Gold medals Year Record duration Athlete Nation Sport(s) Games Sex 4 1900 1900–1980 Alvin Kraenzlein United States Athletics Summer M 1904 1904–1980 Anton Heida United States Gymnastics Summer M 1904 1904–1980 Marcus Hurley United States Cycling Summer M 1960 1960–1980 Boris Shakhlin Soviet Union Gymnastics Summer M 1964 1964–1980 Lidia Skoblikova Soviet Union Speed skating Winter F 1968 1968–1980 Věra Čáslavská Czechoslovakia Gymnastics Summer F 1972 1972–1980 Mark Spitz United States Swimming Summer M 1976 1976–1980 Nikolai Andrianov Soviet Union Gymnastics Summer M 5 1980 1980–present Eric Heiden United States Speed skating Winter M 1992 1992–present Vitaly Scherbo Unified Team Gymnastics Summer M 2008 2008–present Michael Phelps United States Swimming Summer M