1988 Olympics: Leading Medal Winners

Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff

Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right.

Men

No  Sport G-S-B
7 Matt Biondi, USA Swimming 5-1-1
5 Vladimir Artemov, USSR Gymnastics 4-1-0
4 Dmitri Bilozerchev, USSR Gymnastics 3-0-1
4 Valeri Lyukin, USSR Gymnastics 2-2-0
3 Chris Jacobs, USA Swimming 2-1-0
3 Carl Lewis, USA Track/Field 2-1-0
3 Holger Behrendt, E. Ger Gymnastics 1-1-1
3 Uwe Dassler, E. Ger Swimming 1-1-1
3 Paul McDonald, NZE Canoeing 1-1-1
3 Igor Polianski, USSR Swimming 1-0-2
3 Gennadi Prigoda, USSR Swimming 0-1-2
3 Sven Tippelt, E. Ger Gymnastics 0-1-2

Women

No  Sport G-S-B
6 Kristin Otto, E. Ger Swimming 6-0-0
6 Daniela Silivas, ROM Gymnastics 3-2-1
4 Florence Griffith Joyner, USA Track/Field 3-1-0
4 Svetlana Boguinskaya, USSR Gymnastics 2-1-1
4 Elena Shushunova, USSR Gymnastics 2-1-1
3 Janet Evans, USA Swimming 3-0-0
3 Silke Hörner, E. Ger Swimming 2-0-1
3 Daniela Hunger, E. Ger Swimming 2-0-1
3 Katrin Meissner, E. Ger Swimming 2-0-1
3 Birgit Schmidt, E. Ger Canoeing 2-1-0
3 Birte Weigang, E. Ger Swimming 1-2-0
3 Vania Guecheva, BUL Canoeing 1-1-1
3 Gabriela Potorac, ROM Gymnastics 0-2-1
3 Heike Drechsler, E. Ger Track/Field 0-1-2
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