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Olympics Longest Live Broadcast The French-Language, state-owned Swiss tv station Suisse 4 broadcast the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA, non stop for 16days 22hrs 45min from 19 july to 5 Aug 1996.
Most Games Competed Five coutries have competed at all 24 Summer Games: Australia, France, Greece, Great Britain and Switzerland (the latter only competed in the Equestrian events in Stockholm, Seden, in 1956 and did not attend the Games in Melbourne, Australia).
Most Participants The most competitors at a summer games is 10,744 (7060 men, 3684 women), at Atlanta, USA, in 1996.
Most Gold Medals The record for the most individual gold medals by a mlae competitor in the modern games is 10, by Raymond Ewry (USA) in athletics from 1900 to 1908.The record for the greatest number of individual gold medals ever won by a female competitor is seven, by Vera Caslavska-Odlozil (czechoslovakia) in gymnastics: three in 1964 and four (one shared) in 1968. Swimmer Mark Spitz (USA) won a record seven golds (including three for relay) at a single celebration, at Munich, Germany, in 1972. The greatest number of consecutive individual titles won in the same event is four by Alfred Oerter (USA) in the discus (1956-68) and Carl Lewis (USA) in the long jump (1984-96). Raymond Ewry (USA) won both the standing long jump and the standing high jump at four games in succession (1900, 1904, 1906 and 1908). This includes the official Intercalated Games of 1906. Paul Elvstram (Denmark) won four successive gold medals at monotype yachting events from 1948 to 1960, but there was a class change (1948 Firefly class, 1952-60 Finn class).
Most Medals Gymnast Larisa Semyonovna Latynina (USSR) won a record 18 medals from 1956 to 1964.The men's record is 15, by gymnast Nikolay Andrianov (USSR) from 1972 to 1980. The most medals won at one celebration is eight, by gymnast Aleksandr Dityatin (USSR) in 1980.
Most Games Entered Yachtsman Hubert Raudaschi (Austria) competed in nine games from 1964 to 1996.Fencer Kerstin Palm (Sweden ) holds the women's record, with seven games (964 - V 88).
Longest Olympic Careers The record for the longest Olympic career is 40 years, by Dr Ivan Osiier (Denmark) in fencing (1908-32 and 1948). Magnus Konow (Norway) in yachting, (1908-20 and 1928). Paul Elvstram (Denmark) in yachting (1948-60, 1968-72 and 1984-88), and Durward Knowles (Great Britain 1948, then Bahamas) in yachting (1948-72 and 1988).The longest Olympic career by a woman is 28 years, by Anne Ransehousen (USA), in dressage (1960, 1964, 1988) and Christilot Hanson-Boylen (Canada) in dressage (1964-76, 1984, 1992).
Most Medals at Summer Games (1896-1996) USA 2,015: 833 gold, 634 silver, 548 bronzeSoviet Union 1, 234: 485 gold, 395 silver, 354 bronze Great Britain 635: 177 gold, 233 silver, 225 bronze France 562: 176 gold, 181 silver, 205 bronze Germany 516: 151 gold, 181 silver, 184 bronze Sweden 459: 134 gold, 152 silver, 173 bronze Italy 444: 166 gold, 136 silver, 142 bronze Hungary 425: 142 gold, 128 silver, 155 bronze GDR (East Germany) 410: 153 gold, 130 silver, 127 bronze Australia 294: 87 gold, 85 silver, 122 bronze Finland 292: 99 gold, 80 silver, 113 bronze Japan 280: 93 gold, 89 silver, 93 bronze Romania 239: 63 gold, 77 silver, 99 bronze Poland 227: 50 gold, 67 silver, 110 bronze Canada 217: 49 gold, 77 silver, 91 bronze FRG (West Germany) 200: 56 gold, 64 silver, 80 bronze Netherlands 187: 49 gold, 57 silver, 81 bronze Bulgaria 182: 43 gold, 76 silver, 63 bronze Switzerland 174: 46 gold, 68 silver, 60 bronze China 164: 52 gold, 63 silver, 49 bronze |
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