What country has won the most Olympic medals? List of winners

Everything is ready in Paris to host the 2024 Olympic Games. The biggest sports event returns to Europe for the first time in 12 years, after the Summer Games were held in London.

Thousands of athletes will represent a great variety of sports in the French capital in what will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience for many of them.

While some athletes are regarded as favorites to win the gold medal or silverware, others will have the opportunity to beat the odds and make a huge impact in such an important scenario, especially if they are representing countries that don’t have a winning tradition in the Olympics.

What’s the country with the most Olympic medals ever?

If there’s a country that has made winning medals a habit in the Summer and Winter Games, that’s the United States. The American delegation was the most successful in the Tokyo Olympic Games and will want to repeat that feat in Paris.

According to Olympedia.org, the US has won 3,105 medals in all the years of competition. Moreover, they hold the record for most gold (1,229), silver (1,000), and bronze (876) medals won.

The USA also holds the record for most medals won in a single Games, with 239 at the third Olympic Games, held back in 1904 in St. Louis.

Germany comes in second place with 1,211 medals (384 gold), followed by the former Soviet Union ranks third, with 1,204, although they have more gold medals (473). France (1,039) and Great Britain (1,036) are the fourth and fifth most successful countries, respectively, in the all-time medal standings.

Meanwhile, countries like Bangladesh, Andorra, Monaco, and Nauru are among the more than 60 least successful ones in the Olympics, with no medals won.