Summer Games Index

Summer Games / Winter Games

Games: 27 summer games in 19 countries
Events: 599 distinct events in 48 sports

Participants: 101,068 (78,560 men and 22,508 women) from 225 countries
Youngest Participant: Dimitrios Loundras (10 years, 216 days), 1896 Summer Games
Oldest Participant: Oscar Swahn (72 years, 281 days), 1920 Summer Games
Most Medals (Athlete): Larisa Latynina (18 medals)
Most Medals (Country): United States (2311 medals)

27 Games

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Year	City	Country	Countries	Participants	Men	Women	Sports	Events
2008	Beijing	China	204	10,903	6,294	4,609	34	302
2004	Athina	Greece	201	10,558	6,257	4,301	34	301
2000	Sydney	Australia	200	10,647	6,579	4,068	34	300
1996	Atlanta	United States	197	10,329	6,817	3,512	31	271
1992	Barcelona	Spain	169	9,385	6,662	2,723	29	257
1988	Seoul	South Korea	159	8,453	6,251	2,202	27	237
1984	Los Angeles	United States	140	6,794	5,224	1,570	25	221
1980	Moskva	Soviet Union	80	5,253	4,133	1,120	23	203
1976	Montréal	Canada	92	6,071	4,810	1,261	23	198
1972	München	West Germany	121	7,113	6,053	1,060	23	195
1968	Ciudad de México	Mexico	112	5,554	4,771	783	20	172
1964	Tokyo	Japan	93	5,136	4,456	680	21	163
1960	Roma	Italy	83	5,347	4,735	612	19	150
1956	Melbourne	Australia	67	3,187	2,817	370	18	145
1952	Helsinki	Finland	69	4,931	4,410	521	19	149
1948	London	Great Britain	59	4,071	3,678	393	19	136
1936	Berlin	Germany	49	3,955	3,626	329	21	129
1932	Los Angeles	United States	37	1,329	1,203	126	16	116
1928	Amsterdam	Netherlands	46	2,868	2,594	274	16	109
1924	Paris	France	44	3,065	2,930	135	19	126
1920	Antwerpen	Belgium	29	2,664	2,587	77	24	156
1912	Stockholm	Sweden	27	2,377	2,324	53	16	102
1908	London	Great Britain	22	2,024	1,980	44	24	109
1906	Athina	Greece	21	841	835	6	13	74
1904	St. Louis	United States	13	649	643	6	18	94
1900	Paris	France	28	1,218	1,196	22	20	95
1896	Athina	Greece	12	176	176	0	9	43

Athlete Medal Leaders

Athlete	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Larisa Latynina (URS)	9	5	4	18
Michael Phelps (USA)	14	0	2	16
Nikolay Andrianov (URS)	7	5	3	15
Boris Shakhlin (URS)	7	4	2	13
Edoardo Mangiarotti (ITA)	6	5	2	13
Takashi Ono (JPN)	5	4	4	13
Paavo Nurmi (FIN)	9	3	0	12
Birgit Fischer-Schmidt (GDR, GER)	8	4	0	12
Sawao Kato (JPN)	8	3	1	12
Jenny Beth Thompson (USA)	8	3	1	12
Dara Torres (USA)	4	4	4	12
Aleksey Nemov (RUS)	4	2	6	12

Country Medal Leaders

Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
United States	938	731	642	2311
Soviet Union	395	319	296	1010
Great Britain	215	267	255	737
France	208	223	253	684
Germany	193	222	241	656
Italy	198	163	177	538
Sweden	141	165	180	486
Hungary	161	145	161	467
Australia	131	140	168	439
East Germany	153	129	127	409

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