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Athletes With the Most Olympic Golds in History

Name the 20 athletes with the highest number of gold medals won overall, since the modern games began in 1896.
This list includes athletes from both the summer and winter olympic games.
Both female and male athletes are included.
The order is decided firstly by gold medals, and secondly by overall medals won.
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Gold medals won
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23
Michael Phelps
9
Larisa Latynina
9
Paavo Nurmi
9
Mark Spitz
9
Carl Lewis
8
Marit Bjørgen
8
Ole Einar Bjørndalen
8
Bjørn Dæhlie
8
Birgit Fischer
8
Sawao Kato
Gold medals won
Answer
8
Jenny Thompson
8
Matt Biondi
8
Usain Bolt
8
Ray Ewry
7
Nikolai Andrianov
7
Boris Shakhlin
7
Věra Čáslavská
7
Isabell Werth
7
Viktor Chukarin
7
Aladár Gerevich
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Level 65
Feb 27, 2024
Doesn't Katy Ledecky have 7 golds as well?