Top 10 Countries With the Most Olympic Medals till 2024

The 2024 Paris Summer Olympics, which runs until August 11, is the global sports extravaganza, with approximately 10,500 athletes competing for 1,000 medals in 329 events. The coveted medals, crafted from original iron pieces of the iconic Eiffel Tower, have sparked a fierce competition between nations for the top spot. The United States has a rich Olympic history and currently holds the record for the most medals, but this year’s Games will determine whether they can maintain their dominance or if another country will rise to the challenge.

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List of the top 10 countries with the most Olympic medals

To date, 156 past and present National Olympic Committees (NOCs) have joined the elite ranks of medal winners. This tally is up to the 2022 Winter Olympics and incorporates all adjustments made before May 5, 2023 due to doping cases and medal reallocations, ensuring an accurate reflection of the Olympic medal landscape. The table will be updated after the 2024 Paris Olympics:

team

Summer Olympics

Winter Olympics

total

Team (IOC Code)

No.

Gold

silver

bronze

All

No.

Gold

silver

bronze

All

No.

Gold

silver

bronze

All

USA

Twenty-eight

1,061

830

738

2,629

twenty four

114

121

95

330

52

1,175

951

833

2,959

Soviet Union

9

395

319

296

1,010

9

78

57

59

194

18

473

376

355

1,204

Great Britain

Twenty-nine

284

318

314

916

twenty four

12

5

17

Thirty-four

53

296

323

331

950

Germany

17

201

207

247

655

Thirteen

104

98

65

267

thirty

305

305

312

922

France

Twenty-nine

223

251

277

751

twenty four

41

Forty-two

55

138

53

264

293

332

889

Italy

Twenty-eight

217

188

213

618

twenty four

Forty-two

43

56

141

52

259

231

269

759

China

11

263

199

174

636

12

twenty two

Thirty-two

twenty three

77

twenty three

285

231

197

713

Sweden

Twenty-eight

147

177

179

503

twenty four

65

51

60

176

52

212

228

239

679

Japan

twenty three

169

150

178

497

twenty two

17

Twenty-nine

thirty

76

forty five

186

179

208

573

Norway

Twenty-seven

61

52

50

163

twenty four

148

134

123

405

51

209

186

173

568

No country, past or present, can match the United States’ record in the modern Olympics. Since its debut in Athens in 1896, the Americans have won 2,959 medals, including 2,655 in the Summer Olympics and 330 in the Winter Olympics.

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