Summer Olympics: Top 10 Gymnasts with the Most Medals (Men, Women, Overall)
Larysa Latynina, Representing the Soviet Union in the 1964 Tokyo Summer Olympics, Stands Atop the Highest Step
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Today, it’s time to look at one of the Summer Games most popular events: gymnastics.
The Soviet Union…and Japan…make their mark here more than any other nation. Only one American, Shannon Miller, made the cut.
The Soviet Union’s Larysa Latynina is the greatest Olympic gymnastics medalist of all. She’s got 18, and in fact, that happens to be the most medals in any sport period.
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MEN
| 1. | Nikolay Andrianov | 15 | Soviet Union |
| 2. | Takashi Ono | 13 | Japan |
| 2. | Borys Shakhlin | 13 | Soviet Union |
| 4. | Aleksey Nemov | 12 | Russia |
| 4. | Sawao Kato | 12 | Japan |
| 6. | Viktor Chukarin | 11 | Soviet Union |
| 7. | Vitaly Shcherbo | 10 | Unified, Belarus |
| 7. | Aleksandr Dityatin | 10 | Soviet Union |
| 7. | Akinori Nakayama | 10 | Japan |
| 10. | Eizo Kenmotsu | 9 | Japan |
| 10. | Mitsuo Tsukahara | 9 | Japan |
| 10. | Mikhail Voronin | 9 | Soviet Union |
| 10. | Yury Titov | 9 | Soviet Union |
| 10. | Heikki Savolainen | 9 | Finland |
WOMEN
| 1. | Larysa Latynina | 18 | Soviet Union |
| 2. | Vera Cáslavská | 11 | Czechoslovakia |
| 3. | Polina Astakhova | 10 | Soviet Union |
| 3. | Ágnes Keleti | 10 | Hungary |
| 5. | Nadia Comaneci | 9 | Romania |
| 5. | Lyudmila Turishcheva | 9 | Soviet Union |
| 7. | Sofiya Muratova | 8 | Soviet Union |
| 7. | Margit Korondi | 8 | Hungary |
| 9. | Svetlana Khorkina | 7 | Russia |
| 9. | Simona Amânar | 7 | Romania |
| 9. | Shannon Miller | 7 | United States |
| 9. | Karin Janz | 7 | East Germany |
| 9. | Mariya Horokhovska | 7 | Soviet Union |
COMBINED
| 1. | Larysa Latynina (F) | 18 | Soviet Union |
| 2. | Nikolay Andrianov (M) | 15 | Soviet Union |
| 3. | Takashi Ono (M) | 13 | Japan |
| 3. | Borys Shakhlin (M) | 13 | Soviet Union |
| 5. | Aleksey Nemov (M) | 12 | Russia |
| 5. | Sawao Kato (M) | 12 | Japan |
| 7. | Vera Cáslavská (F) | 11 | Czechoslovakia |
| 7. | Viktor Chukarin (M) | 11 | Soviet Union |
| 9. | Vitaly Shcherbo (M) | 10 | Unified, Belarus |
| 9. | Aleksandr Dityatin (M) | 10 | Soviet Union |
| 9. | Akinori Nakayama (M) | 10 | Japan |
| 9. | Polina Astakhova (F) | 10 | Soviet Union |
| 9. | Ágnes Keleti (F) | 10 | Hungary |
Photo: olympic.org
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