletes[IOA] 31012 00000 31012
 Independent Olympic Participants[IOP] 10123 10000 20123
 Mixed team[ZZX] 3116825 00000 3116825
Totals1810913410634982431379226133165143441
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Top ten medal rankings (combined NOCs)

The following is the overall medal tally (top ten nations) with the records of current NOCs combined with those of their precursors (sorted by gold, then silver, then bronze), through 2026.

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Complete ranked medals (excluding precursors)

Summer Olympics (1896–2024)

More information Rank, NOC ...
RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1,1058797812,765
2 Soviet Union*3953192961,010
3 China303226198727
4 Great Britain298339343980
5 France239278299816
6 Italy229201228658
7 Germany213220255688
8 Japan189162191542
9 Hungary187161182530
10 Australia182192226600
11 East Germany*153129127409
12 Sweden151181182514
13 Russia147125150422
14 Netherlands111112134357
15 South Korea109100111320
16 Finland10185119305
17 Romania93101123317
18 Cuba867088244
19 Canada80117156353
20 Poland7393142308
21 Norway655353171
22 New Zealand634054157
23 Bulgaria578985231
24 West Germany*566781204
25 Switzerland548179214
26 Spain537658187
27 Denmark508084214
28 Czechoslovakia*494945143
29 Belgium475763167
30 Unified Team*453829112
31 Turkey412941111
32 Brazil404981170
33 Kenya394441124
34 Ukraine384172151
35 Greece364647129
36 United Team of Germany*285436118
37 South Africa28363195
38 Jamaica27392894
39 Iran27293288
40 Yugoslavia*26292883
41 Ethiopia24162262
42 Austria223544101
43 Argentina22273180
44 Czech Republic22222872
45 ROC*20282371
46 Uzbekistan1882349
47 North Korea16182761
48 Croatia16151748
49 Kazakhstan15253878
50 Ireland15101742
51 Belarus13304285
52 Mexico13273777
53 Georgia13151947
54 Thailand11111941
55 Mixed team*116825
56 Indonesia10141640
57 Slovakia1014933
58 India10102141
59 Slovenia10101131
60 Estonia1091736
61 Azerbaijan9163156
62 Egypt9122041
63 Chinese Taipei9112343
64 Serbia981128
65 Morocco851326
66 Bahamas82616
67 Algeria74920
68 Portugal6111532
69 Lithuania691530
70 Tunisia64818
71 Colombia5161738
72 Uganda55313
73 Latvia411621
74 Israel461020
75 Dominican Republic45615
76 Ecuador44210
77 Hong Kong43613
78 Pakistan43411
79 Bahrain4318
80 Nigeria3111327
81 Chile38415
82 Venezuela37919
83 Trinidad and Tobago351119
84 Philippines351018
85 Australasia*34512
86 Zimbabwe3418
87 Cameroon3126
88 Kosovo3115
89 Mongolia2121731
90 Armenia211922
91 Serbia and Montenegro*2439
92 Puerto Rico22812
93 Uruguay22610
94 Qatar2259
95 Fiji2114
96 Luxembourg2103
97 Russian Empire*1438
98 Individual Neutral Athletes*1315
 Peru1315
 Vietnam1315
101 Singapore1236
102 Botswana1214
 Jordan1214
104 Tajikistan1157
105 Grenada1135
 Ivory Coast1135
107 Costa Rica1124
 Panama1124
 Syria1124
110 Guatemala1113
111 Burundi1102
 Saint Lucia1102
113 Bermuda1012
 Independent Olympic Athletes*1012
 Mozambique1012
 Suriname1012
 United Arab Emirates1012
118 Dominica1001
119 Malaysia08715
120 Kyrgyzstan05813
121 Namibia0505
122 Moldova03710
123 Iceland0224
 Lebanon0224
 Saudi Arabia0224
126 Cyprus0202
 Sri Lanka0202
 Tanzania0202
129 Ghana0145
130 Bohemia*0134
131 Independent Olympic Participants*0123
 San Marino0123
 Zambia0123
134 Haiti0112
 Niger0112
 North Macedonia0112
137 Gabon0101
 Montenegro0101
 Netherlands Antilles*0101
 Paraguay0101
 Samoa0101
 Senegal0101
 Sudan0101
 Tonga0101
 Turkmenistan0101
 Virgin Islands0101
147 Kuwait0033
148 Afghanistan0022
 Albania0022
 British West Indies*0022
151 Barbados0011
 Burkina Faso0011
 Cape Verde0011
 Djibouti0011
 Eritrea0011
 Guyana0011
 Iraq0011
 Mauritius0011
 Refugee Olympic Team*0011
 Togo0011
Totals (160 entries)5,7945,7646,27617,834
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Winter Olympics (1924–2026)

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RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway166146135447
2 United States126133104363
3 Germany11310773293
4 Canada827985246
5 Soviet Union*785759194
6 Austria769796269
7 Sweden735765195
8 Switzerland695666191
9 Netherlands635648167
10 Italy524970171
11 France505061161
12 Finland456670181
13 Russia453934118
14 East Germany*393635110
15 South Korea36341989
16 China27362992
17 Japan223642100
18 Great Britain1561839
19 Czech Republic12131439
20 West Germany*11151339
21 Australia99725
22 Unified Team*96823
23 Belarus87520
24 United Team of Germany*86519
25 Poland7101027
26 Slovenia691328
27 ROC*5121532
28 Croatia46111
29 Slovakia45110
30 Estonia4329
31 Ukraine3249
32 Czechoslovakia*281525
33 Olympic Athletes from Russia*26917
34 New Zealand2439
35 Kazakhstan2349
36 Hungary22610
 Liechtenstein22610
38 Belgium2259
39 Spain2158
40 Latvia14712
41 Bulgaria1258
42 Brazil1001
 Uzbekistan1001
44 Yugoslavia*0314
45 Denmark0202
 Luxembourg0202
47 North Korea0112
48 Georgia0101
 Individual Neutral Athletes*0101
50 Romania0011
Totals (50 entries)1,2871,2871,2753,849
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Combined total (1896–2026)

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RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1,2311,0128853,128
2 Soviet Union*4733763551,204
3 China330262227819
4 Germany326327328981
5 Great Britain3133453611,019
6 France289328360977
7 Italy281250298829
8 Norway231199188618
9 Sweden224238247709
10 Japan211198233642
11 East Germany*192165162519
12 Russia192164184540
13 Australia191201233625
14 Hungary189163188540
15 Netherlands173168182523
16 Canada162196241599
17 Finland146151189486
18 South Korea145134130409
19 Switzerland123137145405
20 Austria98132140370
21 Romania93101124318
22 Cuba867088244
23 Poland80103152335
24 West Germany*678294243
25 New Zealand654457166
26 Bulgaria589190239
27 Spain557763195
28 Unified Team*544437135
29 Czechoslovakia*515760168
30 Denmark508284216
31 Belgium495968176
32 Brazil414981171
33 Ukraine414376160
34 Turkey412941111
35 Kenya394441124
36 United Team of Germany*366041137
37 Greece364647129
38 Czech Republic343542111
39 South Africa28363195
40 Jamaica27392894
41 Iran27293288
42 Yugoslavia*26322987
43 ROC*254038103
44 Ethiopia24162262
45 Argentina22273180
46 Belarus213747105
47 Croatia20211859
48 Uzbekistan1982350
49 Kazakhstan17284287
50 North Korea16192863
51 Slovenia16192459
52 Ireland15101742
53 Slovakia14191043
54 Estonia14121945
55 Mexico13273777
56 Georgia13161948
57 Thailand11111941
58 Mixed team*116825
59 Indonesia10141640
60 India10102141
61 Azerbaijan9163156
62 Egypt9122041
63 Chinese Taipei9112343
64 Serbia981128
65 Morocco851326
66 Bahamas82616
67 Algeria74920
68 Portugal6111532
69 Lithuania691530
70 Tunisia64818
71 Colombia5161738
72 Latvia5151333
73 Uganda55313
74 Israel461020
75 Dominican Republic45615
76 Ecuador44210
77 Hong Kong43613
78 Pakistan43411
79 Bahrain4318
80 Nigeria3111327
81 Chile38415
82 Venezuela37919
83 Trinidad and Tobago351119
84 Philippines351018
85 Australasia*34512
86 Zimbabwe3418
87 Cameroon3126
88 Kosovo3115
89 Mongolia2121731
90 Armenia211922
91 Olympic Athletes from Russia*26917
92 Serbia and Montenegro*2439
93 Luxembourg2305
94 Puerto Rico22812
95 Liechtenstein22610
 Uruguay22610
97 Qatar2259
98 Fiji2114
99 Russian Empire*1438
100 Individual Neutral Athletes*1416
101 Peru1315
 Vietnam1315
103 Singapore1236
104 Botswana1214
 Jordan1214
106 Tajikistan1157
107 Grenada1135
 Ivory Coast1135
109 Costa Rica1124
 Panama1124
 Syria1124
112 Guatemala1113
113 Burundi1102
 Saint Lucia1102
115 Bermuda1012
 Independent Olympic Athletes*1012
 Mozambique1012
 Suriname1012
 United Arab Emirates1012
120 Dominica1001
121 Malaysia08715
122 Kyrgyzstan05813
123 Namibia0505
124 Moldova03710
125 Iceland0224
 Lebanon0224
 Saudi Arabia0224
128 Cyprus0202
 Sri Lanka0202
 Tanzania0202
131 Ghana0145
132 Bohemia*0134
133 Independent Olympic Participants*0123
 San Marino0123
 Zambia0123
136 Haiti0112
 Niger0112
 North Macedonia0112
139 Gabon0101
 Montenegro0101
 Netherlands Antilles*0101
 Paraguay0101
 Samoa0101
 Senegal0101
 Sudan0101
 Tonga0101
 Turkmenistan0101
 Virgin Islands0101
149 Kuwait0033
150 Afghanistan0022
 Albania0022
 British West Indies*0022
153 Barbados0011
 Burkina Faso0011
 Cape Verde0011
 Djibouti0011
 Eritrea0011
 Guyana0011
 Iraq0011
 Mauritius0011
 Refugee Olympic Team*0011
 Togo0011
Totals (162 entries)7,0807,0517,55121,682
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Medal leaders by year

Summer

Summer Olympics medal table leaders by year
Note

Only at four Summer Olympic Games did the leader in the medal standings not also win the most medals in total. In all these occasions, the second-place nation in the medal ranking won the most medals in total, and the first-place nation won the second-most:

Number of occurrences

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Rank Country Number of games
1 United States19 times
2 Soviet Union6 times
3 China1 time
 France
 Great Britain
 Germany
 Unified Team
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Winter

Winter Olympics medal table leaders by year
Note

Only at six Winter Olympic Games did the leader in the medal standings not also win the most medals in total. In five of these occasions, the second-place nation in the medal ranking won the most medals in total, while in one other occasion the third-place nation in the medal ranking won the most:

Number of occurrences

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Rank Country Number of games
1 Norway11 times
2 Soviet Union7 times
3 Germany3 times
4 United States1 time
 Sweden
 East Germany
 Canada
 Russia
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Special case of Germany

If results for East and West Germany are combined, German athletes also won the most gold medals at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Winter Olympics, in place of the Soviet Union.

Variations

Early Olympics

For the 1900 Summer Olympics several countries are credited with appearances that are not considered official by the IOC. Only one of these cases concerns a medal. A gold medal that is officially added to France's total is given to Luxembourg.[4]

Other differences from the official table are based on disagreements about which events were Olympic. This affects several of the events in the 1900 and 1904 Olympics. In addition, some sources include the 1906 Intercalated Games when compiling their medal tables.[5]

Alpinism and aeronautics

From 1924 through 1936, the IOC on several occasions awarded gold medals for feats of alpinism and aeronautics that occurred in the preceding four-year Olympiad. In 1924, 1932 and 1936, gold medals were awarded to 25 mountaineers from six nations for expeditions in the Himalayas and the Matterhorn. In 1936, a gold medal was awarded to Hermann Schreiber of Switzerland for crossing the Alps in a glider in 1935, the first time that had been done.[2][6][7][8] Some sources include these IOC awards of gold medals in the overall count.

Australasia

Australasia was a combined team of athletes from Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand that competed together at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics. When the Olympic Games resumed in 1920 after World War I, the two nations sent separate teams to the Games, and have done so ever since.

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DateTeam
1896–1904 Australia
1908–1912 Australasia
1920– Australia New Zealand
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Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

 Australasia 23451200000234512
 Australia 28182192226600219972549191201233625
 New Zealand 2563405415718243942654457166
Total 30248236285769211113103451259249295803
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British West Indies

The West Indies Federation,[9][10] also known as the West Indies,[11][12] the Federation of the West Indies[13] or the West Indian Federation,[14][15][16] was a short-lived political union that existed from 3 January 1958 to 31 May 1962. Various islands in the Caribbean that were part of the British Empire, including Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica, and those on the Leeward and Windward Islands, came together to form the Federation.The expressed intention of the Federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state[17] Before that could happen, the Federation collapsed due to internal political conflicts over how it would be governed or function viably.

Athletes from the West Indies Federation competed under the name Antilles (ANT),[18] renamed to British West Indies (BWI) by the IOC, at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. Thirteen competitors—two from Barbados, four from Trinidad, and seven from Jamaica—all men, took part in thirteen events in five sports.[19] The short-lived nation only participated at these single Games, as Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago competed independently again in 1964, and Barbados started competing at the 1968 Games.

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No.

No.

No.

 British West Indies 100220000010022
 Jamaica 19273928941000002927392894
 Trinidad and Tobago 193511195000024351119
 Barbados 14001100000140011
Total 1930444211610000029304442116
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Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920, after having competed as Bohemia from 1900 to 1912. The nation sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then, except for the 1984 Games when they were part of the Soviet-led boycott of the 1984 Summer Olympics. Czechoslovakia has participated in every Winter Olympic Games since the inaugural Games of 1924.

After the dissolution of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the Czech Republic and Slovakia sent independent teams to the Olympics starting in 1994.

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DateTeam
1896as part of  Hungary
1900–1912as  Bohemia
1920–1992 Czechoslovakia
1996– Czech Republic Slovakia
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No.

No.

 Bohemia 301340000030134
 Czechoslovakia 164949451431628152532515760168
 Czech Republic 82222287291213143917343542111
 Slovakia 810149339451101714191043
Total 2781868525225182630745299112115326
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Germany

Germany has competed under five different designations, including as two separate teams at several Games. Sources vary in how they present the medals won by these teams. The table below shows sourced combinations of these teams, when applied to the updated medal totals from the main table. A part of Germany, Saar, competed independently in the Summer Olympic games in 1952, but failed to win any medals. Due to most lists only listing medal counts, it is possible Saar was included as part of Germany in their calculations. Germany was banned on three occasions (1920, 1924, and 1948).

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DateTeam
1896–1912German Empire Germany (GER)
1920–1924banned
1928–1936Weimar Republic Germany Nazi Germany Germany (GER)
1948banned
1952 Saar Germany
1956–1964 United Team of Germany
1968–1988 West Germany East Germany
1992– Germany
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No.

No.

No.

   Germany 18213220255688141131077329332326327328981
 Saar 100000000010000
 United Team of Germany 32854361183865196366041137
 West Germany 556678120461115133911678294243
 East Germany 5153129127409639363511011192165162519
Total 28450470499141923171164126461516216346251880
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Kuwait

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, nine athletes from Kuwait competed as Independent Olympic Athletes (IOA), as the Kuwait Olympic Committee had been suspended by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) for the second time in five years due to governmental interference.[20][21][22] Although not allowed to compete as a sovereign state at the 2016 Summer Olympics, the nation's participants were able to compete as Independent Olympic Athletes under the Olympic flag. At those games, Kuwaiti shooters Fehaid Al-Deehani and Abdullah Al-Rashidi won a gold medal and bronze medal respectively as independent athletes.

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DateTeam
1968–2012 Kuwait
2016 Independent Olympic Athletes (2016)
2020– Kuwait
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No.

No.

No.

 Kuwait 14003300000140033
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2016) 110120000011012
Total 15104500000151045
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Netherlands Antilles

The Netherlands Antilles participated at the Olympic Games from 1952 until 2008 as a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The National Olympic Committee for the Netherlands Antilles was created in 1931 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee from 1950 until 2011 upon the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.[23]

Aruba left the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 to become a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Between 1952 until 1984, Aruban athletes competed as part of the Netherlands Antilles. Since the Olympic Games in 1988, athletes from Aruba have competed separately under their own Olympic banner and have participated in each Summer Olympic Games since then.

After the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles in 2010, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba became part of the Netherlands as special municipalities of the Netherlands. Curaçao and Sint Maarten became separate constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, participants from the five islands competed as independent athletes under the Olympic flag. However, athletes from the former Netherlands Antilles who qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics were allowed to participate independently under the Olympic flag. In addition since then, athletes from the territories that constituted the Netherlands Antilles have the possibility of competing for the Netherlands (as for example Churandy Martina did) or Aruba (as for example Philip Elhage did).[24] Ultimately, three athletes from the Netherlands Antilles participated as Independent Olympic Athletes.

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DateTeam
1900–1948 Netherlands
1952–1984 Netherlands Antilles
1988–2008 Netherlands Antilles Aruba
2012as part of  Netherlands /
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2012)
2014– Netherlands
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No.

No.

No.

 Netherlands 281101121343562363564816751173168182523
 Netherlands Antilles 13010120000150101
 Aruba 10000000000100000
 Independent Olympic Athletes (2012) 100000000010000
Total 281101131343572363564816751173169182524
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China

The Republic of China (ROC) participated in its first Summer Olympics in 1932 under the name of China. After the Chinese Civil War, the ROC retreated to the island of Taiwan in 1949, and only Taiwan-based athletes have competed on its behalf since then. In 1971, the ROC was expelled from the United Nations, but was permitted to compete under its official name, flag, and anthem in the 1972 Winter, 1972 Summer, and 1976 Winter Olympics. It was denied official representation in the 1976 Summer Olympics and boycotted it as a result. The 1979 Nagoya Resolution allowed the ROC to compete under the deliberately-ambiguous name "Chinese Taipei"; it protested against this decision and boycotted the 1980 Summer Olympics as well, but has competed under this name since the 1984 Winter Olympics.

The Republic of China took part in the Opening Ceremony of the 1924 Summer Olympics, but its four athletes, all of whom were tennis players, withdrew from competition.[25]

Hong Kong first competed at the Olympic Games in 1952, then as a British colony (British Hong Kong). After the sovereignty of Hong Kong was transferred back to the People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1997, the NOC for the new special administrative region (SAR) of China has now been known as Hong Kong, China.[26]

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DateTeam
1924–1948 Republic of China
1952 China Hong Kong Hong Kong (HKG)
1956–1996 Chinese Taipei
2000–  Hong Kong
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No.

No.

 Republic of China 300000000030000
 China 12303226198727132736299225330262227819
 Chinese Taipei 169112343140000309112343
 Hong Kong 18 4 3 6 13 7 0 0 0 0 25 4 3 6 13
Total 20316240227783152736299235343276256875
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Russian Federation and the Soviet Union

The Russian Federation, the Russian Empire, the Olympic Athletes from Russia and the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) are sometimes combined outside of IOC sources. The Soviet Union is often combined with the post-union team that competed in 1992.[27][28][29] Some sources combine the Soviet Union and Russia, despite the fact that many republics which subsequently gained or re-gained independence (Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan) contributed to the medal tally of the USSR, and there are sources that combine all medals of RU1, URS, EUN, OAR, ROC and RUS.[30][31] On 31 January 1992, the United Nations recognized, without objection, Russia as legal successor of the rights and obligations of the former Soviet Union,[32] but this has no significance in medal tallies.

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1st place, gold medalist(s)

2nd place, silver medalist(s)

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Total

No.

1st place, gold medalist(s)

2nd place, silver medalist(s)

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Total

No.

1st place, gold medalist(s)

2nd place, silver medalist(s)

3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Total

 Russia 6147125150422645393411812192164184540
 Russian Empire 314380000031438
 Soviet Union 939531929610109785759194184733763551204
 Unified Team 14538291121968232544437135
 Olympic Athletes from Russia 00000126917126917
 ROC 120282371151215322254038103
 Individual Neutral Athletes 101011010120202
Total 21608515501162419139121125385407476366262009
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No.

No.

 Estonia 1410917361243292614121945
 Latvia 134116211314712265151333
 Lithuania 1169153011000022691530
 Armenia 82119229000017211922
 Belarus 71330428588752015213747105
 Georgia 813151947901011713161948
 Kazakhstan 815253878923491717284287
 Kyrgyzstan 805813900001705813
 Moldova 803710900001703710
 Ukraine 83841721519324917414376160
 Uzbekistan 8188234991001171982350
 Azerbaijan 8916315680000169163156
 Tajikistan 8115740000121157
 Turkmenistan 801010000080101
Total 14129185292606131920226127148205314667
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Yugoslavia

Teams from Yugoslavia first participated at the Olympic Games in 1920. Yugoslavia has been the designation for Olympic teams from three distinct national entities:

The United Nations[33] affirmed that the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia had ceased to exist, and the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) was a new state. All former republics were entitled to state succession, while none of them continued SFR Yugoslavia's international legal personality. As a result of the U.N. resolution, individual FRY athletes were allowed to compete as Independent Olympic Participants at the 1992 Summer Olympics, and FRY was not allowed to compete at the 1994 Winter Olympics.

The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, consisting of the Republic of Serbia and the Republic of Montenegro, participated at the Games since 1996. At the 1996[34] and 2000[35] Games, the nation was designated with the same code, Yugoslavia (YUG), as the defunct SFRY. It was rechartered as the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro in 2003 with there being no territorial changes. The Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) designation and code were used at the 2004 Games.[36]

Two of the successor nations (Croatia and Slovenia) began to compete as independent teams at the Olympics starting at the 1992 Winter Games and Bosnia and Herzegovina at the 1992 Summer Games and as of the 2008 Summer Olympics, all six successor nations, former socialist republics, have participated independently. Kosovo, a former autonomous province, made its Olympic debut as an independent national team at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

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DateTeam
1912as part of  Austria Serbia
1920–1936Kingdom of Yugoslavia Kingdom of Yugoslavia (YUG)
1948–1988Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 W Croatia SloveniaSocialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia SFR Yugoslavia (YUG)
1992 S Bosnia and Herzegovina Independent Olympic Participants
1994ban on participation by the UN
1996–2006 North MacedoniaFederal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia (YUG)/
 Serbia and Montenegro
2008–2014 Serbia Montenegro
2016– Serbia Kosovo
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Team (IOC code)

No.

No.

No.

  Serbia (1912, 2008–current) 69811285000011981128
  Yugoslavia (1920–1992 w) 16262928831403143026322987
 Independent Olympic Participants (1992 s) 101230000010123
 Serbia and Montenegro (1996–2006) 324393000062439
 Croatia (1992–current) 91615174810461111920211859
 Slovenia (1992–current) 910101131106913281916192459
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992 s –current) 9000090000180000
 North Macedonia (1996–current) 8011280000160112
 Montenegro (2008–current) 5010150000100101
 Kosovo (2016–current) 331153000063115
Total 26667074210231018154349768889253
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Others

In addition to the teams of Independent Olympians at the Olympic Games mentioned above—Kuwait, Russia, the former Netherlands Antilles, and the former Yugoslavia—several other NOCs were represented by independent Olympic athletes. East Timor's team in 2000 consisted of four athletes competing as Individual Olympic Athletes. In 2012, one independent Olympic athlete represented South Sudan. In the 2014 Winter Olympics, the team from India included one independent Olympic participant.

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