No Gold
Tonight I've been looking for the athletes with the most silver and bronze Olympic medals without winning a gold medal. Here are my findings:
The most silvers with no gold is Soviet gymnast Viktor Lititsky, who won 4 silvers in the 1964 games--Team All-Around, Vault, Floor (2-way tie), and Individual All-Around (3-way tie)--and won silver again in 1968 in the Team All-Around.
Jamaican (and now Slovenian) sprinter Merlene Ottey has three silvers and five bronzes from her seven Olympic Games. In 1980, she bronzed in the 200m dash. In 1984, she repeated bronze in the 200m, and added another bronze in the 100m. After an off Olympiad in 1988, she rebounded with yet another bronze in the 200m. She won three silvers in 1996 in the 100m, 200m, and the 4x100m relay. In 2000, after being cleared of charges of using nandronolone, she was on the bronze medal winning 4x100m relay. After Jamaica said she was too old to compete anymore, she took Slovenian citizenship in 2002 and is competing for them in Athens.
Two athletes have won 5 bronze medals without winning anything better. Canadian doctor and middle distance runner Philip Edwards was on the 4x400m relay in 1928 and 1932, and won individual bronzes in the 800m in 1932 and 1936 and also the 1500m in 1932. Netherlandish fencer Adrianus de Jong was on the bronze medal winning Sabre teams in 1912, 1920, and 1924, plus the Épée team in 1912. He also took the individual Sabre bronze in 1920.
The most silvers with no gold is Soviet gymnast Viktor Lititsky, who won 4 silvers in the 1964 games--Team All-Around, Vault, Floor (2-way tie), and Individual All-Around (3-way tie)--and won silver again in 1968 in the Team All-Around.
Jamaican (and now Slovenian) sprinter Merlene Ottey has three silvers and five bronzes from her seven Olympic Games. In 1980, she bronzed in the 200m dash. In 1984, she repeated bronze in the 200m, and added another bronze in the 100m. After an off Olympiad in 1988, she rebounded with yet another bronze in the 200m. She won three silvers in 1996 in the 100m, 200m, and the 4x100m relay. In 2000, after being cleared of charges of using nandronolone, she was on the bronze medal winning 4x100m relay. After Jamaica said she was too old to compete anymore, she took Slovenian citizenship in 2002 and is competing for them in Athens.
Two athletes have won 5 bronze medals without winning anything better. Canadian doctor and middle distance runner Philip Edwards was on the 4x400m relay in 1928 and 1932, and won individual bronzes in the 800m in 1932 and 1936 and also the 1500m in 1932. Netherlandish fencer Adrianus de Jong was on the bronze medal winning Sabre teams in 1912, 1920, and 1924, plus the Épée team in 1912. He also took the individual Sabre bronze in 1920.
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