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Rk Sport Season Participants Men Women Countries Editions Events Top Medalist(s)
1 Aeronautics Summer 1 1 0 1 1 1 SUI Hermann Schreiber (1 medal)
2 Alpine Skiing Winter 2,386 1,537 849 87 17 10 NOR Kjetil André Aamodt (8 medals)
3 Alpinism Summer 25 24 1 6 3 1 25 athletes with 1 medal
4 Archery Summer 952 535 417 89 14 28 BEL Hubert Van Innis (10 medals)
5 Art Competitions Summer 1,748 1,565 183 48 7 27 DEN Josef Petersen and SUI Alex Walter Diggelmann (3 medals)
6 Athletics Summer 19,319 14,096 5,223 223 27 83 FIN Paavo Nurmi (12 medals)
7 Badminton Summer 620 311 309 63 5 5 CHN Gao Ling (4 medals)
8 Baseball Summer 761 761 0 16 5 1 CUB Pedro Luis Lazo (4 medals)
9 Basketball Summer 3,029 2,293 736 64 17 2 USA Teresa Edwards (5 medals)
10 Beach Volleyball Summer 263 137 126 33 4 2 BRA  Ricardo (3 medals)
11 Biathlon Winter 928 670 258 49 13 12 NOR Ole Einar Bjørndalen and GER Uschi Disl (9 medals)
12 Bobsleigh Winter 1,479 1,429 50 52 19 4 GDR GER Bogdan Musiol (7 medals)
13 Boxing Summer 4,823 4,823 0 171 23 12 7 athletes with 3 medals
14 Canoeing Summer 2,812 2,238 574 85 17 23 GDR GER Birgit Fischer-Schmidt (12 medals)
15 Cricket Summer 24 24 0 2 1 1 24 athletes with 1 medal
16 Croquet Summer 10 7 3 1 1 3 3 athletes with 2 medals
17 Cross Country Skiing Winter 2,097 1,508 589 73 20 23 NOR Bjørn Dæhlie (12 medals)
18 Curling Winter 234 127 107 14 4 2 SUI Mirjam Ott (2 medals)
19 Cycling Summer 5,198 4,718 480 136 27 39 3 athletes with 6 medals
20 Diving Summer 1,323 758 565 79 25 10 EUN RUS Dmitry Sautin (8 medals)
21 Equestrianism Summer 2,129 1,752 377 69 23 18 3 athletes with 8 medals
22 Fencing Summer 3,840 3,103 737 97 27 18 ITA Edoardo Mangiarotti (13 medals)
23 Figure Skating Winter 1,384 656 728 53 22 5 SWE Gillis Grafström (4 medals)
24 Football Summer 5,365 4,902 463 86 25 2 15 athletes with 3 medals
25 Freestyle Skiing Winter 324 193 131 32 5 4 NOR Kari Traa (3 medals)
26 Golf Summer 98 88 10 5 2 3 3 athletes with 2 medals
27 Gymnastics Summer 3,872 2,512 1,360 81 27 27 URS Larisa Latynina (18 medals)
28 Handball Summer 2,241 1,433 808 41 11 2 URS EUN RUS Andrey Lavrov and KOR Oh Seong-Ok (4 medals)
29 Hockey Summer 3,360 2,595 765 41 21 2 IND Udham Singh and IND Leslie Claudius (4 medals)
30 Ice Hockey Winter 3,390 3,075 315 33 21 2 3 athletes with 4 medals
31 Jeu De Paume Summer 11 11 0 2 1 1 3 athletes with 1 medal
32 Judo Summer 2,209 1,638 571 151 11 15 JPN Ryoko Tamura-Tani (5 medals)
33 Lacrosse Summer 60 60 0 3 2 1 60 athletes with 1 medal
34 Luge Winter 669 474 195 46 12 3 FRG GER Georg Hackl (5 medals)
35 Military Ski Patrol Winter 24 24 0 6 1 1 12 athletes with 1 medal
36 Modern Pentathlon Summer 778 705 73 56 22 3 URS Pavel Lednyov (7 medals)
37 Motorboating Summer 14 13 1 2 1 3 3 athletes with 2 medals
38 Nordic Combined Winter 562 562 0 31 20 3 AUT Felix Gottwald (6 medals)
39 Pelota Summer 2 2 0 1 1 1 ESP José de Amézola and ESP Francisco Villota (1 medal)
40 Polo Summer 87 87 0 9 5 1 4 athletes with 2 medals
41 Racquets Summer 7 7 0 1 1 2 3 athletes with 2 medals
42 Rhythmic Gymnastics Summer 415 0 415 47 7 2 5 athletes with 2 medals
43 Roque Summer 4 4 0 1 1 1 3 athletes with 1 medal
44 Rowing Summer 7,046 5,829 1,217 90 26 25 ROU Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă (8 medals)
45 Rugby Summer 155 155 0 6 4 1 7 athletes with 2 medals
46 Sailing Summer 4,059 3,627 432 115 24 35 BRA Torben Grael (5 medals)
47 Shooting Summer 4,478 3,918 560 145 25 83 USA Carl Osburn (11 medals)
48 Short Track Speed Skating Winter 319 167 152 32 5 8 6 athletes with 5 medals
49 Skeleton Winter 91 67 24 25 4 2 SUI Gregor Stähli and USA Jack Heaton (2 medals)
50 Ski Jumping Winter 776 776 0 36 20 3 FIN Matti Nykänen (5 medals)
51 Snowboarding Winter 336 190 146 27 3 8 4 athletes with 2 medals
52 Softball Summer 367 0 367 13 4 1 4 athletes with 4 medals
53 Speed Skating Winter 1,394 953 441 40 20 13 GER Claudia Pechstein (9 medals)
54 Swimming Summer 7,633 4,530 3,103 185 27 55 USA Michael Phelps (16 medals)
55 Synchronized Swimming Summer 415 0 415 45 7 3 JPN Miho Takeda and JPN Miya Tachibana (5 medals)
56 Table Tennis Summer 587 291 296 95 6 6 CHN Wang Nan (5 medals)
57 Taekwondo Summer 290 151 139 88 3 8 IRI Hadi Saei and USA Steven Lopez (3 medals)
58 Tennis Summer 1,038 644 394 85 14 5 FRA Max Décugis (6 medals)
59 Trampolining Summer 62 33 29 22 3 2 CAN Karen Cockburn (3 medals)
60 Triathlon Summer 232 112 120 43 3 2 NZL Bevan Docherty and CAN Simon Whitfield (2 medals)
61 Tug-Of-War Summer 160 160 0 12 6 1 3 athletes with 3 medals
62 Volleyball Summer 2,092 1,159 933 43 12 2 URS Inna Ryskal (4 medals)
63 Water Polo Summer 2,301 2,086 215 51 25 2 HUN Dezső Gyarmati (5 medals)
64 Weightlifting Summer 2,529 2,324 205 145 24 21 4 athletes with 4 medals
65 Wrestling Summer 4,531 4,430 101 124 26 28 GER FRG Wilfried Dietrich (5 medals)