Triple Olympic Gold Winners

32 People have won three golds in different Olympiads, not in the same event :

1) Track & Field Men - 1904, 1908 : Shot Put, 1912 : Two-Handed Shot Put
Ralph W Rose

2) Gymnastics - 1908 : Team, 1912 : Team Swedish system,
Equestrianism - 1920 : Grand Prix des Nations, Team
The only person to win gold in 3 Olympiads, but in two totally different sports
Lars Daniel Norling

3) Shooting - 1908 : Free rifle, three positions, 300m, Team, 1920 : Running deer, double shot, team, 1920, 1924 : Running deer, single shot, team
Einar Liberg

4) Track & Field Men - 1920 : 10.000 m, 8.000 m Cross-Country, Cross-Country Team, 1924 : 1.500 m, 5.000 m (26 minutes later), (he was not allowed to run the 10km, but countrymen of his finished 1,3 and 4), 10.000 m Cross-Country Individual, Cross-Country Team, 3.000 m Team, 1928 : 10.000 m
Paavo Nurmi

5) Fencing - 1920 : Foil, team, Sabre, team, 1924 : Sabre, team, 1928 : Foil, team
Oreste Puliti

6) Equestrianism - Military - 1924, 1928 : team, 1928, 1932 : individual
Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges

7) Rowing Men - 1924 : skiff, 1932 : coxless fours, 1936 : double sculls
Jack Beresford

8) Fencing Men / Foil - 1948 : Team gold, Individual silver, 1952 : Team & Individual gold, 1956 : Individual gold, Team silver
Christian d'Oriola (France)

9) Nordic Skiing Men - 1952 : 50 km, 1956 : 30 km, (silver 50 km), 1960 : 4x10km, (silver 50 km)
Veikko Johannes Hakulinen

10) Nordic Skiing Men - 1956 : 50 km, (silver 15 km, 30 km), 1960 : 30 km, (silver 15 km), 1964 : 50 km, gold 4x10km
Sixten Jernberg

11) Gymnastics Men - 1956 : Team, Pommelled Horse, 1960 : Individual, Pommelled Horse, Vaults, Parallel Bars, 1964 : Horizontal Bar
Boris Shakhlin

12) Gymnastics Men - 1956, 1960 : Horizontal Bar, 1960 : Team, Vault, 1964 : Team
Takashi Ono

13) Canoeing - Women - 1964, 1968 : K1 500m, 1972 : K2 500m
Lyudmilla Khvedosyuk-Pinayeva

14) Modern Pentathlon - 1960, 1968 : team - 1972 : individual
Balczó András

15) Yachting - 1968 : Finn, 1972 : Tempest, 1980 : Star
Valentyn Mankin

16) Gymnastics Men - 1972 : Floor, 1976 : Individual, Floor, Rings, Vault, 1980 : Team, Vault
Nikolai Andrianov

17) Rowing Men - 1972 : coxless two, 1976, 1980 : coxless four
Siegfried Brietzke

18) Nordic Skiing Women - 1976 : 10km, 4x5km, 1980 : 5km, 1992 : 4x5km
Raissa Smetanina

19) Sailing - 1976 : Finn, 1988, 1996 : Soling
Jochen Schümann

20) Canoeing Women - 1988 : K4, 1992 : K2, 1996 : K4
Ramona Portwich

21) Volleyball - 1984, 1988; Beach Volleyball - 1996
Karsh Kiraly

22) Nordic Skiing - 1992 : Combined Pursuit, 50 km, 4x10 km, 1994 : 10 km, Combined Pursuit, 1998 : 10 km, 4x10 km, 50 km
Bjørn Dæhlie

23) Alpine Skiing - 1992 : Super-G, 1994, 1998 : Giant Slalom
Deborah Compagnoni

24) Rowing - 1992, 1996 : Coxless Pairs, 2000, 2004 : Coxless Fours
Matthew Pinsent

25) Rowing - 1988, 2000 : Double Fours, 1992 : Double Sculls
Agostino Abbagnale

26) Rowing - 1992, 2000 : Double Sculls, 1996, 2004 : Double Fours
Kathrin Boron

27) Diving - 1992, 1996 : platform, 1996, 2000 : springboard
Fu Mingxia

28) Nordic Skiing - 1994 : 30 km, 1998 : pursuit, 1998,2002 : 4x10km
Thomas Alsgaard

29) Rowing - 1992, 1996 : coxless fours, 2004 : coxless pairs
James Tomkins

30) Cycling, Track - 1992, 1996 : sprint, 2004 : team sprint
Jens Fiedler

31) Canoeing - 1996: C2 1000m, 2000: C1 1000m, 2004: C1 500m
Andreas Dittmer

32) Sailing - 2000 : Laser, 2004, 2008: Finn
Ben Ainslie

  1. 1904, 1908, 1912-07-11 - Ralph W Rose
  2. 1908, 1912, 1920-09-12 - Lars Daniel Norling
  3. 1908, 1920, 1924-07-03 - Einar Liberg
  4. 1920, 1924, 1928-07-29 - Paavo Nurmi
  5. 1920, 1924, 1928-07-30 - Oreste Puliti
  6. 1924, 1928, 1932-08-12 - Charles Ferdinand Pahud de Mortanges
  7. 1924, 1932, 1936-08-14 - Jack Beresford
  8. 1948, 1952, 1956-11-26 - Christian d'Oriola
  9. 1952, 1956, 1960-02-25 - Veikko Johannes Hakulinen
  10. 1956, 1960, 1964-02-05 - Sixten Jernberg
  11. 1956, 1960, 1964-10-20 - Takashi Ono
  12. 1956, 1960, 1964-10-23 - Boris Shakhlin
  13. 1960, 1968, 1972-08-31 - Balczó András
  14. 1964, 1968, 1972-09-09 - Lyudmilla Khvedosyuk-Pinayeva
  15. 1972, 1976, 1980-07-22 - Nikolai Andrianov
  16. 1972, 1976, 1980-07-27 - Siegfried Brietzke
  17. 1968, 1972, 1980-07-29 - Valentyn Mankin
  18. 1976, 1980, 1992-02-17 - Raissa Smetanina
  19. 1984, 1988, 1996-07-28 - Karsh Kiraly
  20. 1976, 1988, 1996-08-02 - Jochen Schümann
  21. 1988, 1992, 1996-08-03 - Ramona Portwich
  22. 1992, 1994, 1998-02-18 - Bjørn Dæhlie
  23. 1992, 1994, 1998-02-20 - Deborah Compagnoni
  24. 1992, 1996, 2000-09-23, 2004 - Kathrin Boron
  25. 1992, 1996, 2000-09-23, 2004 - Matthew Pinsent
  26. 1988, 1992, 2000-09-24 - Agostino Abbagnale
  27. 1992, 1996, 2000-09-28 - Fu Mingxia
  28. 1994, 1998, 2002-02-17 - Thomas Alsgaard
  29. 1992, 1996, 2004-08-21 - James Tomkins
  30. 1992, 1996, 2004-08-21 - Jens Fiedler
  31. 1996, 2000, 2004-08-28 - Andreas Dittmer
  32. 2000, 2004, 2008-07-17 - Ben Ainslie

Here is the list of the people who have won three titles, in the same event.

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Written 1996-03-01 - last modified 2010-07-30

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