Most gold medals won at the Olympics for an individual event (female)
The most gold medals won by a woman is nine by Larisa Latynina (USSR/Ukraine) who won four in 1956, three in 1960 and two in 1964 for gymnastics.
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Most gold medals won at the Olympics (male)
The most Olympic gold medals won is 14 and was achieved by Michael Phelps (USA) all in swimming. Phelps won six gold medals at the 2004 Olympics and eight gold medals at the 2008 Olympics, as of 17 August 2008.
Most gold medals won at a single Winter Olympic Games – Country
Canada won a record 14 gold medals at the XXI Winter Olympiad held at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from 12-28 February 2010. On home soil, Canada won medals in the following events: Ice hockey (men), ice hockey (women), curling (men), snowboard men’s parallel giant slalom, speed skating men’s team pursuit, short track speed skating men’s 5000m relay, short track speed skating men’s 500 m, bobsleigh (women’s), freestyle skiing – ladies’ ski cross, figure skating ice dance, men’s skeleton, speed skating ladies 1,000m, ladies’ snowboard cross Continue reading →
Most gold medals won at a single Summer Paralympics
One of the two host nations, the USA dominated proceedings at the 1984 Games in New York (USA) by winning 136 gold medals. The other host nation, Great Britain, came second, picking up 107 golds at the UK’s Stoke Mandeville site. In third place was Canada, with 87 gold medals.
Most gold medals won at a single Olympic games (male)
The most gold medals won at a single Olympic games is eight by Michael Phelps (USA) who won gold in the following swimming disciplines, 400 metres individual medley, 4 ×100 metres freestyle relay, 200 metres freestyle, 200 metres butterfly, 4 × 200 metres freestyle relay, 200 metres individual medley, 100 metres butterfly and the 4 × 100 metres medley relay, at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, between 9 August and 17 August 2008. In the process of winning 8 gold medals, Michael Phelps set 8 swimming Continue reading →
Most goals scored in a season in the top division of Spanish football
During the 2010–11 season, Cristiano Ronaldo (Portugal) scored 40 goals for Real Madrid (Spain) in La Liga, the top tier of Spanish football. His 39th and 40th, which took him past the previous record of 38 held jointly by former Real striker Hugo Sánchez (Mexico) and ex-Athletic Bilbao striker Telmo Zarra (Spain), came in the 4th and 77th minutes of Real Madrid’s 8–1 demolition of Almeria (Spain) in the season finale at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium, Madrid, Spain, on 21 May 2011.
Most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic hockey final (male)
The most goals scored by an individual in an Olympic men’s hockey final is 5 by Balbir Singh Sr. (India) in India’s 6-1 victory over Holland in the gold medal game of the 1952 Olympic Games. It was the fifth of six consecutive gold medal triumphs by India.
Most goals scored by an individual in an NHL game
The most goals scored by an individual in an NHL game is seven by Joe Malone for the Quebec Bulldogs in their game against the Toronto St.Patricks in Quebec City on 31 January 1920. The Quebec Bulldogs won the game 10-6.
Most goals scored by an individual in an international ice hockey game
Chris Bourque (USA), son of the NHL Hall of Famer Ray Bourque (Canada), scored five goals to help power the United States past Norway, 11-2, in an opening game at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Junior Championship, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on 26 December 2005. Bourque, a second-round draft pick of the Washington Capitals, scored twice on the power play and once short-handed, equaling the USA Hockey record with five goals in one game first set by Wally Chapman (University of Minnesota), who Continue reading →
Most goals scored by a team in an NHL season
The most goals scored by a team in an NHL season is 446 by the Edmonton Oilers in 1983/4. The Oilers also achieved a record 1182 scoring points the same season.