the country that has the most medals in olympic history is michael phelps.
the country that has the most medals in olympic history is michael phelps.
what country has the most medals in olympic history?
michael phelps
among the nation's medalists were aliya mustafina, who emerged as one of the most successful russian gymnasts in history, with a total of four olympic medals at a single games, and maria sharapova, who won silver in the women's tennis singles against united states' serena williams. anastasia davydova became the most successful synchronized swimmer in olympic history, with a total of five gold medals, while her compatriots natalia ishchenko and svetlana romashina managed to win gold medals in both duet and team events. olga zabelinskaya became the first russian female cyclist to win two olympic medals in road events. diver ilya zakharov recaptured russia's success in his sport after 12 years, as he won its first ever gold medal in men's springboard. rhythmic gymnast evgeniya kanaeva made history by becoming the first back-to-back olympic champion in the individual all-around event, while the russian group in rhythmic gymnastics defended their olympic title for the fourth consecutive time in the group all-around.
russia at the 2012 summer olympics
by winning two gold medals in london, track cyclist chris hoy emerged as great britain's most successful athlete in olympic history with a total of seven medals, including six golds which surpassed the five golds won by former rower steve redgrave. hoy also tied for the most total olympic medals for a briton with road cyclist bradley wiggins, who won the gold in men's time trial. ben ainslie became the most successful sailor in olympic history, after winning his fourth gold medal in the finn class. with three medals (two golds and one silver) in total, victoria pendleton became great britain's most successful female olympic athlete, surpassing the record of two golds and one bronze medal, previously held by kelly holmes, and briefly shared with rebecca adlington.
great britain at the 2012 summer olympics