Olympic Gold Medals — All Time Country Rankings
Source:
Wikipedia
Key Findings
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United States leads in Total Gold Medals with 1,061.
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Average Total Gold Medals: 373 · median: 271.
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Gap: United States is 6.5× larger than Australia.
About This Dataset
Olympic Gold Medals — All Time Country Rankings
Total gold medals won by each country across all Summer Olympic Games in history, from Athens 1896 through Paris 2024. The United States leads with over 1000 gold medals.
Analysis
The top three in Total Gold Medals are United States (1,061), Soviet Union (440) and Germany (285). United States and Soviet Union together hold 50.3% of the combined total of all 8 entities. The other 6 are bunched between 164 and 285 Total Gold Medals. It takes the next 4 entities (Soviet Union, Germany, Great Britain, China) added together to match United States.
Data Insights
Numbers, trends & sources behind this chart
Methodology & source
- Data source
- Wikipedia
- Coverage
- 8 entities · 8 observations
- Measure
- Total Gold Medals
- Last updated
- 6 September 2026
- Compiled by
- The ANYSTAT team, from the source above
How the figures are calculated
- Values use the measure and unit named on this page. Consult the dataset description and cited source for coverage, definitions and any unit conversions. Displayed values may be rounded for readability.
- Entities are ranked highest-first on their value.
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