RECORDS AND MEDALS AT THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES UPDATE – FEBRUARY 2009 8 - Gunda NIEMANN-STIRNEMANN (GER), OLYMPIC MEDALS speed skating, 1988-1998 8 - Galina KULAKOVA (URS), cross-country, From Chamonix in 1924 until St Moritz in 1928, 1968-1980 the medal presentation ceremonies traditionally 8 - Karin KANIA (GDR), speed skating, 1980- 88 took place at the Games Closing Ceremony. 7 - Marja-Liisa KIRVESNIEMI (FIN), cross- Since 1932 in Lake Placid, the Olympic medals country, 1976-1994 have been presented after each competition. 7 - Manuela DI CENTA (ITA), cross-country, 1984-1998 Today, many of the medals are presented at a 7 - Andrea EHRIG-SCHÖNE-MITSCHERLICH special ceremony, generally in a historic place in (GDR), speed skating, 1976-1988 7 - Larissa LAZUTINA (EUN / RUS), cross- the host city, decorated for the event. In Turin, country, 1992-1998 55 of the 84 presentations took place in the 7 - Yelena VÄLBE, (EUN), cross-country, 1992- Piazza Castello, in the heart of the city. 1998 According to the Olympic Charter1, the medal for first place must be gold coloured, with at MOST MEDALS WON (MEN) least 6 grams of fine gold. The two other medals 12 - Bjørn DAEHLIE (NOR), cross-country, are silver, for second place, and bronze, for 1992-1998 third. In addition, the names of the medallists 9 - Ole Einar BJOERNDALEN (NOR), biathlon, are placed permanently on display in the main 1994-2006 stadium in which the Olympic Games are held. 9 - Sixten JEMBERG (SWE), cross-country, 1956-1964 At the last Winter Games in Turin (2006), the 8 - Kjetil Andre AAMODT (NOR), Alpine skiing, medals were 120mm in diameter and 20mm 1992-2006 thick. In total, there were 1,026 medals struck 8 - Sven FISCHER (GER), biathlon, 1994-2006 for these 2006 Games (342 of each metal). 8 - Ricco GROSS (GER), biathlon, 1992-2006 Some 873kg of metal was used: 2kg of gold, 7 - A. Clas THUNBERG (FIN), speed skating, 167 silver and 704 bronze. In Turin, like in Salt 1924-1928 Lake City in 2002, the reverse of the medals 7 - Vladimir SMIRNOV (URS/EUN/KAZ), cross- varied according to the sporting discipline and country, 1988-1998 included 16 different artistic motifs. 7 - Bogdan MUSIOL (GDR), bobsleigh, 1980- 1988 7 - Eero MÄNTYRANTA (FIN), cross-country, 1960-1972 MOST MEDALS WON (WOMEN) 7 - Veikko HAKULINEN (FIN), cross- 10 - Raisa SMETANINA (URS / EUN), cross- country,1952-1964 country, 1976-1992 7 - Ivar BALLANGRUD (NOR), speed skating, 10 - Stefania BELMONDO (ITA), cross-country, 1928-1936 1992-2002 9 - Lyubov EGOROVA (EUN / RUS), cross- country, 1992-2002 MOST GOLD MEDALS WON 9 - Uschi DISL (GER), biathlon, 1992-2006 (WOMEN) 9 - Claudia PECHSTEIN (GER), speed skating, 6 - Lydia SKOBLIKOVA (URS), speed skating, 1992-2006 1960-1964 6 - Lyubov EGOROVA (EUN / RUS), cross- country, 1992-2002 1 Olympic Charter, 2003, By Law of the Rules 70 Page 1/7 5 - Bonnie BLAIR (USA), speed skating, 88-94 4 - Marja-Liisa KIRVESNIEMI (FIN), cross- 5 - Larissa LAZUTINA (EUN / RUS), cross- country, 1976-1994 country, 1992-1998 4 - Gabriella PARUZZI (ITA), cross-country, 5 - Claudia PECHSTEIN (GER), speed skating, 1992-2006 1992-2006 4 - Lee-Kyung CHUN (KOR), short-track, 92-98 4 - Galina KULAKOVA (URS), cross-country, 1968-1980 MOST BRONZE MEDALS WON 4 - Janica KOSTELIC, (CRO), Alpine skiing, (MEN) 2002-2006 6 - Harri KIRVIESNIEMI (FIN), cross-country, 4 - Raisa SMETANINA (URS / EUN), cross- 1980-1998 country, 1976-1992 4 - Mika MYLLYLAE (FIN), cross-country, 94-98 4 - Roald LARSEN (NOR), speed skating, 24-28 MOST GOLD MEDALS WON 4 - Rintje RITSMA (NED), speed skating, 92-06 (MEN) 8 - Bjørn DAEHLIE (NOR), cross-country, 92-98 MOST GOLD MEDALS WON 5 - A. Clas THUNBERG (FIN), speed skating, AT ONE EDITION OF THE 1924-1928 5 - Eric HEIDEN (USA), speed skating, 1980 GAMES (MEN) 5 - Thomas ALSGAARD (NOR), cross-country, 5 - Eric HEIDEN (USA), speed skating, 1980 1994-2002 4 - Ole Einar BJOERNDALEN (NOR), biathlon, 5 - Ole Einar BJOERNDALEN (NOR), biathlon, 1992 1994-2002 Several athletes have won three medals at the 4 - Twelve athletes have won four gold medals same edition of the Games. MOST GOLD MEDALS WON MOST SILVER MEDALS WON AT ONE EDITION OF THE (WOMEN) 5 - Raisa SMETANINA (URS / EUN), cross- GAMES (WOMEN) country, 1976-1992 4 - Lydia SKOBLIKOVA (URS), speed skating, 5 - Andrea EHRIG-SCHÖNE-MITSCHERLICH 1960-1964 (GDR), speed skating, 1976-1988 3 - Lyubov EGOROVA (EUN / RUS), cross- 4 - Karin KANIA (GDR), speed skating, 1980-88 country, deux fois en 1992 et 1994 4 - Gunda NIEMANN-STIRNEMANN (GER), 3 - Galina KULAKOVA (URS), cross-country, 72 speed skating, 1988-1998 3 - Larissa LAZUTINA (EUN / RUS), cross- 4 - Yang YANG (S) (CHN), speed skating, 94-02 country, 1998 4 - Hilkka RIIHIVUORI (FIN) cross-country, 3 - Marja-Liisa KIRVESNIEMI (FIN), cross- 1972-1980 country, 1984 4 - Uschi DISL (GER), biathlon, 1992-2006 3 - Janica KOSTELIC (CRO), Alpine skiing, 02 3 - Yvonne VAN GENNIP, (NED), speed skating. 1988 MOST SILVER MEDALS WON 3 - Klavdiya BOYARSKIKH (URS), cross- (MEN) country, 1964 5 - Bogdan MUSIOL (GDR), bobsleigh, 1980-88 3 - Sun-Yu JIN, (KOR), short track speed 4 - Bjørn DAEHLIE (NOR), cross-country, 92-98 skating, 2006 4 - Vladimir SMIRNOV (URS/EUN/KAZ), cross- country, 1988-1998 MOST MEDALS WON IN 3 - Eighteen athletes have won three medals INDIVIDUAL EVENTS MOST BRONZE MEDALS WON MEN: 9 - Bjørn DAEHLIE, (NOR), cross-country, (WOMEN) 1992- 1998 5 - Stefania BELMONDO (ITA), cross-country, WOMEN: 1992-2002 8 - Karin KANIA (RDA), speed skating, 1980-88 4 - Yelena VÄLBE, (EUN), cross-country, 92-98 Records and medals / February 2009 Page 2/7 8 - Claudia PECHSTEIN (GER), speed skating, 5 - Yang YANG (S) (CHN), 0-4-1 1992-2006 8 - Gunda NIEMANN-STIRNEMANN (GDR- Figure skating (individual, pairs and GER), speed-skating, 1988-1998 ice dancing): 3 - Sonja HENIE (NOR), 3-0-0 MOST GOLD MEDALS WON IN 3 - Irina RODNINA (URS), 3-0-0 INDIVIDUAL EVENTS 3 - Andrée BRUNET (FRA), 2-0-1 3 - Beatrix LOUGHRAN (USA), 0-2-1 MEN: 3 - Marina KLIMOVA (RUS), 1-1-1 6 - Bjørn DAEHLIE (NOR), cross-country, 92-98 WOMEN : Alpine skiing: 6 - Lydia SKOBLIKOVA (URS /RUS), speed skating, 1960-1964 6 - Janica KOSTELIC (CRO), 4-2-0 5 - Katja SEIZINGER (GER), 3-0-2 5 - Vreni SCHNEIDER (SUI), 3-1-1 MOST MEDALS WON BY 5 - Anja PAERSON (SWE), 1-1-3 DISCIPLINE (WOMEN) Biathlon: Cross-country skiing: 10 - Raisa SMETANINA (URS / EUN), 4-5-1 9 - Uschi DISL (GER), 2 gold medals - 4 silver 10 - Stefania BELMONDO (ITA), 2-3-5 medals - 3 bronze medals 9 - Ljubov EGOROVA (RUS), 6-3-0 6 - Kati Wilhelm (GER), 3-3-0 8 - Galina KULAKOVA (URS), 4-2-2 5 - Albina AKHATOVA (RUS), 1-1-3 7 - Larissa LAZUTINA (RUS), 5-1-1 4 - Katrin APEL (GER), 2-1-1 7 - Yelena VÄLBE, (EUN /RUS), 3-0-4 4 - Antje HARVEY (GER), 1-3-0 7 - Marja Liisa KIRVESNIEMI (FIN), 3-4-0 7 - Manuela Di CENTA (ITA), 2-2-3 Bobsleigh 1 - Twelve athletes have won one medal Freestyle skiing: Curling 3 - Kari TRAA (NOR), 1-1-1 2 - Myriam OTT (SUI), 0-2-0 2 - Alisa CAMPLIN (AUS), 1-0-1 2 - Julie SKINNER (CAN), 0-0-2 2 - Tae SATOYA (JAP), 1-0-1 2 - Stine Lise HATTESTAD (NOR), 1-0-1 Hockey: 2 - Marie LINDGREN (SWE) 0-2-0 3 - Six players from Canada, 2-1-0 2 - Yelizaveta KOZHEVNIKOVA (EUN) 0-1-1 3 - Three players from the USA, 1-1-1 Snowboard: Luge: 2 - Karine RUBY (FRA), 1-1-0 3 - Susi-Lisa ERDMANN (GER) 0-1-2 2 - Seven athletes have won two medals Skeleton 1 - Six athletes have won one medal Speed skating: 9 - Claudia PECHSTEIN (GER), 5-2-2 MOST MEDALS WON BY 8 - Karin KANIA (GDR), 3-4-1 DISCIPLINE (MEN) 8 - Gunda NIEMANN-STIRNEMANN (GER), 3-4-1 7 - Andréa EHRIG (GDR), 1-5-1 Biathlon: 6 - Lydia SKOBLIKOVA (URS /RUS), 6-0-0 9 - Ole Einar BJOERNDALEN (NOR), 5 gold 6 - Bonnie BLAIR (USA), 5-0-1 medals - 3 silver medals - 1 bronze medal 6 - Cindy KLASSEN (CAN), 1-2-3 8 - Ricco GROSS (GER), 4-3-1 8 - Sven FISCHER (GER), 4-2-2 Short-track speed skating: 6 - Serguei TCHEPIKOV (URS / EUN / RUS), 2-3-1 5 - Lee-Kyung CHUN (KOR), 4-0-1 5 - Aleksandr TIKHONOV (URS), 4-1-0 5 - Yang YANG (A) (CHN), 2-2-1 5 - Peter ANGERER (FRG), 1-2-2 Records and medals / February 2009 Page 3/7 5 - Franck LUCK (GER), 2-3-0 Figure skating (individual, pairs and 5 - Halvard HANEVOLD (NOR), 2-2-1 ice dancing): 3 3 - Gillis GRAFSTRÖM (SWE), 2-1-0, Bobsleigh: 3 - Artur DMITRIYEV (RUS), 2-1-0 7 - Bogdan MUSIOL (GDR), 1-5-1 3 - Pierre BRUNET (FRA), 2-0-1 6 - Wolfgang HOPPE (GER), 2-3-1 3 - Sergey PONOMARENKO (EUN), 1-1-1 6 - Eugenio MONTI (ITA), 2-2-2 5 - Fritz FEIERABEND (SUI), 0-3-2 Ski jumping: 5 - Matti NYKANEN (FIN),4-1-0 Nordic combined: 4 - Martin HOELLWARTH (AUT), 0-3-1 2 6 - Johan GROTTUMSBRAATEN (NOR), 3-1-2 4 - Jens WEISSFLOG (GER), 3-1-0 6 - Felix GOTTWALD (AUT), 2-1-3 4 - Matti HAUTAMAEKI (FIN), 0-3-1 5 - Samppa LAJUNEN (FIN), 3-2-0 4 - Fred Boerre LUNDBERG (NOR), 2-2-0 Freestyle skiing: 4 - Bjarte Engen VIK (NOR), 2-1-1 4 - Georg HETTICH (GER), 1-2-1 3 - Philippe LAROCHE (CAN), 1-1-0 4 - Klaus SULZENBACHER (AUT), 0-1-3 3 - Janne LAHTELA (FIN), 1-1-0 3 - Edgar GROSPIRON (FRA), 1-0-1 Curling: Alpine skiing: 2 - Flemming DAVANGER (NOR), 1-1-0 2 - Stig-Arne GUNNESTAD (NOR), 0-1-1 8 - Kjetil Andre AAMODT (NOR), 4-2-2 5 - Lasse KJUS (NOR), 1-3-1 5 - Alberto TOMBA (ITA), 3-2-0 Ice hockey: 4 - Hermann MAIER (AUT), 2-1-1 4 - Vladislav TRETYAK (URS), 3-1-0 4 - Benjamin RAICH (AUT), 2-0-2 4 - Jiri HOLIK (TCH), 0-2-2 4 - Stephan EBERHARTER (AUT), 1-2-1 3 - Thirty-two players have won two medals 3 - Anton SAILER (AUT), 3-0-0 3 - Jean-Claude KILLY (FRA), 3-0-0 Luge (singles and doubles): 3 - Henri OREILLER (FRA), 2-0-1 5 - Georg HACKL (GER), 3-2-0 3 - Ingemar STENMARK (SWE), 2-0-1 4 - Stefan KRAUSSE (GDR),