4 time olympic gold medalists in one individual event?

[Faris 2]

I heard there is six, but I was only managed to find five. Can you name them all?

Carl Lewis USA, long jump, 1984-1996
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[Monzanator 4,768]

Al Oerter (duscus, 1956-68).

 

 

Who's next?

[hckošice 15,520]

Phelps, Oerter, Lewis, and some Hungarian fencers from the 50s-60s ?

[Dnl 718]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_Olympic_gold_medalists  here is a list for it (i feel a bit like a Party pooper by doing it this way) but i wonder who might enter the list in 2020

[hckošice 15,520]

Pitty the Hochschorner bros missed the 4th gold in a row in London 2012, winning only bronze, I remember I swear never saw more sadder persons in a podium in my life...

[Dunadan 1,103]

In the same event? If you managed to find five at least one of them is wrong 

[Faris 2]

Can't see no reason to count in Paul Elvstrøm and Kaori Icho.

[Monzanator 4,768]

2 minutes ago, Dunadan said:

In the same event? If you managed to find five at least one of them is wrong 

 

Ben Ainslie and Kaori Icho must be among the six

 

Only Oerter, Lewis and Phelps did it in the same event.

 

Elvstrom and Ainslie in two different sailing classes (but still the same sport) and Icho in two different weight classes. That is all.

 

Question is whether a different weight class in a combat sport is a different event? Methinks not.

[Dunadan 1,103]

Just now, Monzanator said:

 

Question is whether a different weight class in a combat sport is a different event? Methinks not.

 

Methinks yes, and even more for Ainslie, at best you can consider it in the "same" event if an event is replaced by another one, which is not the case here.

[George_D 1,473]

40 minutes ago, hckosice said:

Phelps, Oerter, Lewis, and some Hungarian fencers from the 50s-60s ?

Phelps yes although not in the same event