Which Country Has Won the Most Olympic Medals? Full List of Winners

Paris is getting ready to host the 2024 Olympic Games. The biggest sporting event since the Summer Olympics in London will return to Europe for the first time in 12 years.

Thousands of athletes will gather in the French capital to represent different sports. For many of them, it will be a once in a lifetime experience.

While some athletes are considered the favorites for gold or silver medals, others will have a chance to surpass all expectations and make a big impression in such a high-stakes scenario, especially if they represent a country that does not have a tradition of winning at the Olympic Games.

Which country has won the most medals in Olympic history?

If there’s one country that has a habit of winning medals at both the Summer and Winter Games, it’s the United States. The American delegation has had the most success at the Tokyo Olympics and is hoping to repeat that feat in Paris.

According to Olympedia.org, the U.S. has won 3,105 medals across all Games. Additionally, they hold the record for the most gold medals (1,229), silver medals (1,000), and bronze medals (876).

The United States also holds the record for the most medals won in a single Olympic Games, with 239 at the third Olympic Games held in St. Louis in 1904.

Germany comes in second with 1,211 medals (384 gold), followed by the former Soviet Union (473 gold) but third with 1,204 medals. France (1,039 medals) and Great Britain (1,036 medals) are the fourth and fifth most successful countries in the all-time medal rankings, respectively.

Meanwhile, Bangladesh, Andorra, Monaco and Nauru are among the more than 60 least successful countries that have never won an Olympic medal.