| medal_count | date | athlete | nation | sport | record_medal_event |
| 1 | 1896-04-06 | james connolly | united states | athletics | triple jump g |
| 1 | 1896-04-06 | alexandre tuffère | france | athletics | triple jump s |
| 1 | 1896-04-06 | ioannis persakis | greece | athletics | triple jump b |
| 1 | 1896-04-06 | robert garrett | united states | athletics | discus g |
| 1 | 1896-04-06 | panagiotis paraskevopoulos | greece | athletics | discus s |
| 1 | 1896-04-06 | sotirios versis | greece | athletics | discus b |
| 2 | 1896-04-07 | robert garrett | united states | athletics | long jump s |
| 2 | 1896-04-07 | james connolly | united states | athletics | long jump b |
| 3 | 1896-04-07 | robert garrett | united states | athletics | shot put g |
| 3 | 1896-04-09 | carl schuhmann | germany | gymnastics | vault g |
| 3 | 1896-04-09 | hermann weingärtner | germany | gymnastics | vault b |
| 4 | 1896-04-09 | hermann weingärtner | germany | gymnastics | pommel horse s |
| 5 | 1896-04-09 | hermann weingärtner | germany | gymnastics | rings s |
| 6 | 1896-04-09 | hermann weingärtner | germany | gymnastics | horizontal bar g |
| 6 | 1900-07-16 | robert garrett | united states | athletics | standing triple jump b |
| 6 | 1904-09-03 | ray ewry | united states | athletics | standing triple jump g |
| 7 | 1908-07-20 | ray ewry | united states | athletics | standing long jump g |
| 8 | 1908-07-23 | ray ewry | united states | athletics | standing high jump g |
| 8 | 1920-07-29 | carl osburn | united states | shooting | team 300 m / 600 m military rifle , prone g |
| 9 | 1920-07-30 | carl osburn | united states | shooting | 300 m military rifle , standing g |
| 10 | 1920-07-31 | carl osburn | united states | shooting | team free rifle g |
| 11 | 1924-06-27 | carl osburn | united states | shooting | 600 m free rifle s |
| 11 | 1928-08-03 | paavo nurmi | finland | athletics | 5000 m s |
| 12 | 1928-08-04 | paavo nurmi | finland | athletics | 3000 m steeplechase s |
| 12 | 1960-09-02 | edoardo mangiarotti | italy | fencing | team foil s |
| 13 | 1960-09-09 | edoardo mangiarotti | italy | fencing | team épée g |
| 13 | 1964-10-21 | larisa latynina | soviet union | gymnastics | team g |
| 14 | 1964-10-21 | larisa latynina | soviet union | gymnastics | all - around s |
| 15 | 1964-10-22 | larisa latynina | soviet union | gymnastics | vault s |
| 16 | 1964-10-22 | larisa latynina | soviet union | gymnastics | uneven bars b |
| 17 | 1964-10-23 | larisa latynina | soviet union | gymnastics | balance beam b |
| 18 | 1964-10-23 | larisa latynina | soviet union | gymnastics | floor exercise g |
| 18 | 2012-07-31 | michael phelps | united states | swimming | 200 m butterfly s |
| 19 | 2012-07-31 | michael phelps | united states | swimming | 4 x 200 m freestyle g |
| 20 | 2012-08-02 | michael phelps | united states | swimming | 200 m individual medley g |
| 21 | 2012-08-03 | michael phelps | united states | swimming | 100 m butterfly g |
| 22 | 2012-08-04 | michael phelps | united states | swimming | 4 100 m medley relay g |