who won nine olympic gold metals which tied for the highest total in olympic track and feild history?

Answer 1

The people tied at the top of the gold medal charts are:

Paavo Nurmi (Finland). Finland's Paavo Nurni won a total of 9 Olympic gold medals as a runner in the 1920's.

Mark Spitz (USA). Spitz is tied for the most gold medals collected in the history of the Olympics. And he earned 7 of them all in 1972.

Larisa Latynina (Soviet Union). Arguably the best athlete in the history of the Olympics. Latynina won a total of 18 medals including 9 golds in her Olympic gymnastic career.

All of these people were amazing atheletes!

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Answer 2

Carl Lewis 9 golds and 1 silver and Paavo Nurmi 9 golds 3 silver

Here are the leading medalist in Olympic games

Athlete Nation Sport Olympics 1st 2nd 3rd Total
Larissa Latynina USSR Gymnastics 1956–1964 9 5 4 18
Nikolai Andrianov USSR Gymnastics 1972–1980 7 5 3 15
Paavo Nurmi FIN Athletics 1920–1928 9 3 0 12
Mark Spitz USA Swimming 1968–1972 9 1 1 11
Carl Lewis USA Athletics 1984–1996 9 1 0 10
Bjørn Dæhlie NOR Cross-country skiing 1992–1998 8 4 0 12
Birgit Fischer GER Canoeing (flatwater) 1980–2004 8 4 0 12
Sawao Kato JPN Gymnastics 1968–1976 8 3 1 12
Jenny Thompson USA Swimming 1992–2004 8 3 1 12
Matt Biondi USA Swimming 1984–1992 8 2 1 11
Gary Hall, Jr. USA Swimming 1996–2004 5 3 2 10

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_Games