Top 10 Countries with the Most Olympic Gold Medals

Athletes all over the world come together to compete at the Olympics, but not all of them get the gold, we have picked the top countries with the most Olympic gold medals in this post.

It is not surprising that the United States of America ranks first on the list of countries with the most Olympic gold medals, having won more tournaments than every other country in the history of the Olympics.

The list of countries with the most Olympic gold medals includes the following in their descending order;

1. The United States
2. The Soviet Union
3. Germany
4. Great Britain
5. France
6. China
7. Italy
8. Australia
9. Hungary
10. Russia

Countries with the Most Olympic Gold Medals – Top 10 Review

S/N	Team	Total games	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	28	1061	836	739	2636
2	Soviet Union	10	440	357	325	1122
3	Germany	25	285	326	363	974
4	Great Britain	29	285	316	315	916
5	France	29	226	258	280	764
6	China	11	262	199	173	634
7	Italy	28	217	188	213	618
8	Australia	29	167	177	213	557
9	Hungary	27	181	154	176	511
10	Russia	10	170	157	178	505

The United States has won the most Olympic gold medal more than twice the closest in rank. This is one feat the nation has strived to keep – the Olympic record.

In Tokyo 2020 Olympics, The United State team claimed a total of thirty-nine gold medals, forty-one silver medals and thirty-three bronze making it a total of one-hundred-and-thirteen medals, twenty-five medals clear above the closest ranked.

Tokyo 2020 Countries with the Most Olympic Gold Medals

S/N	TEAM		GOLD	SILVER	BRONZE	ALL MEDALS
1	United States		39	42	33	133
2	China		38	32	18	88
3	Japan		27	14	17	58
4	Great Britain		22	21	22	65
5	ROC		20	28	23	71
6	Australia		17	7	22	46
7	Netherlands		10	12	14	36
8	France		10	12	11	33
9	Germany		10	11	16	37
10	Italy		10	10	20	40
11	Canada		7	6	8	21
12	Brazil		7	6	8	21
13	New Zealand		7	6	7	20
14	Cuba		7	3	5	15
15	Hungary		6	7	7	20
16	South Korea		6	4	10	20
17	Poland		4	5	5	14
18	Czech Republic		4	4	3	11
19	Kenya		4	4	2	10
20	Norway		4	2	2	8

The United State basketball team has won the gold medal more than any other basketball team in the history of the Olympic games. Since 1996 no other country have come closer to claiming the gold medal in the basketball championship.

The first men’s basketball tournament was first held in the 1904 Olympics as a demonstration.

In the 1972 Olympics, the was a controversy in the basketball final match, the game was ended and replayed twice by FIBA (International Basketball Federation) officials without the authority to do so. This made Team USA refuse to accept the silver medal after the Soviet Union was declared the winner.

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Kenya is the only African country that ranked in the top 20 countries with the most Olympic media. Team Kenya accumulated a total of 10 medals in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics – 4 gold medals, 4 silver medals and 2 bronze medals.

In Africa, team Kenya is closely followed by team Uganda which won a total of 4 medals – two gold, one silver and one bronze. These teams are good in long-distance races.