Olympic Medals by Country

The Olympic logo or symbol initially used in 1913, consists of five interlaced rings with blue, yellow, black, green and red. These five rings represent five continents in the world which are Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and the Americas. Below list is the collective medals for the countries for both Summer Olympics and Winter Olympics. The 10 countries with the most Olympic medals are United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, China, Sweden, Australia, Japan, Russia and Norway. Norway was the most medal nation in terms of gold medals of 16 in 2022 Winter Olympics held in Beijing, China.

The Ancient Olympic Games were religious festivals, it was Heracles who first called the Games as "Olympic" or "Olympia", is a site where games are held, in southern Greece. The most widely accepted inception date for the Ancient Olympics is around 776 BC, The Olympics were played of religious importance, some of them even featuring ritual sacrifices honouring Zeus, the father of the Greek gods and goddesses. The Olympic Games reached the full length of their success in and around 6th BC. The marathon was NOT an event of the ancient Olympic games. Many of the games are played in naked, The running race known as stadion or stade is the oldest sport played in Ancient Olympics, The race was about 192 metres long. Later wrestling and the pentathlon were introduced in 708 BCE, along with this in the later years Long Jump, Javelin Throw, Discus Throw, a Footrace, Boxing, Chariot racing were conducted. In the early centuries all the contests took place on one day, later due to popularity the Games were spread over four days. The Games were gradually declined during 393 AD as the Romans gained power in Greece.

Below is the list of Olympic Medals by country till 2023:

Summer Olympics Medals by Country

The Summer Olympic Games are a popular international multi-sport event generally held once every four years. It started in 1896 in Athens, Greece, and the most recently Summer Olympics happened in Tokyo Japan. The 2028 Summer Olympics also known as Los Angeles 2028 is a forthcoming international multi-sport event scheduled to take place in Los Angeles, California. Below is the list of Summer Olympics Medals by Country.

Winter Olympics Medals by Country

The Winter Olympic Games is a popular international multi-sport event held once in every four years for sports mainly played on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympic Games was celebrated in 1924 in Chamonix, France. The 2022 Winter Olympics will be in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China, will take place between 4 and 20 February 2022. Below is the total list of Winter Olympics Medals by Country wise.

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