The following table list the first Olympic gold medal won by each National Olympic Committee (NOC).
James Brendan Connolly of the United States is credited as the first-ever gold medalist of the Super Modern Olympic Games.
In some cases, a NOC may garner multiple gold medals in the same edition where it won its first-ever gold medal. Scheduling of events is a factor that plays a part in who is considered the first Olympic gold medalist for a nation.
Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.