Olympic legends by total medals

1. 🏊 Michael Phelps28 medals

   Phelps won 23 golds, more than most countries have ever won at the Games, and passed Latynina's record in 2012. Source

2. 🤸 Larisa Latynina18 medals

   Her record of 18 medals stood for 48 years, and she won five World titles in 1958 while four months pregnant. Source

3. 🏃 Carl Lewis10 medals

   Lewis won the long jump at four Games in a row, and both the Chicago Bulls and Dallas Cowboys drafted him in 1984. Source

4. ⚡ Usain Bolt8 medals

   Bolt won all eight of his medals in gold, but a 2008 relay gold was stripped in 2017, dropping him from nine. Source

5. 🥇 Jesse Owens4 medals

   Owens won all four of his Olympic medals in 1936, and in one 45-minute 1935 meet he set several world records. Source

Summer Olympic Games medals won in a career, gold, silver and bronze combined.