Olympic Medals by Country 2023

Olympic medals are awarded to athletes who achieve excellence in their respective sports at the Olympic Games, which are held every four years. The three types of Olympic medals are gold, silver, and bronze.

Gold medals are awarded to the first-place finisher in an Olympic event, silver medals are awarded to the second-place finisher, and bronze medals are awarded to the third-place finisher.

The medals are usually made of metal, with the gold medals being made mostly of silver with a gold plating. The medals also have inscriptions, including the name of the event, the year of the Olympics, and the emblem of the Olympic Games.

Winning an Olympic medal is considered one of the highest achievements for an athlete, and athletes who have won multiple medals, especially gold medals, are often regarded as legends in their respective sports.

The first modern Olympic medals were awarded in the 1896 Athens Olympics, where the winners received silver medals and olive branches, while the runners-up received bronze medals and laurel branches.

It wasn’t until the 1904 St. Louis Olympics that gold, silver, and bronze medals were introduced.




Since then, the design of the medals has evolved, with each host country usually having its own unique design. For example, the medals for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics featured a circular design with the Olympic emblem on one side and an image of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, on the other side.

In addition to their intrinsic value, Olympic medals also have monetary value, with gold medals often being worth the most due to their gold content.

Some countries also offer financial incentives to their athletes for winning Olympic medals, with the amount varying depending on the country and the type of medal.

Overall, Olympic medals serve as symbols of athletic excellence and national pride, and they continue to inspire and motivate athletes around the world to strive for greatness.

There is a global competition known as the Olympic Games, which brings together competitors from all over the globe to compete for their nations’ prestige. The Olympics are the premier international sporting event, with a new host city hosting the games each time they are held.

Even if a city can host numerous Olympic events, it may not be able to host all of them, as is the case with Los Angeles (California, United States).

The two sections of the Olympics are split according to the seasons. Track and field, swimming, gymnastics, & basketball are just a few of the many outdoor sports included in the Summer Olympics.

In contrast, cold-weather sports like bobsledding, ice skating, and skiing emphasize the Winter Olympics. Because both events take place every four years, their calendars are now two years apart.

This means that the next three years of the Olympic calendar will be devoted to the Summer Games, with the Winter Games following three years later, from the years 2020 to 2032.




The 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo has been postponed until July/August of 2021 because of the worldwide epidemic of COVID-19.

For athletes with disabilities, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is a partner of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which hosts the Paralympic Games.

The cooperation allows the Paralympics to be held in the same host city as the Olympics, even though they are nominally independent organizations.

Athletes ages 15 to 18 compete in the IOC’s Summer and Winter Youth Olympics. It follows a two-lane/four-year calendar identical to the main games, but with various host cities and venues, like the Youth Olympic Games.

In addition, numerous regional competitions, such as the Pan American Games and the Asian Games, are linked with the Olympics.

Since the modern Olympics started in 1896, overall medal numbers may be a bit of a stumbling block. As a result of the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia was established as an independent state.

If any of the younger nations were given credit for the Soviet Union’s medals, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had to make that decision.

Several athletes have participated in the Olympic Games as individuals because of their political views or sanctions against the country hosting the games.




For the record, the IOC has withdrawn an athlete’s medal and given it to someone else on a few occasions. Here are the top 10 Summer & Winter Olympic medal winners in 2021, in order.

List of Olympic Medal Winners:

Most summer Olympic medals have been won by the United States (2656), the Soviet Union (1010), the United Kingdom (916), France (750), Germany (652), China (634), Italy (618), and the nations of Australia (547) and Hungary (511) (503).

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Winter Olympic medals are awarded to Norway (368), the United States (307), Germany 240 (Austria 232), Canada (199), the Soviet Union (194), Finland (167), Sweden (158), Switzerland (153), and the Netherlands (153), respectively (130).

A complete list of all the Olympic Games to date may be seen by scrolling down the page.

According to the International Olympic Committee, 10 countries have won the most Olympic medals.

  1. United States – 2,920 total medals (1,127 gold, 907 silver, 886 bronze)
  2. Soviet Union – 1,204 total medals (473 gold, 376 silver, 355 bronze)
  3. Germany – 1,114 total medals (375 gold, 361 silver, 378 bronze)
  4. Great Britain – 883 total medals (263 gold, 295 silver, 325 bronze)
  5. France – 840 total medals (246 gold, 274 silver, 320 bronze)
  6. Italy – 827 total medals (246 gold, 214 silver, 367 bronze)
  7. China – 789 total medals (224 gold, 167 silver, 398 bronze)
  8. Sweden – 652 total medals (202 gold, 217 silver, 233 bronze)
  9. Russia – 635 total medals (198 gold, 167 silver, 270 bronze)
  10. Hungary – 498 total medals (175 gold, 147 silver, 176 bronze)




CountryGoldSilverBronzeTotal Medals2022 Population
United States11809598412980334805.2690
United Kingdom29632033294868497.9070
Germany29329330689283883.5960
France25828932787465584.5180
Italy25722426174260262.7700
China2752271946961448471.4000
Sweden20522223466110218.9710
Australia16917821556226068.7920
Japan183172200555125584.8380
Russia196164187547145805.9470
Norway1921761605285511.3700
Canada14417220952538388.4190
Hungary1821561805189606.2590
Finland1441481804725554.9600
Netherlands14014816345117211.4470
Switzerland1091241253588773.6370
South Korea12711611435751329.8990
Austria831151283269066.7100
Poland799614532037739.7850
Romania909712230919031.3350
Cuba85718524111305.6520
Bulgaria5590852306844.5970
Denmark4879792065834.9500
Spain49725017146719.1420
Belgium44566116111668.2780
Brazil374271150215353.5930
Ukraine38377214743192.1220
New Zealand5334531404898.2030
Greece35454112110316.6370
Kenya35423611356215.2210
Turkey41263710485561.9760
Belarus2135471039432.8000
Czech Republic2832389810736.7840
South Africa2733298960756.1350
Jamaica263625872985.0940
Kazakhstan1624408019205.0430
Argentina2126307746010.2340
Iran2423297686022.8370
Mexico13243673131562.7720
Ethiopia23122358120812.6980
North Korea1617235625990.6790
Croatia181915524059.2860
Azerbaijan714284910300.2050
Slovenia101421452078.0340
Estonia141118431321.9100
Georgia101218403968.7380
Slovakia13189405460.1930
Egypt8111938106156.6920
Uzbekistan116203734382.0840
Indonesia8141537279134.5050
Ireland111014355020.1990
Thailand108173570078.2030
India10916351406631.7760
Colombia513163451512.7620
Latvia51411301848.8370
Mongolia21117303378.0780
Portugal59142810140.5700
Nigeria3111327216746.9340
Lithuania6713262661.7080
Serbia6711248653.0160
Morocco75122437772.7560
Trinidad and Tobago3511191406.5850
Venezuela3791929266.9910
Armenia288182971.9660
Algeria5481745350.1480
Bahamas82616400.5160
Tunisia5371512046.6560
Philippines15814112508.9940
Israel319138922.8920
Chile2741319250.1950
Malaysia0851333181.0720
Dominican Republic3541211056.3700
Uganda4431148432.8630
Liechtenstein2261038.3870
Puerto Rico226102829.8120
Uruguay226103496.0160
Pakistan33410229488.9940
Hong Kong23497604.2990
Qatar21582979.9150
Zimbabwe341815331.4280
Kyrgyzstan03476728.2710
Moldova02464013.1710
Cameroon312627911.5480
Namibia05052633.8740
Singapore12255943.5460
Ecuador320518113.3610
Ghana014532395.4500
Vietnam131598953.5410
Iceland0224345.3930
Luxembourg1304642.3710
Bahrain22041783.9830
Costa Rica11245182.3540
Lebanon02246684.8490
Tajikistan11249957.4640
Syria112419364.8090
Ivory Coast112427742.2980
Peru130433684.2080
Saudi Arabia022435844.9090
San Marino012334.0850
Grenada1113113.4750
Fiji2013909.4660
Kuwait00334380.3260
Panama10234446.9640
Jordan111310300.8690
Bermuda101261.9390
Suriname1012596.8310
North Macedonia01122081.3040
Botswana01122441.1620
United Arab Emirates101210081.7850
Haiti011211680.2830
Burundi110212624.8400
Zambia011219470.2340
Sri Lanka020221575.8420
Niger011226083.6600
Mozambique101233089.4610
Afghanistan002240754.3880
Tanzania020263298.5500
Tonga0101107.7490
Samoa0101202.2390
Barbados0011288.0230
Montenegro0101627.9500
Guyana0011794.0450
Djibouti00111016.0970
Cyprus01011223.3870
Mauritius00111274.7270
Gabon01012331.5330
Eritrea00113662.2440
Turkmenistan01016201.9430
Paraguay01017305.8430
Togo00118680.8370
Senegal010117653.6710
Guatemala010118584.0390
Burkina Faso001122102.8380
Iraq001142164.9650
Sudan010145992.0200




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