Wednesday, March 30, 2022

List Of Each Countries' First Summer and Winter Olympics Gold Medalists





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.

Summer Olympics[edit]

EditionCountryMedalistSportEventRef.
1896 Athens Australia (AUS)Edwin FlackAthleticsMen's 1500 metres[2]
 Austria (AUT)Paul NeumannSwimmingMen's 500 metre freestyle[3]
 Denmark (DEN)Viggo JensenWeightliftingMen's two hand lift[4]
 Germany (GER)Carl SchuhmannGymnasticsMen's vault[5]
 France (FRA)Eugène-Henri GravelotteFencingMen's foil[6]
 Great Britain (GBR)Launceston ElliotWeightliftingMen's one hand lift[7][8]
 Greece (GRE)Leonidas PyrgosFencingMen's masters foil[9][10]
 Hungary (HUN)Alfréd HajósSwimmingMen's 100 metre freestyle[11]
 Switzerland (SUI)Louis ZutterGymnasticsMen's pommel horse[12][13]
 United States (USA)James Brendan ConnollyAthleticsMen's triple jump[1]
1900 Paris Belgium (BEL)Aimé HaegemanEquestrianIndividual jumping[14]
 Canada (CAN)George OrtonAthleticsMen's 2500 metre steeplechase[15]
 Cuba (CUB)Ramón FonstFencingMen's épée[16]
 Italy (ITA)Gian Giorgio TrissinoEquestrianHigh Jump[17]
 Spain (ESP)José de Amézola
Francisco Villota
Basque pelotaMen's two-man teams[18]
1908 London Australasia (ANZ)Rugby UnionMen's rugby union[19]
 Finland (FIN)Verner WeckmanWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman light heavyweight[20]
 Norway (NOR)ShootingMen's 300 metre free rifle, team[21]
 Russian Empire (RU1)Nikolai PaninFigure skatingMen's special figures[22]
 South Africa (RSA)Reggie WalkerAthleticsMen's 100 metres[23]
 Sweden (SWE)Oscar SwahnShootingMen's single-shot running deer[citation needed]
1920 Antwerp Brazil (BRA)Guilherme ParaenseShootingMen's 30 m rapid fire pistol[24]
 Estonia (EST)Alfred NeulandWeightliftingMen's 67.5 kg[25]
 Netherlands (NED)Joop Carp
Berend Carp
Piet Wernink
Sailing6.5 Metre[26]
1924 Paris Argentina (ARG)PoloMen's polo[27]
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)Bedřich ŠupčíkGymnasticsMen's rope climbing[28]
 Uruguay (URU)FootballMen's tournament[29]
 Yugoslavia (YUG)Leon ŠtukeljGymnasticsMen's horizontal bar[30][31]
1928 Amsterdam Egypt (EGY)El-Sayed NosseirWeightliftingMen's +82.5 kg[32]
 India (IND)Field hockeyMen's team[33]
 Ireland (IRL)Pat O'CallaghanAthleticsMen's hammer throw[34]
 Japan (JPN)Mikio OdaAthleticsMen's triple jump[35]
 New Zealand (NZL)Ted MorganBoxingWelterweight[36]
 Poland (POL)Halina KonopackaAthleticsWomen's discus throw[37]
1936 Berlin Turkey (TUR)Yaşar ErkanWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman featherweight[38]
1948 London Jamaica (JAM)Arthur WintAthleticsMen's 400 metres[39]
 Mexico (MEX)Humberto Mariles
Rubén Uriza
Alberto Valdés
EquestrianIndividual jumping
Team Jumping
[40]
 Peru (PER)Edwin VásquezShootingMen's 50 metre pistol[41]
1952 Helsinki Luxembourg (LUX)Josy BarthelAthleticsMen's 1500 metres[42]
 Romania (ROM)Iosif SîrbuShootingMen's 50 metre rifle prone[43]
 Soviet Union (URS)Nina PonomaryovaAthleticsWomen's discus throw[44][45]
1956 Melbourne Bulgaria (BUL)Nikola StanchevWrestlingMen's freestyle middleweight[46]
 Iran (IRI)Emamali HabibiWrestlingMen's freestyle lightweight[47][48]
1960 Rome Ethiopia (ETH)Abebe BikilaAthleticsMen's marathon[49]
 Pakistan (PAK)Field hockeyMen's team[50]
1964 Tokyo Bahamas (BAH)Durward Knowles
Cecil Cooke
SailingStar[51]
1968 Mexico City East Germany (GDR)Christoph HöhneAthleticsMen's 50 kilometres walk[52]
 West Germany (FRG)Ingrid BeckerAthleticsWomen's pentathlon[52]
 Kenya (KEN)Naftali TemuAthleticsMen's 10,000 m[53]
 Tunisia (TUN)Mohammed GammoudiAthleticsMen's 5000 metres[54]
 Venezuela (VEN)Francisco RodriguezBoxingMen's light flyweight[55]
1972 Munich North Korea (PRK)Ri Ho-junShootingMixed 50 metre rifle prone[56]
 Uganda (UGA)John Akii-BuaAthleticsMen's 400 metres hurdles[57]
1976 Montreal South Korea (KOR)Yang Jung-moWrestlingMen's freestyle 62 kg[58]
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)Hasely CrawfordAthleticsMen's 100 metres[59]
1980 Moscow Zimbabwe (ZIM)Field hockeyWomen's tournament[60]
1984 Los Angeles China (CHN)Xu HaifengShootingMen's 50 m pistol[61]
 Morocco (MAR)Nawal El MoutawakelAthleticsWomen's 400 metres hurdles[62]
 Portugal (POR)Carlos LopesAthleticsMen's marathon[63]
1988 Seoul Suriname (SUR)Anthony NestySwimmingMen's 100 metre butterfly[64]
1992 Barcelona Algeria (ALG)Hassiba BoulmerkaAthleticsWomen's 1500 metres[65]
 Indonesia (INA)Susy Susanti[note 1]BadmintonWomen's singles[66][67]
 Lithuania (LTU)Romas UbartasAthleticsMen's discus throw[68]
1996 Atlanta Armenia (ARM)Armen NazaryanWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 52 kg[69]
 Belarus (BLR)Ekaterina KarstenRowingWomen's single sculls[70]
 Burundi (BDI)Venuste NiyongaboAthleticsMen's 5000 metres[71]
 Costa Rica (CRC)Claudia PollSwimmingWomen's 200 metre freestyle[72]
 Croatia (CRO)HandballMen's tournament[73]
 Czech Republic (CZE)Štěpánka HilgertováCanoeingWomen's slalom[52]
 Ecuador (ECU)Jefferson PérezAthleticsMen's 20 kilometres walk[74]
 Hong Kong (HKG)Lee Lai ShanSailingWomen's mistral[75]
 Kazakhstan (KAZ)Yuriy MelnichenkoWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 57 kg[76]
 Nigeria (NGR)Chioma AjunwaAthleticsWomen's long jump[77]
 Russia (RUS)Stanislav Pozdnyakov
Olga Klochneva
Fencing
Shooting
Men's sabre
Women's 10 metre air pistol
[citation needed]
 Serbia and Montenegro (SCG)Aleksandra IvoševShootingWomen's 50 metre rifle three positions[78]
 Slovakia (SVK)Michal MartikánCanoeingMen's slalom C-1[79]
 Syria (SYR)Ghada ShouaaAthleticsWomen's heptathlon[80]
 Thailand (THA)Somluck KamsingBoxingFeatherweight[81]
 Ukraine (UKR)Vyacheslav OleynykWrestlingMen's Greco-Roman 90 kg[82]
2000 Sydney Azerbaijan (AZE)Zemfira MeftahatdinovaShootingWomen's skeet[83]
 Colombia (COL)María Isabel UrrutiaWeightliftingWomen's 75 kg[84]
 Cameroon (CMR)FootballMen's tournament[85]
 Latvia (LAT)Igors VihrovsGymnasticsMen's floor exercises[86]
 Mozambique (MOZ)Maria MutolaAthleticsWomen's 800 m[87]
 Slovenia (SLO)Rajmond Debevec
Iztok Čop Luka Špik
Shooting
Rowing
Men's 50 metre rifle three positions
Men's double sculls
[88]
 Uzbekistan (UZB)Mahammatkodir AbdoollayevBoxingLight welterweight[89]
2004 Athens Chile (CHI)Fernando González
Nicolás Massú
TennisMen's doubles[90]
 Dominican Republic (DOM)Félix SánchezAthleticsMen's 400 metres hurdles[91]
 Georgia (GEO)Zurab ZviadauriJudoMen's 90 kg[92]
 Israel (ISR)Gal FridmanSailingMen's mistral one design[93]
 Chinese Taipei (TPE)Chen Shih-hsin
Chu Mu-yen
TaekwondoWomen's 49 kg
Men's 58 kg
[94]
 United Arab Emirates (UAE)Ahmad Al MaktoumShootingMen's double trap[95]
2008 Beijing Mongolia (MGL)Naidangiin TüvshinbayarJudoMen's 100 kg[96]
 Panama (PAN)Irving SaladinoAthleticsMen's long jump[97]
2012 London Bahrain (BRN)Maryam Yusuf JamalAthleticsWomen's 1500 metres.[98][99]
 Grenada (GRN)Kirani JamesAthleticsMen's 400 metres[100]
 Serbia (SRB)Milica MandićTaekwondoWomen's +67 kg[101]
2016 Rio de Janeiro Ivory Coast (CIV)Cheick Sallah CisseTaekwondoMen's 80 kg[102]
 Fiji (FIJ)Rugby sevensMen's tournament[103]
 Jordan (JOR)Ahmad Abu-GhaushTaekwondoMen's 68 kg[104]
 Kosovo (KOS)Majlinda KelmendiJudoWomen's 52 kg[105]
 Kuwait (KUW)Fehaid Al-Deehani[note 2]ShootingMen's double trap[107]
 Puerto Rico (PUR)Monica PuigTennisWomen's singles[108]
 Singapore (SGP)Joseph SchoolingSwimmingMen's 100 m butterfly[109]
 Tajikistan (TJK)Dilshod NazarovAthleticsMen's hammer throw[110]
 Vietnam (VIE)Hoàng Xuân VinhShootingMen's 10 m air pistol[111]
2020 Tokyo Bermuda (BER)Flora DuffyTriathlonWomen's individual[112]
 Philippines (PHI)Hidilyn DiazWeightliftingWomen's 55 kg[113]
 Qatar (QAT)Fares IbrahimWeightliftingMen's 96 kg[114]

Winter Olympics[edit]


EditionCountryMedalistSportEventRef.
1924 Chamonix Austria (AUT)Herma SzaboFigure skatingLadies' singles[115]
 Canada (CAN)Ice hockeyMen's competition[116]
 Finland (FIN)Clas ThunbergSpeed skatingMen's 5000 m[117]
 Great Britain (GBR)Curling[note 3]Men's event[118][119]
 Norway (NOR)Thorleif HaugCross-country skiingMen's 50 km[120]
 Sweden (SWE)Gillis GrafströmFigure skatingMen's singles[121]
 Switzerland (SUI)Military patrolMen's event[122]
 United States (USA)Charles JewtrawSpeed skatingMen's 500 m[123]
1928 St. Moritz France (FRA)Andrée Joly
Pierre Brunet
Figure skatingPairs[124]
1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany (GER)Christl CranzAlpine skiingWomen's combined[125]
1948 St. Moritz Belgium (BEL)Micheline Lannoy
Pierre Baugniet
Figure skatingPairs[126]
 Italy (ITA)Nino BibbiaSkeletonMen's individual[127]
1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Soviet Union (URS)Lyubov KozyrevaCross-countryWomen's 10 km[128]
1964 Innsbruck Netherlands (NED)Sjoukje DijkstraFigure skatingLadies[26]
1968 Grenoble Czechoslovakia (TCH)Jiří RaškaSki jumpingMen's normal hill[129]
 East Germany (GDR)Klaus-Michael Bonsack
Thomas Köhler
LugeMen's doubles[130]
 West Germany (FRG)Franz Keller
Erhard Keller
Nordic combined
Speed skating
Men's individual
Men's 500m
[131][132]
1972 Sapporo Japan (JPN)Yukio KasayaSki jumpingNormal hill individual[133][134]
 Poland (POL)Wojciech FortunaSki jumpingLarge hill individual[135]
 Spain (ESP)Francisco Fernández OchoaAlpine skiingMen's slalom[136]
1980 Lake Placid Liechtenstein (LIE)Hanni WenzelAlpine skiingWomen's giant slalom[137]
1992 Albertville South Korea (KOR)Kim Ki-hoonShort track speed skatingMen's 1000 metres[138]
1994 Lillehammer Kazakhstan (KAZ)Vladimir SmirnovCross-country skiingMen's 50 km (classical)[139]
 Russia (RUS)Aleksandr GolubevSpeed skatingMen's 500 m[140]
 Ukraine (UKR)Oksana BaiulFigure skatingWomen's singles[141]
 Uzbekistan (UZB)Lina CheryazovaFreestyle skiingWomen's aerials[142]
1998 Nagano Bulgaria (BUL)Ekaterina DafovskaBiathlonWomen's individual[143]
 Czech Republic (CZE)Ice hockeyMen's competition[144]
2002 Salt Lake Australia (AUS)Steven BradburySpeed skatingMen's 1000 m[145]
 China (CHN)Yang YangSpeed skatingWomen's 500 m[145]
 Croatia (CRO)Janica KostelićAlpine skiingWomen's combined[146]
 Estonia (EST)Andrus VeerpaluCross-country skiingMen's 15 km[147]
2010 Vancouver Belarus (BLR)Alexei GrishinFreestyle skiingMen's aerials[148]
 Slovakia (SVK)Anastasiya KuzminaBiathlonWomen's sprint[149]
2014 Sochi Latvia (LAT)BobsleighFour-man[150]
 Slovenia (SLO)Tina MazeAlpine skiingWomen's downhill[151]
2018 Pyeongchang Hungary (HUN)
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Hungary men's national short track speed skating team
Short track speed skatingMen's 5000 metre relay[152]
2022 Beijing New Zealand (NZL)Zoi Sadowski-SynnottSnowboardingWomen's slopestyle event[153]


Source:

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