Great Olympians

On these pages, you will find lists of individuals who have achieved memorable achievements in the Olympic Games, from 1896 up to and including 2000. For all, a complete listing is given of the medals and diplomas each has won. For many individuals, a biography is included.

Here are the lists :

• The Full list of Great Olympians, well the top-2400
• 149 people who have won gold in the same event in three Olympiads.
  • 20 people who could have joined this exclusive list at Vancouver (8 did)
  • 71 people who could have joined this list at Beijing. (14 did)
  • 6 people who could have joined this list at Torino. (2 did)
  • 80 people who could have joined this list at Athina (15 did)
  • 12 people who could have joined this list at Salt Lake City. (1 did)
  • 58 people who could have joined this list at Sydney (14 did)
  • 16 people who could have joined this list at Nagano (4 did).
  • 32 people who have won gold in a different event in three Olympiads.
• Similar types of lists
  • Gold medals at the same event in
    • Three Olympiads (149)
    • Four Olympiads (17)
    • Five Olympiads (3)
  • Gold medals at different events in
    • Three Olympiads (181)
    • Four Olympiads (26)
    • Five Olympiads (6)
    • Six Olympiads (2)
  • Any medals at the same event in
    • (Three Olympiads 509 before Athina)
    • Four Olympiads (84)
    • Five Olympiads (19)
    • Six Olympiads (2)
  • Any medals at any event in
    • Five Olympiads (30)
    • Six Olympiads (4)
• My own TOP-2400 of Olympians (well, just under 2400 actually)
  • This list includes four horses : Gigolo, Absent, Marcroix and Rembrandt
  • (1-200)(200-400)(400-600)(600-800)(800-1000)(1000-1200)
  • (1200-1400)(1400-1600)(1600-1800)(1800-2000)(others)
  • The Top Olympians of Salt Lake City by the same count.
  • The Top Olympians of Sydney by the same count.
  • The Top Olympians of Nagano by the same count.
  • You can check this list by country.
  • The highest placed Olympians for each country.
  • Lists per Sport.
  • All these lists are according to a special count - Honour Points - I devised for this.
  • I am starting a Full listing of all Olympiads.
• Here are almost 400 individuals who have won 5 or more medals, of whatever colour.
• Here are Olympians who have competed succesfully at more than one sport
• A Canoeing Club in Sweden asked me to check the Sporting Clubs.
• A similarly interesting thing are Olympic Families.
• People with long Olympic Careers.
• Or you can simply browse the biographies, starting with the letter A.
• A/B/C/D/E/F/G/H/I/J/K/L/M/N/O/P/Q/R/S/T/U/V/W/X/Y/Z
• An Olympic Calendar

I have compiled these lists by myself. I do not claim they are complete, but they have been checked in all possible sources, using complete listings, so they should be, barring oversights, complete. Errors are gladly corrected.

Check my Main Olympic Page for my two other Olympic Sites

Written 1996-07-14 - last modified 2010-07-31

This page is part of the site "Full Olympians" by Herman De Wael. See here for a full Introduction.