All Time Olympic Medals, Summer Gold Medals by Country

Key figures from the chart

The US has won 1,061 Summer Olympic gold medals, far more than any other country on the chart.
The Soviet Union is second with 395 and the UK third with 284, ahead of China (263) and France (223).
Sweden and Russia are level on 147.
Countries that no longer exist are counted separately: the Soviet Union and East Germany (153) both appear.
The figures come from the International Olympic Committee and are as of 5 July 2024, before the Paris Games.

All time Olympic gold medals by country, as shown on the chart

Title: “Summer Olympics. All-Time Gold Medals”. Each country has a card with its flag, its gold medal count and a block of coin icons sized to the count. The chart shows 21 countries; the rank column is our numbering in the chart’s reading order. The last column is not on the chart: it gives Wikipedia’s current count of Summer Games gold medals, which includes Paris 2024 [3].

Rank on chart	Country (as printed)	Gold medals on the chart (to 5 July 2024)	Summer gold medals on Wikipedia’s table (to 2024) [3]
1	U.S.	1,061	1,106
2	USSR	395	395
3	UK	284	303
4	China	263	303
5	France	223	243
6	Italy	217	229
7	Germany	201	214
8	Hungary	181	187
9	Japan	169	189
10	Australia	164	180
11	E. Germany	153	153
12	Sweden	147	151
13	Russia	147	147
14	Finland	101	101
15	S. Korea	96	109
16	Netherlands	95	111
17	Romania	90	93
18	Cuba	84	86
19	Poland	72	73
20	Canada	71	79
21	Norway	61	63

Footer: “Source: International Olympic Committee. As of July 5, 2024”, the Visual Capitalist logo and the Voronoi logo with “Where Data Tells the Story”. The medal in the photo on the left is a Tokyo 2020 medal.

What sits behind the US lead

Visual Capitalist’s article for the chart says the US won around 10% of Summer Olympic medals during most of the 20th century, and that almost 25% of US Summer gold medals have come from swimming [2]. It names Michael Phelps as the athlete with more Olympic medals than any other, including 23 gold medals [2].

The Soviet Union earned more medals than any other country at almost every Summer Games from 1956 to 1992, the exception being 1968, according to the same article [2]. China returned to the Summer Games in 1984, and Visual Capitalist says around 75% of its Olympic gold medals have come from six sports, including table tennis, diving, shooting, weightlifting and gymnastics [2].

All time Olympic medals including silver and bronze

The chart counts gold only. Wikipedia’s all time table, compiled from the IOC’s results database, gives the US 1,106 gold, 880 silver and 788 bronze in the Summer Games through Paris 2024, a total of 2,774 [3]. The Soviet Union has 395 gold and 1,010 medals in all [3].

Wikipedia also shows how the order changes if successor teams are combined with their predecessors. Russia with the Russian Empire, the Soviet Union, the Unified Team, the Russian Olympic Committee team and Individual Neutral Athletes reaches 608 golds, and Germany with West and East Germany reaches 451 [3]. The chart, like Wikipedia’s main table, keeps these teams separate [3].

Notes on this infographic

Before Paris 2024. The counts are as of 5 July 2024. The Paris Games ran from 26 July to 11 August 2024 [4], so their medals are not included. Wikipedia’s later figures are higher for most countries [3].
Different counts. Wikipedia’s totals are compiled by adding up entries in the IOC database and allow for medals later stripped or redistributed [3], so the two sources do not always differ by exactly the medals won in Paris.
21 countries, not 20. Visual Capitalist’s article lists the top 20, but the chart also shows Norway (61) in 21st place [2].
Names. The chart’s “UK” is the team Wikipedia lists as Great Britain [3].

Questions about all time Olympic medals

Which country has the most Olympic gold medals of all time?

The United States, with 1,061 Summer gold medals on this chart and 1,106 on Wikipedia’s table after Paris 2024 [3].

Who has won the most Olympic medals in history?

Michael Phelps of the US, who Visual Capitalist says has won more Olympic medals than any other athlete, including 23 gold medals [2].

Who usually wins the Summer Olympics?

Over the whole history of the Games, the US has won the most gold medals. Between 1956 and 1992 the Soviet Union won the most medals at almost every Summer Games, except in 1968 [2].