The modern Olympic Games is the world’s preeminent international sporting events. The Olympic Games, open to both amateur and professional athletes, involves more than 200 teams, each team representing a sovereign state or territory. By default, the Games generally substitute for any world championships during the year in which they take place. The Olympics are staged every four years.

usain bolt with his Olympic Gold medal.
The all-time medal table for all Olympic Games from 1896 to 2024, including Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, and a combined total of both, is tabulated below. These Olympic medal counts do not include the 1906 Intercalated Games which are no longer recognized by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) as official Games.
The IOC itself does not publish all-time tables, and publishes unofficial tables only per single Games. This table was thus compiled by adding up single entries from the IOC database.

Three Medalist of an event of Paris Olympic 2024.
The United States national Olympic team remains the most decorated country in Olympic history, having secured a staggering number of medals across the Summer and Winter Games.
| Rank | Country | Total Medals | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 1 | United States | 3,198 | 1,189 | 954 | 1,055 |
| 2 | Soviet Union (USSR) | 1,204 | 473 | 376 | 355 |
| 3 | Germany (East/West) | 1,082 | 350 | 360 | 372 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 976 | 299 | 320 | 357 |
| 5 | France | 760 | 259 | 276 | 225 |
| 6 | Italy | 759 | 262 | 235 | 262 |
| 7 | China | 758 | 327 | 231 | 200 |
| 8 | Sweden | 661 | 212 | 239 | 210 |
| 9 | Australia | 566 | 180 | 181 | 205 |
| 10 | Japan | 561 | 210 | 185 | 166 |
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