Double Olympic Champions from London and Rio de Janeiro

86 people won the same event at London and Rio de Janeiro:

XX have managed a third title

  1. Fencing - Sabre: Szilágyi Áron
  2. Swimming - 4x100 m Freestyle Relay: Cate Campbell
  3. Swimming - 800m Freestyle: Katie Ledecky
  4. Wrestling Greco-Roman - men's -130 kg: Mijaín López
  5. Canoeing - Kayak K1 200m: Lisa Carrington
  6. Athletics - Hammer Throw: Anita Włodarczyk
  7. Basketball - Team: Kevin Durant
  8. Basketball - Team: Sue Bird
  9. Basketball - Team: Diana Taurasi
  10. Basketball - Team: Sylvia Fowles
  11. Basketball - Team: Tina Charles
  12. Artistic Swimming - Duet: Natalia Ishchenko (RUS/2012-16)
    Artistic Swimming - Team: Nataliya Ishchenko (RUS/2008-16)
  13. Artistic Swimming - Duet: Svetlana Romashina (RUS/2012-16)
    Artistic Swimming - Team: Svetlana Romashina (RUS/2008-16)
  14. Artistic Swimming - Team: Aleksandra Patskevich
  15. Artistic Swimming - Team: Alla Shishkina
  16. Canoeing - Kayak K4 500m: Kozák Danuta
  17. Table Tennis - Men's team: Ma Long

X others have managed a third title, but from longer ago

  1. Shooting - Skeet: Vincent Hancock

XX failed in their attempt (place attained)

  1. silver - Cycling - BMX Racing: Mariana Pajón (COL/2012-16)
  2. silver - Swimming - 4x200m Freestyle Relay: Allison Schmitt
  3. silver - Cycling - Team Sprint: Jason Kenny (GBR/2008-16)
  4. silver - Cycling - Team Pursuit: Laura Trott (GBR/2012-16)
  5. silver - Rhytmic Gymnastics - Team: Anastasiya Bliznyuk
  6. bronze - Equestrianism - Dressage: Charlotte Dujardin (GBR/2012-16)
  7. bronze - Judo - +100kg: Teddy Riner (FRA/2008-16)
  8. fourth - Rowing - Coxless Pairs: Helen Glover (GBR/2012-16)
  9. fourth - Trampolining: Rosie MacLennan (CAN/2008-16)
  10. fourth - Athletics - Discus Throw: Sandra Perković (CRO/2012-16)
  11. fourth - Canoeing - Kayak K1 500m: Kozák Danuta (HUN/2008-16)
  12. fifth - Athletics - 4x100m: Yohan Blake
  13. eighth - Rowing - Quadruple Sculls: Karl Schulze (GER/2012-21)
  14. eighth - Equestrianism - Eventing: Michael Jung (GER/2012-16)
  15. eighth - Cycling - Sprint: Jason Kenny (GBR/2008-16)
  16. 11th - Taekwondo - women's -57kg: Jade Jones (GBR/2012-16)
  17. dns - Tennis - Men's Singles: Andy Murray (GBR/2008-16)
  18. dns - Cycling - Team Pursuit: Ed Clancy (GBR/2008-16)
  19. dns - Cycling - Omnium: Laura Trott (GBR/2012-16)

52 have not defended their titles in Tokyo:

  1. Diving - Synchronized Springboard: Wu Minxia (CHN/2004-16)
  2. Diving - Synchronized Platform: Chen Ruolin (CHN/2008-16)
  3. Swimming - 200m Individual Medley: Michael Phelps (USA/2004-16)
    Swimming - 4x200m Freestyle Relay: Michael Phelps (USA/2004-16)
    Swimming - 4x100m Medley Relay: Michael Phelps (USA/2004-16)
  4. Swimming - 4x200m Freestyle: Ryan Lochte (USA/2004-16)
  5. Swimming - 4x100m Freestyle: Cate Campbell
  6. Swimming - 4x100m Medley Relay: Dana Vollmer
  7. Archery - Women's Team: Ki Bo-Bae (KOR/2012-16)
  8. Athletics - 100m: Usain Bolt (JAM/2008-16)
    Athletics - 200m: Usain Bolt (JAM/2008-16)
    Athletics - 4x100m: Usain Bolt (JAM/2008-16)
  9. Athletics - 800m: David Rusisha (KEN/2012-16)
  10. Athletics - 5000m: Mohamed Farah (GBR/2008-12)
  11. Athletics - 10000m: Mohamed Farah (GBR/2008-12)
  12. Athletics - Triple Jump: Christian Taylor (USA/2012-16)
  13. Athletics - Decathlon: Ashton Eaton (USA/2012-16)
  14. Athletics - 4x100m: Allyson Felix
  15. Athletics - 4x400m: Allyson Felix
  16. Badminton - Men's Doubles: Fu Haifeng (CHN/2004-16)
  17. Basketball - Team: Carmelo Anthony (USA/2004-16)
  18. Basketball - Team: Tamika Catchings (USA/2004-16)
  19. Basketball - Team: Seimone Augustus (USA/2008-16)
  20. Basketball - Team: Lindsay Whalen (USA/2012-16)
  21. Basketball - Team: Maya Moore (USA/2012-16)
  22. Basketball - Team: Angel McCoughtry (USA/2012-16)
  23. Boxing - Flyweight: Nicola Adams (GBR/2012-19)
  24. Boxing - Middleweight: Claressa Shields (USA/2012-16)
  25. Canoeing - Canadian C1 1000 m: Sebastian Brendel (GER/2012-16)
  26. Canoeing - Kayak K4 500m: Szabó Gabriella (HUN/2008-16)
  27. Cycling - Road Time Trial: Kristin Armstrong (USA/2008-16)
  28. Cycling - Team Sprint: Philip Hindes (GBR/2012-16)
  29. Cycling - Team Pursuit: Steven Burke (GBR/2008-16)
  30. Cycling - Team Pursuit: Joanna Rowsell-Shand (GBR/2012-16)
  31. Gymnastics - Individual Combined: Uchimura Kohei (JPN/2008-16)
  32. Gymnastics - Team Combined: Gabby Douglas (USA/2012-16)
  33. Gymnastics - Team Combined: Aly Raisman (USA/2012-16)
  34. Gymnastics - Uneven Bars: Aliya Mustafina (RUS/2012-16)
  35. Judo - -78 kg: Kayla Harrison (USA/2012-16)
  36. Rowing - Single Sculls: Mahé Drysdale (NZL/2004-16)
  37. Rowing - Quadruple Sculls: Phillipp Wende (GER/2012-16)
  38. Rowing - Quadruple Sculls: Lauritz Schoof (GER/2012-16)
  39. Rowing - Coxless Pairs: Eric Murray (NZL/2004-16)
  40. Rowing - Coxless Pairs: Hamish Bond (NZL/2008-16)
  41. Rowing - Coxless Fours: Alex Gregory (GBR/2012-16)
  42. Rowing - Coxless Pairs: Heather Stanning (GBR/2012-16)
  43. Sailing - Windsurfer: Dorian van Rijsselberge (NED/2012-16)
  44. Shooting - Small-bore Rifle 3 positions: Niccolo Campriani (ITA/2008-16)
  45. Table Tennis - Men's team: Zhang Jike (CHN/2012-16)
  46. Table Tennis - Women's team: Ding Ning (CHN/2012-16)
  47. Table Tennis - Women's team: Li Xiaoxia (CHN/2012-16)
  48. Triathlon - men: Alistair Brownlee (GBR/2008-16)
  49. Weightlifting - women's -55kg: Hsu Shu-Ching (TPE/2012-16)
  50. Weightlifting - women's -87kg: Rim Jong-Sim (PRK/2012-16)
  51. Wrestling Greco-Roman - men's -77 kg: Roman Vlasov (RUS/2012-16)

85 won in London and Rio de Janeiro

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Written 2008-07-04 - last modified 2008-08-23

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