List of first Olympic gold medalists by country
The following table lists the first Olympic gold medal won by each National Olympic Committee (NOC).
James Brendan Connolly of the United States is credited as the first ever gold medalist of the modern Olympic Games.[1]
In some cases, a NOC may garner multiple gold medals in the same edition where it won its first ever gold medal. Scheduling of events is a factor that plays a part in who is considered the first Olympic gold medalist for a nation.
Names in italic are national entities that no longer exist.
Summer Olympics
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Winter Olympics
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See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ Badminton player Alan Budikusuma also won a gold medal in the men's single event on the same date Susanti won the first gold for Indonesia. The men's singles final was scheduled after the women's single event.
- ^ Middle-distance runner Maryam Yusuf Jamal was retroactively awarded a gold medal in 2017 due to doping violations that affected the results of the Women's 1500 metres race. Originally, runner Rashid Ramzi won the Men's 1500 metres race in 2008, but he was stripped of his gold medal the following year after he tested positive for the blood-booster CERA. Before Jamal was upgraded to gold, for one year Bahrain's first gold medalist was Ruth Jebet, winning the Women's 3000 metres steeplechase in 2016.
- ^ Kuwaiti athletes competed as Independent Olympians, as the Kuwait Olympic Committee was suspended by the International Olympic Committee due to governmental interference.[105]
- ^ Curling in the 1924 Games was considered a demonstration sports by the International Olympic Committee. Curling was retroactively recognized as a regular sport for the 1924 games by the IOC in 2006. Prior to 2006, Great Britain's first Winter Olympic gold medal was the one won by the Great Britain men's national ice hockey team in 1936.[121]
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