All-Time Leading Medal Winners – Single Games
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Athletes who have won the most medals in a single Summer Olympics. Totals include individual, relay and team medals. U.S. athletes are in bold type.
Men
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8† | Michael Phelps, USA (2004) | Swim | 6-0-2 |
| 8 | Aleksandr Dityatin, USSR (1980) | Gym | 3-4-1 |
| 7 | Mark Spitz, USA (1972) | Swim | 7-0-0 |
| 7 | Willis Lee, USA (1920) | Shoot | 5-1-1 |
| 7 | Matt Biondi, USA (1988) | Swim | 5-1-1 |
| 7 | Boris Shakhlin, USSR (1960) | Gym | 4-2-1 |
| 7 | Lloyd Spooner, USA (1920) | Shoot | 4-1-2 |
| 7 | Mikhail Voronin, USSR (1968) | Gym | 2-4-1 |
| 7 | Nikolai Andrianov, USSR (1976) | Gym | 2-4-1 |
| 6 | Vitaly Scherbo, UT (1992) | Gym | 6-0-0 |
| 6 | Li Ning, CHN (1984) | Gym | 3-2-1 |
| 6 | Akinori Nakayama, JPN (1968) | Gym | 4-1-1 |
| 6 | Takashi Ono, JPN (1960) | Gym | 3-1-2 |
| 6 | Viktor Chukarin, USSR (1956) | Gym | 4-2-0 |
| 6 | Konrad Frey, GER (1936) | Gym | 3-1-2 |
| 6 | Ville Ritola, FIN (1924) | Track | 4-2-0 |
| 6 | Hubert Van Innis, BEL (1920) | Arch | 4-2-0 |
| 6 | Carl Osburn, USA (1920) | Shoot | 4-1-1 |
| 6 | Louis Richardet, SWI (1906) | Shoot | 3-3-0 |
| 6 | Anton Heida, USA (1904) | Gym | 5-1-0 |
| 6 | George Eyser, USA (1904) | Gym | 3-2-1 |
| 6 | Burton Downing, USA (1904) | Cycle | 2-3-1 |
| 6 | Alexei Nemov, RUS (1996) | Gym | 2-1-3 |
| 6 | Alexei Nemov, RUS (2000) | Gym | 2-1-3 |
†Includes gold medal as preliminary member of 1st-place relay team.
Women
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Maria Gorokhovskaya, USSR (1952) | Gym | 2-5-0 |
| 6 | Kristin Otto, E. Ger (1988) | Swim | 6-0-0 |
| 6 | Agnes Keleti, HUN (1956) | Gym | 4-2-0 |
| 6 | Vera Cáslavská, CZE (1968) | Gym | 4-2-0 |
| 6 | Larisa Latynina, USSR (1956) | Gym | 4-1-1 |
| 6 | Larisa Latynina, USSR (1960) | Gym | 3-2-1 |
| 6 | Daniela Silivas, ROM (1988) | Gym | 3-2-1 |
| 6 | Larisa Latynina, USSR (1964) | Gym | 2-2-2 |
| 6 | Margit Korondi, HUN, (1956) | Gym | 1-1-4 |
| 5 | Kornelia Ender, E. Ger (1976) | Swim | 4-1-0 |
| 5 | Ecaterina Szabó, ROM (1984) | Gym | 4-1-0 |
| 5 | Shane Gould, AUS (1972) | Swim | 3-1-1 |
| 5 | Nadia Comaneci, ROM (1976) | Gym | 3-1-1 |
| 5 | Karin Janz, E. Ger (1972) | Gym | 2-2-1 |
| 5 | Ines Diers, E. Ger (1980) | Swim | 2-2-1 |
| 5 | Shirley Babashoff, USA (1976) | Swim | 1-4-0 |
| 5 | Mary Lou Retton, USA (1984) | Gym | 1-2-2 |
| 5 | Shannon Miller, USA (1992) | Gym | 0-2-3 |
| 5 | Marion Jones, USA (2000) | Track | 3-0-2 |
| 5 | Dara Torres, USA (2000) | Swim | 2-0-3 |
| 5 | Natalie Coughlin, USA (2004) | .Swim | 2-2-1 |
