Paris 2024: Top 10 athletes with most Olympic Games medals

Former United States’ swimmer Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic medals (28) in the history of the competition.

File Photo: Michael Phelps has won the most medals in the history of Olympic Games. | Photo Credit: Getty Images

The 33rd edition of the Summer Olympics is set to take place from July 26 to August 11 in Paris and 16 other cities in France.

The quadrennial event will be hosted in the French capital for the third time after 1900 and 1924 - the second city to have hosted three Olympiads after London (1908, 1948, 2012).

Former United States swimmer Michael Phelps has won the most Olympic medals in the history of the competition. Phelps has won 28 medals across five editions between 2000 and 2016. He has won 23 gold, two silver and three bronze medals making him the most decorated Olympian of all time.

Here are the top ten athletes with the most medals in the history of Olympics:

Name	Country	Sport	Medals (Gold, Silver, Bronze)
Michael Phelps	USA	Swimming	28 (23,3,2)
Larisa Latynina	Soviet Union	Gymnastics	18 (9,5,4)
Marit Bjorgen	Norway	Cross-country skiing (Winter Olympics)	15 (8,4,3)
Nikolai Andrianov	Soviet Union	Gymnastics	15 (7,5,3)
Ole Einar Bjorndalen	Norway	Biathlon (Winter Olympics)	13 (8,4,1)
Boris Shakhlin	Soviet Union	Gymnastics	13 (7,4,2)
Edoardo Mangiarotti	Italy	Fencing	13 (6,5,2)
Ireen Wust	Netherlands	Speed skating (Winter Olympics)	13 (6,5,2)
Takashi Ono	Japan	Gymnastics	13 (5,4,4)
Paavo Nurmi	Finland	Athletics	12 (9,3,0)

(There are nine more athletes with 12 medals but Paavo Nurmi has the most gold medals (9) in the tally)