Top Countries at the Summer Olympics

Gold Medals
Silver Medals
Bronze Medals
Total
1
USA
1103
878
781
2762
2
395
319
296
1010
3
297
335
340
972
4
264
195
176
635
5
238
279
296
813
6
228
201
228
657
7
213
223
257
693
8
188
162
190
540
9
185
160
179
524
10
182
189
225
596
11
GDR
153
129
127
409
12
152
178
182
512
13
147
130
153
430
14
109
100
111
320
15
104
105
126
335

Top Countries at the Winter Olympics

Gold Medals
Silver Medals
Bronze Medals
Total
1
149
133
124
406
2
USA
114
121
94
329
3
101
96
63
260
4
78
57
59
194
5
77
71
77
225
6
71
88
91
250
7
63
48
58
169
8
63
44
54
161
9
53
49
45
147
10
46
39
35
120
11
45
65
65
175
12
42
43
56
141
13
GDR
39
36
35
110
14
37
38
48
123
15
30
27
14
71

Other Olympic Teams and Independent Olympic Athletes

  • 1896, 1900, 1904 - Mixed Teams - at the early Olympic games, individual athletes from different countries were allowed to compete in mixed teams.
  • 1908, 1912 - Australasia - the combined team of athletes from Australia and New Zealand.
  • 1956, 1960, 1964 - United German Team - the united team of athletes from West Germany and East Germany.
  • 1980 - Independent Olympic Athletes - some National Olympic Committees wished to attend the Olympiad despite their governments' supporting the American-led boycott. Still, they hesitated to use national flags without government approval, so the IOC relaxed this requirement: 14 NOCs competed under the Olympic flag, while three, New Zealand, Spain, and Portugal, competed under their respective NOCs' flag.
  • 1992 - Unified Team - the united team of athletes from ex-republics of the Soviet Union.
  • 1992 - Independent Olympic Participants - athletes from Yugoslavia and Macedonia competed as Independent Olympic Participants because Macedonian NOC had not been formed yet, and Yugoslavia was under United Nations sanctions.
  • 2000 - Individual Olympic Athletes - four athletes from East Timor competed during the country's transition to independence.
  • 2012 - Independent Olympic Athletes - four athletes competed at the Summer Olympics after the dissolution of the Netherlands Antilles.
  • 2014 - Independent Olympic Participants - the Indian NOC was suspended from the IOC due to problems with its electoral process, and the three Indian athletes participated in a competition.
  • 2016 - Refugee Olympic Team - the team of refugee athletes from South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, and Syria.
  • 2016 - Independent Olympic Athlete - Kuwaiti athletes competed independently, as the International Olympic Committee suspended the Kuwait Olympic Committee due to governmental interference.
  • 2018 - Olympic Athlete from Russia - select Russian athletes were permitted to participate in the Winter Olympics after the Russian Olympic Committee was suspended for doping.
  • 2020 - Independent Olympic Participants - the team of 29 refugee athletes from 18 countries competed as independent Olympic participants.
  • 2020 - 2022: ROC - Following a decision by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), athletes from Russia competed under the acronym "ROC" (Russian Olympic Committee) without the national flag and anthem.
  • 2024 - Refugee Olympic Team - the team of refugee athletes from Republic of the Congo, Sudan, South Sudan, Eritrea, Syria, Ethiopia, Iran, Cameroon, Afghanistan, Cuba, and Venezuela.
  • 2024 - Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) - approved individual Russian and Belarusian athletes.