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[1] [2] After two appearances as a demonstration sport in 1968 and 1984 (with a U-21 age limit), [3] it was reinstated as a full medal sport in 1988. [4] Kathleen McKane Godfree (one gold, two silvers, and two bronzes) and Venus Williams (four gold, one silver) are tied as the record holders for the most Olympic medals in tennis.
The United States has placed first overall in the Summer Olympic Games nineteen times, followed by the Soviet Union with six overall victories (not including the 1992 first-place finish by the Unified Team). In the Winter Olympic Games, Norway has placed first overall ten times and the Soviet Union (prior to its dissolution in 1991) had placed ...
Athlete(s) with the most medals (gold–silver–bronze) Athlete(s) with the most gold medals Olympics (up to conclusion of 2024) Medal events (in 2024) Total Archery: 1900–1908; 1920; since 1972 18 5 76 74 66 216 Hubert van Innis (6–3–0) Hubert van Innis (6–3–0) Artistic swimming: Since 1984 11 2 22 20 21 63
Canada did not win any gold medals at the Montreal games; this was the only time that a host country for the summer Olympics failed to win at least one gold medal. 1972 [ edit ]
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XXI Olympic Winter Games (French: XXI es Jeux olympiques d'hiver) and also known as Vancouver 2010 (Squamish: K'emk'emeláy̓ 2010), were an international winter multi-sport event held from February 12 to 28, 2010 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the surrounding suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the ...
Canada sent a team of 206 athletes (116 men, 90 women), including participants in all 15 sports, and finished with 14 gold medals and 26 in total (ranking 1st and 3rd respectively), surpassing their previous best medal performance at the 2006 Winter Olympics. [3] The 14 gold medals also set the all-time record for most gold medals at a single ...
2.6 2010 Vancouver. 2.7 ... This is a list of the United States athletes who won an Olympic medal since 1992 ... Team: August 2 Gold: Lindsay Davenport: Tennis: Women ...
Linda Thom's gold medal in the 1984 Los Angeles games was the first summer Olympic gold medal for Canada in 16 years, having been shut out in Munich (1972) and Montreal (1976), and boycotting the Moscow (1980) games. Since her victory was unexpected, and the sport is not very popular, the event was not broadcast live and Canadian television ...