What is the total number of Olympic gold medals won by Usain Bolt?

Usain St Leo Bolt (born 21 August 1986) is a Jamaican sprinter. He is the first person to hold both the 100 metres and 200 metres world records since fully automatic time became mandatory. He also holds the world record as a part of the 4 × 100 metres relay. He is the reigning world and Olympic champion in these three events. Due to his unprecedented dominance and achievements in sprint competition, he is widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time.

An eight-time Olympic gold medalist, Bolt won the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games, although he subsequently lost one of the gold medals (as well as the world record set therein) nine years after the fact due to teammate Nesta Carter's disqualification for doping offences. He gained worldwide popularity for his double sprint victory at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in world record times. Bolt is the only sprinter to win Olympic 100 m and 200 m titles at three consecutive olympics (2008, 2012 and 2016), a feat referred to as the "triple double."

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Steve Heady

He won 9, but 1 was rescinded when his relay team mate was disqualified for doping. Thus that win does not count, so the question and answer stands correct at 8.

Karin Johansson

Iancompat, toddler kindergarten is waiting for you

Leapy Lee

Pierre Poirier, nope, it is 8

John W Shreve

Irma Rivera, I hope she'll be proud of him for being a good man.

Albeck1994

Irma Rivera, her father won 9 although he had one rescinded through no fault of his 9 years later. He still won it

Albeck1994

Special Patrol Group, ah but he won 9, he now only holds 8 though, you need to be more specific and not try to be a trickster

Iancompat

He still won 9! He may have lost one later so you should have asked how many Gold he "Holds"!

Stephen Knapp

Bolt won the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m relay at three consecutive Olympic Games, although Bolt subsequently lost one of the gold medals (as well as the world record set therein) nine years after the fact due to teammate Nesta Carter's disqualification for doping offences.

Julie Allen

Unfortunately. In my mind he always won 9.

Special Patrol Group

Anthony Valentine Salvatore, Google is wrong as it was nine but he had one medal taken off him due to a team member in a relay race who failed a drug test.