An Olympic medal is awarded to successful competitors at one of the Olympic Games. There are three classes of medal to be won: gold, silver, and bronze, awarded to first, second, and third place, respectively. Athletes competing at the Olympics do so representing National Olympic Committees (NOCs) and cannot enter the Olympic Games as individual competitors or without the authority of an NOC. NOCs must be recognized by the International Olympic Committee, the sole authority capable of doing so, in order to compete. Following the 2023 suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee and Belarus Olympic Committee, an exception to this general rule was made which allowed select athletes to compete at the 2024 Summer Games as part of the Individual Neutral Athletes team.

In some cases, a NOC may garner multiple medals in the same edition where it won its first ever Olympic medal. Scheduling of events is a factor that plays a part in who is considered the first Olympic medalist for a NOC.

Scope: This article considers only medals awarded in sports competitions; medals from the art competitions are therefore excluded.

Summer Olympics Key * Entities that no longer exist

+ First medalists by NOC at the Summer Olympic Games Edition Medal Medalist(s) Sport Event 1896 Athens Athletics Men's 1500 metres Swimming Men's 100 metre freestyle Weightlifting Men's two hand lift Athletics Men's triple jump Gymnastics Men's team parallel bars Weightlifting Men's one hand lift Athletics Men's triple jump Athletics Men's 800 metres Gymnastics Men's vault Athletics Men's triple jump * 1900 Paris Equestrian Individual jumping * Tennis Women's singles Fencing Men's épée Athletics Men's 200 metres hurdles Equestrian High jump Sailing 3 to 10 ton Athletics Men's pole vault Basque pelota Cesta punta Athletics Men's marathon 1904 St. Louis Lacrosse 1908 London * Athletics Men's 3500 metres walk Gymnastics Men's team * Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight Athletics Men's 100 metres 1920 Antwerp Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol * Ice hockey Men's tournament Athletics Men's marathon Tennis Men's singles Weightlifting Men's +82.5 kg Rowing Men's single sculls 1924 Paris Athletics Men's triple jump Shooting Men's team free rifle Cycling Men's team pursuit Equestrian Team jumping Rugby union Football Men's tournament * 1928 Amsterdam AthleticsMen's marathon Weightlifting Men's 82.5 kg Athletics Men's hammer throw Swimming Men's 200 metre breaststroke 1932 Los Angeles AthleticsMen's 50 kilometres walk Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone 1936 Berlin Wrestling Men's freestyle middleweight 1948 London Weightlifting Men's 60 kg Athletics Men's 400 metres Athletics Men's 100 metres Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol Boxing Men's bantamweight Weightlifting Men's 75 kg Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles Weightlifting Men's 60 kg 1952 Helsinki Boxing Men's middleweight * Athletics Men's triple jump 1956 Melbourne Sailing Star Athletics Men's triple jump Field hockey Men's tournament * 1960 Rome * Athletics Men's 800 metres Athletics Men's decathlon Athletics Men's marathon Boxing Men's light welterweight WeightliftingMen's 67.5 kg Athletics Men's marathon WeightliftingMen's 67.5 kg 1964 Tokyo Athletics Men's 800 metres Boxing Men's light middleweight Athletics Men's 10,000 metres 1968 Mexico City Boxing Men's welterweight * Boxing Men's flyweight * 1972 Munich ShootingMixed 50 metre running target Boxing Men's light welterweight Shooting Mixed 50 metre rifle prone 1976 Montreal BoxingMen's heavyweight Boxing Men's light flyweight 1980 Moscow BoxingMen's bantamweight Athletics Men's 3000 metres steeplechase Field hockey Women's tournament 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's light heavyweight Shooting Men's 50 metre pistol Boxing Men's bantamweight Athletics Men's 400 metres Wrestling Men's freestyle 100 kg Boxing Men's light flyweight 1988 Seoul Swimming Women's 200 metre freestyle Athletics Men's marathon Archery Women's team * Sailing Men's Division II Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly Sailing Finn 1992 Barcelona Tennis Men's doubles Judo Women's 61 kg Athletics Men's discus throw Badminton Men's doubles Athletics Men's 100 metres Athletics Men's 1500 metres Rowing Men's coxless pair 1996 Atlanta Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 52 kg Athletics Men's 5000 metres Shooting Men's 10 metre running target Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk Judo Men's 78 kg Sailing Women's Mistral One Design Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 57 kg Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 130 kg Athletics Women's 800 metres Shooting Men's 50 metre rifle prone Boxing Men's super heavyweight Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 52 kg Judo Men's 86 kg 2000 Sydney Athletics Men's 100 metres Shooting Men's double trap Judo Men's 60 kg Wrestling Men's freestyle 85 kg Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles Taekwondo Women's 57 kg 2004 Athens AthleticsMen's 10,000 metres Football Men's tournament Shooting Men's double trap 2008 Beijing Taekwondo Men's 58 kg Boxing Men's bantamweight Weightlifting Women's +75 kg Swimming Men's 100 metre butterfly Athletics Men's 800 metres Judo Men's 73 kg Canoeing Men's slalom K-1 2012 London Athletics Women's 1500 metres Athletics Men's 800 metres Sailing Laser Taekwondo Men's +80 kg Athletics Men's 400 metres Athletics Men's 20 kilometres walk Handball Women's tournament 2016 Rio de Janeiro Rugby sevens Men's tournament Taekwondo Men's 68 kg Judo Women's 52 kg 2020 Tokyo Athletics Men's triple jump * Shooting Women's 10 metre air rifle Shooting Women's trap Weightlifting Women's 59 kg 2024 Paris Wrestling Men's freestyle 74 kg Boxing Men's 51 kg Athletics Women's triple jump Athletics Women's 100 metres

Winter Olympics Key * Entities that no longer exist

+ First time medalists by NOC at the Winter Olympic Games Edition Medal Medalist(s) Sport Event 1924 Chamonix Figure skating Ladies' singles Bobsleigh Four-man Ice hockey Men's tournament Speed skating Men's 500 metres Military patrol Men's event Figure skating Ladies' singles Speed skating Men's 500 metres Curling Men's event Military patrol Men's event Speed skating Men's 500 meters * 1928 St. Moritz * Ski jumping Men's individual Bobsleigh Five-man 1932 Lake Placid Figure skating Pairs 1948 St. Moritz Skeleton Men's individual 1952 Oslo Speed Skating Men's 5000 metres 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo Alpine skiing Men's slalom Nordic combined Men's individual * Cross-country Men's 30 kilometre * Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom 1964 Innsbruck Speed skating Women's 3000 metres 1968 Grenoble * Figure skating Ladies' singles Bobsleigh Two-man * Bobsleigh Two-man 1972 Sapporo Alpine skiing Men's slalom 1976 Innsbruck Alpine skiing Women's slalom 1980 Lake Placid Cross-country skiing Men's 30 kilometre 1984 Sarajevo * Alpine Skiing Men's giant slalom 1992 Albertville Speed skating Women's 500 metres Alpine skiingMen's super-G Alpine skiing Women's slalom Speed skating Men's 1000 metres 1994 Lillehammer Short-track speed skating Men's 5000 metre relay Speed skating Men's 1000 metres Cross-country skiing Men's 10 kilometre classical Alpine skiing Women's combined Biathlon Women's sprint Freestyle skiing Women's aerials 1998 Nagano Curling Women's tournament Cross-country skiing Women's 5 kilometre classical 2002 Salt Lake Alpine skiing Women's combined Cross-country skiing Men's 15 kilometre classical 2006 Turin Luge Men's singles Snowboarding Men's snowboard cross 2022 Beijing * Cross-country skiing Women's 15 km skiathlon 2026 Milan–Cortina d'Ampezzo Lucas Pinheiro Braathen Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Figure skating Pairs

See also List of first Olympic gold medalists by country All-time Olympic Games medal table Olympic sports

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