1. The United States
Number of Gold Medals: 1,118
The most successful country on our list of the 10 countries that have the most gold medals is the US. The country has won 1,022 gold medals at Summer Olympics and 96 gold medals at Winter Olympics. The total count of all medals won is 2,802. The interesting thing is that although the US has won the most gold medals at Summer Olympics and has the most overall gold medals, the country is second when it comes to gold medals and overall medals won at the Winter Olympic Games. Norway is more successful with 118 gold medals and 329 total medals won.