Great Olympians

On these pages, you will find lists of individuals who have achieved memorable achievements in the Olympic Games, from 1896 up to and including 2021. For all, a complete listing is given of the medals and diplomas each has won. For many individuals, a biography is included.

Here are the lists :

• Beijing potential triplers
• The Full list of Great Olympians, well the top-3000
• 216 people who have won gold in the same event in three Olympiads.
• Similar types of lists
  • Gold medals at the same event in
    • Three Olympiads (216)
    • Four Olympiads (31)
    • Five Olympiads (6)
    • Six Olympiads (3)
  • Gold medals at different events in
    • Three Olympiads (247)
    • Four Olympiads (43)
    • Five Olympiads (11)
    • Six Olympiads (3)
  • Any medals at the same event in
    • (Three Olympiads 509 before Athina)
    • Four Olympiads (139)
    • Five Olympiads (30)
    • Six Olympiads (4)
  • Any medals at any event in
    • Five Olympiads (47)
    • Six Olympiads (7)
• All these lists are according to a special count - Honour Points - I devised for this.
• Here are over 400 individuals who have won 5 or more medals, of whatever colour.
• An Olympic Calendar

I have compiled these lists by myself. I do not claim they are complete, but they have been checked in all possible sources, using complete listings, so they should be, barring oversights, complete. Errors are gladly corrected.

Check my Main Olympic Page for my two other Olympic Sites

Written 1996-07-14 - last modified 2022-02-07

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.