Olympic Games

[Roseh]

I have a question from our company quiz this month and I have conflicting answers so if anyone can help I would be most grateful.

Who holds the record for the most Olympic Gold Medals ever won and who is trying to better that record?

thx

[squarebear]

Larissa Latynina has won 9 gold medals.
Mark Spitz and Carl Lewis also won 9 gold medals.

The American swimmer, Mark Spitz, has the record of most gold medals a single Olympiad, with seven gold medals. This achievement was made in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he won, and set a new world record, in each of the following events: 100 m freestyle, 200 m freestyle, 100 m butterfly, 200 m butterfly, 4 x 100 m freestyle, 4 x 200 m freestyle and the 4 x 100 m medley.

I would imagine every athlete would like to break this record.

[swannbaker]

Ray Ewry won 10 Olympic golds .

[squarebear]

Ray won eight according to this Olympic site:
http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/profiles/bi o_uk.asp?PAR_I_ID=58689

[Roseh]

thanks a million for this. I have Michael Phelps who is trying to beat Mark Spitz record for golds.

thanks again R.