World Countries Ranked by Olympic Medal Count

The road to the Olympic Games is a long grind that brings together only the top athletes of the world. To qualify, athletes are selected by their respective National Olympics Committee. Then, the International Olympic Committee sends out invitation letters to all NOC’s a year prior the the start of the games. And the NOCs submit their chosen athletes. For these Olympic athletes, their training is a full time job. Many athletes train 20-30 hours or more per week. They also have coaches that develop a complete nutritional plan for them during this time. These athletes also take their recovery very seriously with massages and ice baths. Years of hard work with the goal of winning a medal for their country.

The moment an athlete wins an Olympic medal they are hounded by cameras and reporters. Press conferences and interviews are a must. Athletes will attend several events throughout the year after as well. This can include giving inspiring talks to schools, doing commercials and getting back to training if they are going for the games again in the next 4 years. So which countries have won the most Olympic medals?

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Luckily we have this great visualization from Wizard Pins that breaks it all down for us. The most dominating country on this list by far is the United States. They have won a total of 2,976 medals. Breaking it down even further we can see from list that 2,655 of these medals come from summer and they include: 1069 gold, 842 silver, and 744 bronze. 321 of were won in the winter games with 111 gold, 117 silver and 93 bronze. You’d be surprised to know that while the United States has the most overall medals, they actually fall to second place for the Winter Olympics behind Norway.