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Summer Olympics: Top 10 Divers in History (Most Medals)
Dmitri Sautin of Russia Has the Most Diving Medals
Who doesn’t enjoy Olympic diving? It’s one of the more popular summer events, and the U.S. represents well – seven of the 20 divers in the top 10 are American.
But Dmitri Sautin of the politically in-between “Unified Team” and post-Communist Russia has eight diving medals, most all time.
Chinese women also make their mark on the all-time greatest Olympic diver list, placing second and third.
Greg Louganis, probably the most well-known American diver, has the most medals for the USA – 5.
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| DIVER | M/F | COUNTRY | TOT | G | S | B | YEARS | |
| 1. | Dmitri Sautin | M | Unified, Russia | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 |
| 2. | Guo Jingjing | F | China | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2000, 2004, 2008 |
| 3. | Fu Mingxia | F | China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1992, 1996, 2000 |
| 3. | Greg Louganis | M | USA | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1976, 1984, 1988 |
| 3. | Klaus Dibiasi | M | Italy | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976 |
| 3. | Xiong Ni | M | China | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000 |
| 3. | Yuliya Pakhalina | F | Russia | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2000, 2004, 2008 |
| 8. | Pat McCormick | F | USA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1952, 1956 |
| 8. | Ingrid Gulbin-Engel-Krämer | F | Germany | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1960, 1964 |
| 8. | Dorothy Poynton-Hill | F | USA | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1928, 1932, 1936 |
| 8. | Tian Liang | M | China | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2000, 2004 |
| 8. | Wu Minxia | F | China | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2004, 2008 |
| 8. | Georgia Coleman | F | USA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1928, 1932 |
| 8. | Mickey Galitzen | M | USA | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1928, 1932 |
| 8. | Bud Pinkston | M | USA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1920, 1924 |
| 8. | Joaquín Capilla | M | Mexico | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1948, 1952, 1956 |
| 8. | Paula Jean Myers-Pope | F | USA | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1952, 1956, 1960 |
| 8. | Franco Cagnotto | M | Italy | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1972, 1976, 1980 |
Photo: shanghai-fina2011.com
Summer Olympics: Greatest Track and Field Athletes (Most Medals)
Includes a variety of sports. More coming…
MEN
| 1. | Paavo Nurmi | 12 |
| 2. | Carl Lewis | 10 |
| 2. | Ray Ewry | 10 |
| 4. | Martin Sheridan | 9 |
| 5. | Ville Ritola | 8 |
| 6. | Eric Lemming | 6 |
| 6. | Ralph Rose | 6 |
| 6. | Jim Lightbody | 6 |
| 6. | Bob Garrett | 6 |
| 10. | Valeriy Borzov | 5 |
| 10. | Mal Whitfield | 5 |
| 10. | Emil Zátopek | 5 |
| 10. | Phil Edwards | 5 |
| 10. | Edvin Wide | 5 |
| 10. | Hannes Kolehmainen | 5 |
| 10. | Mel Sheppard | 5 |
| 10. | Meyer Prinstein | 5 |
| 10. | Irv Baxter | 5 |
| 10. | Walter Tewksbury | 5 |
WOMEN
| 1. | Merlene Ottey-Page | 9 |
| 2. | Irena Szewin’ska-Kirszenstein | 7 |
| 2. | Shirley Strickland de la Hunty | 7 |
| 4. | Jackie Joyner-Kersee | 6 |
| 4. | Renate Stecher | 6 |
| 6. | Veronica Campbell-Brown | 5 |
| 6. | Tatyana Lebedeva | 5 |
| 6. | Heike Drechsler | 5 |
| 6. | Gwen Torrence | 5 |
| 6. | Evelyn Ashford | 5 |
| 6. | Florence Griffith Joyner | 5 |
