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WHEN IS THE NEXT OLYMPICS?
MOST OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALS
Fast facts
Nations yet to record a Summer Olympics gold medal include Afghanistan, Iceland, Iraq, Malaysia, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia.
Swimming accounts for 212 of Australia’s 636 medals at the Summer Olympics; athletics is next with 76 medals.
US swimmer Michael Phelps (2004–16) boasts the most Olympic medals by an individual with 28 (23 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze), while the women’s record is held by Soviet gymnast Larisa Latynina (1956–64) with 18 medals (9 gold, 5 silver, 4 bronze).