Oldest Olympic Gold Medalist 2024 World. Oscar swahn (sweden) was in the winning running deer shooting team at the 1912 olympic games in stockholm, sweden, aged 64 years 258 days on 4 july 1912. At 33 years old, american sprinter michael johnson won the distinction of becoming the oldest olympic gold medalist at any track event shorter than 5000 meters during the 2000 olympics.
Oscar swahn (sweden) was in the winning running deer shooting team at the 1912 olympic games in stockholm, sweden, aged 64 years 258 days on 4 july 1912. Oscar swahn, a swedish athlete and shooter, holds the prestigious title of the oldest gold medalist in the olympics, a record acknowledged by the guinness book of world.