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Sports > Olympics > Summer Olympics Through The Years > All-Time Leading USA Medal Winners

Most Overall Medals

Men

No		Sport	G-S-B
16†	Michael Phelps	Swimming	14-0-2
11	Mark Spitz	Swimming	9-1-1
11†	Matt Biondi	Swimming	8-2-1
11	Carl Osburn	Shooting	5-4-2
10*	Ray Ewry	Track/Field	10-0-0
10	Carl Lewis	Track/Field	9-1-0
9	Gary Hall Jr.	Swimming	5-3-1
9*	Martin Sheridan	Track/Field	5-3-1
8	Charles Daniels	Swimming	5-1-2
7‡	Tom Jager	Swimming	5-1-1
7	Willis Lee	Shooting	5-1-1
7	Lloyd Spooner	Shooting	4-1-2
6	Anton Heida	Gymnastics	5-1-0
6	Don Schollander	Swimming	5-1-0
6	Johnny Weissmuller	Swim/Water Polo	5-0-1
6	Alfred Lane	Shooting	5-0-1
6	Jim Lightbody	Track/Field	4-2-0
6	George Eyser	Gymnastics	3-2-1
6	Ralph Rose	Track/Field	3-2-1
6	Michael Plumb	Equestrian	2-4-0
6	Burton Downing	Cycling	2-3-1
6	Bob Garrett	Track/Field	2-2-2

†Includes gold medal as prelim. member of 1st-place relay team.

*Medals won by Ewry (2-0-0) and Sheridan (2-3-0) at the 1906 Intercalated games are not officially recognized by the IOC.

‡Includes 3 gold medals as prelim. member of 1st-place relay teams.

Games Participated In

Biondi (1984,88,92); Daniels (1904,06,08); Downing (1904); Ewry (1900,04,06,08); Eyser (1904); Garrett (1896,1900); Hall (1996,2000,04); Heida (1904); Jager (1984,88,92); Lane (1912,20); Lee (1920); Lewis (1984,88,92,96); Lightbody (1904,06); Osburn (1912,20,24); Phelps (2004, 08); Plumb (1960, 64,68,72,76,84); Rose (1904,08,12); Schollander (1964, 68); Sheridan (1904,06,08); Spitz (1968,72); Spooner (1920); Weissmuller (1924,28).

Women

No		Sport	G-S-B
12	Jenny Thompson	Swimming	8-3-1
12	Dara Torres	Swimming	4-4-4
11	Natalie Coughlin	.Swimming	3-4-4
8	Shirley Babashoff	Swimming	2-6-0
7	Shannon Miller	Gymnastics	2-2-3
7	Amanda Beard	Swimming	2-4-1
6†	Amy Van Dyken	Swimming	6-0-0
6	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	Track/Field	3-1-2
6	Angel Martino	Swimming	3-0-3
5	Evelyn Ashford	Track/Field	4-1-0
5	Janet Evans	Swimming	4-1-0
5	Florence Griffith Joyner	Track/Field	3-2-0
5†	Mary T. Meagher	Swimming	3-1-1
5	Gwen Torrence	Track/Field	3-2-0
5	Marion Jones	Track/Field	3-0-2
5	Mary Lou Retton	Gymnastics	1-2-2
4	Pat McCormick	Diving	4-0-0
4	Valerie Brisco-Hooks	Track/Field	3-1-0
4	Nancy Hogshead	Swimming	3-1-0
4	Sharon Stouder	Swimming	3-1-0
4	Wyomia Tyus	Track/Field	3-1-0
4	Wilma Rudolph	Track/Field	3-0-1
4	Chris von Saltza	Swimming	3-1-0
4	Sue Pedersen	Swimming	2-2-0
4	Eleanor Garatti Saville	Swimming	2-1-1
4	Jan Henne	Swimming	2-1-1
4	Mary Wayte	Swimming	2-1-1
4	Dorothy Poynton Hill	Diving	2-1-1
4†	Summer Sanders	Swimming	2-1-1
4	Kathy Ellis	Swimming	2-0-2
4	Jill Sterkel	Swimming	2-0-2
4	Amanda Beard	Swimming	1-2-1
4	Georgia Coleman	Diving	1-2-1
4	Ellie Daniel	Swimming	1-1-2

†Includes gold medal as prelim. member of 1st-place relay team.

Games Participated In

Ashford (1976,84,88,92); Babashoff (1972,76); Beard (1996,2000,04); Brisco-Hooks (1984,88); Coleman (1928,32); Coughlin (2004, 08); Daniel (1968,72); Ellis (1964); Evans (1988,92,96); Garatti Saville (1928,32); Griffith Joyner (1984,88); Henne (1968); Hogshead (1984); Jones (2000); Joyner-Kersee (1984,88,92,96); Martino (1992,96); McCormick (1952,56); Meagher (1984,88); Miller (1992, 96); Pedersen (1968); Poynton Hill (1928,32,36); Retton (1984); Rudolph (1956,60); Sanders (1992); Sterkel (1976,84,88); Stouder (1964); Thompson (1988,92,96,2000,04); Torrence (1988,92,96); Torres (1984,88,92,2000, 08); Tyus (1964,68); Van Dyken (1996,2000); von Saltza (1960); Wayte (1984,88).