united states has won the most gold medals in the summer olympics.
united states has won the most gold medals in the summer olympics.
what country has won the most gold medals in the summer olympics?
united states
on 28 july 2012, jin won the gold medal in the men's 10 m air pistol at the 2012 summer olympics. on 5 august, he won the gold medal in the 50m, becoming the first man to successfully defend the 50-metre pistol olympic title. by doing so, jin also became the first man to win the 10 metre air pistol and 50 metre pistol gold medals at the same olympics, and one of the five shooters to win two individual gold medals at one olympics, being the first man to have done so since otto olsen of norway at the 1920 summer olympics. he is one of three shooters to have won three olympic individual gold medals, along with ralf schumann of germany and kim rhode of the united states. he became the first korean athlete to win three individual olympic gold medals, to win four (and five) individual olympic medals, to defend an individual title in the summer olympics (while sim kwon-ho won olympic gold medals for greco-roman wrestling in 1996 and 2000, he won two different weight divisions), to win two individual gold medals at one summer olympic games and to win an individual medal for one event at three consecutive olympic games (kim soo-nyung won individual gold, silver and bronze medals respectively for archery in the 1988, 1992 and 2000 but these olympics were non-consecutive).
jin jong-oh
on 6 august 2016, jin placed 5th in 10 metre pistol at the 2016 summer olympics held in rio de janeiro after placing second in the qualifications. on 10 august, he placed first in the qualifications and went on to win the gold medal for 50 metre pistol at the same olympics, coming back from 7th place during the final round. in doing so jin became the first athlete to have won three consecutive gold medal in one event in shooting (schumann's three gold medals in 25 metre rapid fire pistol were non-consecutive) and the first shooter to have won four individual gold medals at the olympic games. he also matched chinese shooter wang yifu's records of six individual medals at the olympics and most consecutive olympic medals (four) in one event, including the silver medal he won for 50 metre pistol at the 2004 summer olympics. he became the first person since torsten ullman of sweden in 1937 to have won three consecutive world level championships in 50 metre pistol. with four gold and two silver medals, he became the most successful olympian in korean history, becoming the first korean to have won three consecutive olympic gold medals in one event, three olympic gold medals in one individual event (kim with four gold, one silver and one bronze medal won non-consecutive gold medals in archery team event), four individual gold medals, six individual medals, and a medal in one event at four consecutive olympic games.
jin jong-oh