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| Rk | Sport | Season | Participants | Men | Women | Countries | Editions | Events | Top Medalist(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aeronautics | Summer | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  Hermann Schreiber (1 medal) |
| 2 | Alpine Skiing | Winter | 2,735 | 1,739 | 996 | 101 | 19 | 10 |  Kjetil André Aamodt (8 medals) |
| 3 | Alpinism | Summer | 25 | 24 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 25 athletes with 1 medal |
| 4 | Archery | Summer | 1,113 | 613 | 500 | 98 | 16 | 29 |  Hubert Van Innis (10 medals) |
| 5 | Art Competitions | Summer | 1,814 | 1,610 | 204 | 51 | 7 | 29 |  Josef Petersen and Alex Walter Diggelmann (3 medals) |
| 6 | Athletics | Summer | 22,074 | 15,541 | 6,527 | 227 | 29 | 83 |  Paavo Nurmi (12 medals) |
| 7 | Badminton | Summer | 811 | 399 | 412 | 69 | 7 | 5 |  Gao Ling (4 medals) |
| 8 | Baseball | Summer | 762 | 761 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 1 |  Pedro Luis Lazo (4 medals) |
| 9 | Basketball | Summer | 3,413 | 2,481 | 932 | 66 | 19 | 2 |  Teresa Edwards (5 medals) |
| 10 | Basque Pelota | Summer | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |  Francisco Villota and José de Amézola (1 medal) |
| 11 | Beach Volleyball | Summer | 383 | 194 | 189 | 41 | 6 | 2 | Kerri Walsh Jennings (4 medals) |
| 12 | Biathlon | Winter | 1,135 | 764 | 371 | 54 | 15 | 13 | Ole Einar Bjørndalen (13 medals) |
| 13 | Bobsleigh | Winter | 1,694 | 1,584 | 109 | 54 | 21 | 4 |   Bogdan Musiol (7 medals) |
| 14 | Boxing | Summer | 5,262 | 5,197 | 65 | 175 | 25 | 15 | 9 athletes with 3 medals |
| 15 | Canoeing | Summer | 3,206 | 2,502 | 702 | 99 | 19 | 27 | Birgit Fischer-Schmidt (12 medals) |
| 16 | Cricket | Summer | 24 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 24 athletes with 1 medal |
| 17 | Croquet | Summer | 10 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 athletes with 2 medals |
| 18 | Cross Country Skiing | Winter | 2,401 | 1,684 | 717 | 81 | 22 | 23 | Bjørn Dæhlie (12 medals) |
| 19 | Curling | Winter | 349 | 188 | 160 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 8 athletes with 2 medals |
| 20 | Cycling | Summer | 5,819 | 5,104 | 714 | 145 | 29 | 44 |  Bradley Wiggins (8 medals) |
| 21 | Diving | Summer | 1,466 | 831 | 635 | 82 | 27 | 10 |   Dmitry Sautin (8 medals) |
| 22 | Equestrianism | Summer | 2,345 | 1,886 | 459 | 76 | 25 | 18 | Isabell Werth (10 medals) |
| 23 | Fencing | Summer | 4,123 | 3,243 | 880 | 101 | 29 | 18 |  Edoardo Mangiarotti (13 medals) |
| 24 | Figure Skating | Winter | 1,572 | 747 | 824 | 55 | 24 | 6 |  Gillis Grafström and Yevgeny Plyushchenko (4 medals) |
| 25 | Football | Summer | 6,177 | 5,427 | 734 | 92 | 27 | 2 | Christie Pearce-Rampone (4 medals) |
| 26 | Freestyle Skiing | Winter | 627 | 359 | 267 | 41 | 7 | 10 | Kari Traa (3 medals) |
| 27 | Golf | Summer | 218 | 148 | 70 | 42 | 3 | 3 | 3 athletes with 2 medals |
| 28 | Gymnastics | Summer | 4,135 | 2,636 | 1,499 | 93 | 29 | 27 |  Larysa Latynina (18 medals) |
| 29 | Handball | Summer | 2,702 | 1,675 | 1,027 | 47 | 13 | 2 |  Oh Seong-Ok and Andrey Lavrov (4 medals) |
| 30 | Hockey | Summer | 3,825 | 2,829 | 996 | 43 | 23 | 2 | 4 athletes with 4 medals |
| 31 | Ice Hockey | Winter | 3,885 | 3,386 | 498 | 34 | 23 | 2 |  Jayna Hefford and Hayley Wickenheiser (5 medals) |
| 32 | Jeu De Paume | Summer | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 athletes with 1 medal |
| 33 | Judo | Summer | 2,724 | 1,966 | 757 | 180 | 13 | 15 |  Ryoko Tamura-Tani (5 medals) |
| 34 | Lacrosse | Summer | 61 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 60 athletes with 1 medal |
| 35 | Luge | Winter | 772 | 543 | 228 | 49 | 14 | 4 | Armin Zöggeler (6 medals) |
| 36 | Military Ski Patrol | Winter | 24 | 24 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 athletes with 1 medal |
| 37 | Modern Pentathlon | Summer | 864 | 750 | 114 | 57 | 24 | 3 | Pavel Lednyov (7 medals) |
| 38 | Motorboating | Summer | 14 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 athletes with 2 medals |
| 39 | Nordic Combined | Winter | 605 | 605 | 0 | 31 | 22 | 5 |  Felix Gottwald (7 medals) |
| 40 | Polo | Summer | 87 | 87 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 athletes with 2 medals |
| 41 | Racquets | Summer | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 athletes with 2 medals |
| 42 | Rhythmic Gymnastics | Summer | 567 | 0 | 567 | 48 | 9 | 2 | 12 athletes with 2 medals |
| 43 | Roque | Summer | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 athletes with 1 medal |
| 44 | Rowing | Summer | 7,689 | 6,204 | 1,483 | 101 | 28 | 25 |  Elisabeta Oleniuc-Lipă (8 medals) |
| 45 | Rugby | Summer | 155 | 155 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 7 athletes with 2 medals |
| 46 | Rugby Sevens | Summer | 299 | 151 | 148 | 14 | 1 | 2 | |
| 47 | Sailing | Summer | 4,480 | 3,850 | 629 | 120 | 26 | 38 | 3 athletes with 5 medals |
| 48 | Shooting | Summer | 4,882 | 4,144 | 737 | 150 | 27 | 83 | Carl Osburn (11 medals) |
| 49 | Short Track Speed Skating | Winter | 444 | 235 | 209 | 35 | 7 | 8 | Apolo Anton Ohno and Viktor An (8 medals) |
| 50 | Skeleton | Winter | 147 | 101 | 45 | 28 | 6 | 2 | 4 athletes with 2 medals |
| 51 | Ski Jumping | Winter | 874 | 844 | 30 | 37 | 22 | 4 | Matti Nykänen (5 medals) |
| 52 | Snowboarding | Winter | 567 | 328 | 239 | 35 | 5 | 12 | Kelly Clark (3 medals) |
| 53 | Softball | Summer | 367 | 0 | 367 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 athletes with 4 medals |
| 54 | Speed Skating | Winter | 1,582 | 1,054 | 528 | 41 | 22 | 13 | Claudia Pechstein (9 medals) |
| 55 | Swimming | Summer | 8,765 | 5,142 | 3,620 | 201 | 29 | 55 | Michael Phelps (28 medals) |
| 56 | Synchronized Swimming | Summer | 562 | 0 | 561 | 47 | 9 | 3 | 6 athletes with 5 medals |
| 57 | Table Tennis | Summer | 749 | 372 | 376 | 103 | 8 | 6 | Wang Nan and Wang Hao (5 medals) |
| 58 | Taekwondo | Summer | 470 | 241 | 229 | 105 | 5 | 8 | 4 athletes with 3 medals |
| 59 | Tennis | Summer | 1,246 | 760 | 486 | 93 | 16 | 9 |  Max Décugis (6 medals) |
| 60 | Trampolining | Summer | 93 | 49 | 44 | 25 | 5 | 2 | Karen Cockburn and Dong Dong (3 medals) |
| 61 | Triathlon | Summer | 355 | 180 | 175 | 54 | 5 | 2 | 5 athletes with 2 medals |
| 62 | Tug-Of-War | Summer | 160 | 160 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 3 athletes with 3 medals |
| 63 | Volleyball | Summer | 2,505 | 1,374 | 1,129 | 48 | 14 | 2 | 4 athletes with 4 medals |
| 64 | Water Polo | Summer | 2,601 | 2,262 | 337 | 52 | 27 | 2 |  Dezső Gyarmati (5 medals) |
| 65 | Weightlifting | Summer | 2,883 | 2,526 | 356 | 150 | 26 | 21 | 4 athletes with 4 medals |
| 66 | Wrestling | Summer | 4,988 | 4,766 | 222 | 131 | 28 | 30 |  Wilfried Dietrich (5 medals) |
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