Table of Contents
- 1 Who won 4 consecutive Olympic gold medals?
- 2 What 3 countries won the most Olympic medals?
- 3 Which country has won the most gold medals in a single Olympics?
- 4 Who was first female Olympic champion?
- 5 Who was the gold medalist in archery at the 1900 Olympics?
- 6 Who was the most successful sailor in the Olympics?
Who won 4 consecutive Olympic gold medals?
Alfred Oerter
Americans Carl Lewis (long jump), Alfred Oerter (discus throw) and Denmark’s Paul Elvstrom (sailing) have all won gold medals in four consecutive Olympic Games and are tied for the top spot among male athletes.
Who was the first man to win four Olympic gold medals at one Games?
At the 1936 Berlin Olympics, African American track star Jesse Owens wins his fourth gold medal of the Games in the 4×100-meter relay. His relay team set a new world record of 39.8 seconds, which held for 20 years.
What 3 countries won the most Olympic medals?
Here are the 10 countries with the most Olympic medals:
- United States (2980 medals)
- United Kingdom (948 medals)
- Germany (892 medals)
- France (874 medals)
- Italy (742 medals)
- China (696 medals)
- Sweden (661 medals)
- Australia (562 medals)
Who is faster Carl Lewis or Usain Bolt?
Usain Bolt is considered the fastest athlete ever. Lewis won 10 Olympic medals; Bolt has won 9 and is the only man to win the “sprint double” – the 100m and 200m – in three separate Olympics….Comparison chart.
| Carl Lewis | Usain Bolt | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of Olympic medals | 10, including 9 gold | 9, all gold |
Which country has won the most gold medals in a single Olympics?
The USA
The USA won a record 83 gold medals at the XXIIIrd Olympic Games held at Los Angeles, California, USA in 1984. The USSR lies in second place with a total of 80 gold medals won at the 1980 Games held in Moscow, USSR.
Who holds the record for the oldest person to win an Olympic medal since 1920?
The oldest Olympic athletics medalist of all time was a Swedish shooter named Oscar Swahn, who was 72 years, 280 days old when he won a silver medal in the 1920 Olympics.
Who was first female Olympic champion?
Hélène de Pourtalès
The first Olympic Games to feature female athletes was the 1900 Games in Paris. Hélène de Pourtalès of Switzerland became the first woman to compete at the Olympic Games and became the first female Olympic champion, as a member of the winning team in the first 1 to 2 ton sailing event on May 22, 1900.
Who was the oldest person to win a gold medal in the Olympics?
Oldest Olympic Champions in History. Oscar Swahn won a gold medal for shooting at the 1912 Olympics, when he was 64 years and 280 days old. At the time of his win, Swahn was 9 months older than Galen Spencer had been when he won his gold medal in 1904. The oldest ever Olympian is Oscar Swahn of Sweden.
Who was the gold medalist in archery at the 1900 Olympics?
Louis, Count du Douet de Graville (69 years, 95 days) competed in Equestrian at the 1900 Olympics. He was born February 27, 1831, competed June 2, 1900. Galen Carter Spencer was an American who competed in archery at the 1904 Summer Olympics. He won the gold medal in the team competition.
Who was in the 200m final of the Olympics?
The 200m final was dubbed the “Race of the Century” as Thorpe and Phelps lined up against two former world record-holders, Pieter van den Hoogenband of the Netherlands and Australia’s Grant Hackett. It proved Thorpe’s greatest victory.
Who was the most successful sailor in the Olympics?
However, in the last three Olympic Games, Great Britain has been the most successful of all the countries. Having said that, the most successful sailor in the Olympics has been, undoubtedly, Paul Elvstrom of Denmark; he won 4 gold medals in four consecutive games, beginning 1948.