1996 Olympics: Leading Medal Winners
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Number of individual medals won on the left; gold, silver and bronze breakdown to the right.
Men
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Alexei Nemov, RUS | Gymnastics | 2-1-3 |
| 4 | Gary Hall Jr., USA | Swimming | 2-2-0 |
| 4 | Aleksandr Popov, RUS | Swimming | 2-2-0 |
| 3 | Josh Davis, USA | Swimming | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Denis Pankratov, RUS | Swimming | 2-1-0 |
| 3 | Daniel Kowalski, AUS | Swimming | 0-1-2 |
| 3 | Vitaly Scherbo, BEL | Gymnastics | 0-0-3 |
Women
| No | Sport | G-S-B | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Amy Van Dyken, USA | Swimming | 4-0-0 |
| 4 | Michelle Smith, IRE | Swimming | 3-0-1 |
| 4 | Angel Martino, USA | Swimming | 2-0-2 |
| 4 | Simona Amanar, ROM | Gymnastics | 1-1-2 |
| 4 | Dagmar Hase, GER | Swimming | 0-3-1 |
| 4 | Gina Gogean, ROM | Gymnastics | 0-1-3 |
| 3 | Jenny Thompson, USA | Swimming | 3-0-0 |
| 3 | Lilia Podkopayeva, UKR | Gymnastics | 2-1-0 |
| 3 | Amanda Beard, USA | Swimming | 1-2-0 |
| 3 | Le Jingyi, CHN | Swimming | 1-2-0 |
| 3 | Wendy Hedgepeth, USA | Swimming | 1-2-0 |
| 3 | Susan O'Neill, AUS | Swimming | 1-1-1 |
| 3 | Merlene Ottey, JAM | Track & Field | 0-2-1 |
| 3 | Franziska van Almsick, GER | Swimming | 0-2-1 |
| 3 | Sandra Volker, GER | Swimming | 0-1-2 |
