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100 m running deer, double shots. Oscar Gomer Swahn (20 October 1847 – 1 May 1927) was a Swedish shooter who competed at three Olympic games and won six medals, including three gold. [1] Swahn holds records as the oldest Olympian at the time of competition, the oldest person to win gold, and the oldest athlete to win an Olympic medal. [2][3]
Austrian athlete and graphic designer [199] Marie Provazníková: 1890–1991: 100: Czechoslovak sports official active in the Sokol movement [200] Maurice Racca: 1922–2023: 100: French Olympic sport shooter [201] Marko Račič: 1920–2022: 102: Slovenian Olympic athlete [202] Ted Radcliffe: 1902–2005: 103: American Negro league baseball ...
This list includes athletes who have won six or more Olympic medals over their sporting career. It includes top-three placings in the 1896 Olympic Games and 1900 Olympic Games, before medals were actually awarded for those placings. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, she won gold for the discus throw. Torres won silver for the women's 4x100 freestyle team relay as anchor at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Robinson won silver for the men's 200m breaststroke at the 1908 Summer Olympics. Lange won gold for the Nacra 17 at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
This is a partial list of multiple Olympic gold medalists, listing people who have won four or more Olympic gold medals. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. (If they were, Ray Ewry would be second on the list with 10 gold.) It includes top-three placings in 1896 and 1900, before medals were awarded for top-three placings.
The longest standing modern Olympic athletics record is Bob Beamon 's achievement in the men's long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [6] The jump, at 8.90 m (29 ft 2 in), also broke the existing world record by 55 cm (22 in), and stood as the world record for 23 years until Beamon's compatriot, Mike Powell, jumped farther in the 1991 World ...
This is a list of the men's athletics champions at the Olympics and World Championships in the sprint events since the introduction of the World Championships in 1983. Combining the lists of global champions into a single timeline allows patterns of success and dominance to be demonstrated, as well as highlighting the occasional shock results.
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games.