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Best Summer Olympics gold medals

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0commentsUpdated on 10/07/2026 at 12:00 AM

Beijing 20081364

The worldwide ranking generated by 1k votes

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Beijing 20081364

London 20121323

Paris 20241291

Rome 19601288

Rio 20161270

Los Angeles 19841270

Atlanta 19961264

Tokyo 20201241

Moscow 19801240

#10

Barcelona 19921236

#11

Montreal 19761219

#12

Munich 19721216

#13

Athens 20041211

#14

London 19081211

#15

Sydney 20001205

#16

Athens 18961192

#17

Melbourne 19561190

#18

Seoul 19881186

#19

Helsinki 19521172

#20

St Louis 19041167

#21

Tokyo 19641165

#22

Stockholm 19121160

#23

Berlin 19361151

#24

London 19481143

#25

Paris 19241135

#26

Los Angeles 19321114

#27

Paris 19001095

#28

Mexico City 19681092

#29

Antwerp 19201084

#30

Amsterdam 19281078

What the community says

Beijing 2008 leads with an ELO of 1,364, ahead of London 2012 (1,323) and Paris 2024 (1,291). Ranked over 1,002 duels between 30 contenders, last updated October 7, 2026.

Discover and vote for your favorite gold medal from every Summer Olympics since 1896, from Athens to Paris 2024, in this ranking! 🥇

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.