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multiple athletics titles at a single Olympics
In the Olympic games, a win in two events, especially two individual events, is often called a "double".
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Multiple gold medals at one games [ edit ]
Year
Athlete
Nation
Gender
Individial
Total
Events
1896 Thomas Burke USA M
2
2
100 metres , 400 metres
1896 Edwin Flack Australia M
2
2
800 metres , 1500 metres
1896 Ellery Clark USA M
2
2
High jump , Long jump
1896 Robert Garrett USA M
2
2
Shot put , Discus throw
1900 Alvin Kraenzlein USA M
4
4
60 metres , 110 metres hurdles , 200 metres hurdles , Long jump
1900 Walter Tewksbury USA M
2
2
200 metres , 400 metres hurdles
1900 Ray Ewry USA M
3
3
Standing long jump , Standing high jump , Standing triple jump
1900 Irving Baxter USA M
2
2
High jump , Pole vault
1904 Archie Hahn USA M
3
3
60 metres , 100 metres , 200 metres
1904 James Lightbody USA M
3
3
800 metres , 1500 metres , 2590 metres steeplechase
1904 Harry Hillman USA M
3
3
400 metres , 200 metres hurdles , 400 metres hurdles
1904 Myer Prinstein USA M
2
2
Long jump , Triple jump
1904 Ray Ewry USA M
3
3
Standing long jump , Standing high jump , Standing triple jump
1908 Mel Sheppard USA M
2
3
800 metres , 1500 metres , medley relay
1908 George Larner UK M
2
2
3500 metres walk , 10 miles walk
1908 Ray Ewry USA M
2
2
Standing long jump , Standing high jump
1908 Martin Sheridan USA M
2
2
Discus throw , Greek discus throw
1908 Eric Lemming Finland M
2
2
Javelin throw , Freestyle javelin throw
1912 Ralph Craig USA M
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
1912 Charles Reidpath USA M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1912 Hannes Kolehmainen Finland M
3
3
5000 metres , 10000 metres , Individual cross country
1912 Jim Thorpe USA M
2
2
Pentathlon , Decathlon
1920 Charley Paddock USA M
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1920 Albert Hill UK M
2
2
800 metres , 1500 metres
1920 Paavo Nurmi Finland M
2
3
10000 metres , Individual cross country , Team cross country
1920 Ugo Frigerio Italy M
2
2
3 km walk , 10 km walk
1924 Paavo Nurmi Finland M
3
5
1500 metres , 5000 metres , Individual cross country , Team cross country , Team 3000 metres
1924 Ville Ritola Finland M
2
4
10000 metres , 3000 metres steeplechase , Team cross country , Team 3000 metres
1924 Bud Houser USA M
2
2
Shot put , Discus throw
1924 Harold Osborn USA M
2
2
High jump , Decathlon
1928 Percy Williams Canada M
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
1928 Ray Barbuti USA M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1932 Eddie Tolan USA M
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
1932 Bill Carr USA M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1932 Babe Didrickson USA F
2
2
80 metres hurdles , Javelin throw
1936 Jesse Owens USA M
3
4
100 metres , 200 metres , Long jump , 4 x 100 metres relay
1936 Helen Stephens USA F
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1948 Fanny Blankers-Koen Netherlands F
3
4
100 metres , 200 metres , 80 metres hurdles , 4 x 100 metres relay
1948 Micheline Ostermeyer France F
2
2
Shot put , Discus throw
1948 Harrison Dillard USA M
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1948 Mel Patton USA M
1
2
200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1948 Mal Whitfield USA M
1
2
800 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1952 Harrison Dillard USA M
1
2
110 metres hurdles , 4 x 100 metres relay
1952 Lindy Remigino USA M
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1952 Andy Stanfield USA M
1
2
200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1952 George Rhoden Jamaica M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1952 Emil Zátopek Czechoslovakia M
3
3
5000 metres , 10000 metres , Marathon
1952 Marjorie Jackson Australia F
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
1956 Bobby Morrow USA M
2
3
100 metres , 200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1956 Charles Jenkins USA M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1956 Tom Courtney USA M
1
2
800 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1956 Vladimir Kuts Soviet Union M
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
1956 Betty Cuthbert Australia F
2
3
100 metres , 200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1956 Shirley Strickland Australia F
1
2
80 metres hurdles , 4 x 100 metres relay
1960 Armin Hary Germany M
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1960 Otis Davis USA M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1960 Wilma Rudolph USA F
2
3
100 metres , 200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1964 Bob Hayes USA M
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1964 Henry Carr USA M
1
2
200 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1964 Mike Larrabee USA M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1964 Peter Snell New Zealand M
2
2
800 metres , 1500 metres
1964 Tamara Press Soviet Union F
2
2
Shot put , Discus throw
1968 Jim Hines USA M
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1968 Lee Evans USA M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1968 Wyomia Tyus USA F
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1972 Valeriy Borzov Soviet Union M
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
1972 Lasse Virén Finland M
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
1972 Renate Stecher East Germany F
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
1972 Monika Zehrt East Germany F
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1976 Alberto Juantorena Cuba M
2
2
400 metres , 800 metres
1976 Lasse Virén Finland M
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
1976 Bärbel Eckert East Germany F
1
2
200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1976 Tatyana Kazankina Soviet Union F
2
2
800 metres , 1500 metres
1980 Viktor Markin Soviet Union M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1980 Miruts Yifter Ethiopia M
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
1980 Bärbel Eckert East Germany F
1
2
200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1984 Carl Lewis USA M
3
4
100 metres , 200 metres , Long jump , 4 x 100 metres relay
1984 Alonzo Babers USA M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1984 Evelyn Ashford USA F
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1984 Valerie Brisco-Hooks USA F
2
3
200 metres , 400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1984 Chandra Cheeseborough USA F
0
2
4 x 100 metres relay , 4 x 400 metres relay
1988 Carl Lewis USA M
2
2
100 metres , Long jump
1988 Steve Lewis USA M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1988 Florence Griffith Joyner USA F
2
3
100 metres , 200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1988 Olga Bryzhina Soviet Union F
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1988 Jackie Joyner-Kersee USA F
2
2
Long jump , Heptathlon
1992 Michael Marsh USA M
1
2
200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1992 Quincy Watts USA M
1
2
400 metres , 4 x 400 metres relay
1992 Carl Lewis USA M
1
2
4 x 100 metres relay , Long jump
1992 Gwen Torrence USA F
1
2
200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1996 Donovan Bailey Canada M
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1996 Michael Johnson USA M
2
2
200 metres , 400 metres
1996 Gail Devers USA F
1
2
100 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1996 Marie-José Pérec France F
2
2
200 metres , 400 metres
1996 Svetlana Masterkova Russia F
2
2
800 metres , 1500 metres
2000 Robert Korzeniowski Poland M
2
2
20 km walk , 50 km walk
2004 Hicham El Guerrouj Morocco M
2
2
1500 metres , 5000 metres
2004 Kelly Holmes UK F
2
2
800 metres , 1500 metres
2008 Usain Bolt Jamaica M
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
2008 Kenenisa Bekele Ethiopia M
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
2008 Tirunesh Dibaba Ethiopia F
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
2012 Usain Bolt Jamaica M
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
2012 Mo Farah UK M
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
2016 Usain Bolt Jamaica M
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
2016 Mo Farah UK M
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
2016 Elaine Thompson Jamaica F
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
2020 Elaine Thompson-Herah Jamaica F
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
2020 Sifan Hassan Netherlands F
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
Multiple gold medals at multiple games [ edit ]
Year
Athlete
Nation
Gender
Individual
Total
Events
1900 Ray Ewry USA M
3
3
Standing long jump , Standing high jump , Standing triple jump
1904 3
3
Standing long jump , Standing high jump , Standing triple jump
1908 2
2
Standing long jump , Standing high jump
1920 Paavo Nurmi Finland M
2
3
10000 metres , Individual cross country , Team cross country
1924 3
5
1500 metres , 5000 metres , Individual cross country , Team cross country , Team 3000 metres
1948 Harrison Dillard USA M
1
2
110 metres hurdles , 4 x 100 metres relay
1952 1
2
110 metres hurdles , 4 x 100 metres relay
1972 Lasse Virén Finland M
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
1976 2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
1976 Bärbel Eckert Soviet Union F
1
2
200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1980 1
2
200 metres , 4 x 100 metres relay
1984 Carl Lewis USA M
3
4
100 metres , 200 metres , Long jump , 4 x 100 metres relay
1988 2
2
100 metres , Long jump
1992 1
2
Long jump , 4 x 100 metres relay
2008 Usain Bolt Jamaica M
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
2012 2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
2016 2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
2012 Mo Farah UK M
2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
2016 2
2
5000 metres , 10000 metres
2016 Elaine Thompson-Herah Jamaica F
2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
2020 2
2
100 metres , 200 metres
