List of athletes with the most appearances at Olympic Games


A small fraction of the world's population ever competes at the Olympic Games; an even smaller fraction ever competes in multiple Games. 515 athletes have participated in at least five Olympics from Athens 1896 to Pyeongchang 2018, but excluding the 1906 Intercalated Games. Just over a hundred of these have gone on to make at least a sixth Olympic appearance.

Multiple appearances

Several athletes would have made more appearances at the Olympics but for reasons out of their control, such as World Wars, politically motivated boycotts, financial difficulties, or ill-timed injuries.
Canadian equestrian athlete Ian Millar has competed at ten Olympic games. Austrian sailor Hubert Raudaschl and Latvian shooter Afanasijs Kuzmins have each made nine Olympic appearances.
Well over half of six-time Olympians belong to the shooting, equestrian, sailing and fencing disciplines, which are known for allowing athletes more longevity at the elite level. Athletics and cross-country skiing also provide a large number of athletes who have competed at five Olympics.
Approximately a quarter of long-competing athletes are female. Italian canoeist Josefa Idem became the first woman to take part in eight Olympics, eventually reaching the final of the K1-500m event at the age of 48. Before her, the closest a female athlete had come to competing at eight Olympics was 0.028 seconds, which was the time by which Jamaican-Slovenian sprinter Merlene Ottey had failed to meet the qualification time required for appearance at the 2008 Summer Olympics, at age 48.
Four six-time Olympians here have participated in Olympic Games over a period of 40 years: Bahamian sailor Durward Knowles, Danish sailor Paul Elvstrøm, Danish fencer Ivan Osiier, and Norwegian sailor Magnus Konow. Note should also be made of Japanese equestrian Hiroshi Hoketsu, whose first and third Olympic appearances in 1964 and 2012 were 48 years apart. Seven-time Olympian Oksana Chusovitina competed in artistic gymnastics at every Olympics from 1992-2016. She continues to compete in her early 40s in a sport where few competitors continue past their mid-20s or compete at two or three Olympics.
Two five-time Olympians competed under four different flags at the Olympics, one of whom never actually changed nationality. Both shooter Jasna Šekarić and table tennis player Ilija Lupulesku competed for Yugoslavia at the 1988 Olympics. In 1992, since Yugoslavia was under UN sanctions, they competed as Independent Olympic Participants before competing at the next Olympics under the flag of Serbia and Montenegro. Lupulesku became an American citizen and competed for the USA in 2004, while Šekarić finally competed for Serbia in 2008.
Thirteen five-time Olympians have won at least eight medals: American swimmer Michael Phelps, Norwegian biathlete Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Italian fencer Edoardo Mangiarotti, German kayaker Birgit Fischer, American swimmer Dara Torres, Hungarian fencer Aladár Gerevich, Finnish gymnast Heikki Savolainen, Jamaican-Slovenian sprinter Merlene Ottey, German speed skater Claudia Pechstein, Romanian rower Elisabeta Oleniuc, German equestrian Reiner Klimke, Italian fencer Giovanna Trillini, Dutch equestrian Anky van Grunsven, and Russian diver Dmitri Sautin.
About thirty athletes who have competed in at least five Olympics participated in two sports, with nearly half of them competing at both the Winter and Summer Olympics. The most common cross-over sports are biathlon/cross-country skiing, athletics/bobsleigh, and cycling/speed skating.
Married couples among five-time Olympians include biathletes Ole Einar Bjørndalen and Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen, Lithuanian pairs figure skaters Margarita Drobiazko and Povilas Vanagas, Finnish cross-country skiers Harri Kirvesniemi and Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen, lugers Susi Erdmann and Gerhard Plankensteiner.
Familial relationships among five-time Olympians include Belgian shooters François Lafortune Sr and Jr, Italian equestrians Piero and Raimondo d'Inzeo, British canoeists Andrew and Stephen Train, Greek shooters Alexandros and Ioannis Theofilakis, Italian cross-country skiers Sabina and Fulvio Valbusa, Brazilian equestrians Nelson and Rodrigo Pessoa, Austrian lugers Markus and Tobias Schiegl. A more tenuous relationship is that of Argentine sailors Jorge Salas Chávez and Roberto Sieburger; Chávez's cousin Jorge del Río Salas married Sieburger's cousin Marylin Sieburger.

List of athletes with at least six Olympic appearances

Athletes in bold are believed to be still active i.e. have yet to announce their retirement. Female athletes are displayed with a pink background. Sorting is by number of appearances, date of last appearance, date of birth.
App.AthleteNationBirth/DeathGamesPeriod
SportTot.
10Ian Millar Canada19471972/1976, 1984/201240 years Equestrian0101
9Hubert Raudaschl19421964/199632 years Sailing0202
9Afanasijs Kuzmins and 19471976/1980, 1988/201236 years Shooting1012
8Piero d'Inzeo1923-20141948/197628 years Equestrian0246
8Raimondo d'Inzeo1925-20131948/197628 years Equestrian1236
8Durward Knowles and 1917-20181948/1972, 198840 years Sailing1012
8Paul Elvstrøm1928-20161948/1960, 1968/1972 and 1984/198840 years Sailing4004
8Rajmond Debevec and 19631984/201228 years Shooting1023
8Josefa Idem Guerrini and 19641984/201228 years Canoeing1225
8Lesley Thompson Canada19591984/2000, 2008/201632 years Rowing1315
8Francisco Boza19641980/2004, 201636 years Shooting0101
8Nino Salukvadze, and 19691988/201628 years Shooting1113
8Noriaki Kasai19721992/201826 years Ski jumping0213
7Ivan Osiier1888/19651908/1912, 1920/1932 and 194840 years Fencing0101
7François Lafortune, Jr19321952/197624 years Shooting0000
7Kerstin Palm19461964/198824 years Fencing0000
7John Michael Plumb USA19401964/1976, 1984/199228 years Equestrian2406
7Ragnar Skanåker19341972/199624 years Shooting1214
7Seiko Hashimoto Japan19641984/1994, 1988/1996 12 years Speed skating and cycling 0011
7Merlene Ottey and 19601980/200424 years Athletics0369
7Jeannie Longo France19581984/200824 years Cycling1214
7Andrew Hoy Australia19591984/2004, 201228 years Equestrian3014
7Jos Lansink and 19611988/201224 years Equestrian1001
7Ralf Schumann and Germany 19621988/201224 years Shooting3205
7Jasna Šekarić, , and 19651988/201224 years Shooting1315
7Jörgen Persson19661988/201224 years Table tennis0000
7Anky van Grunsven19681988/201224 years Equestrian3519
7Zoran Primorac and 19691988/201224 years Table tennis0101
7Jean-Michel Saive19691988/201224 years Table tennis0000
7Albert Demtschenko and Russia 19711992/201422 years Luge0303
7Mark Todd19561984/1992, 2000 and 2008/201632 years Equestrian2136
7Nick Skelton19571988/1996, 2004/201628 years Equestrian2002
7Ludger Beerbaum and Germany 19631988/2008, 201628 years Equestrian4015
7Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén19671992/201624 years Equestrian0000
7Jesús Ángel García Bragado19691992/201624 years Athletics0000
7Giovanni Pellielo19701992/201624 years Shooting0314
7João Rodrigues19711992/201624 years Sailing0000
7Ekaterina Karsten and 19721992/201624 years Rowing2125
7Leander Paes19731992/201624 years Tennis0011
7Segun Toriola19741992/201624 years Table tennis0000
7Oksana Chusovitina, , and Germany 19751992/201624 years Gymnastics1102
7Claudia Pechstein19721992/2006, 2014-201826 years Speed skating5229
7Sergei Dolidovich19731994/201824 years Cross-country skiing0000
7Janne Ahonen19771994/201824 years Ski jumping0202
6Magnus Konow1887/19721908/1912, 1920, 1928, 1936 and 194840 years Sailing2103
6Norman Armitage USA1907/19721928/1936, 1948/195628 years Fencing0011
6Aladár Gerevich1910/19911932/1936, 1948/196028 years Fencing71210
6Janice York Romary USA1927/20071948/196820 years Fencing0000
6Lia Manoliu1932/19981952/197220 years Athletics1023
6Jerzy Pawłowski1932/20051952/197220 years Fencing1315
6Hans Günter Winkler Germany and 1926/20181956/197620 years Equestrian5117
6William McMillan USA1929/20001952/1960-197620 years Shooting1001
6Adam Smelczyński19301956/197620 years Shooting0101
6Bill Hoskyns1931/20131956/197620 years Fencing0202
6Frank Chapot USA1932/20161956/197620 years Equestrian0202
6Carl-Erik Eriksson19301964/198420 years Bobsleigh0000
6Jim Elder Canada19341956/1960, 1968, 1972/1976 and 198428 years Equestrian1023
6Hans Fogh and Canada 1938/20141960/1976, 198424 years Sailing0112
6Reiner Klimke Germany and 1936/19991960/1976, 1984/198828 years Equestrian6028
6Colin Coates Australia19461968/198820 years Speed skating0000
6John Primrose Canada19421968/1976, 1984/199224 years Shooting0000
6Jiří Pták19461968/1980, 1988/199224 years Rowing0000
6Christilot Hanson-Boylen Canada19471964/1976, 1984 and 199228 years Equestrian0000
6Alfred Eder19531976/199418 years Biathlon0000
6Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen19551976/199418 years Cross-country skiing3047
6Hugo Simon19421972/1976, 1984/199624 years Equestrian0101
6Luis Álvarez de Cervera19471972/1976, 1984/199624 years Equestrian0000
6Eric Swinkels19491972/1976, 1984/199624 years Shooting0101
6Anastasios Bountouris19551976/199620 years Sailing0011
6Tessa Sanderson19561976/199620 years Athletics1001
6John Foster, Sr19381972/1976, 1984/1992 and 1998 20 years Sailing and bobsleigh 0000
6Harri Kirvesniemi19581980/199818 years Cross-country skiing0066
6Jochen Behle and Germany 19601980/199818 years Cross-country skiing0000
6Christine Stückelberger19471972/1976, 1984/1988 and 1996/200028 years Equestrian1214
6Jochen Schümann and Germany 19541976/1980, 1988/200024 years Sailing3104
6Nonka Matova19541976/1980, 1988/200024 years Shooting0101
6Juan Giha, Jr.19551980/200020 years Shooting0101
6Philippe Boccara France and USA 19591980/200020 years Canoeing0011
6Angelo Mazzoni19611980/200020 years Fencing2013
6Manuel Estiarte19611980/200020 years Water polo1102
6Terry McHugh19631988/2000, 1992 and 1998 12 years Athletics and bobsleigh 0000
6Michael Dixon19621984/200218 years Cross-country skiing and biathlon 0000
6Raimo Helminen19641984/200218 years Ice hockey0123
6Markus Prock19641984/200218 years Luge0214
6Emese Hunyady and 19661984/200218 years Speed skating1113
6Harald Stenvaag19531984/200420 years Shooting0112
6Robert Dover USA19561984/200420 years Equestrian0044
6Colin Beashel Australia19591984/200420 years Sailing0011
6Torben Grael19601984/200420 years Sailing2125
6Wang Yifu China19601984/200420 years Shooting2316
6Birgit Fischer and Germany 19621980, 1988/200424 years Canoeing84012
6Sorin Babii19631984/200420 years Shooting1012
6Elisabeta Oleniuc Lipă19641984/200420 years Rowing5218
6Agathi Kassoumi19661984/200420 years Shooting0000
6Anne Abernathy19531988/200618 years Luge0000
6Georg Hackl and Germany 19661988/200618 years Luge3205
6Sergei Tchepikov, and Russia 19671988/200618 years Cross-country skiing and biathlon 2316
6Gerda Weissensteiner19691988/200618 years Luge and bobsleigh 1012
6Wilfried Huber19701988/200618 years Luge1001
6Kateřina Neumannová and 19731996, 1992/2006 14 years Cross-country skiing and cycling 1416
6Susan Nattrass Canada19501976, 1988/1992 and 2000/200832 years Shooting0000
6Kyra Kyrklund19511980/1996, 200828 years Equestrian0000
6Ilario Di Buò19561984/1992, 2000/200824 years Archery0202
6Juha Hirvi19601988/200820 years Shooting0101
6Andrea Benelli19601988/200820 years Shooting1012
6Tanyu Kiryakov19631988/200820 years Shooting2013
6Juan Esteban Curuchet19651984/1988, 1996/200824 years Cycling1001
6James Tomkins Australia19651988/200820 years Rowing3014
6Fabienne Diato-Pasetti19651988/200820 years Shooting0000
6Jüri Jaanson and 19651988/200820 years Rowing0202
6Václav Chalupa and 19671988/200820 years Rowing0101
6João N'Tyamba19681988/200820 years Athletics0000
6Maria Mutola19721988/200820 years Athletics1012
6Ilmārs Bricis19701992/201018 years Biathlon0000
6Andrus Veerpalu19711992/201018 years Cross-country skiing2103
6Marco Büchel19711992/201018 years Alpine skiing0000
6Anna Orlova19721992/201018 years Luge0000
6Evgeniya Radanova19771994/2010, 2004 16 years Speed skating and cycling 0213
6Andrew Nicholson19611984, 1992/1996 and 2004/201228 years Equestrian0123
6Russell Mark19641988/2000, 2008/201224 years Shooting1102
6Štěpánka Hilgertová and 19681992/201220 years Canoeing2002
6Sergey Martynov and 19681988, 1996/201224 years Shooting1023
6Hugo Hoyama19691992/201220 years Table tennis0000
6Mönkhbayar Dorjsurengiin and 19691992/201220 years Shooting0022
6Natalia Valeeva, and 19691992/201220 years Archery0022
6Fredrik Lööf19691992/201220 years Sailing1023
6Alessandra Sensini19701992/201220 years Sailing1124
6Dragutin Topić, and 19711992/201220 years Athletics0000
6Nicoleta Grădinaru-Grasu19711992/201220 years Athletics0000
6Alison Williamson19711992/201220 years Archery0011
6Michael Diamond19721992/201220 years Shooting2002
6Mariya Grozdeva19721992/201220 years Shooting2035
6Clara Hughes19721996/2000, 2012 and 2002/2010 16 years Cycling, Speed skating 1146
6Rodrigo Pessoa19721992/201220 years Equestrian1023
6Yordan Yovchev19731992/201220 years Gymnastics0134
6Franck Dumoulin19731992/201220 years Shooting1001
6Lars Frölander19741992/201220 years Swimming1203
6Yevgeniya Artamonova and 19751992/201220 years Volleyball0303
6Derya Büyükuncu19761992/201220 years Swimming0000
6Hubertus Von Hohenlohe19591984/201430 years Alpine skiing0000
6Teemu Selänne19701992, 1998/201422 years Ice Hockey0134
6Armin Zöggeler19741994/201420 years Luge2136
6Ole Einar Bjørndalen19741994/201420 years Biathlon84113
6Todd Lodwick19761994/201420 years Nordic combined0101
6Mario Stecher19771994/201420 years Nordic combined2024
6Lee Kyou-hyuk19781994/201420 years Speed skating0000
6Hayley Wickenheiser19781998/2014, 2000 16 years Ice Hockey and Softball 4105
6John Whitaker19551984, 1992/2000, 2008 and 201632 years Equestrian0101
6Lalita Yauhleuskaya and 19631996/201620 years Shooting0011
6Emil Milev and 19681992/2004, 2012/201624 years Shooting0101
6Karin Donckers19711992, 2000/201624 years Equestrian0000
6Daniel Nestor19721996/201620 years Tennis1001
6Robert Scheidt19731996/201620 years Sailing2215
6Sergey Tetyukhin19751996/201620 years Volleyball1124
6Aida Mohamed19761996/201620 years Fencing0000
6Kim Collins19761996/201620 years Athletics0000
6Vladimir Samsonov19761996/201620 years Table tennis0000
6Áron Gádorfalvi19761996/201620 years Sailing0000
6Therese Alshammar19771996/201620 years Swimming0213
6Formiga19781996/201620 years Football0202
6Kim Rhode19791996/201620 years Shooting3126
6Taizo Sugitani19761996/201620 years Equestrian0000
6Phillip Dutton and 19631996/201620 years Equestrian2013
6Nasser Al-Attiyah19701996/201620 years Shooting0011
6Olufunke Oshonaike 19751996/201620 years Table Tennis0000
6Simon Ammann19811998/201820 years Ski jumping4004
6Shiva Keshavan and 19811998/201820 years Luge0000
6Kim Hyun-ki19831998/201820 years Ski jumping0000
6Hannu Manninen19781994/2010, 201824 years Nordic combined1113
6Jaqueline Mourão19752004/2008, 2006-2018 14 years Cross-country, Biathlon and Cycling 0000
6Alla Tsuper and 19791998/201820 years Freestyle skiing1001

Athletes with at least five Olympic appearances

521 athletes have competed in at least five Olympic Games between 1896 and 2016 inclusive. They are listed here, grouped by discipline. The columns labelled 'N+' denote the number of athletes who have competed in at least N Olympics. The number of male and female athletes who have competed in at least five Olympics are also listed, in the columns labelled 'M' and 'F'.
Athletes who have competed in more than one sport are counted once per sport.
Discipline5+MF6+7+Athletes
Shooting8774133499: Afanasijs Kuzmins, 8: Rajmond Debevec, Nino Salukvadze, Francisco Boza, 7: François Lafortune, Jr, Ragnar Skanåker, Jasna Šekarić, Ralf Schumann, Giovanni Pellielo, 6: William McMillan, Adam Smelczyński, John Primrose, Eric Swinkels, Nonka Matova, Juan Giha, Jr., Agathi Kassoumi, Harald Stenvaag, Wang Yifu, Sorin Babii, Susan Nattrass, Juha Hirvi, Andrea Benelli, Tanyu Kiryakov, Fabienne Diato-Pasetti, Russell Mark, Sergey Martynov, Mariya Grozdeva, Michael Diamond, Mönkhbayar Dorjsurengiin, Franck Dumoulin, Kim Rhode, Emil Milev, Lalita Yauhleuskaya, Nasser Al-Attiyah, 5: Nedžad Fazlija, Hans Aasnæs, Alister Allan, Jean-Pierre Amat, Gilmour Boa, Gabriele Bühlmann, María del Pilar Fernández, Dencho Denev, Hennie Dompeling, Svetlana Demina, Thomas Farnik, Martin Gison, Jorge González, Durval Guimarães, Andrei Inešin, Harald Jensen, Mohamed Khorshed, Boris Kokorev, Szilárd Kun, Jacques Lafortune, Lee Eun-chul, Pentti Linnosvuo, Kanstantsin Lukashyk, Lars Jørgen Madsen, Goran Maksimović, Anton Manolov, John McNally, Stevan Pletikošić, Iulian Raicea, João Rebelo, Firmo Roberti, Ralph Rodríguez, Francisco Romero Arribas, Galliano Rossini, Nicolae Rotaru, Peter Rull, Sr., Ricardo Rusticucci, Juan Seguí, Péter Sidi, Karni Singh, Randhir Singh, Attila Solti, Alexandros Theophilakis, Ioannis Theofilakis, Guillermo Torres, Torsten Ullman, Eladio Vallduvi, Paul Van Asbroeck, Wolfram Waibel, Sr., Axel Wegner, Tao-Yan Wu, Józef Zapędzki, Abhinav Bindra
Equestrian57461127910: Ian Millar, 8: Piero d'Inzeo, Raimondo d'Inzeo, 7: Michael Plumb, Andrew Hoy, Jos Lansink, Mark Todd, Tinne Vilhelmson-Silfvén, Nick Skelton, 6: Hans Günter Winkler, Frank Chapot, Jim Elder, Reiner Klimke, Christilot Hanson-Boylen, Hugo Simon, Luis Álvarez, Christine Stückelberger, Robert Dover, Kyra Kyrklund, Rodrigo Pessoa, Ludger Beerbaum, Andrew Nicholson, Anky van Grunsven, Karin Donckers, John Whitaker, Taizo Sugitani, Phillip Dutton 5: Alessandro Argenton, David Bárcena Ríos, David Broome, Henrique Callado, Henri Chammartin, Bruce Davidson, Carlos D'Elia, Dominique d'Esmé, Peter Eriksson, Gustav Fischer, Markus Fuchs, Nils Haagensen, Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola, André Jousseaumé, Ivan Kalita, Bengt Ljungquist, Graziano Mancinelli, Álvaro de Miranda Neto, Nelson Pessoa, Bill Roycroft, Henri Saint Cyr, Ian Stark, Bill Steinkraus, Mary Thomson-King, Manuel Torres, Isabell Werth, Mary Hanna, Ingrid Klimke, Linda Algotsson
Athletics5331221027: Merlene Ottey, Jesús Ángel García Bragado, 6: Lia Manoliu, Terry McHugh, Maria Mutola, João N'Tyamba, Tessa Sanderson, Nicoleta Grădinaru-Grasu, Kim Collins, Dragutin Topić, 5: Amy Acuff, Toni Bernadó, Tim Berrett, Sabine Braun, Willie Davenport, Pauline Davis-Thompson, Giovanni De Benedictis, Gail Devers-Roberts, Jackie Edwards, Laverne Eve, Susana Feitor, Olga Fikotová, Glenroy Gilbert, Vladimir Golubnichy, Rob Heffernan, Max Houben, Bernard Lagat, John Ljunggren, Chris Maddocks, Paul Martin, Fiona May, Pietro Mennea, Mathias Ntawulikura, Alex Oakley, Mary Onyali-Omagbemi, Abdon Pamich, Jo Pavey, Jefferson Pérez, Fernanda Ribeiro, Sandie Richards, Carlos Sala, Martin Schützenauer, Janusz Sidło, Trine Solberg-Hattestad, Irena Szewińska-Kirszenstein, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Urs von Wartburg, Letitia Vriesde, Willye White, Irina Yatchenko, Jan Železný, Szymon Ziółkowski, Branko Zorko, Ellina Zvereva
Sailing423931549: Hubert Raudaschl, 8: Paul Elvstrøm, Durward Knowles, 7: João Rodrigues, 6: Colin Beashel, Anastasios Bountouris, Hans Fogh, John Foster, Sr, Torben Grael, Magnus Konow, Fredrik Lööf, Alessandra Sensini, Robert Scheidt, Jochen Schümann, Áron Gádorfalvi, 5: Duarte Manuel Bello, William Berntsen, Reinaldo Conrad, José Luis Doreste, Carlos Espínola, Roland Gäbler, Tore Holm, Nikos Kaklamanakis, Barbara Kendall, Andreas Kosmatopoulos, Willi Kuhweide, Mateusz Kusznierewicz, Santiago Lange, Jacques Baptiste Lebrun, Ross MacDonald, Konstantin Melgunov, Mark Neeleman, Fernanda Oliveira, Tony Philp, Timir Pinegin, Jorge Alberto Salas Chávez, Fyodor Shutkov, Roberto Sieburger, Hans Spitzauer, Agostino Straulino, Peter Tallberg, David Wilkins
Fencing35269927: Ivan Osiier, Kerstin Palm, 6: Norman Armitage, Aladár Gerevich, Janice Romary, Jerzy Pawłowski, Bill Hoskyns, Angelo Mazzoni, Aida Mohamed, 5: Albie Axelrod, Philippe Cattiau, Arie de Jong, Antonio García, Martin Holt, Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl, Géza Imre, Allan Jay, Jenő Kamuti, Pavel Kolobkov, Iván Kovács, Pál Kovács, Jacques Lefèvre, Bengt Ljungquist, Peter Macken, Edoardo Mangiarotti, Robert Montgomerie, Ellen Müller-Preis, Olga Orban-Szabo, Stanislav Pozdnyakov, Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő, Giovanna Trillini, Joachim Wendt, Peter Westbrook, Ye Chong, Margherita Zalaffi, Tatiana Logunova
Cross-country skiing3624121017: Sergei Dolidovich, 6: Marja-Liisa Kirvesniemi-Hämäläinen, Harri Kirvesniemi, Jochen Behle, Andrus Veerpalu, Michael Dixon, Kateřina Neumannová, Sergei Tchepikov, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, Hannu Manninen, 5: Ivan Bátory, Stefania Belmondo, Marit Bjørgen, Oddvar Brå, Maurilio De Zolt, Manuela Di Centa, Aleksander Grajf, Juan Jesús Gutiérrez, Markus Hasler, Arturo Kinch, Jaak Mae, Oļegs Maļuhins, Torgny Mogren, Gabriella Paruzzi, Gianfranco Polvara, Alexey Prokurorov, Kikkan Randall, Riitta-Liisa Roponen, Raisa Smetanina, Kristina Šmigun-Vähi, Alois Stadlober, Athanassios Tsakiris, Sabina Valbusa, Fulvio Valbusa, Giorgio Vanzetta, Yelena Volodina-Antonova
Table tennis251510747: Jörgen Persson, Zoran Primorac, Jean-Michel Saive, Segun Toriola, 6: Hugo Hoyama, Olufunke Oshonaike, Vladimir Samsonov, 5: Csilla Bátorfi, Timo Boll, Patrick Chila, Adrian Crișan, Bose Kaffo, Nanthana Komwong, Petr Korbel, Kalinikos Kreanga, Jian Fang Lay, Liu Jia, Ilija Lupulesku, Viktoria Pavlovich, Fabiola Ramos, Jörg Roßkopf, Elke Schall, Werner Schlager, Krisztina Tóth, Jan-Ove Waldner
Canoeing25169418: Josefa Idem-Guerrini, 6: Philippe Boccara, Birgit Fischer, Štěpánka Hilgertová, 5: Agneta Andersson, Beniamino Bonomi, Grayson Bourne, Caroline Brunet, Natasa Dusev-Janics, Ian Ferguson, David Ford, Cristina Giai Pron, Dennis Green, Zoltán Kammerer, Aneta Konieczna, Michal Martikán, Anna Olsson, Ivan Patzaichin, Adrian Powell, Clint Robinson, Antonio Rossi, Michał Śliwiński, Andrew Train, Stephen Train, Erik Vlček
Rowing24168728: Lesley Thompson, 7: Ekaterina Khodatovich-Karsten, 6: Václav Chalupa, Jüri Jaanson, Elisabeta Oleniuc Lipă, Jiří Pták, James Tomkins, 5: Jack Beresford, Kathrin Boron, Iztok Čop, Rumyana Dzhadzharova-Neykova, Rossano Galtarossa, Elena Georgescu-Nedelcu, Doina Ignat, Pertti Karppinen, Marek Kolbowicz, Adam Korol, Raffaello Leonardo, Yuriy Lorentsson, Aleksandr Lukyanov, Mike McKay, Constanţa Pipotă-Burcică, Steve Redgrave, Nico Rienks
Luge21156917: Albert Demchenko, 6: Georg Hackl, Wilfried Huber, Anna Orlova, Markus Prock, Gerda Weissensteiner, Anne Abernathy, Armin Zöggeler, Shiva Keshavan, 5: Sergey Danilin, Susi Erdmann, Mark Grimmette, Oswald Haselrieder, Paul Hildgartner, Mária Jasenčáková, Gerhard Plankensteiner, Hansjörg Raffl, Mārtiņš Rubenis, Markus Schiegl, Tobias Schiegl, Natalya Yakuchenko
Biathlon17143506: Alfred Eder, Michael Dixon, Ilmārs Bricis, Sergei Tchepikov, Ole Einar Bjørndalen, 5: Uschi Disl, Aleksander Grajf, Ludwig Gredler, Ricco Groß, Halvard Hanevold, Martina Jašicová-Halinárová, Oļegs Maļuhins, Janez Ožbolt, Wilfried Pallhuber, Nathalie Santer-Bjørndalen, Tomasz Sikora, Athanassios Tsakiris
Swimming1798306: Therese Alshammar, Derya Büyükuncu, Lars Frölander, 5: Kirsty Coventry, Mark Foster, João Gonçalves Filho, Mette Jacobsen, Martina Moravcová, María Peláez, Michael Phelps, Spyros Gianniotis, Carl Probert, Paul Radmilovic, Rogério Romero, Alison Sheppard, Dara Torres, Nina Zhivanevskaya
Bobsleigh18162406: Carl-Erik Eriksson, John Foster, Sr, Terry McHugh, Gerda Weissensteiner, 5: Jorge Bonnet, Willie Davenport, Susi Erdmann, Glenroy Gilbert, Prince Albert II of Monaco, Max Houben, Jan Kobián, Dawid Kupczyk, Kevin Kuske, Pierre Lueders, Bruno Mingeon, Bogdan Musioł, Martin Schützenauer, Brian Shimer
Speed skating1688417: Claudia Pechstein, 6: Colin Coates, Emese Hunyady, Evgeniya Radanova, 5: Shani Davis, Edel Therese Høiseth, Clara Hughes, Lee Kyou-hyuk, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Tomomi Okazaki, Monika Pflug, Rintje Ritsma, Örjan Sandler, Roberto Sighel, Bart Veldkamp, Chris Witty
Cycling1587527: Seiko Hashimoto, Jeannie Longo, 6: Juan Curuchet, Kateřina Neumannová, Evgeniya Radanova, 5: Roberta Bonanomi, Murilo Fischer, George Hincapie, Clara Hughes, Shane Kelly, Christa Luding-Rothenburger, Stuart O'Grady, Bruno Risi, Franz Stocher, Chris Witty
Water polo14140106: Manuel Estiarte, 5: Georgios Afroudakis, Tony Azevedo, Tibor Benedek, Gianni De Magistris, Salvador Gómez, Dezső Gyarmati, Igor Hinić, Tamás Kásás, George Mavrotas, Paul Radmilovic, Jesús Rollán, Jordi Sans, Stefano Tempesti
Alpine skiing13112206: Marco Büchel, Hubertus von Hohenlohe, 5: Kjetil André Aamodt, Paul Accola, Graham Bell, Martina Ertl-Renz, Kristian Ghedina, Hur Seung-Wook, Patrik Järbyn, Arturo Kinch, Lasse Kjus, Fredrik Nyberg, María José Rienda
Ice hockey12111306: Raimo Helminen, Teemu Selänne, Hayley Wickenheiser, 5: Dieter Hegen, Udo Kiessling, Denis Perez, Petter Thoresen, Jere Lehtinen, Kimmo Timonen, Jaromír Jágr, Pavel Datsyuk, Ilya Kovalchuk
Archery862306: Ilario Di Buò, Natalia Valeeva, Alison Williamson, 5: Simon Fairweather, Giancarlo Ferrari, Butch Johnson, Tomi Poikolainen, Hiroshi Yamamoto
Wrestling77000Cris Brown, Wilfried Dietrich, Khorloogiin Bayanmönkh, Czesław Kwieciński, George MacKenzie, Mario Tovar González, Ryszard Wolny
Volleyball642206: Yevgeniya Artamonova, Sergey Tetyukhin, 5: Fofão, Andrea Giani, Maurício Lima, Reinder Nummerdor, Danielle Scott-Arruda
Basketball642005: Teófilo Cruz, Teresa Edwards, Andrew Gaze, Adriana Moisés Pinto, Oscar Schmidt, Juan Carlos Navarro
Freestyle skiing633106: Alla Tsuper, 5: Janne Lahtela, Tae Satoya, Aleksei Grishin, Dmitri Dashinski, Lydia Lassila
Gymnastics541217: Oksana Chusovitina, 6: Yordan Yovchev, 5: Daniele Hypólito, Heikki Savolainen, Josy Stoffel
Tennis532217: Leander Paes, 6: Daniel Nestor, 5: Mark Knowles, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Venus Williams
Ski jumping550328: Noriaki Kasai, 7: Janne Ahonen, 6: Simon Ammann, Kim Hyun-ki, 5: Masahiko Harada
Judo523005: Jorge Bonnet, Driulys González, Mária Pekli, Ryoko Tamura-Tani, Robert Van de Walle
Nordic combined550306: Todd Lodwick, Mario Stecher, Hannu Manninen, 5: Felix Gottwald, Björn Kircheisen
Diving532005: Franco Cagnotto, Dmitry Sautin, Niki Stajković, Juliana Veloso, Tania Cagnotto
Figure skating422005: Margarita Drobiazko, Povilas Vanagas, Aljona Savchenko, Zhang Hao
Weightlifting330005: Imre Földi, Ingo Steinhöfel, Ronny Weller
Handball211005: Andrey Lavrov, Oh Seong-Ok
Badminton220005: Boonsak Ponsana, Robert Mateusiak
Football101106: Formiga
Taekwondo110005: Steven López
Softball101005: Hayley Wickenheiser
Snowboarding101005: Kelly Clark

Intercalated Games

The 1906 Intercalated Games are not considered 'official' Olympics, but medals were awarded.
The following athletes have appeared in at least six Olympics if 1906 is included.
AthleteNationBorn/DeathGamesPeriod
SportTot.
Alexandros Theofilakis1877/?1896, 1906/12, 1920/2428 years Shooting0202
Ioannis Theofilakis1879/?1896, 1906/12, 1920/2428 years Shooting0101
Adrianus de Jong1882/19661906/12, 1920/2822 years Fencing0055
Paul Radmilovic1886/19681906/12, 1920/2822 years Water polo, swimming4004

The following athletes have appeared in at least five Olympics if 1906 is included. Five athletes made five Olympic appearances including the 1906 Games.
AthleteNationBorn/DeathGamesPeriod
SportTot.
Ladislav Žemla-Rázný / 1887-1955Tennis0022
Willem van Blijenburgh1881-1936Fencing0033
Edgar Seligman1867-1958Fencing0303
Jetze Doorman1881-1931Fencing
Pentathlon
0044
Fernand de Montigny1885-1974Fencing
Field hockey
0235

Dual sport and multi-sport Olympians

Are so many the Olympians have competed in two or more sports. These athletes are listed below, with the number of times they competed in each sport. Sometimes they competed in two disciplines at the same Games; such instances are noted.
The most common combinations of disciplines are biathlon/cross-country skiing, athletics/bobsleigh, and cycling/speed skating.

Summer and Winter Olympians

Of the athletes who participated in two or more Summer Olympics in two different sports, 29 are Swedish and 26 of them participated in the home Olympics in Stockholm 1912.
Among these athletes, only one competed in two different sports and for two different countries, the Italian-Polish Katarzyna Juszczak. Only two female athletes, the British Rebecca Romero and the East German Roswitha Krause won medals in two different sports. Among men the American Frank Kugler at St. Louis 1904 won a medal in three different sports. The American Sheila Taormina was the only woman to competed in three different sports. The American Tim Shaw is one of four athletes who won medals in swimming and water polo.
AthleteCountrySportsFirstLastTot.
Robert Anderssondiving 2, swimming 3, water polo 3190819203
Gösta Åsbrinkgymnastics 1, modern pentathlon 1190819122
David Bárcena Ríosequestrian 3, modern pentathlon 2196419805
Gérard Blitzswimming 4, water polo 3192019364
Eric Carlbergfencing 2, modern pentathlon 1, shooting 3190819243
Carlota Castrejanabasketball 1, athletics 4199220084
Gustaf Dyrssenmodern pentathlon 1, fencing 3192019364
Edwin Flacktennis 1, athletics 1189618961
João Gonçalves Filhoswimming 2, water polo 3195219685
Conn Findlayrowing 1, sailing 1195619764
Leo Goodwinswimming 2, water polo 1190419082
Alfréd Hajósswimming 1, art competitions 1189619283
Louis Handleyswimming 1, water polo 1190419041
Pontus Hansonswimming 1, water polo 3190819203
Carl Hårlemanathletics 1, gymnastics 1190819122
Otto Herschmannswimming 1, fencing 1189619122
Fritz Hofmannathletics 1, gymnastics 1189618961
John Jarvisswimming 2, water polo 1190019082
Viggo Jensenathletics 1, gymnastics 1, shooting 2, weightlifting 1189619002
Greta Johanssondiving 1, swimming 1191219121
Hjalmar Johanssondiving 2, swimming 1, athletics 1190819122
Harald Julinswimming 2, water polo 3190819203
Katarzyna Juszczak + judo 1, wrestling 1199220042
Karch Kiralyvolleyball 2, beach volley 1198819963
Morris Kirkseyrugby 1, athletics 1192019201
Roswitha Krauseswimming 1, handball 2196819803
Frank Kuglertug of war 1, weightlifting 1, wrestling 1190419041
Torsten Kumfeldtswimming 1, water polo 3190819203
Georg de Lavalmodern pentathlon 1, shooting 1191219121
Gustaf Lewenhauptequestrian 1, modern pentathlon 1191219121
Bengt Ljungquistequestrian 1, fencing 4193619645
Peter Mackenfencing 1, modern pentathlon 5196019765
Veli Nieminengymnastics 1, shooting 1190819243
August Nilssonathletics 1, tug of war 1190019001
Daniel Norlingequestrian 1, gymnastics 2190819203
Wallace O'Connorswimming 1, water polo 4192419364
Gösta Olsonfencing 1, gymnastics 1190819081
Nova Perisfield hockey 1, athletics 1199620002
Erich Rademacherswimming 1, water polo 2192819322
Paul Radmilovicswimming 2, water polo 5190819285
Aileen Riggindiving 1, swimming 1192019242
Rebecca Romerocycling 1, rowing 1200420082
Joe Ruddyswimming 1, water polo 1190419041
Axel Runströmdiving 2, water polo 1190819122
Carl Schuhmannathletics 1, gymnastics 1, weightlifting 1, wrestling 1189618961
Tim Shawswimming 1, water polo 1197619842
Gustaf Söderströmathletics 1, tug of war 1190019001
Karl Staafathletics 1, tug of war 1190019001
Sheila Taorminaswimming 1, triathlon 2, modern pentathlon 1199620084
Sven Thofeltfencing 3, modern pentathlon 3192819484
Magnus Wegeliusgymnastics 1, shooting 1190819243
Johnny Weissmullerswimming 1, water polo 1192419282
Gunnar Wennerströmswimming 1, water polo 1190819081
Walter W. Winansshooting 1, art competitions 1190819122

Winter Olympians