Herman's Top Olympians - by country

(1344) USA: Ray Clarence Ewry (ATH)
(848) Denmark: Paul Elvstrøm (SAI)
(836) Germany: Georg Hackl (LUG)
(827) Norway: Bjørn Dæhlie (SKN) *NAG*
(746) Romania: Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipa (ROW)
(732) Sweden: Gert Fredriksson (CAN)
(702) Great Britain: Steven Redgrave (ROW)
(696) Georgia: Viktor Saneev (ATH)
(696) Czech Republic: Jan Zelezny (ATH)
(696) Russia: Alexander Karelin (WRE)
(612) Ukraine: Valentin Mankin (SAI)
(608) Finland: Paavo Nurmi (ATH)
(576) Cuba: Teofilo Stevenson (BOX) & Félix Savón (BOX)
(576) Greece: Pyrros Dimas (WEI)& Akakios Kakiasvilis (WEI)
(576) Hungary: Papp László (BOX) & Egerszegi Krisztina (SWI)
(576) Turkey: Naim Suleymanoglu (WEI)
(532) France: Daniel Morelon (CYC)
(520) Italy: Klaus Dibiasi (DIV)
(513.8) Australia: Dawn Fraser (SWI)
(445.45) Japan: Sawao Kato (GYM)
(378) Belgium: Hubert van Innis (ARC)
(351) Poland: Waldemar Baszanowski (WEI)
(333) Netherlands: Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges (EQU)
(324) Austria: Karl Schäfer (FIS)
(318) Switzerland Gustav Weder (BOB)& Donat Acklin (BOB)
(315) Belarus: Alexander Kurlovich (WEI)
(306) Estonia: Erika Salumae (CYC)
(304.8) New Zealand: Mark Todd (EQU)
(300) Iran: Gholamreza Takhti (WRE)
(296) Korea, Republic: Kim Soo-Nyung (ARC)
(286) China: Fu Mingxia (DIV)
(269.8) Kazakhstan: Vladimir Smirnov (SKN) *NAG*
(261.8) Jamaica: Merlene Ottey (ATH)
(252) Kenya: Kipchoge Keino (ATH)
(244) Yugoslavia: Jasna Sekaric (SHO)
(243) Canada: Gaetan Boucher (SPS)
(240) Bulgaria Eniu Valchev (WRE) & Nikolai Peshalov (WEI)
(240) Latvia: Janis Lusis (ATH)
(239) Chinese Taipei: Chen Jing (TAB)
(232) India: Leslie Walter Claudius (HOC) & Udham Singh (HOC)
(225) Brazil: Torben Grael (SAI)
(221.6) Mexico: Joaquin Capilla Perez (DIV)
(217.5) Macedonia: Saban Trstena (WRE)
(216) Algeria: O’Kacha Alain Mimoun (ATH)
(216) Ethiopia: Derarta Tulu (ATH)
(216) Ireland:Michelle Smith (SWI)
(212.5) Bahamas: Durward Knowles (SAI)
(210) Armenia: Israyel Militosian (WEI)
(198.75) Moldova: Nicolae Juravschi (CAN)
(192) Korea, People's Republic: Il Kim (WRE)
(192) Liechtenstein: Hanni Wenzel (SKA)
(192) Luxembourg: Jean Jacoby (ART)
(178) Croatia: Matija Ljubek (CAN)
(168) Tunisia: Mohammed Gammoudi (ATH)
(165) Egypt: Ibrahim Hassan Shams (WEI)
(165) Slovakia: Julius Torma (BOX)
(160) Namibia: Frank Fredericks (ATH)
(160) Spain Luis Doreste (SAI) & (160) Theresa Zabell (SAI)
(158.7) Slovenia: Leon Stukelj (GYM)
(158) South Africa: Charles Lyndhurst Winslow (TEN)
(156) Azerbaijan: Inna Ryskal (VOL) & Namig Abdullayev (WRE)
(156) Lithuania: Romas Ubartas (ATH)
(145.2) Colombia: Helmut Bellingrodt (SHO)
(137.5) Indonesia: Rexy Mainaky (BAD)
(136) Portugal: Carlos Lopes (ATH)
(132) Argentina: Alberto Demiddi (ROW)
(132) Trinidad & Tobago: Rodney Wilkes (WEI)
(125) Mozambique: Maria Mutola (ATH)
(124) Costa Rica: Claudia Poll (SWI)
(114) Thailand: Somluck Kamsing (BOX)
(110) Pakistan: Abdul "Hamidi" Hamid (HOC)
(108) Hong Kong: Lai-Shan Lee (SAI)
(105.6) Mongolia: Khorloo Baianmunkh (WRE)
(96) Bosnia & Herzegovina: Anton Josipovic (BOX)
(96) Kyrgyzstan: Kanybek Osmanaliev (WEI) & (96) Tatyana Kolpakova (ATH)
(96) Nigeria: Chioma Ajunwa (ATH)
(96) Peru: Edwin Vasquez Cam (SHO)
(96) Syria: Ghada Shouaa (ATH)
(96) Tajikstan: Andrei Abduvaliev (ATH)
(96) Uganda: John Akii-Bua (ATH) & (96) Leo Rwabwogo (BOX)
(96) Uzbekistan: Lina Cheryassova (SKF)
(96) Venezuela: Francisco Rodriguez (BOX)
(88) Morocco: Said Aouita (ATH)
(88) Surinam: Anthony Nesty (SWI)
(80) Ecuador: Jefferson Perez (ATH)
(78) Israel: Yael Ana Arad (JUD)
(72) Philippines: Teofilo Yldefonzo (SWI)
(64) Burundi: Venuste Nyongabo (ATH)
(64) Uruguay: 8 Footballers (FOO)
(60) Cameroon: Joseph Bessala (BOX)
(60) Chili: Oscar Christi (EQU) & Miguel Plaza Reyes (ATH) & Marlene Ahrens (ATH) & Ramon Tapia (BOX) & Alfonso de Iruarrizaga (SHO)
(60) Ghana: William Quartey (BOX)
(60) Haiti: Silvio Cator (ATH)
(60) Iceland: Vilhjalmur Einarsson (ATH)
(60) Lebanon: Zakaria Chibab (WRE)
(60) Libya: Mohammed Trabulsi (WEI)
(60) Netherlands' Antilles: Jan Boersma (SAI)
(60) Puerto Rico: Luiz F. Ortiz (BOX)
(60) Saudi Arabia: Hadi Souan al Somayli (ATH)
(60) Senegal: El Hadji Amadou Dia Ba (ATH)
(60) Singapore: Howe-Liang Tan (WEI)
(60) Sri Lanka: Duncan White (ATH)
(60) Tanzania: Filbert Bayi (ATH)
(60) Tonga: Paea Wolfgram (BOX)
(60) Vietnam: Tran Hieu Ngan (TAE)
(60) Virgin Islands : Peter Holmberg (SAI)
(60) Zambia: Samuel Matete (ATH) *ATL*
(56) Barbados: Obadele Thompson (ATH)
(54) Niger: Issaka Daborg (BOX)
(50) Malaysia: Cheah Sonn-Kit (BAD) & Yap Kim-Hock (BAD)
(48) Panama: Lloyd Berrington LaBeach (ATH)
(40) Côte d'Ivoire: Gabriel Tiacoh (ATH)
(36) Bermuda: Clarence Hill (BOX)
(36) Djibouti: Ahmed Salah (ATH)
(36) Dominican Republic: Pedro J. Nolasco (BOX)
(36) Guyana: Michael Anthony (BOX)
(36) Iraq: Abdul Wahid Aziz (WEI)
(36) Kuwait: Fehaid Al Deehani (SHO)
(36) Turkmenistan: Boris Kramorenko (WRE)
(32) Zimbabwe: the Women's Hockey team (HOC)
(24) Myanmar: Win Kay Thi (WEI)
(24) Qatar: Mohammed Suleiman (ATH)
(20) Guatemala: Oswaldo Mendez Herbuger (EQU)
(18) Albania: Ilirian Suli (WEI)
(18) American Samoa: Fao Maselino (BOX)
(18) Malawi: Peter Ayesu (BOX)
(18) Seychelles: Rival Cadeau (BOX) & Roland Raform (BOX)
(18) Sierra Leone: Israel Cole (BOX)
(4) Congo: 14 female Handballers (HAN)
(4) Paraguay: 18 Footballers (FOO)

Written 2000-07-31 - adapted after Sydney 2000-10-16 - SLC added 2002-03-01