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| Rk | Sport | Season | Participants | Men | Women | Countries | Editions | Events | Top Medalist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alpine Skiing | Winter | 2,385 | 1,536 | 849 | 87 | 17 | 10 |  Kjetil André Aamodt (8 medals) |
| 2 | Archery | Summer | 952 | 535 | 417 | 89 | 14 | 28 |  Hubert Van Innis (10 medals) |
| 3 | Athletics | Summer | 19,312 | 14,090 | 5,222 | 223 | 27 | 83 |  Paavo Nurmi (12 medals) |
| 4 | Badminton | Summer | 620 | 311 | 309 | 63 | 5 | 5 |  Gao Ling (4 medals) |
| 5 | Baseball | Summer | 761 | 761 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 1 |  Pedro Luis Lazo (4 medals) |
| 6 | Basketball | Summer | 3,032 | 2,294 | 738 | 64 | 17 | 2 |  Teresa Edwards (5 medals) |
| 7 | Beach Volleyball | Summer | 263 | 137 | 126 | 33 | 4 | 2 |  Ricardo Santos (3 medals) |
| 8 | Biathlon | Winter | 928 | 670 | 258 | 49 | 13 | 12 |  Uschi Disl and Ole Einar Bjørndalen (9 medals) |
| 9 | Bobsleigh | Winter | 1,480 | 1,430 | 50 | 52 | 19 | 4 |  Bogdan Musiol (7 medals) |
| 10 | Boxing | Summer | 4,822 | 4,822 | 0 | 171 | 23 | 12 | 7 athletes with 3 medals |
| 11 | Canoeing | Summer | 2,814 | 2,240 | 574 | 85 | 17 | 23 | Birgit Fischer-Schmidt (12 medals) |
| 12 | Cricket | Summer | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 athletes with 1 medal |
| 13 | Croquet | Summer | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 athletes with 2 medals |
| 14 | Cross Country Skiing | Winter | 2,097 | 1,508 | 589 | 73 | 20 | 23 | Bjørn Dæhlie (12 medals) |
| 15 | Curling | Winter | 233 | 126 | 107 | 14 | 4 | 2 |  Mirjam Ott (2 medals) |
| 16 | Cycling | Summer | 5,191 | 4,711 | 480 | 136 | 27 | 41 | 3 athletes with 6 medals |
| 17 | Diving | Summer | 1,323 | 758 | 565 | 79 | 25 | 10 |   Dmitry Sautin (8 medals) |
| 18 | Equestrianism | Summer | 2,119 | 1,742 | 377 | 69 | 23 | 18 | 3 athletes with 8 medals |
| 19 | Fencing | Summer | 3,842 | 3,105 | 737 | 97 | 27 | 18 |  Edoardo Mangiarotti (13 medals) |
| 20 | Figure Skating | Winter | 1,384 | 656 | 728 | 53 | 22 | 5 |  Gillis Grafström (4 medals) |
| 21 | Football | Summer | 5,364 | 4,901 | 463 | 86 | 25 | 2 | 16 athletes with 3 medals |
| 22 | Freestyle Skiing | Winter | 324 | 193 | 131 | 32 | 5 | 4 | Kari Traa (3 medals) |
| 23 | Golf | Summer | 98 | 88 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 athletes with 2 medals |
| 24 | Gymnastics | Summer | 3,872 | 2,512 | 1,360 | 81 | 27 | 27 |  Larisa Latynina (18 medals) |
| 25 | Handball | Summer | 2,241 | 1,433 | 808 | 41 | 11 | 2 | Andrey Lavrov and  O Seong-Ok (4 medals) |
| 26 | Hockey | Summer | 3,360 | 2,595 | 765 | 41 | 21 | 2 |  Leslie Claudius and Udham Singh (4 medals) |
| 27 | Ice Hockey | Winter | 3,390 | 3,075 | 315 | 33 | 21 | 2 | 3 athletes with 4 medals |
| 28 | Jeu De Paume | Summer | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 athletes with 1 medal |
| 29 | Judo | Summer | 2,209 | 1,638 | 571 | 151 | 11 | 15 |  Ryoko Tamura-Tani (5 medals) |
| 30 | Lacrosse | Summer | 60 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 60 athletes with 1 medal |
| 31 | Luge | Winter | 669 | 474 | 195 | 46 | 12 | 3 |  Georg Hackl (5 medals) |
| 32 | Military Ski Patrol | Winter | 24 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 athletes with 1 medal |
| 33 | Modern Pentathlon | Summer | 778 | 705 | 73 | 56 | 22 | 3 | Pavel Lednyov (7 medals) |
| 34 | Motorboating | Summer | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 athletes with 2 medals |
| 35 | Nordic Combined | Winter | 562 | 562 | 0 | 31 | 20 | 3 |  Felix Gottwald (6 medals) |
| 36 | Pelota | Summer | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 athletes with 1 medal |
| 37 | Polo | Summer | 87 | 87 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 athletes with 2 medals |
| 38 | Racquets | Summer | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 athletes with 2 medals |
| 39 | Rhythmic Gymnastics | Summer | 415 | 0 | 415 | 47 | 7 | 2 | 5 athletes with 2 medals |
| 40 | Roque | Summer | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 athletes with 1 medal |
| 41 | Rowing | Summer | 7,044 | 5,826 | 1,218 | 90 | 26 | 25 |  Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă (8 medals) |
| 42 | Rugby | Summer | 155 | 155 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 7 athletes with 2 medals |
| 43 | Sailing | Summer | 4,057 | 3,625 | 432 | 115 | 24 | 37 | Torben Grael (5 medals) |
| 44 | Shooting | Summer | 4,478 | 3,918 | 560 | 145 | 25 | 82 | Carl Osburn (11 medals) |
| 45 | Short Track Speed Skating | Winter | 319 | 167 | 152 | 32 | 5 | 8 | 6 athletes with 5 medals |
| 46 | Skeleton | Winter | 91 | 67 | 24 | 25 | 4 | 2 | Jack Heaton and Gregor Stähli (2 medals) |
| 47 | Ski Jumping | Winter | 776 | 776 | 0 | 36 | 20 | 3 | Matti Nykänen (5 medals) |
| 48 | Snowboarding | Winter | 336 | 190 | 146 | 27 | 3 | 8 | 4 athletes with 2 medals |
| 49 | Softball | Summer | 367 | 0 | 367 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 athletes with 4 medals |
| 50 | Speed Skating | Winter | 1,394 | 953 | 441 | 40 | 20 | 13 | Claudia Pechstein (9 medals) |
| 51 | Swimming | Summer | 7,633 | 4,531 | 3,102 | 185 | 27 | 55 | Michael Phelps (16 medals) |
| 52 | Synchronized Swimming | Summer | 415 | 0 | 415 | 45 | 7 | 3 | Miho Takeda and Miya Tachibana (5 medals) |
| 53 | Table Tennis | Summer | 588 | 292 | 296 | 95 | 6 | 6 | Wang Nan (5 medals) |
| 54 | Taekwondo | Summer | 291 | 151 | 140 | 89 | 3 | 8 |  Hadj Sayed Bonehkohal and Steven Lopez (3 medals) |
| 55 | Tennis | Summer | 1,037 | 643 | 394 | 85 | 14 | 5 |  Max Décugis (6 medals) |
| 56 | Trampolining | Summer | 62 | 33 | 29 | 22 | 3 | 2 |  Karen Cockburn (3 medals) |
| 57 | Triathlon | Summer | 232 | 112 | 120 | 43 | 3 | 2 | Simon Whitfield and  Bevan Docherty (2 medals) |
| 58 | Tug-Of-War | Summer | 160 | 160 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 athletes with 3 medals |
| 59 | Volleyball | Summer | 2,092 | 1,159 | 933 | 43 | 12 | 2 | Inna Ryskal (4 medals) |
| 60 | Water Polo | Summer | 2,300 | 2,085 | 215 | 51 | 25 | 2 |  Dezső Gyarmati (5 medals) |
| 61 | Weightlifting | Summer | 2,529 | 2,324 | 205 | 145 | 24 | 21 | 4 athletes with 4 medals |
| 62 | Wrestling | Summer | 4,533 | 4,432 | 101 | 124 | 26 | 28 | Wilfried Dietrich (5 medals) |