Individual events List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event




notes

(*): non-consecutive gold medals



aleksandr medved representing soviet union won 3 gold medals in wrestling. first gold medal @ 1964 olympics in light heavyweight (97kg) division while gold medals @ 1968 , 1972 in heavyweight (+97kg/+100kg) division.
kakhi kakhiashvili representing georgia in unified team in 1992 olympics , greece in 1996 , 2000 olympics won 3 gold medals in weightlifting. while 1992 gold medal won in 90kg division (fourth heaviest), 1996 gold medal won in 99kg division (third heaviest; 91kg event held) , 2000 gold medal in 94kg division (third heaviest).




^ won gold medal firefly class @ 1948 olympics. many consider firefly class direct predecessor of finn class , credit elvstrom 4 consecutive gold medals in 1 event
^ archived copy . archived original on 2012-09-08. retrieved 2012-09-05.  (not entirely accurate)
^ won gold medal laser class @ 2000 olympics (and silver medal same class @ 1996 olympics)
^ won gold medal 58kg @ 2016 olympics 63kg event held






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